the setup… Sydney Singleton, a former journalist now working and in PR and living in Los Angeles, makes the trip to Raleigh following her paternal grandmother’s death to clear out her home. Hidden in the recesses of a drawer is a picture of a little girl who could be her twin. Sydney learns that it’s Carol Singleton, her late father’s older sister who no one ever talked about and who disappeared in 1965. As she digs deeper, she discovers that Carol was one of six young black girls who disappeared from the same neighborhood during 1964-65.

Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators, until, dispatched to arrest a well-he...

Winner of Best Mystery/Thriller at the 2017 GCLS Awards(Crime noir/thriller) Professional cellist...

Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward ChildrenNo SolicitationsNo VisitorsNo QuestsChildren have always ...

"Pulpy, peppery and sinister, served up in a comic deadpan...This scorpion-tailed little thriller...

This mini challenge during the Library Love Challenge ran from June 1, 2025 through July 31, 2025.  The only rule is to listen to audiobooks using the library (Libby, Hoopla, etc).  And to have fun! I listened to EIGHT library audiobooks through my Hoopla app.

2025 Library Love Audiobook Challenge   Welcome to the third Library Love Audiobook Challenge hosted by Angel’s Book Nook & Books of My Heart.   If you haven’t signed up for the 2025 …

From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the inte...

This challenge ran from June 1 through July 31, 2025. The only real rule is to listen to audiobooks using the library (Libby, Hoopla, etc). And to have fun! I listened to SIX audiobooks with Libby …

Welcome to the fourth Library Love Bingo Challenge hosted by Angel’s Book Nook & Books of My Heart. If you haven’t signed up for the 2025 Library Love Challenge, sign-up is open until December 2, 2025 and you can join anytime.  Find the rules and sign-up: here.  We hope you enjoy our Library Love Bingo.  Have Fun and Good Luck!

the setup… Cora Atkin is on her way to register the name of her newborn son. Her husband Gordon wants him named after him; nine-year old daughter Maia suggests Bear, and Cora likes Julian. Whichever her choice will have a consequence, both for the child and her family. Over the next 35 years, the story provides alternating experiences of each choice. the heart of the story… Cora means “core of the story” and she is central to everything and each alternate experience. She’s also the victim of extreme physical and emotional abuse by her sadistic husband.

the setup… It’s the Fourth of July and most of the town has assembled at the park to watch the fireworks. Newly fifteen year old Madison Dalrymple is supposed to be meeting best friend Cheyenne Baker who had a wicked plan for the two of them that night. When she’s late, Madison goes looking for her and sees what she believes to be the Baker car but as she approaches it’s clear that something is very, very wrong. Later, Deputy Sheriff Emmy Lou Clifton goes looking for Madison who is her best friend’s stepdaughter and gets that unique tingle that this is serious when she finds Madison’s mangled bicycle at the edge of the park.

Welcome To The 2025 Library Love Autumn Semester Review Link-Up   If you haven’t signed up for the 2025 Library Love Challenge, sign-up is open until December 2, 2025 and you can join a…

the setup… Genevieve Dempsey is a psychologist who has a theory about the five stages of grief and has assembled four people to participate in an experiment designed to mend their broken hearts. There’s Victoria, an acerbic 52-year old lawyer who doesn’t think she belongs there; Mischa, a 20-year old who can’t find a place in this world; Callum, a 29-year old rock star whose career and life is tanking because of his drug and alcohol abuse; and Freya, a 31-year old interior designer whose marriage is failing and suffers from panic attacks.

2025 Library Love Bingo Challenge Welcome to the fourth Library Love Bingo Challenge hosted by Angel’s Book Nook & Books of My Heart.   We’re welcoming our COYER friends and hope everyone …

the setup… Shearwater is a small (fictional) island near Antarctica used to house the world’s largest seed bank because of climate change. Its only residents are Dominic Salt as caretaker and his three children, Raff, Fen and Orly. It once included researchers but the island is now at risk itself due to rising sea levels. Following a ferocious storm like no other, daughter Fen finds a woman washed ashore…alive. As they nurse Rowan back to health, Dominic becomes suspicious as to why she came there and she believes he’s not being entirely truthful of the whereabouts of the researchers.

From the author of The Disasters, this genre-bending YA fantasy heist story is perfect for fans o...