Taken from  Goodreads Title: Stalking Jack the Ripper Author: Kerri Maniscalco Format: Hardcover, 327 pages Publishing date: September 20th, 2016 Publisher: Jimmy Paterson Summary from  Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world. Review (100 words): This book blends a whole bunch of things that I hold close to my heart: true crime, historical fiction and young adult romance. The Victorian world that Maniscalco creates is one that you...

Taken from  Goodreads Title: Princess Mia Author: Meg Cabot Narrator: Clea Lewis Format: Audio CD, unabridged Publishing date: 2008 (originally 2007) Publisher: Recorded Books Summary from  Goodreads: A Princess on her own . . . Mia has been invited to speak at a gala for Domina Rei, an elite society of powerful businesswomen. But what could she possibly have to say? Michael has broken up with her, her bff Lilly won't speak to her, and her parents are forcing her to see a therapist. Even J.P.'s efforts to cheer Mia up (he's being really sweet!) aren't helping. Just when things couldn't get worse, Mia discovers a long forgotten diary of a teenage princess of Genovia. It could be just the inspiration Mia needs to write her speech but what it reveals might change everything. Review (89 words): I'll just say it like it is, I loved listening to this book. I grew up on the Princess Diaries audio books, and this is nostalgia at its finest. I loved how...

Taken from  Goodreads Title: The Silent Patient Author: Alex Michaelides Format: Paperback, 325 pages Publishing date: February 5th, 2019 Publisher: Celadon Books Summary from  Goodreads: Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long tim...

Taken from  Goodreads Title: American Royals Author: Katharine McGee Format: Paperback, 448 pages Publishing date: September 3rd, 2019 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Summary from  Goodreads: What if America had a royal family? When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne. As Princess Beatrice gets closer to becoming America's first queen regnant, the duty she has embraced her entire life suddenly feels stifling. Nobody cares about the spare except when she's breaking the rules, so Princess Samantha doesn't care much about anything, either . . . except the one boy who is distinctly off-limits to her. And then there's Samantha's twin, Prince Jefferson. If he'd been born a generation earlier, he would have stood first in line for the throne, but the new laws of succession make him third. Most of America ado...