🍷“Wine, like people, is notoriously unforgiving.”
🍷“Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed.”
🍷“On the vineyard, as in life, timing is everything.”

Woah this book was one hell of a wild, twisty and turny ride and I loved every word of it! If you love wine, you’ll really enjoy this. If you love murder mysteries, you’ll really enjoy this. If you love messed up family dynamics and drama, you’ll really enjoy this. As you can see, I believe everyone will really enjoy this!

That last twist though…🤯. I am going to need a minute here. Wow!

Thank you so much to Netgalley, Simon & Schuster, and the author for the gifted copy.

2.5 rounded up-Sorry to say this book was not for me. The plot (A couple gets married and the husband dies a week later. 10 years later the woman thinks she sees her dead husband) sounded intriguing, but there was a little too much romance, but in a cheating way. I did like that there were some twists at the end that I didn’t see coming, but several parts of the story were far-fetched. I don’t want to list any spoilers, but a couple of times I said out loud “Come on?! Really?!” Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced reader’s copy.

Ten years ago, June’s husband Josh drowned a week after they married. Now, newly engaged, June is ready to leave her grief over Josh in the past, but while out in the park, she spots him. Is it possible the first man she loved never really died?

TILL DEATH DO US PART by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn was a fast-paced domestic suspense.

So much of this story centered on vineyards and wine-making, which I found exceptionally fascinating and I really loved the details paid to the New York and Brooklyn setting!

The alternating POVs were engaging and really built up the mystery and intrigue, but I found the twists, while fun, to be a bit of a reach at times.

This was a fine suspense novel, but leaned a little too much on the romance and the unbelievable for me to enjoy it as much as others have.

Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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This book was just not for me. I read about 40% and I felt that it was predictable and not overly thrilling. As this book was not identified as LGBTQ+ I was completely thrown when the F/F relationship started and decided to not continue to read the book.

As I did not complete the book, I will be refraining from rating the book on Goodread or post a review on Instagram. I appreciate the read but I feel it should have been properly identified even though it is a plot twist.

Thank you, Netgalley, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, and Simon & Schuster, for the ebook. This family drama full of twisted and turns she secrets so deep and rooted had me turning the pages all night. It was heartbreaking and haunting.

Obsession – lies – secrets – deception - If you love a thriller full of twists and turns with an ending that you in NO way expected, then this book is for you. The bonus for wine lovers like me is, if you're interested, you'll get a bit of an education on wine making as well.

The story follows two timelines. The first POV is June who marries Josh in 2012 after a short courtship. Horribly, just a week later he is presumed dead while swimming in the ocean, when his body is never found. Fast forward to 2022 and we find June has a new man in her life, Kyle, who absolutely adores her. He is completely unaware how obsessed she continues to be over Josh’s death/disappearance, even after the two get engaged. Her obsessive behavior threatens to ruin her relationship with Kyle.

The second timeline follows Bev, Josh’s mom. She with her husband own the Golden Grape vineyard, and they live on the edge of the property with their sons. Josh is in high school during this time, and his storyline is full of tragedy and suspicious behavior. Very juicy!

I guarantee you are not going to guess the places this story goes. I gave up all hope figuring out what would happen next, and simply enjoyed sitting back and letting it all unfold. The story is character-rich, and I did get a little confused about who-did what-to-whom at one point, but in the end it was an entertaining dramatic novel that I would recommend to thriller loving friends.

Thank you to Simon & Schuster, NetGalley, and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A widow who has found love again suddenly starts seeing what she thinks is her lost husband, whose body was never found. She travels to the west coast to look into his family, and finds more than she wanted to.

I was intrigued at the beginning but I am so bored of the switching narrators. I don't care about Bev and her lesbian awakening. I want to know if Josh is alive. Also, it's so strange that the twin isn't a thought until Bev brings him up with June and then suddenly he's in all the timelines and in everyone's business. This was not executed well.

The winery setting won me over immediately! Fortunately, the story did too. June is on her honeymoon. Hubby goes to get breakfast; Hubby is never seen again. Til years later when he is. By now, June is readying to marry Kyle. She can't get the possible first-hubby sighting out of her mind and decides to pursue it to put everything to rest. Hopefully. Told from the POV's of both June and Bev. Bev is Josh, first hubby's mom. Though I considered this to be more of a domestic suspense than actual thriller, the story moves right along and there are several good twists. I enjoyed this one and as I said, the winery setting alone is worth the read!

Thank you to #NetGalley, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn and Simon & Schuster for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

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This was a great thriller in a great setting! I loved the twists and they were surprising without being unbelievable. The pacing was great and I couldn’t put it down!

There’s no question from the start what the main mystery is in this twisty family drama, but there are so many other questions & revelations that come to light. This tale is woven, then unraveled, in such an interesting way. The wine world is a perfect setting for a story as complex as this. This isn’t just family secrets revealed. It explores many aspects of human relationships. This still has me thinking about love, loss, loyalty, marriage, motherhood…
Events are told through June & Bev’s perspectives, sometimes many years apart. I definitely shifted between liking & trusting characters one minute, to disliking or doubting them the next. Sometimes it was the opposite.
I’m often capable of guessing book endings, but not this one. I like that I had absolutely no idea what was going to pop-up next. While reading the final chapters, I found myself flipping back to read earlier events to see if there were clues I missed.
Wish I could grab a glass of wine & read it for the first time all over again. Thanks to the publisher for allowing me to read an advance copy via NetGalley.

Till Death Do Us Part by Laura Elizabeth Flynn has been the most disappointing book I’ve read this year. Unless you enjoy talking about the cloudiness of natural wines the fermentation of wines and all about the growing process and went to pick the grapes and for which wine you may not like this book. As I said already I couldn’t wait to read this book it really sounded like something I would be so down to bury myself in and not come up for air until the book was over but OMG not only was this book disappointing the ending totally came out of left field almost like this book is Clickbait. The book is told between Bev and June, and to be honest I do not know why we had to read about Bev who at first I really liked her before the book is over I was just disgusted with her. As far as June goals I initially felt bad for her but was totally getting tired of hearing her bemoan the loss of her husband 12 years before especially since she was engaged to Kyle. Irregardless I do not recommend this book which I rarely do and really almost DNF this book about winemaking I don’t even drink wine but even if I did I don’t think this book would’ve interested me still in all. I mean people pay thousands and thousands of dollars for something you can make in prison. I appreciated being given this book in exchange for the honest review and this is my absolutely honest review. #NetGalley#SimonAndSchuster,,#LoriElizabethFlynn, #TillDeathDoUsPart,

Told in dual POV and timeline this domestic suspense had me captive from the start. On the surface it seems like a simple story but there are so many secrets buried underneath. I couldn’t wait to see how all the parts where going to come out and fit together in the end!

The story reminded me of a classic rollercoaster. You have that slow build of suspense as you get started then bam you’re sent on a twisty ride. And man, once you got to the twists, it gets messy with a capital M and I mean that in the best way. The characters, the secrets, the drama, I just ate it all up.

This book also goes well beyond the mystery, there’s so much more to it. It’s got women’s fiction and romance components as it handles a raw view of motherhood and a beautiful second chance at love.

Read of you love:
🍷 Wine
🍇 Napa setting
🕰️ Dual timeline
🤫 Family secrets
❤️ Romance

Thank you Laurie, Netgalley, and Simon & Schuster for my copies in exchange for an honest review!

I’m going to cut to the quick. I initially found this book extremely confusing - so many jumps back and forth in time, so many people to track. I did not find any of the characters likable with maybe the exception of Emilia. Likability is not necessarily a good criteria for a successful book but usually I find one person to whom I can relate - not this time. Bev, who in my mind is the main character across the entire story, is perhaps the least savory person. She lies, she cheats, she hides the truth…. Looking back, the story is interesting and well developed. I just didn’t care for all of the jumps in time and the entitlement of these people is beyond the pale. The twists at the end are out of the blue, like a Scooby Doo kind of ending.

This ARC was provided by the publisher and NetGalley, the opinions expressed herein are strictly my own.

While on their honeymoon, June’s husband Josh went out for a swim and never came home. June has her doubts about what happened that day, which hasn’t subsided 10 years later when she starts seeing a man who looks like her husband walking around. Engaged now to someone else, June feels the need to find this person and resolve her unanswered questions about what happened that day 10 years ago. Is she prepared for the truth? In a separate timeline, we follow Bev, Josh’s mom, and what happened back in the 90’s that could be related to Josh’s disappearance now.

This book was a pleasant surprise for me! I went into it blind and didn’t know if it was a thriller or romance (it ended up being both 😂). The cover drew me in, and I love both genres so I would be happy either way. It kinda reminded me a bit of One True Loves by TJR but with more mystery elements. While romance is a theme in this book, it is mostly used to further explain the past, so ultimately I would say it’s a suspense/mystery. I loved every single twist that this book brought me. Just when I thought I knew what was happening, it threw me for a loop. Would def recommend!

Oh my! I actually put my life on hold so I could read this intriguing story from start to finish in one day. There were so many twists and turns as the author cleverly wove together several timelines and viewpoints. I also loved the way she incorporated all the steps of the winemaking process. It was interesting to learn about natural wines as well. I was reminded of how we used to use our homegrown grapes to make grape juice that actually turned into wine. Thanks to NetGalley, Simon & Schuster and the author for an advance copy to read and review.

June Kelly has finally found love again after years of mourning her late husband Josh, who disappeared one morning, never to be seen again. June never felt that his death was truly an accident but could never prove it. When one day she looked up and saw her dead husband very much alive June becomes determined to figure out what’s going on.
The story goes between June and Bev (Josh’s mother) perspective, weaving a timeline of what happened leading up to Josh’s death and after. The story was very well written, with a few twists I didn’t see coming. The ending was a nice surprise that left me really loving the book even more.
Thank you to Netgalley and to the publishers for allowing me to read this advanced copy.

This book starts out as an exciting thriller. However, somewhere along the way, things go awry. Convenient plot twists are thrown in that sound like something out of a soap opera as well as other plot twists that don't make any sense or go anywhere. On top of that the reader is expected to believe that even though June's late husband was a certain kind of person, he completely changed when he married her even though we don't really get to see much of that alleged character development or their relationship.

Much of the book isn't even about June at all. It is about Josh's mother and how she is torn between her family and her love for another woman. This has very little to do with June's story except that you do get to learn things about Josh through his mother although most of what is learned about Josh is through hearsay from what the other characters say because even in the flashbacks he doesn't appear that much.

There are interesting elements to this story, however, they don't seem to go together well. Thus, even though the ending is satisfactory in that all the loose ends are tied up, it still feels like something is missing.

This was a really interesting read. The back and forth of the timelines was confusing at first because I didn’t understand who Bev was and why we cared about her, but once I got that part figured out, I really enjoyed the story. It was a slower-paced read for me, not something I tore through in a day, but something I kept coming back to to enjoy. The winemaking piece of it was interesting, even though I am not in that world. The mystery surrounding all the events just kept getting creepier and creepier.

Whatever you do, don’t skip the epilogue like I know some readers do—it’s a very necessary part of the story, and it wouldn’t be whole without it.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

3.7
Feels like it’s been a minute since I’ve read a mystery book. I enjoyed the plot of this book so much and the ending was not what I expected. Though I have to say even though the ending wasn’t what I expected to be, it was still an idea in the back of my mind kinda of like a what if thing. The storyline definitely keeps you thinking.Really enjoyed this book and had such a great time bingeing it. Honestly enjoyed the plot of the book and some of the characters. It's told in dual POV with one being in the past and the other being present. Personally didn't enjoy the past POV at first but after reading the book and thinking more about it, I think I understand why it was needed. This definitely a book about secrets and the power of what it can do.