Book Review

Keep Your Family Close by Annette Dashofy @Annette_Dashofy @HarperCollinsUK #KeepYourFamilyClose #NetGalley #bookreview

My Thoughts

Keep Your Family Close by Annette Dashofy is a gripping, suspenseful crime thriller that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. The author expertly weaves a complex plot full of twists and turns that will leave you guessing until the end.

The characters are well-developed and relatable, and the story is filled with emotional depth. Dashofy’s writing style is engaging and keeps the reader hooked from start to finish.

Overall, Keep Your Family Close is a must-read for fans of thrilling and suspenseful crime novels.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for allowing me to read and review this book.

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She’s a witch. He hunts killers. Solving murders is just the foreplay.

Deadly Blooms by Sadie J. Foxx @sadiejfoxx is available now in physical, ebook, and audio!

Audio narrated in duet multicast by @j.f.harding @danisoleilnarrator @cadenhartnarrator @molly.briar and produced by @adleraudios

TROPES
❤️‍🔥1st in Series
🖤NOT a HEA-yet *cliffhanger*
❤️‍🔥Insta-lust but slowburn
🖤Dirty talkers
❤️‍🔥witty & unhinged banter
🖤Forced Proximity
❤️‍🔥Grumpy/Grumpy
🖤*Toys*
❤️‍🔥He’s coded like Dean...🫠
🖤Ob$es$ive / Pr0tective MMC
❤️‍🔥light 🐝DSM (she awakens him)
🖤Tragic past
❤️‍🔥Found Family
🖤FMC/MMC over 35

BLURB
Maggie Maxwell didn’t mean to become the town’s newest scandal.

But moving into her dead uncle’s haunted manor came with more than creaky headboards—it came with murders. Multiple. Right in her backyard.

And a six-foot-four officer, built like a wall of muscle and her filthiest desires, babysitting her like she’s breakable. He’s brooding, bossy, and overprotective—and Maggie? She’s sworn off quick flings. Especially since her love spell has a new side effect: obsessive, zombie-like exes who abandon their families just to worship the ground she walks on.

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She’s a witch. He hunts killers. Solving murders is just the foreplay. Deadly Blooms by Sadie J. Foxx @sadiejfoxx is available now in physical, ebook, and audio! Audio narrated in duet multicast by @j.f.harding @danisoleilnarrator @cadenhartnarrator @molly.briar and produced by @adleraudios TROPES ❤️‍🔥1st in Series 🖤NOT a HEA-yet *cliffhanger* ❤️‍🔥Insta-lust but slowburn 🖤Dirty talkers ❤️‍🔥witty & unhinged banter 🖤Forced Proximity ❤️‍🔥Grumpy/Grumpy 🖤*Toys* ❤️‍🔥He’s coded like Dean...🫠 🖤Ob$es$ive / Pr0tective MMC ❤️‍🔥light 🐝DSM (she awakens him) 🖤Tragic past ❤️‍🔥Found Family 🖤FMC/MMC over 35 BLURB Maggie Maxwell didn’t mean to become the town’s newest scandal. But moving into her dead uncle’s haunted manor came with more than creaky headboards—it came with murders. Multiple. Right in her backyard. And a six-foot-four officer, built like a wall of muscle and her filthiest desires, babysitting her like she’s breakable. He’s brooding, bossy, and overprotective—and Maggie? She’s sworn off quick flings. Especially since her love spell has a new side effect: obsessive, zombie-like exes who abandon their families just to worship the ground she walks on.

Harlow from A.D. Wilde @authoradwilde is coming soon!

Releases July 14th

Pre-Order Here → https://a.co/d/05o9Wkkj

TROPES

🗡️ Hitman MMC
🩷 Revenge Plot
🗡️ Blood Play
🩷 Stabby FMC
🗡️ Age Gap
🩷 Pierced MMC
🗡️ Spitting
🩷 Slow Burn

BLURB

HARLOW
Insanity—I can taste it lingering on the tip of my tongue, threatening to slip down my throat and poison me. But my hunger for revenge is relentless. And I’m not leaving this earth until my appetite has been satiated.

The only problem: I’m being robbed of my sins before I can commit them. And I know exactly who’s to blame.

LYNX
She’s prepared to stain her soul by seeking sweet revenge. And although I enjoy watching her toy with her prey, I won’t allow her to condemn herself to hell for eternity.

I’ll lurk in the dark, stealing her gratification the way she steals my breath, until every drop of blood of the men who wronged her has run dry.

After all, monsters like me were built for this.

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Harlow from A.D. Wilde @authoradwilde is coming soon! Releases July 14th Pre-Order Here → https://a.co/d/05o9Wkkj TROPES 🗡️ Hitman MMC 🩷 Revenge Plot 🗡️ Blood Play 🩷 Stabby FMC 🗡️ Age Gap 🩷 Pierced MMC 🗡️ Spitting 🩷 Slow Burn BLURB HARLOW Insanity—I can taste it lingering on the tip of my tongue, threatening to slip down my throat and poison me. But my hunger for revenge is relentless. And I’m not leaving this earth until my appetite has been satiated. The only problem: I’m being robbed of my sins before I can commit them. And I know exactly who’s to blame. LYNX She’s prepared to stain her soul by seeking sweet revenge. And although I enjoy watching her toy with her prey, I won’t allow her to condemn herself to hell for eternity. I’ll lurk in the dark, stealing her gratification the way she steals my breath, until every drop of blood of the men who wronged her has run dry. After all, monsters like me were built for this.

Tether by Cadence Smoke & @author.demivalentine is coming soon

Releasing July 15th 2026

🐦‍⬛Secret Society
🗝️Found Family
🐦‍⬛Enemies to Lovers
🗝️Gothic Academia
🐦‍⬛Protective MMC
🗝️Love Triangle
🐦‍⬛Rags to Riches
🗝️Forced Proximity
🐦‍⬛He Falls First

Welcome to Hollowcrest, where fates are tethered by secrets, and love knows no bounds.

https://books2read.com/u/m2G066

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Tether by Cadence Smoke & @author.demivalentine is coming soon Releasing July 15th 2026 🐦‍⬛Secret Society 🗝️Found Family 🐦‍⬛Enemies to Lovers 🗝️Gothic Academia 🐦‍⬛Protective MMC 🗝️Love Triangle 🐦‍⬛Rags to Riches 🗝️Forced Proximity 🐦‍⬛He Falls First Welcome to Hollowcrest, where fates are tethered by secrets, and love knows no bounds. https://books2read.com/u/m2G066

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What you will have:

Enemies to lovers… but he’s her brother’s best friend
Brother’s best friend… and completely off limits
From annoying little sister… to his biggest weakness
When the sea takes everything… except the one person she can’t stand
Shipwrecked with the one person she hates most
Stranded on an island… with her brother’s best friend and her childhood crush

When her brother goes missing, she turns to the one man she swore she’d never need.
She should’ve stayed away. What happens next, preorder and find out…

She should hate him forever. But somewhere along the way… she forgot how. From enemies to lovers…

Blue in the Deep Blue Sea by A. Em. is coming out on August 3rd.

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BLUE IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA by @iam_a_em ‼️Pre-Order Today ➤ https://a.co/d/0aTFeTbx What you will have: Enemies to lovers… but he’s her brother’s best friend Brother’s best friend… and completely off limits From annoying little sister… to his biggest weakness When the sea takes everything… except the one person she can’t stand Shipwrecked with the one person she hates most Stranded on an island… with her brother’s best friend and her childhood crush When her brother goes missing, she turns to the one man she swore she’d never need. She should’ve stayed away. What happens next, preorder and find out… She should hate him forever. But somewhere along the way… she forgot how. From enemies to lovers… Blue in the Deep Blue Sea by A. Em. is coming out on August 3rd. #booktok #enemiestolovers #brothersbestfriend #shipwrecked #dᴀʀᴋrᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ