NetGalley Update: January Part 2

Remember when I said I was being a good girl and I was keeping my NetGalley list manageable? Yes, I lied. Oops. Here’s the thing; I requested a handful of titles before the holidays and it became a thing where they all sat in limbo, so I wrote them off and moved on with life. But now these books came through and, while it does put more on my plate, I’m so excited to read them! I’m finding that I want to use my kindle more while I’m on the go; I think bringing my NetGalley books with me to places like the gym, waiting rooms, cooking dinner, etc. is much more efficient than trying to hold a book open with one hand and multitask. This is also a great way for me to reach my goal of reading a broader spectrum of genres in a cost efficient way. I’m also planning on this keeping my TBR rotating at a faster pace; for whatever reason I struggle to read two physical books simultaneously but I can knock out a kindle and a paperback in record time. *Shrugs* I know a few of these have publishing dates that are coming up soon, so I’d love to know if you’ve read any of these titles already or if any are on Mount TBR.

SURPRISE ME by Sophie Kinsella
Publishing 02/13/18
Genres: Women’s Fiction, Chick Lit

After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage; they have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly, they finish each other’s sentences. However, a trip to the doctor projects they will live another 68 years together and panic sets in. They never expected “until death do us part” to mean seven decades.

In the name of marriage survival, they quickly concoct a plan to keep their relationship fresh and exciting: they will create little surprises for each other so that their (extended) years together will never become boring. But in their pursuit to execute Project Surprise Me, mishaps arise and secrets are uncovered that start to threaten the very foundation of their unshakable bond. When a scandal from the past is revealed that question some important untold truths, they begin to wonder if they ever really knew each other after all.

MISTER TENDER’S GIRL by Carter Wilson
Publishing 02/13/18
Genres: Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Suspense

How far are you willing to go for Mister Tender?

At fourteen, Alice Hill was viciously attacked by two of her classmates and left to die. The teens claim she was a sacrifice for a man called Mister Tender, but that could never be true: Mister Tender doesn’t exist. His sinister character is pop-culture fiction, created by Alice’s own father in a series of popular graphic novels.

Over a decade later, Alice has changed her name and is trying to heal. But someone is watching her. They know more about Alice than any stranger could: her scars, her fears, and the secrets she keeps locked away. She can try to escape her past, but Mister Tender is never far behind. He will come with a smile that seduces, and a dark whisper in her ear…

THE HUSBAND HOUR by Jamie Brenner
Publishing 04/24/18
Genre: Women’s Fiction

Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL. Their future could not look brighter when Rory shocks everyone-Lauren most of all-by enlisting in the U.S. Army. When Rory dies in combat, Lauren is left devastated, alone, and under unbearable public scrutiny. 

Seeking peace and solitude, Lauren retreats to her family’s old beach house on the Jersey Shore. But this summer she’s forced to share the house with her overbearing mother and competitive sister. Worse, a stranger making a documentary about Rory tracks her down and persuades her to give him just an hour of her time.

One hour with filmmaker Matt Brio turns into a summer of revelations, surprises, and upheaval. As the days grow shorter and her grief changes shape, Lauren begins to understand the past-and to welcome the future.

WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE by Kristen Lepionka
Publishing 05/01/18
Genres: Mystery, Crime Fiction, Detective

Shaken by the outcome of her last big case, PI Roxane Weary is keeping a low profile. When she takes on a new client who suspects his fianc�e is cheating on him, Roxane is happy to have landed a run-of-the-mill surveillance job. Until, that is, Marin Strasser, the woman she’s been tailing, turns up dead.

The police are convinced her client is the one who pulled the trigger. Certain – and scared – that things aren’t so straightforward, Roxane starts to follow a paper trail that gets more dangerous the farther it goes.

So who really was Marin Strasser? Who could have wanted her dead? And how can Roxane stop her work from once again pushing away the few people she thinks she can trust?

SEE ALL THE STARS by Kit Frick
Publishing 08/14/18
Genres: YA, Contemporary, Mystery

THEN They were four—Bex, Jenni, Ellory, Ret. (Venus. Earth. Moon. Sun.) Electric, headstrong young women; Ellory’s whole solar system.

NOW Ellory is alone, her once inseparable group of friends torn apart by secrets, deception, and a shocking incident that changed their lives forever.

THEN Lazy summer days. A party. A beautiful boy. Ellory met Matthias and fell into the beginning of a spectacular, bright love.

NOW Ellory returns to Pine Brook to navigate senior year after a two-month suspension and summer away—no boyfriend, no friends. No going back. Tormented by some and sought out by others, troubled by a mysterious note-writer who won’t let Ellory forget, and consumed by guilt over her not entirely innocent role in everything and everyone she’s lost, Ellory finds that even in the present, the past is everywhere.

The path forward isn’t a straight line. And moving on will mean sorting the truth from the lies—the lies Ellory has been telling herself.

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