This story centers around two women: Cass and Anna, each of whom has come to the Sycamores, a grungy apartment building in Santa Fe under different circumstances. Cass was unceremoniously dumped by her live-in boyfriend for a younger model and abandoned by all of her so-called friends. Desperate, she took a job at the Sycamores as the “Handy Ma’am.” Anna’s husband, Henry committed suicide, so she moves into his studio at the Sycamores to try and gain some clues as war drove him to his final act. As both women learn the secrets of this eclectic community, it turns out they’re in more trouble than they ever imagined. And to find the answers they seek, they’ll have to find a way to keep some secrets of their own as well as survive.

The story alternates between the two women’s POV’s.

Anna and Cass are both great characters, so it makes sense to see the story through their eyes. And as their stories begin to intersect, things get way more interesting and exciting. The central mysteries of the book that unfold are really interesting and I was really drawn into the story. I had my suspicions about the villain but the big reveal and the twists were really great and I enjoyed them immensely. This is one excellent thriller!

The secondary characters, the other residents of the Sycamores, also made the story that much better! The community they’ve created at the apartment complex is endearing and quite heartfelt. They provide comedy and entertainment in an otherwise serious novel, which was enjoyable. It provided some little comedy breaks throughout the book.

Overall, this was a great mystery/thriller. Big on the mystery and thrills, but also with a lot of heart. I’m a fan of Serafina Nova Glass, and this is another fine addition to her canon of work!

This slow burn thriller really had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. When Anna last talked to her husband, Henry, he kept saying that he "had killed her." Anna did not know who he was talking about and later was told that he had committed suicide. She moves to his art studio apartment at the Sycamores and learns how truly rundown and crappy the place really is. As she talks to other residents, she realizes there are a lot of things that she did not know about her husband and she is determined to find out the truth about what really happened.

I went in blind and really could not put this book down. Anna and Cass were both compelling main characters with the struggles they had faced recently and once they realized they were on the same side, it was game over. I will definitely be going back and reading previous books by Glass.

Thank you Graydon House for my free ARC of The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass — available Apr 9!

Read this if you:
❤️‍🔥 love a slow-burn thriller with complex characters
🏚️ have ever stayed in a run-down motel and questioned your life choices
🦹‍♂️ would jump at the chance to stick it to a bad guy

Anna ends up living at a motel-turned-apartment building after the unexpected suicide of her husband, whose last confession has shaken her to the core. She's trying to piece together Henry's last few months by questioning the other residents, but she's getting threatening messages in return. What is going on at this place? And what is Cass, the supermodel-esque handy-woman who manages the building, hiding?

This was SUCH a great thriller! I don't think it's necessary, in this genre, to have likable, complex characters that the reader empathizes with and roots for. But Seraphina Nova Glass excels at these kinds of characters, and that's what makes her thrillers stand out for me. I absolutely adored Cass's relationship with little Frank, and I was rooting for Anna and a few others who I won't name because I want you to go into this book at least a little bit blind. My absolute favorite scene (I was cackling out loud) was the group heading to and exiting the formal dinner/party — I was dying, such great mental images!! Definitely pick this one up if you appreciate a good thriller, you won't be disappointed.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really enjoyed this book! It was so, incredibly, gripping that I couldn’t put it down. The perfect amount of thrill, mystery, suspense & drama that left me on the edge of my seat until the final pages.

I love stories like this where there’s a “cast of unlikely characters” who for various unfortunate events lead them to one another. In this case, Anna and Cass both find themselves living at The Sycamores, a rundown motel turned apartments, filled with a very odd, mix-matched group of gossipy tenants!

Anna is in search of answers for her husband, Henry’s untimely death and Cass is forced there after being cheated on & kicked out of her upper class style life.

As the story unfolds there is murder, unlikely suspects & alliances and twists you’d never believe. I’d 100% recommend this!

This is my first read from this author but I think I will DEFINITELY be picking up more. This kept me guessing the whole time and I was hooked from page one

🌀 T W I S T Y T U E S D A Y 🌀 featuring “The Vacancy in Room 10” by Seraphina Nova Glass!!

BOOK REVIEW: 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤/5

Anna Hartley receives a life changing phone call from her husband Henry. Little does she know that this will be their LAST conversation before his body is found 😵!! Henry had called her in sheer and utter panic apologizing for something that he had done wrong. Anna is determined to find out WHAT her husband meant and what he was really up to.

Anna moves into The Sycamores, a shady & rundown motel that has turned into cheap rental apartments. This place is dirty, sleezy, infested with mice and is always in need of constant repairs. Henry had rented out a room there that he used as an art studio. He spent a lot of time there, so Anna sets out to poke around and talk to the other residents about Henry. She soon finds out that her husband had a lot of secrets and what seems like a separate life away from her at the Sycamores 🤐!!

THIS BOOK!!!! I could not put it down!! The suspense, the twists and turns AND the outstanding roster of shady/quirky/colourful characters had me completely HOOKED! I kept picturing the sleezebag motel setting while reading and this added to the overall SHADY VIBE of the plot!

Thank you kindly to @seraphinanovaglass @graydonhousebooks @harpercollinsca @netgalley for my advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review! This 5 star S T U N N E R releases on April 9, 2024 and should be moved to the top of your TBR list!!

Everyone needs to add this to their TBR immediately. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED, I promise! The author is one of my absolute favorite authors, and is always an auto read for me. This is why I was so excited to get my hands on an ARC for this book. I started this book before bed time, and I finished it before I could go to sleep. I was hooked from the first chapter!

So I actually went into blind reading this and barely glimpsed at the synopsis. The author is an auto read for me and I figured I could trust that it would be a good read. I have no regrets that I skimmed over the summary blurb! Going in blind was probably a fantastic decision and kept the book even more intriguing to me. There for, I will not be doing a summary of the read in this review. I want everyone to be able to experience this read with little spoilage. ;) let me just say, can we really ever trust our husbands?

What I did enjoy:
- when I say this is probably my favorite thriller of this year, I am not lying. I have struggled to connect with a good thriller in a while. I have read a few I loved. But this one takes the cake for my new favorite! I could not put this one down. I kept telling myself one more chapter, one more chapter, and before I knew it I was finished.
- I loved our two MCs, and a lot of the side characters. The book setting was fun and I had no problems imagining myself along side our MCs in the apartment complex. I myself would love to join one of their Friday pool BBQs.
- All the twists, turns, and other side plots were absolutely fantastic. I did not see of the twists coming or connected to one another. I was shocked over the ending!
- Dual POVs between our two MCs Ana, and Cass. I loved both of them and thought they were both really strong female characters. I couldn’t help rooting for them!
- A lot more but I don’t want to spoil too much about this book!

I will forever be a fan of this author and will absolutely read anything they write. I was so excited to be able to get an ARC for this book! I absolutely will be recommending this to everyone. This book is perfect for any thriller fan. 5 stars out of 5! Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you Graydon House and Seraphina Nova Glass for the gifted copy!

This was my first book by Glass and I can absolutely see why she is a favorite for thriller lovers everywhere. I loved the intricacies of each POV chapter and I couldn't wait to see how their two stories intertwined (aside from just physically being in the same location).

There were some really excellent twists I definitely didn't see coming, which I'm always happy about as a thriller fan!

Excuse me while I go back and read Glass's entire backlist! This one is out April 9.

The Vacancy in Room 10
Written By Seraphina Nova Glass
Published By Harlequin Trade Publishing
Release Date April 9, 2024

Anna Hartley and her husband Henry seem to have a great marriage. But she gets a call from the police that she cannot believe this comes afte his call letting her know he has done something so terrible he cannot tell her everything. However, the police do. She learns Henry has committed suicide and they have found his body. What is she going to do now? She picks up the pieces of what is left of her life and decides to find out the truth. No matter the outcome. Putting her clothes in a suitcase, Anna leaves to the apartment Henry was renting for his art studio. The sycamores is a run down set of apartments and the manager Cass, becomes a part of the story. But why? Told by two different women, it becomes clear that both are searching for something. Yet the residents of the apartments have stories to tell also. Stories about Henry that Anna did not know. Who did she marry? Why is he so different than when they got married? What is it that he wanted to keep hidden?

This author, who has written another book that will have you on the edge of your seat as well, but this one will surprise you. It will make you wonder about your own spouse and could they pull off your biggest fear? Or better yet murder? It is not predictable at all and the author has done an amazing job of keeping the story entertaining and engaging. I was biting my nails while following along with the twists and turns. This is one my top 5 thrillers of 2023..

5 stars

Thank you to the author, publisher, and to NetGalley for giving me a copy to read in exchange for my unbiased and honest review.

This book is going to be published on my birthday (April 9th)! So I took that as a sign that I would enjoy this book, and I really did!

When Anna finds out her husband committed suicide she decides to stay at the apartment he used as his art studio to search for answers. What ensues is a mix of drama, comedy, and terrifying events.

What I loved:
👯‍♀️Strong female characters. Perspectives given from two main female characters whose voices are clear and distinctively different.
🗑️How the author portrayed the rundown motel turned apartments.
🎭 The comedic relief that some characters provided without coming across as trashy caricatures, but real people.
💨 Fast paced, drama filled.


What I didn’t like:
🤫 One character pulls a bit of information out of her top hat at the end which made everything make a lot more sense. I think this bit could have been put in the middle of the book and it would have had more impact.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was captivating! The ending is slower than many thrillers, but readers who enjoy endings that are neatly tied up, or at least acknowledged, will appreciate that aspect. I found Cass to be an intriguing character and I wanted more from and for her (I am extremely thankful for the epilogue, I needed that answer on her relationship with Reid!), but Seraphina Nova Glass does a solid job portraying a variety of everyday characters experiencing extraordinary circumstances (not paranormal or magical, just wild times).

Wow! Got my attention right at the beginning and kept it! I was so connected with everyone at The Scyamores. 4 ⭐️s! Excellent character development! Make sure you put this on your TBR list!

Thank you to Net Galkey and Graydon House for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

"When Anna Hartley's husband, Henry, calls her with a terrible, guilty confession, she can't believe what she hears. It has to be a bad joke - the mild, predictable artist she married would never hurt a fly, let alone commit murder. But her confusion turns to horror when police find his body washed up on the banks of the Rio Grande.

Desperate for answers to the millions of questions his untimely death has raised, Anna checks in to The Sycamores, the run-down motel turned apartment Henry rented as an art studio. As she absorbs every bit of gossip the eclectic mix of residents are willing to share about her husband and each other, she begins to piece together a picture of a very different man than the one she married, and the life he led behind her back. The more she learns, and the less sense things seem to make, she finds herself wondering: Did she ever really know Henry at all?

But Henry's secrets aren't the only ones; as Anna's search for clues expands, Cass, the mysterious, jaded motel manager, seems more and more determined to keep Anna in the dark. And when threatening letters start appearing at her door, Anna has to decide what's more important - the truth, or her own safety."

Oh, you know Anna will choose the truth. They all do.

This book gives the pov of Anna, a newly widow who just received a voicemail saying her now dead husband killed someone and his death may not have be a suicide, and Cass, a manager and handy mam, of the sycamore motel. It starts out with Cass’s pov as she is going through her own problems after her fiancé has kicked her out for another younger woman. This book will keep you on your toes and you never know what’s gonna happen on the next page.

Thank you to NetGalley, Harlequin Trade Publishing, and Graydon House for the free ARC and for allowing me to give my honest opinion.

Seraphina Nova Glass wrote one of my favorite reads of 2023 (On a Quiet Street), and so far, The Vacancy in Room 10 has been one of my favorite reads of 2024! An expert at executing the twist, Glass keeps you pinned to the edge of your seat throughout this entire story full of betrayal, heartbreak, friendship, love, and lust. Told in dual POV (a favorite of mine!), we hear from two women, Anna and Cass. Each is experiencing a midlife crisis of sorts that leads them to end up at the Sycamores - a place where the people are all a little off the wall and cleanliness is hard to come by. Cass, the handy-ma'am and manager of the Sycamores, is there slowly trying to put her life back together after her ex left her with nothing but sour feelings, when the unthinkable happens. She becomes wrapped up in a very deadly predicament that will either be her undoing or her salvation. Anna, a recent widow whose husband was loved by everyone, makes her way to his work studio at the Sycamores in an effort to put together the pieces of his untimely death. Little do either of them know what is about to take place within the old, run-down apartment complex. The Sycamores has plenty of secrets, and the characters with their hidden agendas give the already creepy surroundings an even more unsettling feel. You never know who you can trust when sh*t hits the fan, but they will definitely soon find out!
To say I was surprised is an understatement. The way this story all came together in the end is a testament to Glass's talent as a thriller/mystery writer. This will undoubtedly be one of the best thrillers of the year!

5 STARS!! This book was so hard to put down. I loved every character as well as the plot! Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin for my advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

I loved this author's previous book THE VANISHING HOURS which I gave 5⭐. I couldn't wait to read this one and it did not disappoint! Anna's husband has a rented room at a run down motel that he's used as his art studio. One day he confesses to her that he has committed a crime and she cannot even fathom that her husband has done this. Then he commits suicide. She moves into his room to do some investigating of her own. She starts to find out secrets her husband kept, and someone is threatening her. Cass is now a live-in manager there and just scraping by. She needs money and is known to blackmail people. You get the POV of these two characters. When these two characters' stories collide, It gets pretty twisty. I enjoyed it alot!

Out April 9.

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own. My review will be posted on Instagram, Bookbub, Goodreads, and Amazon once it publishes.

"The Vacancy in Room 10" had me up late wanting to finish, yet excited to return to the next day. I love that it took awhile to get to know the layers of the characters involved, which made the final twists all the more satisfying. The atmosphere of the worn-down apartment complex and pool, and the characters who lived there (Uncle Fester and Sinatra) caused me to love it even more. Great thriller as well as story of true friendship and found family. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. #TheVacancyinRoom10 #NetGalley

Thank you to NetGalley for early access to this book in exchange for an honest review.

Content Warnings: domestic abuse, suicide, cheating, murder,

Told in a dual-POV, Anna and Cass are both staying at the Sycamores, a shabby motel turned into apartments. Anna’s husband, Henry, an artist who rented a studio at the Sycamores, recently committed suicide after admitting he had killed someone. When Anna moves in, we meet Cass, the “handy ma’am” for the Sycamores who is involved in shady dealings for some extra cash. As the women’s lives intertwine, we learn that Henry’s death might be more sinister than she realizes, and she will do anything she can to find answers, despite the mildly threatening warnings she has had at her door since moving in.

Such an intriguing read! When I went into this book, I was not expecting the found family to be SO heartwarming. If I’m being completely honest, for the first 1/3, I was getting tired of hearing about the hotel residents because I didn’t understand their significance, but I’m so glad it all came together. Anna was a little bit too nosy for my liking, but I understand that was necessary for the plot. Very solid 4 star read!

I really enjoyed this twisty thriller. This has been my favorite by far from this author. She did a great job writing these characters and allowing us to get to know them just enough to feel connected. The ending flies by so fast with all of the crazy twists that happened!