This Perfectly Imperfect Life

(partner) @shereadswithfriends Co-founder Marybeth Mayhew Whalen is fabulous at what I like to call 'slow burn writing' - character driven plot-lines that build tension and suspense set in small town America - and her latest novel #OnlyEverHer due out 5/7 doesn't disappoint!   "A bride-to-be goes missing just four days before her wedding and a community is left reeling. As the days pass, the list of suspects grows and her loved ones are left to confront their own secrets."   This. Book. Y'all. Marybeth's engaging writing style brings you right into Annie Taft's life and drops you into the middle of Southern small town living in Ludlow, South Carolina. (But you don't have to live in the South to relate to just how small a world small town living can be).   I was hooked right from the get-go! Annie, along with Laurel, Kenny, Carry and Faye's points-of-view weave a story full of tragedy & heartbreak, secrets &...

(click here ) (click here ) (click here ) (click here ) (check my stories under "bookish" - unable to link) Here's a wrap up of my recent #bookstagram posts over on Instagram since the end of March. For the down-low on these books (and others!), head on over to my Instagram at bloomin.chick or click here .