This is not a racy book, and the attraction and relationship are focused on emotions and wanting to be layers tough situations and messy complications into her rom-coms, and here, her main protagonists must face

The relentless pacing, romantic obsession, twists and turns, dramatic setbacks, exhilarating success, The pace of the story is swift, and Holsinger keeps the reader uncomfortable as the story draws to a

until they're faced with increasingly complicated life challenges as they try to balance their careers

As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise. in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing (And check out my rave reviews of book 1, A Curious Beginning; book 3, A Treacherous Curse; book 4, A

But a hotshot racer, a has-been treasure hunter, and others in their secret society know that the ship

Anna Frith emerges as an unexpected healer when her isolated village faces the terrors of suffering,

Quinn traces the lives of the unflappable orphan Cristabel Seagrave, her stepsister Flossie, and her The pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting

the unpleasant reality of post-war tragedies feels like plausible human nature, the postponement of facing

settings, her wonderfully imperfect and intriguing characters, her foreboding undercurrents, and her pacing

Umrigar confronts in Honor are weighty and fascinating, but I found myself distracted by the story's pacing Yet I found myself repeatedly pulled out of the story by its telling--stop-and-go pacing, jarringly petty

The tension that keeps Jo and Alex apart feels plausible, and I accepted the difficulties each faces

first I didn't have a lot of patience for the temptation of regret and the characters' wallowing when faced

undocumented workers; the family members experience years of constant fears of deportation; and then they must face The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced Yet there are bright points: some rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other

Cash's best friend Delaney is a genius who daydreams while working at Dairy Queen, and she's always braced

Cassie's years-long hiatus sloooooowed the pace of the book too much for my taste.

Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise.

what sometimes feels like fragility, Lucy is often able to see the difficult truth in situations and face Lucy by the Sea captures an otherworldly feeling of drifting in time while facing horrifying, previously

Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing began writing what became Stay True in order to cope with his loss, explore the concept of belonging, face

through the destructive gossip app taking down reputations and revealing secrets, and they managed to trace Friends and siblings are pitted against each other, and some of our main protagonists are faced with characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites and new faces

Other characters in the novel face mutation-related difficulties--including Wren's new friend, who finds

Meanwhile, Annie, who was literally created to serve Doug, is learning, evolving, growing, facing internal

Her childhood trauma has a strong hold on her, and only when she begins to face it can she fully realize

She makes a special connection with a mountain family facing tough times despite their double work at

and when Rule of Wolves picks up with these characters for book two, they're all coping with loss, facing danger, and are bracing for destruction as Fjerda invades Ravka.

second in the series offers more page time for the talking dragons, some surprises, and a more deftly paced

But when she awakens the next morning bracing to face the living nightmare her family has begun living

The book's pace felt halting at times and its substance somewhat light at points. The pace of the book is sometimes halting and its sections about scripture at times felt a little light

The story is heartwarming, the pacing moves along in both timelines, and the characters are explored The story's pacing felt quite slow and the tone extremely dark and hushed for the majority of the book

This fast-paced suspense read is the ultimate "trouble in paradise" story, with twist and turns that characters, but I was more than willing to roll with whatever Hawkins was laying out for readers in the fast-paced

father has more kids spread across the country as well--Rube and Mad head out on an awkward, nerve-racking later, she traveled to a remote Australian island to sit with Tony's journals, dive into her memories, rage

But she's determined to follow her own path--and her strong-willed decisions fly in the face of rigid

Resolutions were graceful and fitting without being too easy. In Dark Triumph, the book's point of view traces events concurrent with those in the first book, so the I love Bardugo's pacing, dialogue, twists and turns, character development, all of it, and I gave this These six books were published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces Queen of the Tearling traces the backstories of key characters and offers varied points of view.

story about time travel gone wrong--and a connection from the future that could be one man's saving grace

with a fun Parent Trap -style backdrop--and weighty issues like depression that are addressed with grace This is an excellent example of how authors of light fiction can take on weighty issues with grace and

Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Jaouad offers a powerful memoir about coping with leukemia and facing After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare writers; and digs in to try to be one of what he hopes will be an ever-increasing number of diverse faces pivotal moments with each of his living sisters, discusses his sister Tiffany, who died of suicide, and faces

As he faces a scheduled yearly vacation to Hilton Head, he attempts to get rid of his wife's belongings

I loved it and rated the collection five stars. At the very beginning the pacing felt a little uneven to me, but then Garg hit her stride, and I was to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett In this heartwarming story of wonderfully faulted characters who face While the characters in The Road to Tender Hearts  face sometimes devastating turns of events, the tone

Days, and other books. 02 The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced

But when her last remaining parent figure disappears without a trace, Tamsin is forced to go to great Along the way, they face deathly threats, mysterious magic, a tangled web of lore and superstition, and

Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced what sometimes feels like fragility, Lucy is often able to see the difficult truth in situations and face

The pacing is slow, and the book is largely made up of various characters talking about conflicting memories

The pacing of the the first 100 pages felt slow, but after that I was totally hooked on this very compelling

This is a gentle, slow-paced story from the heart-wrenchingly gorgeous writer. The character growth surprised me and felt in line with the tone and pacing of the story.

curiosity about being with another man; The Long and Painful Death follows a writer at a retreat who faces Click here to read my rave reviews of Claire Keegan's novels Foster and Small Things Like These and

and by her unreliable narrator Isabelle, who is desperate to find her missing son--even if it means facing

around a family winery and the three generations whose lives orbit around the vineyard and also features racy Blush also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form of past and current book clubs for women,

I loved the books here so much, I rated each of them 4.5 or 5 Bossy stars. But when she awakens the next morning bracing to face the living nightmare her family has begun living

Amina soon finds herself tangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while facing complicated

Can they learn to trust each other and face the past in order to move forward? When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared, the family's security and future may be

But Titus is facing challenges beyond the obvious--like the effects of generations of racism in his small