Goodreads Sweepstakes - Page 7
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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. In the crisp Maine autumn, town lawyer Bob Burgess finds himself drawn into a complex murder case, defending a reclusive man accused of killing his mother. At the same time, Bob forms a deep friendship with Lucy Barton, a celebrated writer living in a quiet house by the sea. Their conversations, filled with reflections, regrets, and longings, become a lifeline.
Lucy also grows close to Olive Kitteridge, one of Crosby’s oldest residents, now settled in a retirement community. In Olive’s apartment, the two women share stories of people they’ve known, what Olive calls “unrecorded lives”, breathing new meaning into forgotten moments and lost voices.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Reviving Embers by Paige Reed. Twelve years after the Shields of Power saved his family, Paul Marshall is determined to join the elite council that guards their mysterious source of strength. But with common blood and no noble ties, his path is nearly impossible. To prove himself, Paul must train alongside the aristocracy, navigate a world that rejects him, and survive the enemies he makes along the way, including the danger of falling for someone far beyond his reach.
Verity Scillician was born into privilege and promised to the crown prince, but the life mapped out for her feels hollow. Drawn to forbidden magic and to Paul, she finds herself torn between duty and desire. Choosing her own path could cost her everything.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison, a razor-sharp horror novel about family, faith, and the ghosts we carry. Vesper Wright has spent years keeping her distance from the ultra-religious community she fled at eighteen, knowing full well that leaving meant exile. But when an unexpected wedding invitation arrives, her cousin Rosie is getting married at the family farm, Vesper is torn. Has the rule been lifted just for her? Is this a peace offering, or something more sinister?
Despite the warning signs, Vesper feels compelled to return, even if it means facing the toxic past she thought she’d escaped. Even if it means seeing her mother again, Constance, the icy former scream queen with secrets of her own. What awaits Vesper at the farm isn’t just a reunion. It’s a reckoning. And not everyone will make it out unscathed.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Witch and the Huntress by Luna McNamara, a spellbinding reimagining of myth and desire. Medea, gifted in sorcery and sharp wit, lives under the oppressive rule of her cruel father, Aeetes. When Jason arrives seeking the Golden Fleece, Medea strikes a bargain: her magic for his promise of marriage and escape to Greece. But as the voyage unfolds, Medea must confront the tension between duty and longing, and the price of her choice may be devastating.
Atalanta, a fierce warrior raised by bears, straddles the line between wild instinct and human society. After the mysterious disappearance of the woman she loves, she joins Jason’s Argonauts in search of answers. When Medea boards the ship, her presence stirs something deep within Atalanta, an attraction that threatens to unravel everything Atalanta thought she knew.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra. Twelve-year-old Zach is clinging to hope. His father, Bram, is on the brink, his business failing, his patience thin, and now he’s organized a backcountry ski trip to charm potential investors. Zach, invited along, sees a chance to prove himself. His mother taught him survival skills, and maybe, just maybe, if he shows Bram how capable he is, he’ll finally earn his father’s approval.
But Bram’s temper is unpredictable, and the group’s careless attitude toward the worsening weather makes Zach uneasy. As the snow piles up and the cabin grows colder, Zach begins to feel something watching from the woods. Strange tracks appear. The silence grows heavier. Whatever’s out there isn’t just wild, it’s hunting. And it leaves nothing behind but bones.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson. Years ago, Madeline Brimley left her small Georgia hometown to chase a dream of stardom. The stage gave her plenty of drama, but not the success she hoped for. Now, adrift and searching for purpose, she receives news that her beloved Aunt Rose has passed, and left her a peculiar inheritance: The Old Juniper Bookstore, nestled inside a quirky Victorian mansion in the college town of Enigma.
Madeline arrives in her battered Fiat, ready to turn the page and begin again. But the bookstore holds more than dusty novels and eccentric charm. A mysterious fire erupts in the backyard gazebo, and a threatening late-night call warns her to leave, or risk losing everything. As danger closes in, Madeline must decide whether to flee or stay and uncover the secrets hidden between the shelves.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for God's Junk Drawer by Peter Clines. Forty years ago, the Gather family, James, his daughter Beau, and his son Billy, vanished during a whitewater rafting trip and were presumed dead. Five years later, Billy reappeared on the far side of the world, telling an impossible tale of a primordial valley populated by dinosaurs, aliens, Neanderthals, and androids. Little Billy became the punchline of so very many jokes until he finally faded from the public eye. Now, a group of graduate astronomy students follows their professor, Noah Barnes, up a mountain for what they believe is a simple stargazing trip. But they’re about to travel a lot farther than they planned …
Noah, the now-grown Billy Gather, has finally figured out how to get back to the Valley. Accidentally bringing his students along with him, he’s confident he can get everyone back home, safe and sound.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Here Lyeth by Johanna Frank. Lexxie, angry and heartbroken, abandons those she loves, chasing a fragile clue that her real father lives in Vereiteln Dorf, just two villages away. But what she finds there is far from comforting. Drawn to an unconsecrated graveyard, she stirs up a village steeped in superstition and silence. The deeper she digs, the more her presence unsettles the locals, and the more she begins to listen to the voice rising from a pit of ashes. With the 1688 witch hunt closing in, the threat of the noose grows ever closer.
Years before, in the same village, young Meginhardt suffered a brutal attack. Ethereal beings whisk him through time, urging him to confront his deep-rooted feelings of unworthiness. But when he discovers that Lexxie, not him, is destined to carry on his father’s bloodline, his hopes burn to ash, and jealousy takes root. Desperate to stop her, he delivers a message in person. As an apparition.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Lucky Girl by Allie Tagle-Dokus. Lucy Gardiner always believed she was born to dance. Amid the chaos of her Massachusetts childhood, her unpredictable brothers, her overwhelmed mother, twelve-year-old Lucy is plucked from obscurity and cast on a new dance reality show. When Bruise, a popstar judge, becomes fixated on her raw talent, Lucy’s world transforms overnight into the glamorous life she’s always dreamed of. Or so she thinks.
As she’s swept into a whirlwind of talk shows, movie sets, and glittering Hollywood parties, Lucy begins to drift from the people who matter most. Fame comes at a cost, and when past mistakes resurface, she’s forced to confront the truth about Bruise’s influence and the life she’s built around it. To reclaim herself, Lucy must break free from the spotlight and rediscover where she truly belongs.
Bursting with vivid prose and unforgettable characters, including a retired parrot actor still reeling from his showbiz past, Lucky Girl is a dazzling coming-of-age tale about ambition, identity, and the courage to chase a dream on your own terms.
Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Hadacol Boogie by James Lee Burke. When a cloaked, disfigured stranger dumps a woman’s body in a garbage bag on Dave Robicheaux’s property, Dave knows everything is about to shift, his world, his family, his grip on justice. Partnered with Valerie Benoit, a sharp new detective facing relentless harassment from within the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Department, and joined by his volatile but fiercely loyal friend Clete Purcel, Dave dives into an investigation that pushes him to the edge.
As the case unfolds, Dave crosses paths with a cryptic handyman who leaves eerie notes and speaks of restless spirits haunting the bayou. The deeper he goes, the more danger circles, New Orleans hitmen, northern gangsters, and a rising threat to Valerie and his daughter, Alafair. In this haunting, high-stakes mystery, Burke delivers a tale of loyalty, corruption, and the ghosts that never stay buried.
