5 Books on my TBR for April 2021

Alright let's try this again! I didn't do too well last month (only read one on that list)...

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Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane

Title: Pretty Little Wife

Author: Darby Kane

Format: Audiobook

Description: Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it’s discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years. The police are desperate to find the connection, if there even is one. Little do they know they might be stumbling over only part of the truth….

With the small town in an uproar, everyone is worried about the whereabouts of their beloved high school teacher. Everyone except Lila, his wife. She’s definitely confused about her missing husband but only because she was the last person to see his body, and now it’s gone.

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

Title: We Begin at the End

Author: Chris Whitaker

Format: Audiobook

Description: Walk has never left the coastal California town where he grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released.

Duchess is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Her mother, Star, grew up with Walk and Vincent. Walk is in overdrive trying to protect them, but Vincent and Star seem bent on sliding deeper into self-destruction. Star always burned bright, but recently that light has dimmed, leaving Duchess to parent not only her mother but her five-year-old brother. At school the other kids make fun of Duchess―her clothes are torn, her hair a mess. But let them throw their sticks, because she’ll throw stones. Rules are for other people. She’s just trying to survive and keep her family together.

A fortysomething-year-old sheriff and a thirteen-year-old girl may not seem to have a lot in common. But they both have come to expect that people will disappoint you, loved ones will leave you, and if you open your heart it will be broken. So when trouble arrives with Vincent King, Walk and Duchess find they will be unable to do anything but usher it in, arms wide closed.

The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Title: The Crown of Gilded Bones

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout

Format: Audiobook

Description: Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers.

The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

Title: The Burning Girls

Author: C.J. Tudor

Format: Physical Book

Description: Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself.

Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. "But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known."

The more Jack and daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.

But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village's bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

Title: A Court of Silver Flames

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Format: Physical Book

Description: Ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, quick tempered Nesta Archeron struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits.

The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. The fire between them is undeniable, and only burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other.

Some Other Books on my TBR

• The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

• Lore by Alexandra Bracken

• Shiver by Allie Reynolds

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

• Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

• Internment by Samira Ahmed

• A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab

• The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

• Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy

• House of Corrections by Nicci French

• The Family Plot by Megan Collins

• The Sweetest in the Gale by Olivia Dade

• Regretting You by Colleen Hoover