Title: Good Girls Lie Author: J.T. Ellison Release Date: December 31, 2019 Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads: Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous.In a world where appearances are everything, as long as students pretend to fo

Title: Silenced in Sequins Series: Resale Boutique Mystery #2 Author: Debra Sennefelder Release Date: January 7, 2020 Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads:With her bottom line looking a little threadbare, Kelly is going all out to promote the Lucky Cove Resale Boutique. She’s counting on Black Friday to recover her start-up expenses—including a website and an advertising blitz. But the publicity is overkill when two warring divas, and one sparkly evening dress, thrust Kelly and her fledgling business into a scandal she can’t afford. The gorgeous garment came to Kelly from the walk-in closets of Wendy Johnson, one of reality TV’s Long Island Ladies. When Wendy’s

Title:Southern Harm Series: Southern B&B Mystery #2 Author: Caroline Fardig Release Date: November 12, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads – Synopsis from Goodreads: After solving a murder at a local restaurant, Quinn Bellandini just wants to get back to her comfortable life running her grandfather’s B&B in Savannah, Georgia, with her sister, Delilah. But those plans get buried when Quinn and her new boyfriend, Tucker Heyward, dig up an old skeleton while doing some landscaping in his aunt Lela’s backyard. Before long, Lela becomes the prime suspect in the thirty-three-year-old unsolved murder of a high school homecoming queen. Tucker is devastated. But Quinn’s conscience won’t le

Title: The Glittering Hour Author: Iona Grey Release Date: December 10, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads: Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side of scandal, all while running from the life her parents would choose for her. Lawrence Weston is a penniless painter who stumbles into Selina's orbit one night and can never let her go even while knowing someone of her stature could never end up with someone of his. Except Selina falls hard for Lawrence, envisioning a life of true happiness. But when tragedy strikes, Selina finds herself choosing what's safe ove

Title: Songs from the Deep Author: Kelly Powell Release Date: November 5, 2019 Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads: A girl searches for a killer on an island where deadly sirens lurk just beneath the waves in this gripping, atmospheric debut novel. The sea holds many secrets. Moira Alexander has always been fascinated by the deadly sirens who lurk along the shores of her island town. Even though their haunting songs can lure anyone to a swift and watery grave, she gets as close to them as she can, playing her violin on the edge of the enchanted sea. When a young boy is found dead on the beach, the islanders assume that he's one of the sirens’ victims. Moi

Title: Murder at the Arts and Crafts Festival Series: Cleo Mack #3 Author: G. P. Gardner Release Date: December 3rd, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Stars Synopsis from Goodreads: It’s late March in Fairhope, Alabama, and artists from around the country are flocking to the bayside town’s Arts & Crafts Festival. The annual tradition has something for everyone, only this year, the main attraction is murder . . . Cleo Mack’s life has been a whirlwind since she inadvertely became the executive director of Harbor Village, a retirement community bustling with energetic seniors. Juggling apartment sales, quirky residents, and a fast-moving romance is tricky business. But on-the-job stress develops a new meanin

Title: Lake Season Series: Bluebell Inn Romance #1 Author: Denise Hunter Release Date: November 12, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads: When their parents die in a tragic accident, Molly Bennett and her siblings pull together to fulfill their parents’ dream: turning their historic home back into an inn. Adam Bradford (a.k.a. bestselling author Nathanial Grey) is a reclusive author with a bad case of writer’s block. Desperate for inspiration as his deadline approaches, he travels to a North Carolina lake town, the setting of his next novel. There he immediately meets his muse, a young innkeeper who fancies herself in love with his alter ego. When Molly