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Some Wrongs Never Stay Buried… A Mafia Revenge Saga Begins – Shafted: The Beginning by H.C. Taylor is live!

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Shafted: The Beginning <— BRITISH MAFIA CRIME THRILLER ALERT!! JUST RECENTLY WENT LIVE & the author is today’s post & newsletter sponsor! He’s sent over fun details about the book and an exclusive excerpt just for us!

Revenge stories always make me stop scrolling… especially when they involve family secrets, the mafia, jewel heists, and characters who’ve spent years waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

Today’s featured author introduces the first book in a four-part saga inspired by a real-life violent crime that sparked the entire idea. If you love stories where betrayal lingers, loyalties are tested, and revenge is anything but simple, this one might be worth adding to your TBR… read more

Jamie’s Mini Book Review – Thalia Nova’s The What Goes Around Duet

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BETRAYAL & REVENGE ALERT! And this time, Jamie is the one who found it and sent it my way. Looking for something intense to read? What about this one? And what makes it even better is while the first one ends on a cliffhanger, relief is already here ’cause the duet is complete!

She says:

Thalia Nova’s The What Goes Around Duet

I just discovered a fantastic new author, Thalia Nova.

The What Goes Around Duet is a dark revenge/ psychological thriller about what you would do if given a second chance to rewrite your story. read more

Margie’s Mini Book Review – Echoes of a Lie by Broken Promises

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Broken Promises: Echoes of a Lie <— BETRAYAL & REDEMPTION & PSYCHOPATHIC ANTI-HERO ALERT!!  THIS IS the first review Margie sent me for a book written by this author, and I’m just posting it now, but she sent me a BUNCH of insane, intense reviews for so many of her books, and she’s pretty much just declared that this is her current favorite author in this genre.

But I digress, lets begin her “Broken Promises” journey right here:

She said:

I stayed up to 2;30 am this morning on this book. OMG the MMC from hell. This is coming in parts. read more

Margie’s Mini Book Review – Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins

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BETRAYAL & REDEMPTION & THIS ONE IS RE-READ GOOD!! Margie is on a roll, and went back a few years remembering this one that is perfect for this trope!

Virginia: Another author who is known for fun romance reads is Kristan Higgins. I’ve read only one of her books to date and enjoyed the humor a great deal!

Margie said:

We should add an oldish favorite by Kristan Higgins’s 2022 book Out of the Clear Blue Sky to the list of funny/poignant cheating revenge books.

What Lillie does to Brad, her husband of 19+ years, after he announces he’s found real love and joy with a new (much younger and richer) woman still makes me laugh. read more

Margie’s Mini Review – The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

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Margie sent me one wayyyyy back in 2023 that I totally missed, and needs to be included in her mini review recommendations.

This one sounds like so much fun!!!

She said:

Love your website!

The Bandit Queens is a book debut by Parini Shroff.

It’s about a young Indian woman who lives in a rural village and finds the false rumors that she killed her abusive husband surprisingly useful, until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own abusive husbands.

It’s filled with clever criminals, second chances, and wry, strong, witty women. read more

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