Battered Mind by Sylvia Stein

On the night of May 26, 2023, Sadie Carlyle's perfect life shattered in an instant.

When her husband Dante arrives at their Chapel Hill home for dinner, a single gunshot changes everything. Dante is left clinging to life. Sadie is found covered in blood, holding the gun-with no memory of what happened.

As Sadie faces murder charges, her defense attorney Miranda Hamilton uncovers a terrifying truth: Sadie isn't just suffering from memory loss. She's been living with a hidden part of herself she never knew existed.

The only person Sadie can truly count on is her one true friend, Anna-and Anna has been carrying a devastating secret for eighteen years.

In a courtroom where justice and trauma collide, Sadie must confront the teenage sexual assault that fractured her mind and created a split she can no longer deny. But can the truth about what really happened that night set her free, or will it destroy everything she has left?

BATTERED MIND is a gripping psychological legal thriller about survival, dissociative identity disorder, and the price of buried trauma. Perfect for readers of The Silent Patient, The Last Thing He Told Me, and courtroom dramas that explore the devastating impact of sexual violence.

A story about the minds we break to survive-and the courage it takes to become whole again.


Content Warning: This novel contains depictions of teenage sexual assault, trauma, dissociative identity disorder, gun violence, and PTSD.


My Review

 Wow what can I say! This book was very interesting. I know it is a page turner. Characters are well written. I know I could relate to them. But that is my story. I will not be telling. It shows you just how the mind can work and how it can take you over.  Sadie had a ruff life. Physically and mentally. Can Sadie beat this? This is a great thinker and page flipping to see the outcome. Might not be the ending you think. Sylvia is a wonderful writer. 

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Joy by Samantha Price

How can well-meaning advice turn into a scandal?

With Tabitha involved, anything is possible.
Joy never imagined the answers to Tabitha’s questions would turn her quiet Amish community upside down. When Tabitha takes her aunt’s advice a little too well, the consequences spread quickly—bringing trouble down on Joy and throwing Tabitha’s family dairy farm into turmoil.
Two people keep secrets that only add fuel to the fire.
Eleven young men. One posted schedule. A community in uproar.
As whispers grow and attention sharpens, both aunt and niece are left dealing with the fallout.

My Review

A well Written novela by Samantha Price. Her characters are always so wonderful.

Love her books they are inspirational. Like romance these books are always clean written by Samantha. Always looking for her next book.These books are page turners. The author keeps it going nothing lagging the story. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Charities daughter is a image of her. Always into something for the good but always comes out bad. This is the 3rd book in the series, The Amish bonnet Sisters , Wilma's daughters. This one is book 3. If you haven't read this series you must get it now. You will not regret it.

Honor By Samantha Price

Armed with a notebook and the determination of someone who's been kicked by one too many dairy cows, nearly sixteen-year-old Tabitha is interviewing all her aunts for their marriage secrets. She needs foolproof advice, a guaranteed formula, and absolutely no future involving 4 a.m. milking sessions.

But her carefully planned interrogation of Aunt Honor gets derailed when Matthew and Grace Wilkes show up with their daughter, their worldly possessions, and a story that doesn't quite add up. Suddenly, Honor's kitchen is crowded with secrets nobody wants to talk about, Grace looks ready to bolt at any moment, and Matthew can't make eye contact with anyone.

As Tabitha digs deeper into what makes marriages work (or spectacularly fall apart), she stumbles into family drama that makes her cow-avoidance plan look simple. Because in a small Amish community, some scandals never really die—they just wait for the worst possible moment to resurface.

Welcome to Tabitha's complicated education in romance.

A sweet, clean Amish romance full of family drama, buried secrets, and one girl's quest to avoid dairy farming forever. No cows were harmed in the making.

My Review 

I love this new series off of the Bonnet sisters series. When it comes to Tabitha she is like the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Mischeif like her mam. Tabitha is at it again trying to get the answers she need about marriage and taking care of cows. What mischeif will she get into. Now she makes a mess of her aunt Honor. Your going to love this series if you loved those Bonnet sisters. Samantha Price is a wonderful writer.. I promise your going to love this series.

Mercy by Samantha Price.

 
Every woman in the family has a secret. Tabitha is about to discover them all.

As a teenager, Tabitha is unsure of many things, but she’s very clear on this: milking cows for the rest of her life is not the dream. Marriage, however, looks like the fastest way off her family’s dairy farm.
Tabitha isn’t reckless enough to rush into courtship without a little research first. After all, one wrong decision could swap cows for a lifetime of different chores, and that’s not much of an upgrade.
So she comes up with a plan.
Before any serious interest begins, Tabitha sets out to visit her aunts—Wilma’s daughters—one by one.
She isn’t looking for encouragement or warnings delivered with a smile. She wants the unvarnished truth. The stories that never got told.
Her first stop is Aunt Mercy.
And what Tabitha learns there makes her rethink everything she knew about marriage, family, and choosing a future.

Mercy launches Wilma’s Daughters, the third series set in The Amish Bonnet Sisters world. It can be read completely on its own—no prior books required.

My Review

Loved this well written novel by Samantha Price. Pretty much in this story The apple didn't fall from the tree. Tabitha at what she does best, I think she is glued to causing issues best left alone. Poor Mercy. You will love this one. 5 star. 

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Amish Country Homicide by Susan Furlong

 

Investigating family secrets
may cost them their lives.

Returning home after years away, Alena Walsh is devastated to find her grandfather shot by a disguised gunman—and now someone wants her silenced next. Sheriff Caleb Mast, her former Amish childhood friend, is tasked with keeping her safe. Soon Alena and Caleb uncover key evidence that reveals a link between her grandfather’s cryptic final words, her mother’s decades-old murder and the recent death of a young woman in town. With family secrets unraveling and attacks against Alena escalating, they’ll need to expose the killer’s deadly scheme…or risk getting caught in the crosshairs.

My Review:

This is a new author to me. I loved every page turning page. You are glued to it once you start. I didn't want to put it down. Susan is a wonderful writter. I never lost interest with it. I love reading Amish and mystery books. With this author you get both. I never guessed who done it to the end,

Someone has killed Alena's grandfather. She is determined to get who did it. Lot twist in the story and a page turner book for sure, Characters are well written. 5 star

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Bonnets, Buggies, and Betrayal by Samantha Price.

The police sketch matches her face perfectly. But did she do it?
Elderly Amish sisters Ettie and Elsa-May refuse to believe their dear friend could harm anyone. But with a witness statement and evidence mounting, even Detective Kelly can't ignore what looks obvious.
Determined to clear their friend's name, the sisters begin asking questions around their small town. What starts as a simple investigation quickly reveals dark secrets.


When their friend suddenly disappears, Ettie and Elsa-May find themselves racing against time.
Can they untangle the truth before it's too late? Or will their loyalty to their friend cost them everything?


Review:
I love this series By Samantha Price! Once you start yoiu won't be able to stop till the end. Plenty of twist and page turning Novel. Samantha is a wonderful writer. Her characters are well written. You will feel like you are a part of the story.

The sisters always seem to get right in a case of murder. I just love these 2 characters. This time a friend has gotten herself into a bit of trouble and the sisters need to help clear her name. But then their friend disappears now what could of happened to her. Get the book you will love it. 5 star

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