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I’m excited to announce that it’s my

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Dylan McFinn and the Sea Serpent’s Fury

By Liam Jenkins @dylanandaxneus,
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Dylan McFinn & The Sea Serpent’s Fury: Dive into this fantastical nautical adventure of myth, monsters and legend (Dylan McFinn Chronicles Book 1)

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“Dylan sat gazing out of his classroom window, waiting for the bell to ring. He was watching seahorses playing in the reeds of sea kelp swaying in the gentle current … and not paying any attention at all to the maths lesson that was continuing outside of his daydream. “Pssst … psst,” Dylan heard behind him.

Murdoch passed a note forward. Dylan quickly grabbed it and opened it under his desk without Mrs Pike-Teeth seeing it.

It read, Happy birthday Bubble Boy!”

Dylan McFinn is an ordinary twelve-year-old. Ordinary, that is, if you ignore the fact that he lives deep under the Pacific Ocean with his family The McFinn’s.

As he battles monsters and maelstroms on his first day as a teenager, Dylan discovers that he can be an awful lot more than he imagines and a nostalgic trip to the past was more than just a rite of passage. It was a passage to his destiny.

This book was received from the Author, and Publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

This very imaginable middle school book, was such a delight to read.

It all starts with the elder Dylan McFinn, sitting down sharing a tale from his book of ‘The Tales of Brother McFinn’ to his village of Malotans. In the audience are young and old alike, this where the story takes off. Captain Culbert McFinn, Dylan’s father was deep into his cups with some islanders rum. When happens to have a chance encounter with a Mermaid. When it happens the second time, he knows he is seeing things. Veruna, the mermaid introduces herself and takes him to a wonderful underwater world. To the delight of the reader the author uses mythology and ties it with critical current issues for young people to understand the importance of environmental protection. There is action abound and adventure that I really enjoyed reading about. The narration flows as the characters are well developed and fleshed out. A delightful book for young and adult readers alike.

To give away further plot would be to lessen the pleasure for readers.

This is one book that I will be purchasing for my family members.

“No matter how small you think you are, you can all change the world with one single thought or action. All you have to do is believe that you can. Therein lies the magic.”

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Colt Clemmons is an agent in a specialized division within the Bureau of Investigation—one that hunts down not just mobsters, but also monsters.

Other than writing and cuddling with her morkie puppy, Delphi, Lindsey loves catching up on the latest superhero TV show and practicing yoga.

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Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: William Morrow (August 4, 2020)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062878441
ISBN-13: 978-0062878441

“Rarely does historical fiction get everything so right as Universe of Two: compelling characters, faithful detail, a story packed with unexpected twists, and a sure, authentic voice that never wavers. In this novel of the dawn of the atomic age and its profound consequences, Stephen Kiernan leads us along a journey of conscience as complex and infinite as the science itself.” —Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of The Golden Hour

“Stephen Kiernan has pulled off the nearly impossible, reminding us by wrapping a war story in a love story that although we hold the power for our own extinction, we also have the power to redeem, heal, and save. The most tender, terrifying, relevant book you’ll read this year.” —Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family

“Based loosely on the life of mathematician and organ-maker Charles B. Fisk, this fascinating novel delves into the guilt and remorse that wracked him for his part in the development of the atomic bomb. . . . The two main characters are complex and flawed, but when they come together, their world is in harmony.” —Library Journal

“Kiernan recreates the zeitgeist of America leading up to the atomic bomb on a national and personal level: the eager anticipation of wartime’s end, the grimly fascinating science, and the growing sense of guilt and dread. Simultaneously tender and hard-hitting, this riveting story offers much to reflect upon.” —Booklist

“Universe of Two skillfully educates, entertains and enlightens as great historical fiction should . . . . Masterfully researched and exquisitely told.” —The Patriot Ledger

From the critically acclaimed author of The Baker’s Secret and The Curiosity comes a novel of conscience, love, and redemption—a fascinating fictionalized account of the life of Charlie Fisk, a gifted mathematician who was drafted into Manhattan Project and ordered against his morals to build the detonator for the atomic bomb. With his musician wife, he spends his postwar life seeking redemption—and they find it together.

Graduating from Harvard at the height of World War II, brilliant mathematician Charlie Fish is assigned to the Manhattan Project. Working with some of the age’s greatest scientific minds, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard, Charlie is assigned the task of designing and building the detonator of the atomic bomb.

As he performs that work Charlie suffers a crisis of conscience, which his wife, Brenda—unaware of the true nature of Charlie’s top-secret task—mistakes as self-doubt. She urges him to set aside his qualms and continue. Once the bombs strike Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the feelings of culpability devastate him and Brenda.

At the war’s end, Charlie receives a scholarship to pursue a PhD in physics at Stanford—an opportunity he and Brenda hope will allow them a fresh start. But the past proves inescapable. All any of his new colleagues can talk about is the bomb, and what greater atomic weapons might be on the horizon. Haunted by guilt, Charlie and Brenda leave Stanford and decide to dedicate the rest of their lives to making amends for the evil he helped to birth into the world.

Based on the life of the actual mathematician Charles B. Fisk, Universe of Two combines riveting historical drama with a poignant love story. Stephen Kiernan has conjured a remarkable account of two people struggling to heal their consciences and find peace in a world forever changed.

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As a journalist and novelist, Stephen P. Kiernan has published nearly four million words. His newspaper work garnered more than forty awards — including the George Polk Award and the Scripps Howard Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment.

Stephen’s newest novel, UNIVERSE OF TWO, will be out May 5, 2020. He is also author of the novels THE CURIOSITY (now in television series development), THE BAKER’S SECRET (a regional Indie bestseller), and THE HUMMINGBIRD. He has also written two nonfiction books, LAST RIGHTS and AUTHENTIC PATRIOTISM. His work has been translated into many languages.

Stephen was born in Newtonville, NY the sixth of seven children. A graduate of Middlebury College, he received a Master of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has chaired the board of the Young Writers Project, served on the Vermont Legislative Committee on Pain and Palliative Care, and served on the advisory board of the New Hampshire Palliative Care Initiative. He has spoken and consulted around the country about hospice, palliative care and advance directives.

A performer on the guitar since he was ten years old, Stephen has recorded 3 CDs of solo instrumentals, and composed music for dance, the stage and documentary films.

He lives in Vermont with his two amazing sons.

 

       

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Hello Bookish Friends
Today  I am reviewing a thrilling book full of suspense and historical elements that I really enjoyed.

Sight Unseen by Sandra Ireland 5*#Review @22_ireland @BirlinnBooks @lovebooksgroup #SightUnseen #lovebookstours  @ajentjenny @polygonBooks #TheSarahSutherlandSeries

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Author: Sandra Ireland
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd (13 Aug. 2020

2019. Sarah Sutherland is struggling to cope with the demands of her day job, caring for her elderly father and keeping tabs on her backpacking daughter. She wanted to be an archaeologist, but now in her forties, she is divorced, alone, and there seems to be no respite, no glimmer of excitement on the horizon. However, she does have a special affinity with the Kilgour Witch, Alie Gowdie, who lived in Sarah’s cottage until her execution in 1648, and Sarah likes nothing better than to retreat into a world of sorcery, spells and religious fanaticism. Her stories delight tourists as she leads them along the cobbled streets of her home town, but what really lies behind the tale of Alie Gowdie, the Kilgour Witch? Can Sarah uncover the truth in order to right a centuries-old wrong? And what else might modern-day Kilgour be hiding, just out of sight?

This book was received from the Author, and Publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

Sight Unseen by Sandra Ireland

Sight Unseen by Sandra Ireland is the first book in a new trilogy of crime thrillers.

A multifaceted book that grabs your attention straight away. Middle aged Sarah Sutherland life seems to be headed nowhere, stuck at a dead end job, the sole caretaker for her father. Sarah wanted to be an archaeologist when she was younger, but that is all in the past. She still has a passion for historical people and events, she dresses in black and is a tour guide at night. Leading tourist down cobbled stone streets of her home town of Kilgour. She delightfully weave historical facts within her stories, to engage her audience.

When Sarah is invited to read an antique leather bond book by her friend Charlotte, who is the manager of the towns Tollbooth museum. She comes across more information on mysterious of Alie Gowdie, a young woman executed in 1648 for witchcraft. A riddle that needs solving,  along with more clues, and the realization that Alie Gowdie lived in the very same house as her centuries previously. Gowdie was accused of witchcraft and relations with the Devil, branded the ‘Kilgour Witch’ by a Reverend Wilkie and was executed in 1648.

The history surrounding 1648. When Alie Gowdie married Richard Webster was   during a turbulent time in Scotland’s history. The king Charles I is about to lose his head, and little does Alie know that she too will meet a grisly end within the year.

Through Reverend Wilkie journals, Sarah is determined to uncover the facts surrounding the charges and trial of a woman who was executed during a time where witch hunts were used for more sinister motives. The accused usually did not have a voice.

Seamless narration between the two POV’s, that of Sarah and her elderly father John gives the reader more insight into complex family dynamics. Along with a romantic love interest propel the storyline along, as tale unfolds. Sarah convinced that more is being hidden in modern day Kilgour.

Sandra Ireland was awarded a Carnegie-Cameron scholarship to study for an MLitt in Writing Practice and Study at the University of Dundee, graduating with a distinction in 2014. Her work has appeared in various publications and women’s magazines. She is the author of Beneath the Skin (2016), Bone Deep (2018) and The Unmaking of Ellie Rook (2019). She lives in Carnoustie, Scotland. I really enjoyed reading this thrilling mystery with its bit of gothic style elements woven in.

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Today I Have A Wonderful Cover Reveal

Rome Reframed

by Amy Bearce

Release Date: February 2, 2021

Lucas Duran has been on the trip of a lifetime—six months traveling through Europe with his parents and two younger brothers. That is, the trip of a lifetime for someone else. Lucas wants nothing more than to be home in Austin, Texas,with his friends, and it shows in his schoolwork that he’s been emailing to his teachers. He can’t wait to get out of Rome, the last stop on their trip.

When his teachers give him an ultimatum—either turn in a phenomenal last project or you’ll fail the eighth grade—Lucas is going to have to decide whether to give up or to give in to the mystery of Rome. And after a cryptic palm reader hands him a weird-looking coin to throw in the Trevi Fountain, Lucas finds himself transported to ancient Rome at each new tourist destination. As his hops back through time become more personal, it seems the magic of Rome is determined to help Lucas gain more than an A+ project, too.  Can he fix his future before his time in the past is over?

Today we are celebrating the exciting double cover reveal in the EMPIRE HIGH Series by Ivy Smoak! It includes the next two titles in the series, EMPIRE HIGH ELITE (releasing October 15) and EMPIRE HIGH BETRAYAL (releasing January 14). They are both new adult, contemporary romance titles. Join Ivy’s Group for access to bonus content from the book and visit Ivy on her facebook page for an exclusive cover reveal giveaway.

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Welcome to the world of the elite.

My mom fell in love with a monster. I know he’s dangerous. And I know my mom never wanted him in my life. I don’t want him in mine either. But I’m being forced to live with him.

I’m stuck in his haunting apartment in a world where I don’t belong. A world full of beautiful people with ugly souls. A world filled with secrets.

And the one person that I thought I could rely on was Matt. But he says my new family is a disease. Does that make me toxic too? Is that why Matt wants to keep me his dirty little secret?

I should have known that all the secrets would come crashing down soon. I just never expected more to break than Matthew freaking Caldwell breaking my heart.

Empire High Betrayal by Ivy Smoak

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Today is my stop on the Book Tour of,

The Rose and the Whip by Jae Hodges, which is being hosted by HFBT!

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The Rose and the Whip
by Jae Hodges

Publication Date: March 25, 2020
WordCrafts Press
Hardcover, Paperback, & eBook; 252 Pages

Genre: Historical Fiction

Lidia Wardell walked naked through the Newbury meeting house. She was prosecuted, and publicly whipped for this crime.

This event is common historical knowledge. The Rose and the Whip is set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in May 1663, but tells the entire story of systematic persecution of dissenters, by dissenters. Lidia relates the story of her life, and the series of events that culminated in her decision to take this action in protest of the Puritan community leaders’ treatment of Quakers. As she is charged, sentenced, and tied to the whipping post, then subsequently thrashed with twenty or thirty lashes, she critically examines each of these events and reflects on how they served to transform her and her perspectives on truth and faith.

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All that is documented of Lidia Wardell’s existence is her one act of defiance in May of 1663.  Lidia Wardell walked into her town meeting house naked. For this bold act of defiance,  Lidia punishment was handed down, stripped down to her waist and publicly whipped with a cat -o-nine-tail.

Jae Hodges debut book is an intimate look into the trials, and struggles of life in Puritan New England. The Rose and the Whip, is heart wrenching, imagined historical fiction based on actual facts surrounding the persecution of dissenters. We see through the eyes of our heroine Lidia Wardell, in her courageous defiant protest against the ill treatment towards her fellow Quakers.

The narration flows as Lidia is receiving the punishment that she has been sentenced and tied to the whipping post, then subsequently thrashed with twenty or thirty lashes. As the lash bares down she starts to recall the series of events of her life leading up to this very moment. I really enjoyed the clever way the book is constructed. The authors execution is impeccable, and holds your attention.

The characters are easy to relate to and jump off the page. The storyline follows as more harsh and cruel punishment is levied onto the people in Lidia life and the people that are nonconformist within the community.

Eventually they escape with money they receive from selling everything and moving away. Lidia along with her husband Eliakim, and their little family make to a safe haven in New Jersey. There their family is blessed and it grows.

This one compelling book that will hit you so hard. Rich atmospheric details along with easy to read narration.

Jae Hodges has marked her place with this historical fiction debut …The Rose and The Whip.

—-A little Historical Note—
Religious persecution by the very hands of the early Puritans is not stressed enough in our history. But is was definitely taking place in colonies. It’s easy to see how they switched it up, and condemned people who were nonconformist to their strict way thinking.

The Religious Society of Friends began as a movement in England in the mid-17th century in Lancashire. Members are informally known as Quakers, as they were said “to tremble in the way of the Lord. The Friends moment “Quakers” were quite gentile people, who choose to pray and conduct themselves differently than the Puritan beliefs. For this they we’re ostracize, punished, and condemned to death.

As many as a third of all early nineteenth century feminists and antislavery activists were Quakers.

About the Author

Everyone has a history and a story. Jae uses the most alluring stories from the chronicles of her own ancestry and others around her to create timeless tales of everyday people making history. On her quest to capture the essence of walking in their footsteps, she travels and uses her pencil and camera lens to imagine them in their own surroundings.

Jae lives on the Tennessee River in Alabama with her husband and companion pooch.

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Review at Books and Zebras

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Rose and the Whip

Happy pub day

to The First To Lie!
Thank you to @getredpr @forgereads and @hankpryan for this advanced copy!⁣

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𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞:  𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕 4,2020

We all have our reasons for being who we are―but what if being someone else could get you what you want?

After a devastating betrayal, a young woman sets off on an obsessive path to justice, no matter what dark family secrets are revealed. What she doesn’t know―she isn’t the only one plotting revenge.

An affluent daughter of privilege. A glamorous manipulative wannabe. A determined reporter, in too deep. A grieving widow who has to choose her new reality. Who will be the first to lie? And when the stakes are life and death, do a few lies really matter?

Bestselling and award-winning author and investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan delivers another twisty, thrilling cat and mouse novel of suspense that will have you guessing, and second-guessing, and then gasping with surprise.

Hank Phillippi Ryan is at the top of her game. THE FIRST TO LIE is a masterfully twisty tale full of all my favorite things: interesting women, family secrets, and well-plotted revenge. Start reading early, because you will tear through the pages of this breathless, keep-you-up-all-night thriller.”—Jennifer Hillier, award-winning author of JAR OF HEARTS and LITTLE SECRETS

 “The First to Lie is a twisty, winding road of deception and secrets that starts with a bang and ends with an explosion. Put this one on your list because Hank Phillippi Ryan is at the top of her game.”—Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It

 ”With flawless pacing and impeccable character development, Hank Phillippi Ryan delivers yet another powerful, relevant story of deceit, betrayal, and the extent to which someone will go to right the wrongs they have suffered. The First to Lie is a magnificent, intricately plotted thriller that will have you questioning everyone’s motives until the stunning ending.”—Samantha M. Bailey, bestselling author of Woman on the Edge

This book was received from the Author, and Publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

A complex riveting tale of betrayal, deceit, revenge.

A complex steam rolling betrayal of deceit, revenge and lies. This is one wild ride of a thrilling storyline. It involves a ruthless Big Pharma company of Pharminex, that uses unethical business practices. They are being investigated because of pushing a so called “miracle drug, Monifan. Its being used to treat infertility, with astonishing results. Not all have a positive out come

The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan had me second guessing everything.

A cat and mouse game of suspense and drama. This is one of those reads that is cleverly executed, and you need to pay attention. The narration flows seamlessly between the multiple POV’s, It was easy to follow even when the storyline shifts timeframes. The well developed fleshed out characters will keep you on your toes. Some are down right sketchy. The twist keep coming, and that is what makes this book a spectacular and one you definitely won’t forget. I was completely immersed in this book and seriously enjoyed reading it all the way up to the Shocking ending.

Ellie Berensen is a reporter trying to break a story about Pharminex, a drug company that pushes off-label use Monifan.

Pharminex does not disclose information about the dire consequences that this drug can cause. leaving a wake of heartbreak and destruction in its aftermath.

What Ellie doesn’t seem to understand, is that she is not the only one trying to bring this incriminating evidence to light

Hank Phillippi Ryan is the bestselling author of eleven award winning novels of suspense. National reviews have called her a “master at crafting suspenseful mysteries” and “a superb and gifted storyteller.”

Her upcoming domestic suspense thriller THE MURDER LIST is a Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2019 from Criminal Element. AJ Finn calls it “a fireworks display of a novel–explosive, exciting and likely to leave you gasping.” BA Paris says: “A cracker of a read!”

Her first psychological standalone, TRUST ME, is an *AGATHA AWARD* nominee. It was named a Best Book of 2018 from REAL SIMPLE Magazine, BookBub, PopSugar, Bustle, CrimeReads and The New York Post. Mary Kubica says: “Dazzling!” and Lisa Gardner says “Mesmerizing!” The Booklist STARRED review says “..it’s a knockout. First-rate psychological suspense.” 

Her thriller SAY NO MORE is a Library Journal BEST OF 2016. And a nominee for the AGATHA AWARD, the DAPHNE award, and the MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD! Associated Press calls it “stellar” and Publishers Weekly calls it “thrilling” “unflinching” and “gratifying.”

Her 2015 book, WHAT YOU SEE, is a Library Journal BEST of 2015, an ANTHONY and AGATHA Award nominee, and a Top Pick!, dubbed “exceptional suspense.” It received a starred review from Library Journal which says: “Readers will find themselves racing to the finish!” 

Her 2014 book, TRUTH BE TOLD, won the AGATHA Award for best mystery, and is a Library Journal Best of 2014. It received starred reviews from Booklist and Library Journal, which says, “Drop everything and binge read!” 

THE WRONG GIRL won the Agatha Award and the Daphne Award, and is a seven-week Boston Globe bestseller and Anthony Award nominee. 

THE OTHER WOMAN won the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award, and was listed as a Best Book of 2012 by the Kansas City Star, the Sacramento Bee, Suspense Magazine, and The Boston Globe, won the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark Award, and was the only novel nominated for the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, Shamus and Daphne awards for Best Novel of 2012.

Her first four mysteries, beginning with the Agatha Award-winning PRIME TIME, feature Charlotte McNally, a Boston television reporter. FACE TIME was a BookSense Notable Book, and AIR TIME and DRIVE TIME were both Anthony and Agatha Award nominees for best novel of 2009 and 2010. They are now available in all new editions.

Hank is also an award-winning investigative reporter at Boston’s WHDH-TV. In addition to 36 EMMYs and 14 Edward R. Murrow awards, Hank’s won dozens of other honors for her ground-breaking journalism. 

Her work has resulted in new laws, people sent to prison, homes removed from foreclosure, and millions of dollars in refunds and restitution for victims and consumers. She’s been a radio reporter, a legislative aide in the United States Senate and an editorial assistant at Rolling Stone Magazine, working with Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Avedon and Richard Goodwin.

Hank is a founding teacher at Mystery Writers of America University and served as 2013 president of national Sisters in Crime. She blogs at Jungle Red Writers and Career Authors.

Learn more about Hank at www.HankPhillippiRyan.com

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Happy Book Birthday To Barbara Davis on Her Newest Release

A novel of secrets, memory, family, and forgiveness by the bestselling author of When Never Comes.

Lizzy Moon never wanted Moon Girl Farm. Eight years ago, she left the land that nine generations of gifted healers had tended, determined to distance herself from the whispers about her family’s strange legacy. But when her beloved grandmother Althea dies, Lizzy must return and face the tragedy still hanging over the farm’s withered lavender fields: the unsolved murders of two young girls, and the cruel accusations that followed Althea to her grave.

Lizzy wants nothing more than to sell the farm and return to her life in New York, until she discovers a journal Althea left for her—a Book of Remembrances meant to help Lizzy embrace her own special gifts. When she reconnects with Andrew Greyson, one of the few in town who believed in Althea’s innocence, she resolves to clear her grandmother’s name.

But to do so, she’ll have to decide if she can accept her legacy and whether to follow in the footsteps of all the Moon women who came before her.

Praise for The Last of the Moon Girls

“The Last of the Moon Girls is an enchanting tale of letting go and finding forgiveness. A five-star must read.”- Bee Lee Crosby, bestselling author of Emily Gone

“Woven through the compelling mystery and suspense that keep the pages of The Last of the Moon Girls turning is a story of a powerful family legacy and the discovery of the best kind of magic—that of embracing our own gifts and finding our place in the world. A glorious, shimmering read that resonated in my soul long after I finished reading.”- Kerry Anne King, bestselling author of Everything You Are

“The Last of the Moon Girls is reminiscent of two of my all-time favorites, Sarah Addison Allen’s Garden Spells Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic, because it’s witchy, full of plant magic, and painfully human.”- Kristen Fields, bestselling author of Lily in the Light

“The Last of the Moon Girls is a fantastic blend of mystery and magic, with the perfect dash of romance… a story of family and forgiveness and what it truly means to come home. From the first page to the last, I was riveted by the fascinating, heartbreaking story of the many generations of Moon girls – and, like all the best novels, I was sad when I turned the last page.”- Jane Healey, bestselling author of The Beantown Girls

“Davis uses a fine brush to draw complex, colorful characters, including a fiercely independent protagonist whose greatest obstacle is her own self-limiting beliefs. Stepped in equal parts magical realism and beguiling mystery, The Last of the Moon Girls is a captivating story that will leave you under its luminous spell long after you turn the last page.”- Eldonna Edwards, award winning author of This I Know and Clover Blue

A novel of secrets, memory, family, and forgiveness by the bestselling author of When Never Comes.

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Praise for The Last of the Moon Girls

“The Last of the Moon Girls is an enchanting tale of letting go and finding forgiveness. A five-star must read.”- Bee Lee Crosby, bestselling author of Emily Gone

“Woven through the compelling mystery and suspense that keep the pages of The Last of the Moon Girls turning is a story of a powerful family legacy and the discovery of the best kind of magic—that of embracing our own gifts and finding our place in the world. A glorious, shimmering read that resonated in my soul long after I finished reading.”- Kerry Anne King, bestselling author of Everything You Are

“The Last of the Moon Girls is reminiscent of two of my all-time favorites, Sarah Addison Allen’s Garden Spells Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic, because it’s witchy, full of plant magic, and painfully human.”- Kristen Fields, bestselling author of Lily in the Light

“The Last of the Moon Girls is a fantastic blend of mystery and magic, with the perfect dash of romance… a story of family and forgiveness and what it truly means to come home. From the first page to the last, I was riveted by the fascinating, heartbreaking story of the many generations of Moon girls – and, like all the best novels, I was sad when I turned the last page.”- Jane Healey, bestselling author of The Beantown Girls

“Davis uses a fine brush to draw complex, colorful characters, including a fiercely independent protagonist whose greatest obstacle is her own self-limiting beliefs. Stepped in equal parts magical realism and beguiling mystery, The Last of the Moon Girls is a captivating story that will leave you under its luminous spell long after you turn the last page.”- Eldonna Edwards, award winning author of This I Know and Clover Blue

This book was received from the Author, and Publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

All included quotes have been taken from an ARC and may not match the finished publication.

A treasure of a book, of a delightful farm and a family’s legacy of customs, that expands generations of woman healers.

Lizzy Moon, “Elizabeth” has turned her back on everything her grandmother had lived, taught and believed in. Living far away from Salem Creek is where the family’s Moon Girl Farm is located. Lizzy left Moon Girl Farm nearly a decade ago to create a normal life in New York City. She stripped away signs of the the young girl who’d run barefoot through her grandmother’s herbal and flower fields.

When an unexpected letter along with a journal arrives, with it comes news of her of her grandmothers Althea, recent death.

“There are no goodbyes, my Lizzy, only turnings of a circle. Until then..”

Faced with returning to her ancestral farm, and with her past rising up before her. She would have to definitely go there to box up the rest of the remaining journals, that belonged to every other family Moon girls.

Arriving she finds the farm in ruin and the lush lavender fields in decline.

Along with the terrible deaths of the Gilman girls, eight years ago, their deaths still overshadowed the small town. A town that had always cast a suspicious light on any Moons, Althea was still held to blame for that horrific crime.

While going through some of the passages in her grandmothers journals some key information comes to light. Lizzy seeks out to clear her grandmothers name. There is one childhood friend and neighbor, Andrew who hasn’t forgotten about Lizzy.

He offers to help Lizzy gather clues to the mystery of events of the girls deaths.

But the the murder doesn’t want the evidence to turn away from Althea, who was blamed without evidence all the way up to her death.

Rich in subtle magic, The Last Of The Moon Girls will captivate and the mystery will keep you flipping those pages long past bedtime.The writing was excellent,the pace was perfect and the plot flowed seamlessly.

The book is about grace while Lizzy will explore her own redemption and forgiveness. She will ultimately have to take the next step and decide to accept her legacy and whether to follow in the footsteps of all the Moon women who came before her.

There is also a budding romance that adds something special for the reader. It was depicted wonderfully. The mystery is written perfectly and I enjoyed how everything came together in the end.

I absolutely loved the herb lore and the magical realism that is woven into the storyline. The book captivated me and left me feeling better for having read it.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙊𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨

𝙗𝙮 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙨

Author of The Secrets She Carried, The Wishing Tide, Summer at Hideaway Key, Love, Alice. (Penguin/Berkley) When Never Comes (Lake Union) Coming in June 2020, The Last of the Moon Girls (Lake Union)