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 Aspiring author Roxanne Wortham lives a comfortable life in Las Vegas. She spends her days at her nine-to-five job and comes home to her boyfriend, Ethan, and an unfinished novel that she can’t seem to crack. Her life is simple— that is, until she gets a phone call saying that her childhood best friend and ex-boyfriend, Maverick Sterling, has been in a near-fatal car crash.

As Roxanne discovers that she still has power of attorney over his affairs, she places her life on hold and rushes to Maverick’s side in Scranton, Pennsylvania. While helping him to recover, memories of childhood and old relationships resurface, making it difficult for Roxanne to balance her new life with her old one. Roxanne is left to sort through complicated feelings from her past alongside the realization that Maverick may still have feelings for her— and even worse, she may still have feelings for him, too.    

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#BooksonTour #AuntIvy’sCottage #KristinHarper #Bookouture #NetGalley

 Clearing out the attic, Zoey opens the carved trunk and smiles as she picks up the small, leather-bound diary hiding inside. Curious, she leafs through the pages, and realizes this will change everything…

All Zoey’s happiest childhood memories are of her great-aunt Ivy’s rickety cottage on Dune Island, snuggling up with hot chocolate and hearing Ivy’s stories about being married to a sea captain. Now, heartbroken from a breakup, Zoey escapes back to the island, but is shocked to find her elderly aunt’s spark fading. Worse, her cousin—next in line to inherit the house—is pushing Ivy to move into a nursing home.

With the family clashing over what’s best for Ivy, Zoey is surprised when Nick, a local carpenter and Ivy’s neighbor, takes her side. As Zoey finds comfort in his sea-blue eyes and warm laugh, the two grow close. Together, they make a discovery in the attic that links the family to the mysterious and reclusive local lighthouse keeper…

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#BookReview #MyEpidemic #AndrewM.FaulkMD

My Epidemic is the true story of an HIV-infected physician who limited his practice to other AIDS patients during the worst years of the epidemic as he cared for approx. 50 patients who died. From the unique perspective of an AIDS doctor and patient, Dr. Faulk shares his thoughts on death, caring and identity. The epilogue compares Covid-19 to HIV and discusses why it was so devastating and what steps we can take so that the next pandemic won't be so deadly and disruptive. My Epidemic fills a gap in the history of AIDS, AIDS patients and HIV caregivers. This is a beautifully-written perspective few would know: an AIDS physician who continued his desperately-needed work in the early, worst years of the epidemic, even though he himself was HIV-positive. Through loving and deeply personal stories, this book paints a vivid picture of the emergence of LGBTQ as a community caring for itself in a world of prejudice and the unbearable silence of an indifferent government. As an AIDS doctor at the dawn of the virus, we walk the halls of the wards with Dr. Faulk where even nurses were too afraid to deliver  food to patients, and assisted-suicide "death parties” became commonplace. Some of the stories are grim in their haunting telling, but this book is really about courage, love and an honest look at the human condition, it should be seen as a "new classic.” He shares his thoughts on death, caring and identity. I found I took breaks from reading to absorb his story and insights. Rarely are we offered a chance to have what feels like a deep conversation with an author. Andrew Faulk MD has written an achingly real account of the early days of the AIDS epidemic. From the unique perspective of an AIDS doctor and patient, Dr. Faulk discusses his own nightmares, PTSD, and his own survivor's guilt. Most compelling are his stories of the death of his partner and many friends and patients. In a world where HIV can now be prevented with medication, Dr. Faulk eloquently reminds us of the days when nearly everyone died within months. These stories could only have been told only by an extraordinary physician and a gifted writer.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19722633.Andrew_M_Faulk

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/MY-EPIDEMIC-Struggle-Patient-Survivor/dp/173342914X/

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#PublicationDayPush #Sleepless #LouiseMumford #HQ #RachelsRandomResources

 

Sleepless

Don’t close your eyes. Don’t fall asleep. Don’t let them in.

 

Thea is an insomniac; she hasn’t slept more than three hours a night for years.

 

So when an ad for a sleep trial that promises to change her life pops up on her phone, Thea knows this is her last chance at finding any kind of normal life.

 

Soon Thea’s sleeping for longer than she has in a decade, andawakes feeling transformed. So much so that at first she’s willing to overlook the oddities of the trial – the lack of any phone signal; the way she can’t leave her bedroom without permission; the fact that all her personal possessions are locked away, even her shoes.

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One bath wall is a mural of a brilliant-yellow sunflower. The theme carries over to the shower curtains, but the yellow vinyl is spattered with red blotches. Propped against the mirror is a South Kitsap High School photo of a teenaged girl.

Detective Megan Carpenter is no stranger to horrifying crime scenes, but when she arrives at the home of a woman whose body has been brutalized, Megan is shocked to discover that she knows the victim. Monique Delmont helped Megan when she was in danger years ago. And the killer has left a disturbing calling card… two laminated photographs of a sixteen-year-old high school girl – Megan.

Someone is taunting her in the worst way possible and Megan is convinced she knows who is responsible. She just has to find him.

With the help of her new partner, Deputy Ronnie Marsh, Megan begins to unravel the clues that will lead them to the killer including links to three female murder cases from nearly twenty years ago – one of which was Monique’s daughter.

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