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My Husband's Wife
Thriller, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 2/4/26 Thriller, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 2/4/26

My Husband's Wife

So twisty there should be a whiplash disclaimer…

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The Ghostwriter
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 10/15/25 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 10/15/25

The Ghostwriter

What an atmospheric and unsettling book…

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Beautiful Ugly
✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 4/20/25 ✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 4/20/25

Beautiful Ugly

What a whirlwind…

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The God of the Woods
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 11/25/24 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 11/25/24

The God of the Woods

The perfect summer thriller…

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End of Story
✮✮✮, Mystery Repy White 3/13/24 ✮✮✮, Mystery Repy White 3/13/24

End of Story

I have so many conflicting feelings about this book…

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Only If You're Lucky
✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 2/19/24 ✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 2/19/24

Only If You're Lucky

This is a moody & atmospheric thriller…

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What Lies in the Woods
Thriller, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 7/17/23 Thriller, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 7/17/23

What Lies in the Woods

A book that made me double-check all the locks before I went to bed last night…

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The Only One Left
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 7/17/23 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 7/17/23

The Only One Left

I loved getting lost in this chilling and atmospheric thriller…

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The Writing Retreat
✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 3/15/23 ✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 3/15/23

The Writing Retreat

I found the premise of this book so exciting…

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Daisy Darker
✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 8/29/22 ✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 8/29/22

Daisy Darker

This thriller scared the crap out of me…

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The Last to Vanish
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 8/4/22 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 8/4/22

The Last to Vanish

This is my kind of thriller…

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Rock Paper Scissors
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 6/1/22 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 6/1/22

Rock Paper Scissors

Yikes…

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The Guest List
✮✮✮✮, Thriller, Mystery Repy White 5/27/22 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller, Mystery Repy White 5/27/22

The Guest List

The perfect, spooky, sinister, fall read…

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Wish You Were Here
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 5/27/22 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 5/27/22

Wish You Were Here

This is the kind of book I’m dying to talk to someone about…

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⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(3.5/5, romance)
This book was funny and cute and exactly what the doctor ordered! A non-cheesy rom-com packed with lots of feelings set in the book world!

We meet Ciara Sheridan when she’s stuck with a serious case of writer’s b
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(3.5/5, romantasy) 
Shield of Sparrows Book #2 (trilogy)
WHEW, this book was a whirlwind! Just as many BR&B readers had cautioned, this is a slow burn romantasy, slow burn not in the romantic sense but in the world-building sense. You hav
⭐️⭐️💫(2.5/5, romance)
I so badly wanted to love this, but it was just not for me!

I can totally do a more heavy and emotional romance (see my review for The Best Worst Thing!).

I am fine with a story that’s less of a big romance and more of
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romance)

This romance really took me by surprise! Great banter, deeply emotional, and well written. A romance that feels very real. Not a rom-com, definitely a “rom-dram”.

Our leading woman, Nicole Speyer, has been struggl
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(5/5, fiction)

I was just totally gobsmacked by this book! Brilliant, biting, and impossible to look away from. This is not a light and fluffy read! It had me running the full gamut of emotion. Rage & stress were the emotional frontrun

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