Tag Archives: romantic suspense

“April Storm” by Leila Meacham – Book Review @harpercollins.bsky.social #AprilStorm #LeilaMeacham #BookReview

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Fictionophile

I think it is very sad that this novel was published posthumously. The author will never get to realize how much the readers appreciated her work.  I read this novel in April, but I’m just now getting around to writing … Continue reading →

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“The Five Year Lie” by Sarina Bowen – Book Review @HarperPerennial #TheFiveYearLie @SarinaBowen #BookReview

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Fictionophile

“The Five Year Lie” puts a modern twist on the ‘lost letter’ trope. A message that comes too late, a message that could have changed the course of someone’s life… I’ve never read this author before, probably because she writes … Continue reading →

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“Duty and Deceit” by Thomas Crawford – Book Review

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Fictionophile

Essentially this was a romantic suspense novel, albeit one with gay men protagonists. Set in an atmospheric Northamptonshire English manor house, the book had elements of mystery, gay romance, and an ambience of underlying threat. Henry Markham made for a … Continue reading →

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“Point Last Seen” by Christina Dodd – Book Review

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Fictionophile

“Last Seen in Gothic” series – Book ONE Adam Ramsdell – lives alone in the quirky hamlet of Gothic, California which is peopled by eccentrics, artists, and loners. He is somewhat taciturn and  a loner himself, so he fits right … Continue reading →

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“Iris In The Dark” by Elissa Grossell Dickey – Book Review

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Fictionophile

Iris Jenkins is a young single mother who has very low self-esteem. Her mother and her ex-boyfriend told her she was ‘worthless’ and ‘stupid’, and a part of her believes them. Essentially alone in the world since her grandmother’s death, … Continue reading →

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“Through His Eyes” by Emma Dibdin – Book Review

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Fictionophile

Jessica Harris, a transplanted Brit, finds herself given an opportunity that just might make or break her career as an entertainment journalist.  She splits her working time between employers, NEST, an online home decor brand, and an entertainment website. When … Continue reading →

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“Before The Storm” by Leslie Tentler – Book Review

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Fictionophile

I am reviewing this title as part of the Mystery/Thriller Week 2018 event. “Before the storm” is the first novel I’ve read by this author, and is also the first in her Rarity Cove series.  My thanks to Leslie Tentler … Continue reading →

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“House Of Secrets” by Lynda Stacey – Book Review

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Fictionophile

Anyone who knows me, or follows this blog, knows that contrary to the old phrase “You can’t judge a book by its cover“, I often do.  I love covers, and this one called out to me. Then, when I read that … Continue reading →

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“No One Knows” by J.T. Ellison – Book Review

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Fictionophile

Aubrey Hamilton is a damaged and grieving woman.  Scarred by the death of her parents at a tender age, then again by her unsavory experiences at the hands of a foster parent, she thought her husband Josh had saved her. … Continue reading →

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“Sight Lines” by Michelle DiCeglio – Book Review

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Fictionophile

“Sight lines” introduces the reader to Lacey Mills, a workaholic lesbian police woman in small-town Ohio.  She is a loner, having lost her partner Tara (who was also her bosses daughter) to a serial killer.  She is working on the … Continue reading →

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