Eyes On You by Kate White

All eyes on you every night on your TV show can sometimes be hazardous to your health as Robin Trainer​ has found out.

Was someone jealous of Robin's success or was Robin imagining all the death threats and incidents happening to her at the TV station.  Hate notes, voodoo dolls, poison-laced makeup, drug-laced brownies, what else can happen?

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As you follow Robin through her days, you will feel her terror at thinking someone is following her or share her fear of wondering what is going to happen next.​

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The characters in EYES ON YOU were all a suspicious lot and pretty cut throat.  You never knew who you could trust.

I was very leery of most of the characters.  I thought this one was the culprit then I thought no, this one must be it.  EYES ON YOU wasn't gripping, but it was good.  It definitely ​kept me turning the pages and ​guessing until the end.​

This is the first book I have read by Kate White. I enjoyed EYES ON YOU, but I wouldn't call it a terrifying thriller.  I would call it​ an intriguing thriller.​   4/5

This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher and TLC Book Tours in return for an honest review.

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About Kate White

Kate White, the former editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, is the New York Times bestselling author of the stand-alone novels Hush, The Sixes, and Eyes on You, as well as the Bailey Weggins mystery series. She is editor of The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook. She is also the author of popular career books for women, including I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve.

Find out more about Kate at her website and connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.

Books I Am Looking Forward To Reading

I am thrilled with all of the books I received at the BEA, but there are a few that I am really looking forward to reading.

 

 

Out of this stack, I am most excited about:

THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND by Katarina Bivald.  Sourcebooks was raving about it. 

HOUSE OF THIEVES by Charles Belfoure.  Another book Sourcebooks raved about.

HANGING MARY by Susan Higginbotham.

WE NEVER ASKED FOR WINGS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.

THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Melanie Benjamin.  She wrote The Aviator's Wife.  The cover is GORGEOUS.  

Out of this stack, I am most excited about:

THE BEES by Laline Paull.  

SECRET SISTERS by Jane Ann Krentz

THE SECRET CHORD Geraldine Brooks.

And in this stack, I am excited about:

THE NIGHT SISTER BY Jennifer McMahon.

THE SPARROW SISTERS by Ellen Herrick

How many of these books are you looking forward to reading?  Curious minds want to know.

Thanks for stopping by Silver's Reviews.

 

All Souls Trilogy Board Game Giveaway

Penguin has created a gorgeous, limited-edition All Souls Trilogy Board Game (see pictures here, here, here, and here) and will be giving 10 board games away via their Twitter @PenguinPbks over the course of the next two weeks (among other great All Souls prizes). 

These will be random giveaways taking place on Thursday 6/4. 

To enter, check the Penguin Twitter during the mornings (ET) on those days and be sure to re-tweet the giveaway post by 4:30 p.m. ET—Penguin will be randomly selecting winners around 5 p.m. from among the people who re-tweet.

Best of Luck!!  Looks like fun.

Guess The Desk and Win a Copy of This Author's Book

Below is a photo of the desk—well, bed—this wonderful author uses to write her bestselling novels.
 

GUESS THE DESK/BED of this famous author, and win a paperback copy of her book pictured below.

It is a not-getting-it-wrong choice.  :)

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CITIZENS CREEK by Lalita Tademy

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lalita Tademy is the author Cane River, a New York Times bestselling novel and the 2001 Oprah Book Club Summer Selection, and its critically acclaimed sequel Red River. She lives in Northern California.

I have read CANE RIVER and loved it.  I haven't had a chance to read CITIZENS CREEK yet but hope to along with its sequel, RED RIVER.

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Atria Books | 432 pages | Paperback ISBN 9781476753041, $16 | June 2, 2015

My Most WANTED Book At The BEA

 HOUSE OF THIEVES by Charles Belfoure

I was so looking forward to meeting Charles Belfoure and getting a copy of his new book.

I was thrilled when I was the fifth person in a very long line to meet Mr. Belfoure and to get a signed copy.

I absolutely LOVED The Paris Architect, and House of Thieves sounds like another amazing read.
 

The Cake Therapist by Judith Fertig

Just as ​cake and icing go together, THE CAKE THERAPIST blends generations and sweets and turns both into one heartfelt story.

THE CAKE THERAPIST​ is a wonderful treat for the senses, especially your taste buds, as well as feelings.

Claire O'Neil Davis has come back home to fulfill her dream of owning a bakery because it just felt like the right thing to do since she and her husband were having problems because of his infidelity

Claire seems to have a knack to be able to "read" people and be able to match up cake batter and icing to the person's mood.  That definitely is a plus when she is helping couples choose the correct batter and icing for their wedding cakes.

Her talent of being able to "read" people definitely helps her figure out that her neighbor has some connection to a wedding couple's father and grumpy Mrs. Amici next door.  This is when the fun begins.

If you want a "sweet" read that has love, family, sharing, and just darn good feelings in it, read THE CAKE THERAPIST.

You won't be disappointed, and you will be running to your nearest bakery to get some sweet treats and perhaps trying to figure out if you are chocolate and raspberry or blueberry and lemon.

The only thing that was a bit confusing was the reason for the flashbacks to the 1940's, but it all comes out in the final chapters that resound with a "yeah" for cake and as Claire says:  "The Power Of Cake."  Page 248

ENJOY!!! 4/5

This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the author in return for an honest review.

Review and Giveaway of The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams

REVIEW

A suitcase full of secrets?  A suitcase that opens up the proverbial can of worms which leads Vivian Schuyler to find out about her aunt who supposedly murdered her husband.

Once Vivian found out some juicy details about her aunt, she couldn't stop researching her life.  This could be her big break at the magazine with this story.

THE SECRET LIFE OF VIOLET GRANT goes back and forth between Vivian's life and Aunt Violet's life.  Are there parallels between their lives?  Vivian wants to know about her aunt and this mysterious suitcase's contents that started it all.

THE SECRET LIFE OF VIOLET GRANT is quite entertaining.  Aunt Violet is definitely something else.  I thoroughly enjoyed all of the characters....well most of them. ​ They range from Vivian's stuffy mother to her carefree self.

Vivian is also a "modern" woman with a mind of her own and a heart that was broken.​

Professor Grant, Violet's husband, is a bit too controlling if you ask me and a poor excuse for a husband.

Violet was a favorite.  She was a self-made woman that knew what she wanted, but she also was ​a bit submissive as women were in the early 1900's. ​

​THE SECRET LIFE OF VIOLET GRANT is thoroughly enjoyable and a book I couldn't put down because of the characters and because of the steps Vivian took to uncover the clues about her Aunt Violet.​ 

​I have no qualms about recommending THE SECRET LIFE OF VIOLET GRANT. You will be entertained by the characters and will love the secrets of the suitcase and of Aunt Violet.  Who would think a suitcase could cause all this excitement, intrigue, entertainment, and of course a fantastic story?

LOVED this book.  You will get caught up in all of ​Aunt Violet's and ​Vivian’s antics.​  ​

THE SECRET LIFE OF VIOLET GRANT is a truly ​delightful, witty read.​ ​The ending held a secret and surprise of its own. 

Ms. Williams is a marvelous storyteller.  THE SECRET LIFE OF VIOLET GRANT is going to be one of my favorite reads of this year.  5/5

This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation in return for an honest review.

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CONGRATS to Linda - #17

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