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Y’all! Dark Days by Molly Garcia gripped me from the first brutal crime scene. Twists, tangled suspects, and my fave—Dr. Ethan Quinn—kept me hooked. Razor-sharp tension + heart = knockout. Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/23/%...
📚 Dark Days by Molly Garcia
🗓️ Release Date: August 29, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Thriller / Mystery / Crime 🔥 Quick Take: Dark Days is one of those books that makes you lean in closer while sending chills down your arms. From the brut…
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August 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
August 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sun, sand & cult terror 🌴🩸 Ruth, the lone survivor, brings snark & dread to Prosperity Island in Coates’ twisty thriller. Sharp, humid, and wickedly fun. 4⭐ Full review on Chapter And Charm 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/%...
🏖️📚 How Bad Things Can Get by Darcy Coates
🗓️ Release date: August 26, 2026 | 🖤 Genre: Horror / Thriller 🔥 Quick Take: Sun, sand, 🍹 and blood-soaked chaos. Darcy Coates delivers a tropical paradise that slowly morphs into a suspenseful, edg…
https://vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/🏖%EF%B8%8F📚-how-bad-things-can-get-by-darcy-coates/
August 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The Night She Said Hatchet isn’t just a thriller—it’s a full-body experience. Chills, heartbreak, wit, & truths you don’t see coming. A taut, tender, goosebump read that wrecked me in the best way. Read it (lights on). Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/%...
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📚 The Night She Said Hatchet by B.P. Kelso
🗓️ Release Date: August 20, 2025 | 💀Genre: Psychological Thriller / Mystery 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all, let me tell you—The Night She Said Hatchet isn’t just a thriller, it’s a full-body experience. You f…
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August 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Cole, Luna, ghost stories & faith-filled sparks collide in The Launch! Horror, romance, humor & hope all rolled into one page-turner. Scary & swoony— 😏 Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/%...
📚 The Launch by Amy Tackett
🗓️ Release Date: August 21, 2025 | 🖤Genre: Horror Rom-Com / Christian Fiction 🔥 Quick Take: What do you get when you throw a haunted cabin, a swoony romance, Christian faith, and ghost-story chills…
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August 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Y’all! Leverage is sushi stuffed with dynamite—Wall Street chaos, razor-sharp office politics & a hero you can’t stop rooting for. Think Wolf of Wall Street with heart (and fewer bubbles). Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/%...
📚 Leverage by Amran Gowani
🗓️ Release date: August 19, 2025 | 💸 Genre: Financial Thriller 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all—Leverage is like being handed sushi where every roll’s stuffed with dynamite. Amran Gowani throws you headfirst in…
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August 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The First Thread • The Crimson Knot • The Final Stitch
Nadija turns true events into a gripping psychological thriller. Handled with respect, full of tension and twists, these books keep you on the edge of your seat—chilling, compelling, and impossible to put down!
August 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
📚✨ Dive into Welz Bailey’s Clara Strong series—start with The Pawn, then Call Me Jacob. Dark twists, nonstop tension, unforgettable thrills. 💀 Already in Killer Thrillers Anthology Vol. I—and coming soon: The Quantico Killer. Your next obsession awaits.
August 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Y’all! Florida sun, infinity pool, fruity drink… then Hannah waves at my fiancé. 🍹😳 Emily Shiner serves sizzling tension, outrageous drama & chaos you can taste. Sun-kissed vacation vibes meet “oh no” suspense. Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/%... #Uninvited #NetGalley
📚 Uninvited by Emily Shiner
🗓️ Release Date: August 20, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Psychological Thriller / Domestic Suspense 🔥 Quick Take: Florida sunshine, an infinity pool, and a fruity drink in hand—what could go wrong? Oh, just you…
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August 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Y’ALL. This book wrecked me—in the softest, most beautiful way. Eli is quiet, Jackson’s chaos, and together? Tender, messy magic. Heartstopper vibes but deeper. Quiet, funny, unforgettable. Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/%...
📚 The Sound of Colors Held by K. Scott Goodson
🗓️ August 16, 2025 | 🖤 Contemporary YA | Found Family | Slow-Burn Romance | Emotional Coming-of-Age 🔥 Quick Take: Y’ALL. This book slipped into my heart like a quiet song, then wrecked me—in the so…
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August 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy release day to Victor Peter—Wren is here!! 🖤 A fever dream of a locked-room mystery, dripping paranoia, and mind-bending twists. Lucy Wren’s fight for reality had me hooked from page one. Five stars. Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/%...
📚 Wren by Victor Peter
🗓️ Release Date: August 15, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Twisted Psychological Thriller 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all!! This isn’t just a book—it’s a fever dream wrapped in a locked-room mystery, dipped in paranoia, and …
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August 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Y’all. Wayward Soldier dragged me through red dirt, alien nightmares & moral quicksand—and I loved it. Gritty, raw military sci-fi w/ heart. Five stars. Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/%...
📚 Wayward Soldier by Robert C. Beatty
🗓️ Release date: July 8, 2025| 🖤 Genre: Military Science Fiction| 🔥 Quick Take: Alien planet? Check. Combat logistics unit in over their heads? Double check. Moral ambiguity, interstellar politics,…
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August 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🎉📚 Happy Release Day! In Not Without Me by Keith Grey, Filene’s perfect husband has a deadly past & her obsessed ex won’t go away. Obsession, mistrust, & secrets boil over in this tense domestic suspense. 📖 Full review: vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/02/%...
📚 Not Without Me by Keith Grey
🗓️ Release Date: August 13, 2025| 🖤 Genre: Domestic Suspense / Thriller 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all! If you’ve ever thought, “Wow, my spouse is perfect—too perfect,” this is the book for you. Keith Grey de…
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August 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Y’all. It’s here! I opened Left at the Altar “just to peek” & my Pepsi went flat while my heart pounded. Twists, tension, secrets—5⭐! Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/%... #NetGalley #LeftAtTheAltar
📚 Left at the Altar by AJ Campbell
🗓️ Release Date: August 13, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Psychological Thriller 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all. I cracked open Left at the Altar thinking I’d read a few pages, and suddenly my Pepsi was flat and my heart w…
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August 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Meg Hart’s life looks perfect—until her son vanishes & she’s suspect #1. Upstanding Young Man by Sharon Doering is Desperate Housewives meets Dateline: betrayal, scandal, jaw-drop twists. 🍷 Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/%...
📚 Upstanding Young Man by Sharon Doering
🗓️ Release date: August 12, 2025 |💀 Genre: Psychological Thriller / Domestic Suspense Short, sharp, and a little deliciously wrong — perfect for late-night reading and wine you forget to drink. 🔥 Q…
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August 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Y’all. Fright Manifest had me white-knuckled at 35,000 ft with 8 strangers, 8 secrets & something dark in the cabin. Claustrophobic, chilling, & unforgettable—5⭐ high-altitude horror with teeth. Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/%...
📚 Fright Manifest by Don Campbell
🗓️ Release Date: August 16, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Horror Novella / Psychological Thriller / Supernatural 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all. Fright Manifest had me gripping my imaginary armrest like I was the one cruis…
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August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Y’all!! This Karin Slaughter thriller starts “ooh, pretty!” & ends “oh no, the town’s on fire.” Small-town secrets, vanishing girls, & pure adrenaline—4.5⭐! Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/%...
📚 We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
🗓️ Release Date: August 12, 2025 |   🖤 Genre: Small-town mystery / Thriller 🔥 Quick Take: Welcome to North Falls—population: nosy neighbors, perfectly manicured secrets, and just enough small-…
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August 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome by Anthony W. Scott, Esq. shines a light on the quiet fear of being “found out” & gives real tools to crush it. Through powerful stories & strategies, it helps you not just take your seat at the table—but own it with confidence & purpose.
August 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The Tenants by M.A. Hunter Y’all! 5 yrs indoors, you know every tenant (creepy or caring?)—then one turns up dead. Tense, twisty, goosebump read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ 4.5/5 Full review on Chapter And Charm 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/%... @anautieauthor.bsky.social
📚 The Tenants by M.A. Hunter
🗓️ Release Date: August 18, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Psychological Thriller 🔥 Quick Take: Picture this: you haven’t left your building in five years, you know everything about your tenants (creepy or caring…
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August 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Y’all! Aberdeen Manor will have you sleeping with a flashlight. C.K. Smith blends haunted-house terror & family drama as siblings face a killer legacy & creeping shadows. Vivid scares, fierce sibling bond, & steady pacing = 4 stars! Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/09/%...
📚 The Haunting of Aberdeen Manor by C.K. Smith
🗓️ Release Date: January 11, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Horror / Gothic Family Drama 🔥 Quick Take: Think The Haunting of Hill House collided with a true-crime doc and decided to move in — noisy pipes, cold sp…
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August 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Y’all, this book had me side-eyeing everyone like a true-crime star witness. From the first letter—Read Me, Now—I was hooked! Tension hums, twists hit hard, & the pace won’t quit. 4.5 stars for this rollercoaster.
Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/%...
📚 A Husband Never Lies by James Caine
📆 Release Date: August 8, 2025 | 💀 Genre: Psychological Thriller | Suspense 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all, this book had me side-eyeing everyone like I was the star witness in a true-crime documentary. From …
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August 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Y’all… Minds by Rob Delplanque grabbed me by the brain & didn’t let go. 🤯 Will signs up for a drug trial for quick cash—then starts hearing everyone’s thoughts. Smart, heartbreaking, funny, & chaotic in the best way. I loved it. Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/%...
📚 Minds by Rob Delplanque
🗓️ Release Date: August 8, 2025 | 🖤 Psychological Drama 🔥 Quick Take: Would you really want to read minds? Minds takes that terrifying thought and runs with it, straight into a raw, heart-squeezing…
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August 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Y’ALL. This book had me sweating like a liar in church. 👀 A dreamy vacay turns dark when a child vanishes & secrets explode. Twisty, emotional, unputdownable. Lydia? Half hug-worthy, half sketchy AF. #NetGalley #TwoPerfectCouples

Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/07/%...
📚 Two Perfect Couples by Renita D’Silva
🗓️ Released: August 7, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Domestic Thriller / Suspense 🔥 Quick Take: Y’ALL. This book had me sweating like a liar in church. 👀 A dreamy beach vacay with your bestie turns into full-blo…
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August 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Murder at an Ohio campground, DNA under the nails points to FBI Agent Emma Noble’s dad. Fast, twisty, and full of family secrets—A Noble Sin will steal your weekend. Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/%...
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📚 A Noble Sin by Andrew Bridgeman
🗓️ Release Date: Available now!| 🖤 Genre: Thriller / Suspense 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all picture this: you’re sipping coffee, minding your business, and BAM—murder in an Ohio campground. Damp earth, buzzi…
https://vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/📚-a-noble-sin-by-andrew-bridgeman/
August 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Eddie Flynn is back & my heart did cardio it didn’t sign up for! 🫀 Corrupt DA, a rigged death row case, 7 days to save an innocent man—Cavanagh delivers jaw-clenching, high-octane legal thrills. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Full review 👉 vanessakeck.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/%...
📚 The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanagh
🗓️ Release Date: August 5, 2025 | 🖤 Genre: Legal Thriller 🔥 Quick Take: Y’all… if you like your thrillers to grab you by the throat and not politely let go, this one’s your ride. This is a high-spe…
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August 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM