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A novella from the Rip in Time series, Cocktails & Chloroform finds Mallory and Gray uncovering a trafficking ring preying on young Edinburgh women. A fast paced adventure that is a 3.5 ⭐️ blast.

This was my first completed book of 2025. I wanted to read it because Nicola Coughlan is rumored to play the author.

At first you can tell Ms. Monaghan is not a professional writer. But, it doesn't matter. That's the point. She is not a writer, she's a mom. She's a mother who has to creep her way into SYRIA on the precipice of the war to RESCUE her baby from a very abusive man. I was sobbing.

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This is the second book I‘ve read from this author & they are riveting. Each seem to be stand alone books, not a series. Can you imagine being a pathologist fellow checking out forensic genealogy and discovering that you are the missing baby charlotte from 30 years ago!

3 Stars • The last book in the Aunties trilogy. • The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto focuses on family, cultural identity, and humor, set against the backdrop of Chinese-Indonesian traditions. During Chinese New Year in Jakarta, Meddy and her family face chaos when an ex of Second Aunt tries to win her back, leading to a dangerous gift mix-up. The family must navigate comedic and risky situations to retrieve the gift.

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This is the last installment of the aunties series. It was cute, full of the antics we‘ve come to love. I think book two was my favorite of the three, but they‘re all fun, easy reads.

🌊 𝑽𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 🌺

Thanks to the generous folks at Bibliolifestyle & Blackstone Publishing for 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 by 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧, published 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵. 𝟷𝟶, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺. This fast-paced thriller opens with action, intriuging characters, & distinctive settings, immediately drawing readers into an engrossing mystery. I stayed up way too late because I just had to know how it was going to end!⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

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My first thought for today‘s #Bus prompt was the tagged book (reprinted under Five Were Missing). Five teens are kidnapped from their school bus. I read & reread all of Lois Duncan‘s books & this one was a favorite. Here‘s some of the covers that featured a bus. 🚌

Finished yesterday but forgot to post until now because I was preoccupied with today‘s knee surgery. A woman training to be a forensic pathologist learns through DNA that she‘s the infant who went missing 30 years ago. She‘s thrust into a mystery involving her birth family. Chapters are short, the action moves quickly—although some scenarios strain credibility. I guessed some of the ending early on, but there was an extra twist that surprised me.

And ran home. And the king and queen gave her a million hugs and kisses and everybody was happy again. The end.
Thank you. Good-bye. I‘ll sit down now.
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