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With Malice

Eileen Cook

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It was the perfect trip…until it wasn’t. Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron wakes up in a...

My Only: Alex & Jamie

Melanie Shawn

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The Firefighter… With his sexy good looks, natural born charisma, and playful sense of humor,...

Kiss Me Again

Garrett Leigh

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Tree surgeon Aidan Drummond is content with his own company. He works alone, and lives alone, and it...

Contemporary MM Romance

Twisted

Andrew E. Kaufman

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The psychologist with a troubled past… Dr. Christopher Kellan spends his days at Loveland...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2540 KP) rated Knot on Her Life in Books

Apr 17, 2023

Knot on Her Life

Mary Marks | 2019 | Mystery

8.0

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Is There Danger in the Neighborhood?

Martha Rose’s efforts on her first granddaughter’s quilt is interrupted by her neighbor Sonia’s new foster daughter, Poppy. Poppy thinks something is wrong with Sonia, and Martha quickly confirms it. While Sonia recovers in the hospital, Martha gets to know Poppy better, and learns that Poppy’s parents were both killed a few months ago and the killer hasn’t been caught. Martha tries to get someone from Poppy’s family to give her a permanent home, but she also begins to wonder if Poppy knows more about her parents’ death than she realizes. Might she be in danger?

This is a unique premise for a mystery, and I enjoyed seeing how it unfolded. There was plenty going on here, and it kept me engaged the entire way through. Unfortunately, there is a pretty big why that is never explained, and another aspect of the ending felt a little needlessly harsh to me. It was great to see all the characters again and find out exactly what is going on with them, and the new characters were interesting as well. Fans new and old will be kept turning pages with delight until they reach the end.

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Crimson: A Dark Sidhe Faerie Tale

Tiffany Speelman

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Kara lived a life full of hardships. Her father abandoned his family when Kara was a young girl, her...

Dark Faerie Paranormal Romance

Necole (36 KP) rated The Hospital: How I Survived the Secret Child Experiments at Aston Hall in Books

Aug 12, 2018

Wow … I had to keep putting this book down to wrap my head around the abuse and neglect that Barbara had to deal with at such a young age. It was a very emotionally read. My brain and heart didn't want to believe these events could happen to a child as I was reading it. I couldn't believe her real mom left her and left her in the care of her father.
When she was 5 with the emotional and physical abuse she endured from her father and the "mum" her father left her with. I couldn't believe her father would call her a dirty little tinker and belittle her like that and made her think she was nothing. And the "mum" she was left with, leaving her by herself, treating her the way she did, and using Barbara as a way to get money is such a disgrace.
And then when her dad had a son, to read how the two were treated completely differently all because of blood line, oh my heart went out for poor Barbara.
Unfortunately the abuse and turmoil continued after she was put in homes and then into the hospital. To read what happened in the hospital and what the Dr. did she Barbra and the other poor girls, I was in complete shock. Aston Hall was a complete nightmare and how any girl survived that is amazing in itself.
She finally was treated with dignity and love and kindness when she went to Blackbrook by some of the nuns, only to have that taken away and be mistreated yet again.
I commend Barbara for writing this story, to open our eyes to an event that occurred in 1971, and be brave enough to tell us her story. I praise the fact that she could over come all these obstacles in life and be how she is now. It is truly astonishing.
I just hate that she voiced what was going on to so many deaf ears and no one listened or believed her until she was in her teen years. I would hope in todays society that this would never happen and people are now more than ever willing to give children a voice, listen to them, and investigate. I wonder if this happened to Barbara now, would the abuse and neglect been stopped sooner.
I would so recommend this book but be prepared for a shocking, emotional and heart wrenching story. I hope Barbara knows now her own self worth and wish she would have known it her entire life.