From the Team at Fiction Addiction:
-Nancy
-Jill
-Lee
-Grace Anne
-Melissa

I've been reading a lot of nonfiction recently in my role as a business coach. When I do read fiction, I prefer genre fiction with happy endings!

Anyone interested in achieving any sort of personal transformation (fixing their money habits, eating habits, exercise habits, etc.) should read the 10 success principles outlined in Chapter 2. Erin has a wonderful blunt style reminiscent of Dave Ramsey but that connects better with women. The details of the book do contain a lot of Canadian/international info, which could be a plus or a minus depending on your point of view, but all the standard US info is covered as well.

Vehicles and animal sounds in the same book -- a surefire hit with little ones and a fun read for their parents!

I love mysteries & thrillers, police procedurals, and psychological mysteries. I also love well written southern fiction set in the early to late 1900's.

Stranger in the Mirror starts out like many psychological thrillers from the past few years but nothing you have read before will prepare you for the twists and turns that you will experience as you finally learn about Addisons past. A young woman, now called Addison Hope, has total amnesia and has for the past 2 years. All she has from her past are some terrifying nightmares where she sees bloody bodies, flashbacks to a child screaming and the horrible scars on her wrists where she obviously tried to kill herself. Just when you think you understand who Addison really is and what happened to her you find out that you really do not know anything at all

It seems like an oxymoron, but The Final Girl Support group is a delightfully dark and very suspenseful thriller, both funny and really scary. It tells the story of 6 vastly different women survivors from horrors we can only imagine who as final girls have been in a support group for 16 years. And, then they start dying! The book pays homage to the slasher films of the 80s and 90s and even if you werent a fan of them, if you like Mission Impossible type escapes, and thrillers which go in totally unforeseeable directions (several times) then you will love this book.

Many Homeowners Associations have a bad rep.They sometimes do good but are often helmed by a group of power hungry, greedy busy bodies who make it their mission in life to get the entire neighborhood under their control. A revenge killer uses this to his advantage as the blame for the murders and attempted murders that begin to occur in developments on an island off the SC coast are thought to be related to vicious feuds among several island HOAs all under the management of Ted Welch. When Ted joins forces with retired Coast Guard officer Kylie Kane the investigation begins in earnest. A funny, but often true look at HOAs, a smart investigation, and a thrilling chase and hunt for a killer with a little romance thrown in make for a great read.

Falling lives up to its hype and then some. It has been described as a roller coaster of a thriller and I totally agree with that description. Only this is not a standard roller coaster. This one reaches from flight 416 down to the earth where the pilot, Captain Bill Hoffmans family is being held hostage and the action goes back and forth on it like the speed of light. When you start this heart stopping thriller you better plan on it being a non-stop flight as you will not want to stop in the middle.

Just because you love someone with all of your heart does not mean they love you back or are even worthy of your love. Tabitha is very young and naive when she first meets Connor and falls madly in love with him. But she is older and shouldnt be so naive (considering what happened with her first husband) when Connor comes back into her life years later. But, obviously in Tabithas case love is truly blind. The diary entry at the beginning of the book from Connors extremely rich dead wife sets the stage for an intriguing domestic thriller that will have you wishing you could just tell Tabitha to run!

I love the faster pacing of books written for a younger audience (middle grade and young adult), but will try just about anything fiction, especially if it has some romance. I also have a soft spot for really special picture books.

I love historical fiction, with World War II fiction usually topping my list of favorites. I also love YA contemporaries, mysteries, and adore anything having to do with musical theatre.

I can be picky when it comes to YA, but I absolutely loved this book. It's a book about family, and tradition, and finding connection in new ways. It's about a boy who's hiding from what he really wants, and a girl trying to learn who she is all over again. It describes dance in such a beautifully genuine way - I could just see the choreography coming to life in my mind as I read, and I found myself googling kathak videos and falling in love with a style that I hadn't known existed. The cooking metaphors were great, the anxiety rep was spot on, and Radha and Jai had the sweetest romance. At the end of the day, it's a book about finding the pieces of yourself that you've lost, and picking up some new ones along the way - and that's what I love about it most of all.

There are no limits to what I love to read, however I tend to gravitate to mystery/thriller action stories that are fast paced with lots of twists and turns that keep you guessing all the way to the end. There is nothing I love more than an ending that comes completely out of left field that I never saw coming.

Navy SEAL sniper Finn is ordered to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to hitch a ride home from the Persian Gulf, following a failed mission to capture or kill a terror cell. Worse yet, on the same night a slaughter of civilians takes place just a short distance away from their target location and its unclear how or if these events are connected. Immediately upon boarding the ship, Finn senses that things are not as they should be. Leadership is weak. Morale is low. A rescue chopper went down just a few days before and all hands were lost. Worse, once Finn arrives, more crewmembers start disappearing. At first these disappearances look like suicide, but Finn and others suspect something far more sinister is at work. Possibly even a serial killer on board. Finn, by nature a loner and quiet observer and as a newcomer to the ship, immediately falls under suspicion. Worse yet, since the failed mission, Finn has been experiencing gaps in his memory, which coincide with these disappearances. Using his finely honed senses of observation and patience, Finn starts putting together the picture of what is going on and works to solve the mystery of these killings. At times partnering with others while simultaneously being suspected by them, Finn works to sort out where the truth lies. This is a strong thriller and a compulsive page-turner. Well conceived and executed, you will lose sleep over this one!

I'm not gonna lie. I picked this up because it seemed so implausible that I just had to see if the author could pull it off. Cassie Gale is an ex-Army Ranger still grieving from the death of her husband. Seeking solitude, she and her adopted military dog make the long drive from Montana to Alaska where Cassie has accepted a new job. She meets and joins up with a fellow wanderer on the way and heads off some crude roughnecks along her journey. Then on her first night alone in the wilderness after departing ways with her fellow wanderer she vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions and a badly wounded dog. When Cassie wakes up from a drug-induced sleep, she finds herself a prisoner in a secret Russian facility. Cassies father, a Montana rancher with a dark hidden past as a former American agent, rushes to Alaska and is determined that Cassies disappearance was due to foul play and not the accident the authorities are convinced is the case. As he searches for his daughter and relentlessly digs for the truth, he is also running into unfinished business from his past. Not only was I pleasantly surprised that the author was able to build the story around these events, but that he did so in such a compelling and intricate way. This story was a thrill ride that captured me and kept me up late at night turning pages until the very end. Connor Sullivan has crafted an outstanding espionage thriller. I look forward to the next installment and hope we see more of Cassie and her dad.

Ed Runyan is an ex-NYPD detective who left the big apple for the relative quiet of rural Ohio after a particularly gruesome case involving the brutal murder of a young woman. Now it seems his past has caught up with him when he finds himself in a case of another missing young woman on his own turf in the quiet fields of Ohio. The girl, Megan Beemer was reported missing from the Columbus area and was last seen at a party where a high school band from Ed's area was performing. Between the band and the local kids who were or may have been at the same event, and with the help of a woman detective from Columbus, Ed has to unfold the story of who was at the party and how they might have interacted with Megan. When Megan's body is found in a local creek, Ed has to struggle with his past and the demons that have stayed with him from the earlier murder in NY which has been the center of his nightmares for years. Ed Runyon is a damaged character, but one who shows his human side in his empathy and depth of commitment to solve this crime and find justice for the victim. We can only hope we'll see more of Ed Runyon. This one was a great read!

I like to read science fiction: post-apocalyptic, space opera, time travel, alternate dimensions, and hard sci-fi so hard that it makes my brain hurt. I also love a good fantasy/sci-fi mash up.

Thriller, horror, sci-fi; its all about the characters and the many versions of Maddie May. Unique plot and a high level of cant-put-down-ness. Four and three quarters out of five.

Giant ants have evolved house pets to walk upright and fight their masters. Repino manages to make this scenario meaningful without being ridiculous. One cat's journey through war, genocide, and religious prophecy to find his best friend.

I enjoy suspense, complex political plots, psychological thrillers, really any good mystery. I also enjoy southern historical novels, especially those set in Appalachia as well as regency romance.

Sometimes your life can change in an instant, that happened to Duncan. Fortunately he has been able to tuck that event away and move forward making sure nothing like this ever happens again. Samantha knew Duncan, well, she taught in the same school and adored him from afar. When she realizes she is never going to have a future with him she does what she considers the wise option and moves away. Imagine her surprise when the new principal of her current school is introduced, and he has definitely not changed for the better. The interplay between Sam and Duncan is dynamic and poignant at the same time. Both feel they have unacceptable flaws. Read this charming book about real life and how we need each other to survive and prosper.

Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder series is always engaging and stays fresh with interesting new plots. Kate is called to a grizzly murder scene and horrified to realize she knew the victim from childhood. Rachael Schwartz left the Amish life behind, for many of the same reasons Kate found. Peeling back the layers of Rachael's life, past and present, brings shocking revelations. It is hard to believe that someone you know can be guilty of heinous acts, and Kate must look deeply below the surface to solve this one, and to survive. Great installment in this series with a complex and captivating plot.

I love to read fast-paced thrillers that take you on a wild ride with twists and turns and surprise endings!! But, I also love a good novel, with great characters and a rich and bold plot.

Selenas life is gooda beautiful family, a handsome hubby, and a great job. And then she meets a stranger on the train, and her world begins to fall apart. This dark thriller, emotionally charged, and fast-paced, opened with a bang and kept me riveted throughout. A heartbreaking story about cheating, and hurting the ones youre supposed to love the most. Too many secrets and lies, a frightening and complex plot, and a shocking climax. Masterfully written, this game of cat and mouse is rich and clever. A lesson to be learned: be very careful who you tell your secrets.

Four college friends, ready to turn 40, decide to celebrate with their families at a luxurious villa in the south of France. And, there begins the nightmare, the vacation from hell. A little lie to help a friend, leads to more lies, eventually leading to murder. Everyone has secrets, and these secrets unravel as this story unfolds. Fast-paced, and full of suspense this page-turner does not disappoint.