Book Tour & Review: You Know Why

Title -  You Know Why 

Author - J.T. Ellison  

Publication - August 25th 2026 

Genre -  Mystery, PsychologicalThriller,  

Format - Physical Copy 

From - OverTheRiver PR 

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Synopsis 

From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a suspenseful domestic thriller about identity, revenge, and the dangerous secrets kept hidden from the ones we love most.

It’s the holidays, and photographer Brooklyn Locke is bound for Italy with her husband, Trey, and their two children. But when Trey vanishes from the airport, missing their connecting flight, their impromptu vacation—and life as she knows it—begins to unravel.

Desperate to find her husband, Brooklyn accepts help from a stranger on the same flight, Eden Barrow. But Eden soon makes a shocking claim. She is the sister of Trey’s first wife, and ten years ago he was the main suspect in her murder.

Struggling to comprehend these accusations, fate delivers one more blow: a violent accident that leaves Brooklyn fighting for her life. With nowhere else to turn, Brooklyn leans on Eden for support. But each kindness feels too rehearsed, feeding her doubts about Eden’s motives and Trey’s true past.

Brooklyn has her own dark history she’d rather forget and confronts an unsettling possibility. Her life is not what it seems, and the truth is a trap—laid by someone waiting for the perfect time to strike.

Review 

I received You Know Why in return for an honest review from Over The River PR. 

What sound be a lovely vacation with her family quickly spirals out of control when their plane is diverted and her husband suddenly disappears before the next flight. Now Brooklyn needs to find her husband but the longer he's missing the more secrets start to come out as his past starts to come out. 

I love Brooklyn she's such a great character you can't help cheering her on as the secrets unfold. We also have pov from several of the main characters in the story from Trey, to Eden the sister of his former wife and Theresa the detective that's trying to solve a murder. I'm a huge fan of multiple POV so this one was perfect as we got to see all sides as the story unfolded. 

I was hooked right from the start and ended up devouring this one in just a single reading session and didn't stop till the very last page. I enjoyed every moment of Brooklyn's story and it kept me guessing till the very last page. I love a good mystery that keeps me on my toes and characters to connect with. This is my first book by the author and I'm obsessed with her storytelling. I plan to work my way through all her backlist as I loved this one so much. Highly recommend if you enjoy a captivating thriller. 

Review: The Has-Been

Title -  The Has-Been 

Author - Wren Riley 

Series - Delleth College Series 

Genre -  Hockey Romance, Second Chance, Found Family 

Format - eArc

From - Rattle the Stars PR 

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Synopsis 

Same campus. Same memories. Same unfinished story.

The only thing Aubrey Vaughn ever wanted was Liam Anderson. At least, that’s what she used to believe.

Now, she’s back on campus for her final year at Delleth, determined to make the most of the time she has left—rooming with her cousins and focusing on the career she’s building in athletic training. But her plans to make this year different quickly crumble when she has to face the one athlete she knows best: her ex-boyfriend, Liam.

Liam was the star center of Delleth’s hockey team until a shattered leg and one mistake took everything from him. After a year away, the only goals he’s intent on scoring are completing his degree and putting his past behind him. That is, until he finds himself in the same clinical rotation as Aubrey, the only girl he’s ever loved.

Determined to protect her, Liam does his best to push her away, but they’ve never been good at staying apart. Their lingering attraction, that magnetic pull, drags them back together. Both are keeping dark secrets, trying to outrun the past, but when it finally catches up with them, Liam and Aubrey must decide if love is enough to survive the truth.

The Has-Been is the first book in the interconnected Delleth College series, which explores the lives of the vastly different Vaughn cousins. If you love the idea of a second-chance romance set on a snow-covered campus in northern Michigan, with exes-to-lovers, forced proximity, and chosen sisterhood, then look no further!

Review 

I received The Has-Been in return for an honest review from Rattle The Stars PR. 

It's Liam and Aubrey final year and if they can avoid each other they may just make it to graduation. However, sometimes fate takes a hand and tosses them into each others paths. They can't deny the attraction is still there and it looks like avoiding each other is impossible when they will be working together. Maybe a second chance is just what they needed as life has changed so much for them both. 

I love Aubrey she's a sweetheart I really felt like I was able to connect with her and Liam is such a great complement to her. They have this adorable chemistry that just works so well it's sweet and just the right amount of spice. I loved the supporting cast in the story as well and I can't wait to see more of them in the next book of the series. 

This is the author's debut book and I'm obsessed with Aubrey and Liam's story. I devoured this one in just one sitting and didn't stop till the very last page. The author has done a beautiful job creating engaging characters and a story that stole a little place in my heart. I loved every moment of the story and can't wait for the next book in the series. The author has quickly become one of my new favorite auto buy authors. Highly recommend if you enjoy sweet second chance romance. 

Book Review: To All The Guys I Killed Before

Title -  To All The Guys I Killed Before 

Author - Sara Whitney  

Series - The Right Kind of Wrong Book 1 

Genre -  Dark Romance, He Falls First, Found Family   

Format - eArc

From - Hambright PR 

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Synopsis 

Rue Bellamy thinks I'm the most boring man alive, and I intend to keep it that way.

As long as my sweet-faced neighbor never sees past my beige cardigans and passionate opinions about rose fertilizer, she won't realize I've been in love with her for every one of the 538 days I've known her.

She also won't think to look for the cameras I installed in her half of our duplex. (What can I say? Surveillance is my love language.)

Best of all, she'll never connect those impeccably staged accidents she processes as a county death investigator to the man watering the rosebushes next door.

Hugo Mohr lurks at my mailbox every single day so he can bore me to death with his small talk.

That's why it's always a relief to slip away, pull on a mask, and deliver justice where the system won't, one solitary kill at a time.

Or it was, until a rival vigilante starts turning up at my future crime scenes like he owns them (because as far as he's concerned, he does). I don't know his name or what he looks like. I just know I'm taking risks I shouldn't so I can see him again.

Then one of our murder-dates goes spectacularly wrong, and I discover that my nerdy psychologist neighbor and the seasoned killer I'm falling for are the same guy.

A vigilante situationship hits different when you share a wall—and that's before I find out Hugo's got even more secrets than I do.

To All the Guys I Killed Before is a delightfully unhinged mashup of Mr. and Mrs. Smith's secret double lives, Lights Out's morally gray golden retriever hero, and Butcher & Blackbird's blood-slicked banter. Book 1 in the Right Kind of Wrong series is funny, spicy, ridiculously romantic, and genuinely dark, with a killer found family and enough OMG WHAT??? moments to fill several unmarked graves. Books 2 and 3—How to Slay a Guy in Ten Days and He's Just Not That Into Stalking You—are coming for you soon.

Review 

I received To All The Guys I Killed Before in return for an honest review from Hambright PR. 

Rue and Hugo are neighbors they share a duplex as well as secrets that they hide from each other. Hugo is in love with Rue and has been since she moved in and she thinks he's a boring man who likes to ramble. When a masked encounter leaves them flirting with each other they start in a game of meeting up however neither has forgotten about their neighbor. 

I love Rue and Hugo they are so much alike as they flip from the normal boring life into the masked world. Plus they just have so much chemistry as they learn more about each other you can't help cheering them on. We have a great supporting cast that is great addition to the story plus a new puppy that moves into their lives. 

This is a fast paced dark romance that captured my attention right from the start and kept me hooked till the very last page. I ended up devouring the book in one afternoon as I had to know how it would all end. I laughed and giggled throughout the story and I loved every moment of it. This is my first book by the author and I'm obsessed with her storytelling and need to read all her backlist. If you like a dark romance with characters to fall in love with I highly recommend.