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Review: Inheritance by Nora Roberts

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June 23, 2026

Inheritance (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #1)Inheritance by Nora Roberts
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’m becoming a fan of Nora Roberts. After finishing my last read at midnight, I searched for available audiobooks on Libby. I saw one of hers and decided that would do it. Brittany Pressley narrated this contemporary story. With ghosts!

The main character has spirit to spare, and she takes over her inherited manor with a gusto she didn’t expect to find. The main characters are fun and keep the story going. There’s even a dog that plays an important role.

It only took two nights of reading to finish and start the next book in the series. I can’t wait to continue

If you get the chance, pick this one up. I think you’ll like it, too.

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Review: The Housemaid is Watching by Frieda McFadden

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June 16, 2026

The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3)The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lauryn Allman and Ina Marie Smith bring Freida McFadden’s third book in her Housemaid series to life. This book was even more interesting in that it involved the family. The housemaid is married and has two children. She learns that what was easy as a single person is now four times as much.

The layers of personalities are complicated and yet full of love and suspicions. My favorite part was when we could see the issues from the child’s perspective. We often forget that our attempts to protect them can cause more harm than talking it out, painful as that might be.

Now I feel I can go watch the show

I was lucky to find this audiobook on Libby. I highly recommend this fun read if you like a thriller.

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Review: The Housemaid’s Wedding by Freida McFadden

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June 14, 2026

The Housemaid's Wedding (The Housemaid, #2.5)The Housemaid’s Wedding by Freida McFadden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a quick read. Lauryn Allman and Edoardo Ballerini narrate this short story to heighten the intensity of paranoia it instills. I finished in less than an hour and a half. But once started, I knew I couldn’t quit until the characters were safe. Even then, I had trouble falling asleep. Please take that as a warning.

Frieda McFadden writes compelling novels. Now that I am nearly finished with the series, I can’t wait to see how they told the story on the show.

Though I had to wait on hold for a bit, it was worth the wait. Libby has all of these, but they are popular books.

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Review: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

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June 4, 2026

The Lost ApothecaryThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I ran out of things to read at two in the morning. Under available audiobooks, I found this one.

This is a layered story; three different characters share their truths around the Lost Apothecary. Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, and Lauren Irwin narrate the people, giving the story depth I think might be missing in a book read by eyes.

It was a quick read. I must admit that it made me want to do research like the main character. Any time I am supposed to be writing, I find myself going down deep wells of information. Most of it never makes it into the book, but I feel it enriches my soul and mind.

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The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden

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June 2, 2026

The Housemaid's SecretThe Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love a series. Especially if I can get to a couple of the books at a time, this one was available when I found the first book. Yep, Libby.

Lauryn Allman did the narration as she did on the first book, so there was consistency in the story.

I found some parts of this one confusing. Maybe if you can read the book, it would be more apparent, but listening can lose threads. Or is it my ADHD? Still, by the end, I knew what was what. And the story continues.

Sadly, I can’t continue as the next two books weren’t available.

At least the book didn’t end on a cliffhanger.

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Review: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

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June 1, 2026

The HousemaidThe Housemaid by Freida McFadden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was not what I expected. I thought for sure that I would find it boring or silly. But instead, I found a very interesting story, told in a way that kept I interested from the very beginning.

The narrator, Lauryn Allman, did a marvelous job of varying her voice for each character, making them believable.

The film has been out for a while. My favorite way to watch books made into movies is to read them first. So that was my goal. Little did I imagine I’d be hooked into reading the next few books. As soon as I’ve read them all, I will find the movie.

Don’t you love Libby? I wouldn’t be able to read/listen to so many books without it.

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Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon

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May 31, 2026

Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon

Well, I hope this is made into a movie. This was suspenseful, thrilling, and intriguing! It had a star-studded cast of narrators, including Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Peter Ganim, Saskia Maarleveld, and James Fouhey. So not only did Ms. Witherspoon write this, but she also narrated it.

The characters were believable, flawed, and hopeful.

The book kept me interested long past a decent bedtime. I had to know what was going to happen.

I highly recommend this book. Libby provided my version. Thank you!

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Review: The Loft by Bette Lee Crosby

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May 25, 2026

The Loft (Memory House, #2)The Loft by Bette Lee Crosby
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a nice series. Though there is a bit of romance, what I like about each one is getting to know other people, characters, and philosophies, as well as the magic of life. They help us see how family grows, even those not blood-related.

After meeting the main characters in the first book, Memory House, we now watch their relationships grow or diminish. Life does as life does, boringly predictable with occasional accidents. And the characters live.

Bette Lee Crosby can tell a story. She keeps the reader involved in her world.

This copy was a Kindle Unlimited using text-to-speech. It was so good I had to pick up the next to get my Memory House fix.

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Review: The Samurai’s Octopus by Jonelle Patrick

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May 15, 2026

The Samurai's OctopusThe Samurai’s Octopus by Jonelle Patrick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

For a fan of Shogun (Richard Chamberlain) and the newer version, I felt I fell into the female side of the story.

Jonelle Patrick tells stories like no one else. She gets deep into history or other sciences to solve mysteries, and leads the reader to feel into Japanese worlds past and present. That is why she is one of my favorite authors.

The Kindle version was best for me because I could use text-to-speech. I plan to read this again.

Give it a try, see what you think!

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Review: Divine Justice (2) by Cheryl Kaye Tardif

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May 7, 2026

Divine Justice (Divine Trilogy, #2)Divine Justice by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the second book in this series. I started the first a few years ago. But this book had me remembering the first part of the story.

Though it was a thrilling adventure, I had a hard time with the back-and-forth between times. I think it was because I had to read using Kindle text-to-speech. Maybe if you have the visual cue of dates or years at the beginning of the chapter, you don’t get lost?

I wish there were a bit more of a paranormal feel rather than feeling like a regular whodunit police mystery. But I can imagine the mystery people not wanting any paranormal. I guess you can’t please everyone.

Since I already have book three in my Kindle, I will move on to see how this series ends.

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