Confessions on the 7:45
Everyone has a secret… now she knows yours.
Selena Murphy is commuting home from her job in the city when the train stalls out on the tracks. She strikes up a conversation with a beautiful stranger in the next seat, and their connection is fast and easy. The woman introduces herself as Martha and confesses that she’s been stuck in an affair with her boss. Selena, in turn, confesses that she suspects her husband is sleeping with the nanny. When the train arrives at Selena’s station, the two women part ways, presumably never to meet again.
But days later, Selena’s nanny disappears.
Soon Selena finds her once-perfect life upended. As she is pulled into the mystery of the missing nanny, and as the fractures in her marriage grow deeper, Selena begins to wonder, who was Martha really? But she is hardly prepared for what she’ll discover.
Expertly plotted and reminiscent of the timeless classic Strangers on a Train, Confessions on the 7:45 is a stunning web of lies and deceit, and a gripping thriller about the delicate facades we create around our lives.
I stand by what I said when I read it the first time. This book is amazing! The only thing different this time, is that it was a book club pick for the month of May. I’ve decided to try a different format going forward. I will bring you with us to our book club meetings! below are the audio files of our discussion.
Now. Let it be known here. I am not a podcaster…yet. 😉 These files are raw AF (LOL)! We meet up at a restaurant or bar and grill, or road trip, or each other’s homes once a month to talk about the book that was chosen by one of the members. You will probably hear us drinking, cracking jokes, talking to the servers…etc. The audio may even be a little… meh. It is what it is. It might improve if I decide to stop being cheap and invest in a decent mic. 🤣This is Red, White and Books book club. Come and have fun with us. Oh Yeah. 18+ We cuss…A lot. And we spoil the hell out of this book.
Meeting Location: Ocho Rios Jerk Spot
OMG: The food: Delish! The drinks: Strong AF. The service: 5 stars
Skip the plot recording if you don’t want plot specific spoilers
Lisa Unger’s books are book club friendly. Her website even offers book club kits to download and print. Here’s one for her book, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six.
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Wretched by Emily Mcintire
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From international bestselling author, Emily McIntire, comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale reimagining of The Wizard of Oz.
A woman can be great, and terrible too.
Evelina Westerly has always been the bad guy. As the brains, brawn, and botanist behind her family's drug empire, she's her father's ruthless secret weapon. With her days divided between perfecting her greenhouse, seeking revenge for her sister's murder, and putting a gun to the head of anyone in her way, Evelina doesn't have time for anything else. Especially not for love. After a one-night stand with a gorgeous man at a nightclub, she's sated her urges and is back to her criminal ways. That is, until that same man shows up as the new Westerly lackey...under a totally different name.
But Nicholas Woodsworth's real secret is much more dangerous than an alias. He's an undercover DEA agent, and he's hell-bent on destroying the drug trade that devastated his family. When he realizes the youngest daughter of the Westerly empire is the same woman he's been fantasizing about since that night at the club, attraction wars violently with disgust. Evelina embodies everything he's against, and he's been sent here to be her downfall. Yet the more they learn about the darkness in each other's hearts, the more alike they seem, and when hatred turns to something more, Nicholas will have to decide whether he can love a wretched woman, even if it means bringing both of their lives to ruin.
*Wretched is a dark contemporary romance and the third complete standalone in The Never After Series: A collection of fractured fairy tales inspired by our favorite villains. It is not fantasy and it is not a retelling. Reader discretion is advised. For all content warnings, check the author's website.*
