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Heartbreak Bay left me gasping for breath as not one but TWO mothers fight for their children’s lives. I loved how Gwen’s family continues to strengthen their bonds despite hardships. I’m torn between wanting peace for Lanny/Connor and also wanting to have more Gwen Proctor tales! This story had some gruesome and terribly sad details. It’s hard to read about bad things happening to kids. I guess the reason Heartbreak Bay has so much power behind it is that Gwen has so much to lose.
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I’m torn between my insane delight at the invitation to read a new Stillhouse Lake book, and the guilt of wanting more, more, more from this series. Rachel Caine knows how to entangle her readers in the sticky web of suspense. Though it’s tough to keep a series going, she’s held the thrilling momentum from the start. Bitter Falls is a terrific addition to the series.
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One of my best friends at work is an avid reader. She loves edgy, suspenseful books like I do, so we often swap titles with each other. Last month I showed her how to access some of her Amazon Prime perks including the Prime library. I told her the first book she needed to read was Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine, which is currently free for Prime members as part of the 10 books you’re allowed to have at a time. When she walked into my classroom the following Monday, her eyes were wide as saucers. She loved it, and couldn’t wait to read the next one!
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Have you ever forced yourself to take a break from a book so you could enjoy it longer? I had to do that with Wolfhunter River. We waited so long for book 3 in Rachel Caine’s Stillhouse Lake series, and I just didn’t want it to end!
Now, I need to reread the whole series again to relive the exhilaration!
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Lately, psychological thrillers are everywhere! Serial killer themes are also abundant right now, from Netflix to Goodreads. Rachel Caine’s Stillhouse Lake series combines the best of both. These books had me captivated! I’ve shared them with my work friends and now I get to share them with you. Rachel Caine is offering one lucky Savings in Seconds reader a 2-book pack to celebrate the release of Killman Creek. [Read more…]
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Many of you visit Savings in Seconds to enter the giveaways. I love hosting them for you, and it’s always fun to receive the excited responses to the “You won!” notification emails. Last month, I won the July new release giveaway at Angel’s Guilty Pleasures so it was my turn to send that excited response! After browsing Goodreads for a while, I finally decided to request Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine as my prize. Yay!
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I’m always up for a suspenseful read that features a strong heroine. At almost 400 pages, A Distant Grave kept me reading for several days but it was worth it! I loved the main character, Maggie D’Arcy, and her tenacious determination. This is the second book about Maggie, and I didn’t read the first. It was easy to catch up on her story, though it sounds like book #1 was pretty good, too.
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The rules for this hop require me to feature a favorite book from 2019, but it’s so hard to choose just one!
Here are a few that I loved from 2019. Did any of these make your list?
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I have a habit of adding zillions of books to my wishlist based on what I’ve heard or read about them, then never getting to actually read the book. That almost happened with Black Out by Lisa Unger. At some point, I got this in a book swap and it sat on my shelf for a while. The copy I received was a mass market paperback with a dull, tatty cover. I passed it over a time or thirty for its shiny new counterparts that demanded to be reviewed. Oh, what a treat I almost missed! This was probably my favorite book from all my spring break reads. You can get a used copy for as little as 10-cents on Amazon, or get one of these 20 available swap copies.
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My husband and I have been binge-watching The Great British Baking Show lately, so my reading time is constantly interrupted by images of sweet treats. We really need to find a new show that burns more calories. Thankfully, the books I’ve been reading lately are fat-free.
