Jul 7, 2024

#BookReview #TheTeacher #FreidaMcfadden #PoisonedPen


 Lesson #1: Trust no one.


Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…

Last year, Caseham High was 
rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.

Addie can’t be trusted. 
She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says. 

But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And 
Addie will do anything to keep it quiet…


From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge.

#1 New York Times, Amazon Charts, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Sunday Times, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. Freida’s work has been selected as one of Amazon Editors’ best books of the year, she is the winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for best paperback, and she is a Goodreads Choice Award winner. Her novels have been translated into 40 languages.

​ Freida lives with her family and black cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean, with staircases that creak and moan with each step, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly, maybe.

To hear Freida talk about herself more in the third person, check out her website freidamcfadden.


The Teacher

Written By Freida McFadden

Written By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews


First, I want to thank Buffalo, NY’s Library to Go Van, Freida McFadden and Poisoned Pen for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review. 


OMG!!! Can you believe I have never read any of Freida McFadden Books?! Me one who is obsessed with psychological thrillers?! Everyone has been raving about her on social media! So, when my friend from high school asked me what I thought of her books for her daughter. I didn’t have an answer for her so I decided I would read The Teacher. Now, It was not appropriate for her Daughter but her Mom would love it! At least I did! 


Freida takes you back in time to high school if you ever had a crush on a teacher you will relate to this student. However, dang she took it way further than our high school minds ever did!!! 


The Teacher is fast paced, addictive, binge worthy, unputdownable, scandalous, and very taboo!! This book was full of dirty little secrets, and mind blowing revelations.


Freida has me hooked and I will definitely be reading more of her books! 






Jun 29, 2024

#BooksonTour #InTheBlinkofanEye #KateHewitt #Bookouture #NetGalley

 

It only took a moment for everything to go wrong. A little girl is hurt, but who is to blame?

I’m so happy as I walk to pick up my seven-year-old son from the birthday party. It’s his first since we moved here, and I know he’s found it hard settling in. Just as I’ve found it hard to make friends among the mothers at the school gates. But as I turn the corner, my heart stops when I see an ambulance.

I start to run. 
My son, is all I can think. I have to find my son.

As I race into the garden, desperately searching for my blue-eyed little boy, a fellow parent turns to me, her finger pointed. The words out of her mouth make my blood run cold.

Your son did this. This is your fault.”

Surely that can’t be true? My son can be difficult, but I’d know if he was capable of hurting someone… Wouldn’t I?

As a little girl is lifted onto a stretcher, I feel my world come crashing down. My heart cracks in two for this poor child, her devastated family. Because there’s no coming back from this. An innocent girl has been hurt. My son is being blamed. 
But I’m his mother, and I’ll do whatever it takes to find out what really happened…

A totally gripping and emotional novel about trust, female friendship and betrayal. Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Liane Moriarty and Susan Lewis.
Kate Hewitt is the author of many romance and women’s fiction novels. A former New Yorker and now an American ex-pat, she lives in a small town on the Welsh border with her husband, five children, and their overly affectionate Golden Retriever. Whatever the genre, she enjoys telling stories that tackle real issues and touch people’s lives.

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In The Blink Of An Eye 

Written By Kate Hewitt 

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank Kate Hewitt, Bookouture, and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review.


WOW!!! Kate Hewitt is known for her well written stories that pulls on your heartstrings. However, this time around she surprised me and did something a little bit different. She actually went a little darker than she usually does and I Liked that side of her! It made for a very interesting read. 


I will admit the book wasn't as fast paced in the beginning as I usually liked. However when it did pick up I sped through the book no problem. 


Kate educated her readers with such important medical conditions such as being a sociopath, conduct disorder, bullying, harassment, ADHD, ADD, and PDD.  


#TeamKieren. All the way!! He was the one that pulled hard on my heartstrings the most. My heart went out to him for all that he was being accused of, how he was being treated, 


I can’t imagine being a parent and the horror of finding your child the way they did! It was truly a shocking and heartbreaking scene! 


There were a lot of wicked twists and turns and some shocking moments as well. 


Overall it is a great read. If you are a fan of Kate’s book you need to pick this one up. 

Jun 28, 2024

#BooksonTour #TheTakenChild #MariaFrankland #Bookouture #NetGalley

 

As I race towards the lake, Toby's life unfolds before me, from the day he entered this world to his first day at school. Please let me find him. I’ll do anything. But my sweet little boy is nowhere to be seen.

It kills me that the only way I can spend proper time with my son 
Toby is by helping out at his school camp. I sit under the emerald green pine trees and Toby’s little face lights up as he runs past me, joining the other chattering, happy children around us. Then I see my ex, David, glaring at me and my heart sinks. He may have full custody, but he’d love nothing more than for me to disappear. Forever.

As the excitement of the first day at this isolated camp dies down, I cherish the long goodnight hug I get to give to my beautiful little boy. I’d do 
anything to get Toby back.

But my dreams for us are shattered when the next morning ends in shock and chaos. 
A body has been found. There’s a killer in the camp. We can’t trust anyone. And then my worst nightmares come true: Toby disappears.

Does the killer have my child? I’ve already come so far to protect Toby. 
How much further will I have to go, to get him back safe and sound?

Perfect for fans of Mark Edwards, T.M. Logan and Freida McFadden, this is a totally gripping and page-turning psychological thriller packed with incredible twists.

 Maria Frankland has a dubious internet search history and a very worried mother-in-law. However, neither of these things can stop her writing gripping psychological thrillers in which you’ll never find a happy-ever-after.

Her novels are mostly set in Yorkshire where you’ll hear the accent through all her characters. These are people you could live next door to, or closer still… don’t say you haven’t been warned.

Maria’s novels are fast-paced, down to earth and realistic. You never know what’s around the corner…

Find out more about Maria at www.mariafrankland.co.uk. Whilst you’re there, you can download your free novella – The Brother-in-Law. Happy reading!


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The Taken Child 
Written By Maria Frankland 
Reviewed By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank Maria Frankland, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review. 


DANG!! The Taken Child seriously read like nail biting bingable true crime series on Netflix that you can’t stop watching! WOW!! Maria Frankland is one talented storyteller that is for sure!! If you are a fan of true crime, mystery, suspense, missing persons, police procedural, then this is the book for you! 


Maria would like to dedicate this book to her gorgeous niece Thea, who gave her the inspiration for the story. 


What hooked me first was the scene of the book where the students were going on a school trip and being chaperoned. The three chaperones all knew each other and their backstories were very interesting to today’s present drama. 


What I found quite interesting  is that at the end of each chapter there was an eerie saying in bold typed letters. Each one seemed to get darker and darker as they went on. 


In between the story there are breaks where we chapters about the investigation by Di Gilbert filling us in on all the latest. 


This book had a lot of twist and turns, secrets galore, and shocking revelations. 


I will say that it was not as fast paced as I like my stories to be and it took me a while to get into the storyline. 


 




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