![]() ![]() So begins her desperate attempt to leave her old life behind, and she’ll use everything and everyone at her disposal, from social media stalking to the kindness of unsuspecting strangers, to get where she needs to go. This much is clear when she sneaks out of her home in the dead of night and hitchhikes across state lines to meet up with a man she hasn’t seen or spoken to since high school graduation. Parrish, readers will discover exactly how Amber Patterson transformed from small-town girl to master manipulator - after all, practice makes perfect.Īmber Patterson has many secrets. In this gripping prequel to the one million copy seller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Genre: domestic thriller, psychological thriller, suspense, women's fictionīuy the Book: AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE, AUDIBLE ![]()
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When you only plan a single book, you write shorter arcs and you resolve them in a reasonable time frame. For authors, there are so many unexpected challenges to writing such a work. Gabaldon has many times stated it takes her “2-3 years to research and write” one of her tomes. It takes time to write a sophisticated series, one with sufficient plot and character development that it can carry a story over several volumes. That’s a danger for series authors–that readers will be so incensed that they will turn away. ECHO ended so precipitously that I wanted to throw the book across the room when I got to the final pages. The end held so much possibility! ECHO was different. For the former, there was just so much tension and heartbreak, watching Jamie and Claire’s love strengthen and develop and get stomped on time and again. ![]() And there were two books in the eight volume series that really upset me. I’ve read the entire Outlander novel series–years ago, before they made it a TV series. I’m afraid to pick up a latest book, unsure that I’ll love the sequel. In fact, most avid readers I know stick with similar authors and auto-buy, auto-read whatever is next in a series.īut, sometimes, I’m conflicted. I love bonding with a character, or set of characters, and following their struggles through adversity. ![]() Hi there! As followers of my posts know, I adore series reads. ![]() ![]() Chester Arthur, the embodiment of the spoils system, was so reviled as James Garfield’s successor that he had to defend himself against plotting Garfield’s assassination but he reformed the civil service. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded our greatest president, sided with remnants of the Confederacy in Reconstruction. ![]() He immediately sacked the entire cabinet and delayed an inevitable Civil War by standing with Henry Clay’s compromise of 1850. 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The book explores the psychology and behavior of people during times of crisis, such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks, and examines what factors influence who survives and who doesn’t. “The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why” is a book written by Amanda Ripley, a journalist and investigative reporter. ![]() |