Sharonda Isadora
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#bookishthoughts | Savvy Summers and The Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Savvy Summers and The Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Format: eARCPublisher: St Martin's Press|Minotaur BooksLength: 352 pages9.8 hoursGenre: Cozy MysteryTropes: amateur sleuths, small town, second chance romance ★★★★★ A sparkling debut mystery set on the south side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, proprietor of a soul food café.When Savvy Summers first opened Essie's soul food café, she never expected her customer-favorite sweet potato pie to become the center of a murder investigation.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#bookishthoughts | Savvy Summers and The Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
The Witches Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Format: eARCPublisher: Berkley RomanceSeries: NALength: 352 pages9.8 hoursGenre: Paranormal RomanceTropes: slow-burn, found family, grumpy witches, second chances ★★★★ An enchanting novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her…
Format: eARCPublisher: Berkley RomanceSeries: NALength: 352 pages9.8 hoursGenre: Paranormal RomanceTropes: slow-burn, found family, grumpy witches, second chances ★★★★ An enchanting novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her…
The Witches Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Format: eARCPublisher: Berkley RomanceSeries: NALength: 352 pages9.8 hoursGenre: Paranormal RomanceTropes: slow-burn, found family, grumpy witches, second chances ★★★★ An enchanting novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers—and her life—back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches .Sera Swan was once one of the most powerful witches in Britain.
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August 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Witches Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Format: eARCPublisher: Berkley RomanceSeries: NALength: 352 pages9.8 hoursGenre: Paranormal RomanceTropes: slow-burn, found family, grumpy witches, second chances ★★★★ An enchanting novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her…
Format: eARCPublisher: Berkley RomanceSeries: NALength: 352 pages9.8 hoursGenre: Paranormal RomanceTropes: slow-burn, found family, grumpy witches, second chances ★★★★ An enchanting novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her…
What I’m Reading at the Beach
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: Beach/Beachy Reads…
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: Beach/Beachy Reads…
What I’m Reading at the Beach
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: Beach/Beachy Reads (Share books you’d take to the beach OR books that take place at the beach.)
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July 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What I’m Reading at the Beach
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: Beach/Beachy Reads…
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: Beach/Beachy Reads…
Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. Clair
Author: Scarlett St. ClairSeries: Blood of Lilith #1Published: July 8, 2025Length: 495 pages14 hoursGenre: Urban FantasyTropes: ?
Author: Scarlett St. ClairSeries: Blood of Lilith #1Published: July 8, 2025Length: 495 pages14 hoursGenre: Urban FantasyTropes: ?
Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. Clair
Author: Scarlett St. ClairSeries: Blood of Lilith #1Published: July 8, 2025Length: 495 pages14 hoursGenre: Urban FantasyTropes: ?
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July 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. Clair
Author: Scarlett St. ClairSeries: Blood of Lilith #1Published: July 8, 2025Length: 495 pages14 hoursGenre: Urban FantasyTropes: ?
Author: Scarlett St. ClairSeries: Blood of Lilith #1Published: July 8, 2025Length: 495 pages14 hoursGenre: Urban FantasyTropes: ?
Books with Honorifics in the Title
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: books with…
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: books with…
Books with Honorifics in the Title
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: books with Honorifics in the title. an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect.
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July 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Books with Honorifics in the Title
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: books with…
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic: books with…
Fog and Fury by Rachel Howzell Hall
Author: Rachel Howzell HallSeries: Haven #1Published: July 1, 2025Length: 374 pages8 to 10 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: crazy twists, ★★★★ She’s a new PI in a beautiful seaside town. It’s dirtier than it looks―and more dangerous too―in a twisting novel…
Author: Rachel Howzell HallSeries: Haven #1Published: July 1, 2025Length: 374 pages8 to 10 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: crazy twists, ★★★★ She’s a new PI in a beautiful seaside town. It’s dirtier than it looks―and more dangerous too―in a twisting novel…
Fog and Fury by Rachel Howzell Hall
Author: Rachel Howzell HallSeries: Haven #1Published: July 1, 2025Length: 374 pages8 to 10 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: crazy twists, ★★★★ She’s a new PI in a beautiful seaside town. It’s dirtier than it looks―and more dangerous too―in a twisting novel of suspense by the Anthony Award–nominated author of These Toxic Things. YAfter ten years on the force, LAPD cop Sonny Rush relocates with her elderly mother to peaceful Haven, California, to join her godfather’s burgeoning PI business.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fog and Fury by Rachel Howzell Hall
Author: Rachel Howzell HallSeries: Haven #1Published: July 1, 2025Length: 374 pages8 to 10 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: crazy twists, ★★★★ She’s a new PI in a beautiful seaside town. It’s dirtier than it looks―and more dangerous too―in a twisting novel…
Author: Rachel Howzell HallSeries: Haven #1Published: July 1, 2025Length: 374 pages8 to 10 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: crazy twists, ★★★★ She’s a new PI in a beautiful seaside town. It’s dirtier than it looks―and more dangerous too―in a twisting novel…
Book Propaganda Im not Falling For
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic is a…
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic is a…
Book Propaganda Im not Falling For
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic is a freebie/Throwback. This topic was pretty viral a couple of weeks ago across social media, and I decided to throw my hat in the ring.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Book Propaganda Im not Falling For
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic is a…
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today's topic is a…
Never the Roses by Jennifer K. Lambert
Author: Jennifer K LambertSeries: NATo be Published: July 8, 2025Format: eARCLength: 368 pages10 to 12 hoursGenre: Romantsy, FantasyTropes: Rivals to Lovers, Tragic Romance, Remdemption ★★★ UNSTOPPABLE WAR. UNSPEAKABLE SINS. IMPOSSIBLE LOVE.Genevieve…
Author: Jennifer K LambertSeries: NATo be Published: July 8, 2025Format: eARCLength: 368 pages10 to 12 hoursGenre: Romantsy, FantasyTropes: Rivals to Lovers, Tragic Romance, Remdemption ★★★ UNSTOPPABLE WAR. UNSPEAKABLE SINS. IMPOSSIBLE LOVE.Genevieve…
Never the Roses by Jennifer K. Lambert
Author: Jennifer K LambertSeries: NATo be Published: July 8, 2025Format: eARCLength: 368 pages10 to 12 hoursGenre: Romantsy, FantasyTropes: Rivals to Lovers, Tragic Romance, Remdemption ★★★ UNSTOPPABLE WAR. UNSPEAKABLE SINS. IMPOSSIBLE LOVE.Genevieve Gornichec’s The Witch’s Heart meets Madeline Miller’s Circe in this epic and deeply emotional romantic fantasy debut by Jennifer K. Lambert. The hardcover edition features beautiful stenciled edges.
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June 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Never the Roses by Jennifer K. Lambert
Author: Jennifer K LambertSeries: NATo be Published: July 8, 2025Format: eARCLength: 368 pages10 to 12 hoursGenre: Romantsy, FantasyTropes: Rivals to Lovers, Tragic Romance, Remdemption ★★★ UNSTOPPABLE WAR. UNSPEAKABLE SINS. IMPOSSIBLE LOVE.Genevieve…
Author: Jennifer K LambertSeries: NATo be Published: July 8, 2025Format: eARCLength: 368 pages10 to 12 hoursGenre: Romantsy, FantasyTropes: Rivals to Lovers, Tragic Romance, Remdemption ★★★ UNSTOPPABLE WAR. UNSPEAKABLE SINS. IMPOSSIBLE LOVE.Genevieve…
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Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence.
June 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence.
June 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Death of an Ex by Delia Pitts
Author: Delia PittsSeries: Vandy Myrick #2To Be Published: July 18, 2025Length: 320 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: small town secrets, tough private investigator, who-did-it ★★★★ Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in…
Author: Delia PittsSeries: Vandy Myrick #2To Be Published: July 18, 2025Length: 320 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: small town secrets, tough private investigator, who-did-it ★★★★ Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in…
Death of an Ex by Delia Pitts
Author: Delia PittsSeries: Vandy Myrick #2To Be Published: July 18, 2025Length: 320 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: small town secrets, tough private investigator, who-did-it ★★★★ Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in her mysteries. Vandy Myrick captured readers' and critics' hearts in Trouble in Queenstown. She returns in Death of an Ex, where Vandy tries to piece together what brought her ex-husband's life to an end.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Death of an Ex by Delia Pitts
Author: Delia PittsSeries: Vandy Myrick #2To Be Published: July 18, 2025Length: 320 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: small town secrets, tough private investigator, who-did-it ★★★★ Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in…
Author: Delia PittsSeries: Vandy Myrick #2To Be Published: July 18, 2025Length: 320 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Mystery, ThrillerTropes: small town secrets, tough private investigator, who-did-it ★★★★ Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in…
Whispers of the Lake by Shanora Williams
Author: Shanora WilliamsSeries: NATo Be Published: June 24 2025Format: eARCLength: 272 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, MysteryTropes: Missing Best Friend, Isolated Small Town, Twisty Surprises, Unassuming Villain ★★★★★ A marriage on the rocks, a missing…
Author: Shanora WilliamsSeries: NATo Be Published: June 24 2025Format: eARCLength: 272 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, MysteryTropes: Missing Best Friend, Isolated Small Town, Twisty Surprises, Unassuming Villain ★★★★★ A marriage on the rocks, a missing…
Whispers of the Lake by Shanora Williams
Author: Shanora WilliamsSeries: NATo Be Published: June 24 2025Format: eARCLength: 272 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, MysteryTropes: Missing Best Friend, Isolated Small Town, Twisty Surprises, Unassuming Villain ★★★★★ A marriage on the rocks, a missing friend, an investigative journalist, a tangle of shocking lies, and a peaceful North Carolina lakefront cottage converge in this irresistibly twisty new psychological thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author—perfect for readers of Liv Constantine, Tarryn Fisher, Kellye Garrett, and Caroline Kepnes.
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June 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Whispers of the Lake by Shanora Williams
Author: Shanora WilliamsSeries: NATo Be Published: June 24 2025Format: eARCLength: 272 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, MysteryTropes: Missing Best Friend, Isolated Small Town, Twisty Surprises, Unassuming Villain ★★★★★ A marriage on the rocks, a missing…
Author: Shanora WilliamsSeries: NATo Be Published: June 24 2025Format: eARCLength: 272 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, MysteryTropes: Missing Best Friend, Isolated Small Town, Twisty Surprises, Unassuming Villain ★★★★★ A marriage on the rocks, a missing…
Realm of Thieves | Bookish Thoughts
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May 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Realm of Thieves by Karina Halle
Author: Karina HalleSeries: Thieves of DragemoreTo be Published: June 10, 2025Format: eARCLength: 432 pages11 to 15 hoursGenre: Fantasy Romance, RomantasyTropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity ★★★★★ Two thieves vie for dominance in the illegal dragon egg…
Author: Karina HalleSeries: Thieves of DragemoreTo be Published: June 10, 2025Format: eARCLength: 432 pages11 to 15 hoursGenre: Fantasy Romance, RomantasyTropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity ★★★★★ Two thieves vie for dominance in the illegal dragon egg…
Realm of Thieves by Karina Halle
Author: Karina HalleSeries: Thieves of DragemoreTo be Published: June 10, 2025Format: eARCLength: 432 pages11 to 15 hoursGenre: Fantasy Romance, RomantasyTropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity ★★★★★ Two thieves vie for dominance in the illegal dragon egg trade, putting both their lives and their hearts on the line in this scorching romantasy from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle.
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May 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Realm of Thieves by Karina Halle
Author: Karina HalleSeries: Thieves of DragemoreTo be Published: June 10, 2025Format: eARCLength: 432 pages11 to 15 hoursGenre: Fantasy Romance, RomantasyTropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity ★★★★★ Two thieves vie for dominance in the illegal dragon egg…
Author: Karina HalleSeries: Thieves of DragemoreTo be Published: June 10, 2025Format: eARCLength: 432 pages11 to 15 hoursGenre: Fantasy Romance, RomantasyTropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity ★★★★★ Two thieves vie for dominance in the illegal dragon egg…
Archangel's Ascension | Bookish Thoughts 📚 💭
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May 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Archangel’s Ascension by Nalini Singh
Author: Nalini SinghSeries: Guild Hunter #17To Be Published: May 6, 2025Format: eARCLength: 411 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Paranormal Romance, Tropes: MM lgbtqia+ rep, friends-to-lovers ★★★★ Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become…
Author: Nalini SinghSeries: Guild Hunter #17To Be Published: May 6, 2025Format: eARCLength: 411 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Paranormal Romance, Tropes: MM lgbtqia+ rep, friends-to-lovers ★★★★ Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become…
Archangel’s Ascension by Nalini Singh
Author: Nalini SinghSeries: Guild Hunter #17To Be Published: May 6, 2025Format: eARCLength: 411 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Paranormal Romance, Tropes: MM lgbtqia+ rep, friends-to-lovers ★★★★ Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become lovers, their future a wild unknown.Finally reunited in New York, they must now learn to navigate the monumental shift in their relationship.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Archangel’s Ascension by Nalini Singh
Author: Nalini SinghSeries: Guild Hunter #17To Be Published: May 6, 2025Format: eARCLength: 411 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Paranormal Romance, Tropes: MM lgbtqia+ rep, friends-to-lovers ★★★★ Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become…
Author: Nalini SinghSeries: Guild Hunter #17To Be Published: May 6, 2025Format: eARCLength: 411 pages8 to 12 hoursGenre: Paranormal Romance, Tropes: MM lgbtqia+ rep, friends-to-lovers ★★★★ Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become…
Ms. V’s Hot Girl Summer by A.H. Cunningham
Ms. V's Hot Girl SummerAuthor: A.H. CunninghamSeries: NAPublished Today: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 285 pages5 to 10 hoursGenre: Contemporary Romance ★★★ Trinidad Velasquez plays by the rules. Now she has one chance—one sizzlin’ Carnival weekend—to…
Ms. V's Hot Girl SummerAuthor: A.H. CunninghamSeries: NAPublished Today: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 285 pages5 to 10 hoursGenre: Contemporary Romance ★★★ Trinidad Velasquez plays by the rules. Now she has one chance—one sizzlin’ Carnival weekend—to…
Ms. V’s Hot Girl Summer by A.H. Cunningham
Ms. V's Hot Girl SummerAuthor: A.H. CunninghamSeries: NAPublished Today: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 285 pages5 to 10 hoursGenre: Contemporary Romance ★★★ Trinidad Velasquez plays by the rules. Now she has one chance—one sizzlin’ Carnival weekend—to leave it all behind.Go on, get spicy…For the last sixteen years, Trinidad Velasquez has done everything right.
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April 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Ms. V’s Hot Girl Summer by A.H. Cunningham
Ms. V's Hot Girl SummerAuthor: A.H. CunninghamSeries: NAPublished Today: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 285 pages5 to 10 hoursGenre: Contemporary Romance ★★★ Trinidad Velasquez plays by the rules. Now she has one chance—one sizzlin’ Carnival weekend—to…
Ms. V's Hot Girl SummerAuthor: A.H. CunninghamSeries: NAPublished Today: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 285 pages5 to 10 hoursGenre: Contemporary Romance ★★★ Trinidad Velasquez plays by the rules. Now she has one chance—one sizzlin’ Carnival weekend—to…
Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey
Serial Killer GamesAuthor: Kate PoseySeries: NATo Be Published: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 374 pages7 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, Romance, Mystery ★★★ What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?Dolores dela Cruz…
Serial Killer GamesAuthor: Kate PoseySeries: NATo Be Published: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 374 pages7 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, Romance, Mystery ★★★ What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?Dolores dela Cruz…
Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey
Serial Killer GamesAuthor: Kate PoseySeries: NATo Be Published: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 374 pages7 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, Romance, Mystery ★★★ What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?Dolores dela Cruz has been dying to spot one in the wild, and he fits the mold strangler gloves, calculated charm, dashing good looks that give a leg up in any field .
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April 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey
Serial Killer GamesAuthor: Kate PoseySeries: NATo Be Published: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 374 pages7 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, Romance, Mystery ★★★ What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?Dolores dela Cruz…
Serial Killer GamesAuthor: Kate PoseySeries: NATo Be Published: April 29, 2025Format: eARCLength: 374 pages7 to 12 hoursGenre: Thriller, Romance, Mystery ★★★ What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally?Dolores dela Cruz…
