If you’ve been following us for some time, you may remember our monthly Pick It for Me challenges on our GoodReads group. We always had a lot of fun doing them but had to stop them some time ago. Recently, we were trying to push books on each other and decided to bring this back in a modified way. Each month one of us girls at UTC will pick a random book for another one to read. The next month, we will do a mini review and give you guys the opportunity to win one of those three books. Check out the giveaway at the end of this post! Feel free to follow along and read one of these three as well this month!
Suzanne’s pick for Francesca…
BOOK INFO
Released: July 1st 2017
Series: Stillhouse Lake #1
Pages: 302
Gina Royal is the definition of average—a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor—the ultimate warrior mom.
With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. Though still the target of stalkers and Internet trolls who think she had something to do with her husband’s crimes, Gwen dares to think her kids can finally grow up in peace.
But just when she’s starting to feel at ease in her new identity, a body turns up in the lake—and threatening letters start arriving from an all-too-familiar address. Gwen Proctor must keep friends close and enemies at bay to avoid being exposed—or watch her kids fall victim to a killer who takes pleasure in tormenting her. One thing is certain: she’s learned how to fight evil. And she’ll never stop.
Francesca’s pick for Annie…
BOOK INFO
Released: June 13th 2017
Published by Atria Books
Pages: 352
From Taylor Jenkins Reid comes an unforgettable and sweeping novel about one classic film actress’s relentless rise to the top—the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s Upper East Side apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late 80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn’s life unfolds through the decades—revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love—Monique begins to feel a very a real connection to the actress. But as Evelyn’s story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.
Filled with emotional insight and written with Reid’s signature talent, this is a fascinating journey through the splendor of Old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means—and what it takes—to face the truth.
Annie’s pick for Suzanne…
BOOK INFO
Released: August 16th 2016
Series: London Steampunk: The Blue Blood Conspiracy #1
Published by Lochaber Press
Pages: 380
Three years ago, London society changed forever, with a revolution placing the widowed Queen firmly on the throne her blue blood husband tried to take from her. Humans, verwulfen and mechs are no longer considered the lesser classes, but not everybody is happy with the new order…
Entire families have gone missing in the East End. When Caleb Byrnes receives an invitation to join the Company of Rogues as an undercover agent pledged to protect the crown, he jumps at the chance to find out who, or what, is behind the disappearances. Hunting criminals is what the darkly driven blue blood does best, and though he prefers to work alone, the opportunity is too good to resist.
The problem? He’s partnered with Ingrid Miller, the fiery and passionate verwulfen woman who won a private bet against him a year ago. Byrnes has a score to settle, but one stolen kiss and suddenly the killer is not the only thing Byrnes is interested in hunting.
Soon they’re chasing whispered rumours of a secret project gone wrong, and a monster that just might be more dangerous than either of them combined. The only way to find out more is to go undercover among the blue blood elite… But when their hunt uncovers a mysterious conspiracy, Byrnes and Ingrid must set aside their age-old rivalry if they have any chance at surviving a treacherous plot.
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I haven’t read any of them but I own Good Boy and 100 Days
Loved Good Boy to pieces-Blakey! And Stuck Up Suit!
Glad to see you ladies are still doing the Pick It For Me. I’m always curious to see how it goes when people read other people’s picks. I’ve not read any of those books from October, but I have plans for Good Boy since I recently finished Him. I do want to read two of your November picks eventually- Seven Husbands and Mission Impossible (Loved her earlier blue bloods series).
Hope you have a great Pick It For Me November.
Ooh read US before going into Good Boy. 🙂
Never read any of the books, but have read books from the authors mentioned.
I have stillhouse lake on my tbr. I’m looking forward to the reviews.
I haven’t read any of them but I own Good Boy and 100 Days
Loved Good Boy to pieces-Blakey! And Stuck Up Suit!
These all sound so good, I haven’t read any of them!
Glad to see you ladies are still doing the Pick It For Me. I’m always curious to see how it goes when people read other people’s picks. I’ve not read any of those books from October, but I have plans for Good Boy since I recently finished Him. I do want to read two of your November picks eventually- Seven Husbands and Mission Impossible (Loved her earlier blue bloods series).
Hope you have a great Pick It For Me November.
Ooh read US before going into Good Boy. 🙂
Never read any of the books, but have read books from the authors mentioned.
I love when you ladies do this challenge, I can’t wait to read your reviews!! I have all the book pick’s already on my gr tbr list!! Shared on all my socials!!
I have stillhouse lake on my tbr. I’m looking forward to the reviews.
These all sound so good, I haven’t read any of them!
I love when you ladies do this challenge, I can’t wait to read your reviews!! I have all the book pick’s already on my gr tbr list!! Shared on all my socials!!
Yes, I`ve read Stuck-up suit and loved it <3
Yes, I`ve read Stuck-up suit and loved it <3
Stuck-up suit was awesome <3
No, I have not read any of these books yet.
Stuck-up suit was awesome <3
No, I have not read any of these books yet.
I`ve only read Penelope Ward and Vi Keelands book and it was amazing.
I`ve only read Penelope Ward and Vi Keelands book and it was amazing.
Goodboy is such a good book.
Goodboy is such a good book.