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Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

When someone dies, we may wish for more time with them. Just one more day. But what if that happened? What if they actually came back?This premise launches Kelly Simmons's graceful and otherworldly suspense novel, One More Day (Sourcebooks Landmark) Carrie and her husband are mired in grief after the mysterious kidnapping of…
Sandra Block
July 26, 2018
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Tall Poppy Review: Loyalties Shift in “Garden of Lies”

In 1943, as the prologue of Garden of Lies (Open Road Media) opens, a young woman named Sylvie succumbs to her first stirrings of true passion—with the handyman, Nikos, instead of her rich, older husband. She soon discovers she’s pregnant. Sylvie prays that the baby is her husband’s, but when the…
Kathryn Craft
December 13, 2018
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Tall Poppy Review: Love, Heartbreak and Samosas

Romance comes in many forms: sweet and light, steamy and fun, dark and suspenseful, magical and mysterious—and that doesn’t even scratch the surface. Sonali Dev’s second novel, The Bollywood Bride (Kensington Publishing), continues her trademark blend of heartbreaking backstories, electrifying romance and Indian culture. “They were surrounded by people, seemingly…
Amy Reichert
February 21, 2019
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Tall Poppy Review: A Revolution for Women and France

This has been the year of “Becoming” …  and Heather Webb, the internationally bestselling author of six historical fiction novels, has proven that Becoming Josephine (Plume) deserves to be on its own special mantel with her captivating tale of an extraordinary woman’s rise to power against all odds. Webb is a master storyteller…
Lisa Barr
January 17, 2019
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Tall Poppy Review: A Heroine Ventures “Into the Free”

It's hard to place Into the Free (Thomas Nelson) into one genre. The novel plays with conventions common to historical fiction and coming-of-age parables, but Julie Cantrell delivers a wholly unique story in her novel. From high in the branches of her favorite sweet gum tree, Millie Reynolds watches a long…
Erin Celello
February 14, 2019
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Tall Poppy Review: A Meet-Cute Turned Deadly

A thought-provoking, beautifully written portrait of marriage and motherhood is entwined with a propulsive, page-turning psychological mystery in Jessica Strawser’s Almost Missed You (St. Martin's Press). The novel starts with a clever and twisty set up – the romantic back story of how Violet and Finn meet cute, lose track…
Kelly Simmons
July 4, 2019
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Tall Poppy Review: “A Distant Heart” Draws All to India

I love reading novels that sweep me away to faraway places; far from the mundanity of my daily routines, worries, and struggles. A Distant Heart (Kensington) by Sonali Dev does just that. From page one, suddenly I was in Mumbai, India with its gritty slums, beautiful mansions, rickshaw drivers, and…
Heather Webb
November 11, 2018

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