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When two famous writers from different artistic arenas come together you are excited to see what blossoms from both of their imaginary minds. Remain is an extraordinary supernatural love story, shocker and mystery all rolled into one exciting read.

Tate Donovan, an architect, has just been released from a psychiatric hospital. Deeply depressed by the passing of his beloved sister, and encouraged by his best friend Oscar, he had checked himself in. Now, finally set free and feeling better he is headed to Cape Cod to repay his friend. He is set to help build the summer house of his friend’s dreams.

As he settles into the bed and breakfast he will be staying at, he meets a beautiful woman named Wren, the owner of the property. As they get to know each other, they discover not only do they have much in common, but they like each other. Tate has never felt this way about any woman he has dated. He is pulled to her in a way he can’t describe. But Wren has a few secrets which Tate needs to figure out. He knows someone hurt her and wants to discover why. And how.

Thus begins a love story for the ages, a haunting mystery and an amazing thriller. It’s a story of insights which needed to be learned, secrets which needed to be exposed, heartbreak and moving on from one’s past.

Remain is a beautiful dark love story, an incredibly imaginative tale which merges genres you can’t imagine ever would be able to come together, but yet when all is said and done is astonishing!

Remain is going to be a motion picture directed of course, by M. Night Shyamalan!

Published by Random House

The Matchmaker is an incredibly creative thriller with of course a love story sprinkled into this startling story. It’s imaginative plot, with a strong woman at the helm will keep you invested as we begin to learn (as she does) some dark secrets which were hidden from her. But this matchmaker will meet her own match when she discovers someone for some reason wants her dead!

Nura Khan is a third-generation matchmaker just as her grandmother and mother had been. She runs the business with her sister but make no mistake Nura has been the one who made it successful. She runs a very tight ship and has no problem telling a potential client they are not a fit for her agency.

But when one of the matches ends up falling apart on the day of the wedding, Nura can’t believe it was the agency’s fault. She’s not only confused but embarrassed. At the same time her best friend Azur who is her pretend fiancé at these weddings finds a real girlfriend much to her dismay.

Then another couple they matched has an even worse situation on their wedding day and now the agency begins to fall apart. And Nura starts to receive threats. Someone was able to break into her house. Someone is clearly watching her. Who’s trying to take her down and why?

But unfortunately for Nura this is only the beginning of what might be the end of her career when she learns some devastating family secrets. Then this stalker decides it’s time to kill her. Who has it out for Nura? A former client? A journalist who seems to know where she is at all times?

The Matchmaker is an enjoyable journey into mystery and suspense with a bit of romance and a great deal of danger. The race to the end is heart-stopping! You’ll never guess who Nura’s deadly match turns out to be!

Thank you #NetGalley #Bantam #AishaSaeed #TheMatchmaker for the advanced copy.

The Last Session is quite a compelling psychological thriller with an incredible mystery which will have you compulsively reading! Not knowing who the good guys are and not trusting anyone, the story scans the past and present and then intertwines them leading to a jaw-dropping ending.

Thea is a social worker in a psychiatric unit. Her choice of career, twofold as she herself grew up with insecurity, bullying and intimacy issues.

But when a young woman shows up in a catatonic state Thea believes she may know but can’t place her Thea’s life as she knows it will change forever.

Through investigation Thea realizes the woman is an actress from a movie from years ago which had a cult-like following, including by herself. Thea wants to talk to her about her life and try and figure out how she got to the unit, but unfortunately the minute the woman wakes up her parents come to discharge her and whisk her away.

But Thea believes the woman left her clues before she left…was it to help her out of a bad situation? As she follows the pieces of the puzzle, she comes across a podcast which then changes her perspective on everything. She now feels the woman could be in danger and needs her help.

Thea decides to go to a retreat in New Mexico which is being run by a very strange couple. The retreat is for people who have intimacy issues. She can’t understand what the woman’s connection could possibly be to this couple or this sanctuary?

Forced to pretend, she soon discovers there is more going on than trying to help those with personal problems. It seems there are missing people, including the woman from the movie, and many dark secrets amongst the staff.

What will soon be discovered is the couple running the retreat are not who they say they are and Thea will become the next victim of their obsession. She realizes they will do anything to keep her there. She knows too much. And time is running out. And she’s learned she can’t trust anyone. Will she make it out alive?

The Last Session is a juicy exciting story in which you will not be able to tell who is helping or who wants Thea dead. Nor will you understand the incredible reason why until the last session!

Thank you #NetGalley #Atria/EmilyBestlerBooks #JuliaBartz #TheLastSession for the advance copy.

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Yes, I know…I am reading last year’s favorite cozy a little late, but…I finally got around to the first in the series and I must say this is a cozy, charming, funny, mystery with some pizzazz!

When Jeanie’s aunt gifts her The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, it could not have come at a better time! After living in Boston for several years working in a corporate office well, let’s just say she needs a break!

Although Jeanie has no idea how to run a cafe, she feels she can get us to speed pretty easy. That was her first mistake. Her second was opening the back door of the cafe when she heard noises where she discovered a man with muscles and many pumpkins in his hands standing there. This is farmer Logan who supplies the cafe with items from his farm.

Needless to say they get off on the wrong foot. But both seem to be interested in the other but too shy to even think it to themselves.

But Jeanie has other problems…someone is trying to sabotage her cafe. But why? This town, Dream Harbor is close knit with very quirky residence, but no one seems dangerous. What she has discovered is most of them are way too kind. It’s a place where everyone knows everyone’s business and is not afraid to butt in! It’s also a place where it seems dreams are meant to come true…usually.

The Pumpkin Spice Cafe is adorable. It’s an easy quick read in which you will continually have a smile on your face. It’s a heck of a feel-good story in a town you wish you could live in and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next!

Published by Harper Collins