[Review] The Unraveling of Julia - Lisa Scottoline

Summary: Lately, Julia Pritzker is beginning to think she’s cursed. She’s lost her adoptive parents, then her husband is murdered. When she realizes that her horoscope essentially foretold his death, she begins to spiral. She fears her fate is written in the stars, not held in her own hands.

Then a letter arrives out of the blue, informing her that she has inherited a Tuscan villa and vineyard—but her benefactor is a total stranger named Emilia Rossi. Julia has no information about her biological family, so she wonders if Rossi could be a blood relative. Bewildered, she heads to Tuscany for answers.

There, Julia is horrified to discover that Rossi was a paranoid recluse, who believed herself to be a descendent of Duchess Caterina Sforza, a legendary Renaissance ruler. Stunned by her uncanny resemblance to Rossi, and even to Caterina, Julia is further unnerved when she unearths eerie parallels between them, including an obsession with astrology.

Before long, Julia suspects she’s being followed, and strange things begin to happen. Not even a chance meeting with a handsome Florentine can ease her troubled mind. When events turn deadly, Julia’s harrowing struggle becomes a search for her identity, a race to save her sanity, and ultimately, a question of her very survival. (Pub Date: Jul 15 2025)

[Blog Tour] I Know How This Ends By Holly Smale

I Know How This Ends

By Holly Smale

August 12, 2025
Mira Books
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780778368632

[Blog Tour] THE COVER GIRL

THE COVER GIRL

Author: Amy Rossi

Publication Date: August 5 2025

ISBN: 9780778368267

336 pages

$28.99

MIRA

 

[Book Tour] THE DEAD COME TO STAY by BRANDY SCHILLACE

The Dead Come to Stay

By Brandy Schillace

On Sale: August 5, 2025

Imprint: Hanover Square Press

Hardcover

 

[Review] A Killer Motive - Hannah Mary McKinnon

Summary: To Stella Dixon, sneaking her teenage brother out of their parents’ house for a beach party was harmless fun—until Max disappeared without a trace.

Six years later, Stella’s family is still broken, and she can’t let go of her guilt. The only thing that keeps her going is helping other families find closure through A Killer Motive, her true crime podcast.

In a bid to find new sponsors and keep making episodes, Stella goes on a local radio show. But when she says on air that if she had just one clue, she’d find Max and bring whoever hurt him to justice, someone takes it as a challenge.

A mysterious invitation to play a game arrives, with the promise that if Stella wins, she’ll get information about what happened to Max. Stella thinks it’s a sick joke…until Max’s best friend vanishes. And she’s given new instructions: tell nobody or people will die.

Desperate and unable to trust anyone, Stella agrees. But beating a twisted, invisible enemy seems impossible when they make all the rules… (Pub Date: Sep 09 2025)

[Blog Tour] FRIENDS TO LOVERS

FRIENDS TO LOVERS

By Sally Blakely

On sale July 22, 2025

Canary Street Press Paperback Original

Price: $18.99