The New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with a novel spanning three generations of women about a famous lost book, a famous lost mother, and an artist searching for both. In 1927, in Bluffton, South Carolina, a famous American—former child prodigy author Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham—disappears, abandoning her eight-year-old […] The post #BookReview The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry @pcalhenry @SimonSchusterCA @AtriaBooks #TheStorySheLeftBehind #PattiCallahanHenry #SimonSchusterCA appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

A mother and daughter in hiding are threatened by more than secrets and lies in a twisting novel of paranoia, revenge, and psychological suspense by bestselling author Douglas Corleone. For two years, Kati Dawes and her teenage daughter, Zoe, have lived off the grid in Hawaii, hiding from a past Kati must forget as if […] The post #BlogTour #BookReview Falls to Pieces by Douglas Corleone @dougcorleone @OverTheRiverPR @AmazonPub #FallsToPieces #DouglasCorleone #thomasandmercer #OTRPR appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

1956, Malibu, Something is not right on Paradise Circle. With her name on the Hollywood blacklist and her life on hold, starlet Melanie Cole has little choice in company. There is her next-door neighbor, Elwood, but the screenwriter’s agoraphobia allows for just short chats through open windows. He’s her sole confidante, though, as she and […] The post #BookReview A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner @BerkleyPub @PenguinRandomCA #AMapToParadise #SusanMeissner #Berkley #BerkleyPartner #PenguinReads appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

A glittering, laugh-out-loud second chance romance that reminds us true love is sometimes the one thing you never planned on. Ali Rubin has a reputation for spontaneity. Like that time she made a drunken bet in London that led to matching tattoos with a stranger. Her joie de vivre is one of her best qualities; […] The post #BookReview Never Planned on You by Lindsay Hameroff @YouHadMeAtHEA @StMartinsPress #LindsayHameroff #NeverPlannedOnYou #YouHadMeAtHEA #SMPInfluencers #StMartinsPress appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

From bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The Ice Retreat is a spine-tingling thriller set in the world of controversial wellness treatments. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Sarah Pearse. HEALER? Meet Hollie Jenson, presenter of the smash-hit docu-series Bad Medicine, which exposes the perils of extreme therapies. Her next a new retreat run by wellness […] The post #BookReview The Ice Retreat by Ruth Kelly @ruthywriter @PGCBooks @panmacmillan #TheIceRetreat #RuthKelly #PGCBooks appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.” Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter […] The post #BookReview Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall @SimonSchusterCA #BrokenCountry #ClareLeslieHall #SimonSchusterCA appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

A mother and daughter try desperately to reconcile just as a decades-old secret threatens to shatter their relationship forever in this powerful story from the bestselling author of The Echo of Old Books. For social worker Mallory Ward, working with at-risk youth is a calling. But when one of her clients is tragically killed, she […] The post #BookReview Every Precious and Fragile Thing by Barbara Davis @FireflyDist @AmazonPub #EveryPreciousAndFragileThing #BarbaraDavis #LakeUnion #FireflyDist appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

Date night goes off the rails in this hilariously insightful take on midlife and marriage when one unhappy couple find themselves at the heart of a crime in progress, from the USA Todaybestselling author of The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise. Jane and Dan have been married for nineteen years, but Jane isn’t […] The post #BookReview Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley @BerkleyRomance @PenguinRandomCA #JaneAndDanAtTheEndOfTheWorld #ColleenOakley #Berkley #BerkleyPartner #PenguinReads appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls, this is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and […] The post #BookReview Count My Lies by Sophie Stava @SimonSchusterCA #CountMyLies #SophieStava #SimonSchusterCA appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more

Once, we’d worshipped them as Gods. For nearly 400 years, the Veil has protected us from the Fae of Alfheimr. In their absence, our lives have shifted from decadence and sin to survival and virtue under the guidance of the New Gods. I’ve spent my entire life tending to the gardens next to the boundary […] The post #BookReview What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods @torbooks #WhatLiesBeyondTheVeil #OfFlesh&BoneSeries #HarperLWoods #torbooks appeared first on What's Better Than Books ..read more