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Tall Poppy Review: A Whodunit That Twists on a Complicated Axis of Lies and Secrets

"Intricate, complex and devilishly clever, The First to Lie is like reading a burning stick of dynamite." — J.T. Ellison, NYT bestselling author "A twisty, winding road of deception and secrets that starts with a bang and ends with an explosion." — Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife Confession: I’m…

Nicole BaartAugust 6, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: “Every Single Secret” Faces Lies

In the emotional psychological thriller Every Single Secret (Lake Union Publishing), Emily Carpenter takes us through Daphne Amos' shocking discovery that all she thought to be truth was not. Daphne thought she'd found love with her fiancé, Heath. But their precarious relationship that is built on secrets teeters when Heath begins…

Tif MarceloDecember 20, 2018

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: An Investigation at a Boston College Turns Deadly

If you’ve read one Hank Phillippi Ryan book, you know to clear your schedule for the day because you won’t be able to put the book down until you get to the twisted, unpredictable, often socially timely conclusion. Say No More (Forge Books) was no different. Say No More is…

Kate MorettiApril 25, 2019

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: She’ll Stop at Nothing to Find Out “Where She Went”

She thinks immediately of her daughter Emma, a freshman in college, and the only family Maggie has left. But Maggie’s daughter isn’t dead; she’s only missing. And no one knows where she went. Set on the campus of a large Philadelphia university (“Semper”) and in the dark underbelly occupied by…

Ann GarvinOctober 3, 2019

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Layered Plot and Points of View Create Suspense in “Stories We Never Told”

In Stories We Never Told (Lake Union), Sonja Yoerg weaves a tale about deception, obsession, deep wounds, and acceptance in four points view that’s sure to wind readers into its spell. Jackie Strelitz is a psychology professor who, from a distance, seems to have it all together. She’s happily married…

Tif MarceloApril 16, 2020

Fiction Romance Young Adult

Tall Poppy Review: Festivities Are in Full Swing in High-Spirited Rom-Com

It’s that magical time of year — October — when Christmas starts its convivial seep into our daily lives. Ornaments and pine boughs appear at Target, Hallmark Channel starts teasing their holiday movie line-up, and ambitious decorators string up lights while the weather is still warm (is that only me?).…

Amy ReichertOctober 7, 2021

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

Sonali Dev’s New Austen-Inspired Release “The Emma Project” Is Sublime Romance at Its Best

I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the release of The Emma Project (Avon), Sonali Dev’s fourth book in her Jane Austen retellings series. With each book in the series — from Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors to A Recipe for Persuasion to Incense and Sensibility — Dev treated readers…

Priscilla OliverasMay 19, 2022

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

Tif Marcelo Combines Tropes With a Moving Marriage-of-Convenience-in-Trouble Romance

Marriage of convenience is a common trope beloved among romance readers, though perhaps more often found in historicals. However, in Know You by Heart (Montlake), Book 2 in Tif Marcelo’s Heart Resort series, readers are treated to a contemporary version of the trope, with the added twists of the marriage-in-trouble and…

Priscilla OliverasApril 14, 2022

Fiction Romance

Tall Poppy Review: “It Takes Heart” Also Has Plenty of Soul

I must start with the admission that stories about second chances at love, especially second chances at first love, are my catnip. It’s my very favorite Romance genre trope. Assuaging the pain of losing the one who got away is the perfect redemptive metaphor for getting a redo on life’s…

Sonali DevAugust 19, 2021

Fiction Romance

Tall Poppy Review: Marrying Jane Austen to Contemporary Cali Charisma

Retellings of Jane Austen novels could be their own section in the bookstore, adding a new shelf's worth each year. Some are quite literal, others are barely recognizable and some are delicately perfect, capturing the spirit of Austen without sacrificing organic storytelling. Sonali Dev’s latest novel, Incense and Sensibility (William Morrow…

Amy ReichertAugust 5, 2021

Fiction Romance

Tall Poppy Review: “The Kindred Spirits Supper Club” Is a Heartwarming Read

In Amy E. Reichert's The Kindred Spirits Supper Club (Berkley), down-on-her-luck Sabrina Monroe returns home to Wisconsin after a splashy journalism job in Washington D.C. goes awry. She dreads reconciling with fake friends and ex-boyfriends who are best left in the past, but most of all, she’s anxious about the…

Heather WebbApril 22, 2021

Fiction Romance

Tall Poppy Review: “Under the Southern Sky” Shines With Effortless Storytelling

In Under the Southern Sky, Kristy Woodson Harvey masterfully weaves four points of view together with a friends-to-lovers story of grief, second chances and deep generational friendship. Amelia Buxton thought her life was on the right track. A successful journalist and reporter just published in The New York Times, and…

Tif MarceloApril 29, 2021

Fiction Romance

Tall Poppy Review: Spice Up Summer With Austen-Flavored Romance

Recipe for Persuasion (William Morrow), the second installment in Sonali Dev’s brilliant new “Raje series,” is a lovely reimagining of the classic Austen tale. For those new to the series, Dev takes Jane Austen’s beloved storylines and reimagines them in modern-day Los Angeles with the prominent Indian-American Raje family and…

Aimie K. RunyanJune 11, 2020

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Family Heirloom Connects an Heiress of America’s Past to Quests in a Fictional Present

Say the words “family keepsake,” and anyone in earshot will likely know what you mean. We humans have been passing down heirlooms to our children and our children’s children and their children for centuries. Often, it’s not the keepsake itself that is of value, but rather what it symbolizes to…

Susan MeissnerMarch 31, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Jessica Strawser’s Latest Meditates on Compassion and Dignity at Life’s Inevitable End

Engaging and meticulously plotted, Jessica Strawser’s The Next Thing You Know (St. Martin’s Press) is a character study, a call for compassion and empathy, and a hopeful read. Nova Hudson is an end-of-life doula with Parting Your Way, a two-person end-of-life doula service in Cincinnati, OH, with Kelly Monroe, its…

Tif MarceloMarch 24, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Two Hopeful Women Grapple With America’s Broken Promises at Ellis Island

Through the story of the immigrant, hopefully looking up at the Statue of Liberty and the U.S. several generations ago, we can imagine some of our great-great-grandparents as they nervously clutched their papers, praying they would be admitted to a country they were told would offer them opportunities beyond any…

Aimie K. RunyanFebruary 10, 2022

Tall Poppy Review: A Whodunit That Twists on a Complicated Axis of Lies and Secrets

Tall Poppy Review: “Every Single Secret” Faces Lies

Tall Poppy Review: An Investigation at a Boston College Turns Deadly

Tall Poppy Review: She’ll Stop at Nothing to Find Out “Where She Went”

Tall Poppy Review: Layered Plot and Points of View Create Suspense in “Stories We Never Told”

Tall Poppy Review: Festivities Are in Full Swing in High-Spirited Rom-Com

Sonali Dev’s New Austen-Inspired Release “The Emma Project” Is Sublime Romance at Its Best

Tif Marcelo Combines Tropes With a Moving Marriage-of-Convenience-in-Trouble Romance

Tall Poppy Review: “It Takes Heart” Also Has Plenty of Soul

Tall Poppy Review: Marrying Jane Austen to Contemporary Cali Charisma

Tall Poppy Review: “The Kindred Spirits Supper Club” Is a Heartwarming Read

Tall Poppy Review: “Under the Southern Sky” Shines With Effortless Storytelling

Tall Poppy Review: Spice Up Summer With Austen-Flavored Romance

Family Heirloom Connects an Heiress of America’s Past to Quests in a Fictional Present

Jessica Strawser’s Latest Meditates on Compassion and Dignity at Life’s Inevitable End

Two Hopeful Women Grapple With America’s Broken Promises at Ellis Island

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