Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon

 Becoming the star is easier when the rest of your band is dead…

All drummer Vienna Taylor ever wanted was to make music. If that came with fame, she’d take it—as long as her best friend, guitarist Madison Pierce, was sharing the spotlight and singing lead. And with their new all-female pop rock band gaining traction, soon everyone would hear their songs…

Except, on the way to an event, the Bittersweet’s van careened off an icy mountain road during a blizzard—leaving one member dead and another severely injured.

In order to survive the frigid night, the rest took shelter in a nearby abandoned cabin. But Vienna’s dreams devolved into a terrifying nightmare as, one by one, her fellow band members met a gruesome end…and Madison simply vanished in the night.

What really happened to the Bittersweet? Did Vienna’s closest friend finally decide to take center stage on her own terms?

She doesn’t want to believe it.

But guilty people run.

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Amazon.com: Only One Survives: A Novel: 9780778305477: McKinnon, Hannah Mary: Books

Hannah Mary McKinnon was born in the UK, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada in 2010. After a successful career in recruitment, she quit the corporate world in favour of writing. While her debut, TIME AFTER TIME, was a rom com, she transitioned to the dark side thereafter. Her suspense novels include THE NEIGHBORS, and bestsellers HER SECRET SON, SISTER DEAR, YOU WILL REMEMBER ME, NEVER COMING HOME and THE REVENGE LIST. Her eighth is a holiday romantic comedy, THE CHRISTMAS WAGER, written under the pseudonym Holly Cassidy.

Hannah Mary's latest thriller, ONLY ONE SURVIVES, about the rise and violent demise of the all-female pop rock group The Bittersweet published in July 2024. Her second Holly Cassidy rom-com, THE CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN, will release in October 2024. Another thriller will follow in the fall of 2025.

Hannah Mary lives in Oakville, Ontario, with her husband and three sons.

My Thoughts...                                                                                                  This was a thriller like no other. Music and books that's all I needed to hear. It's so well done, I love living on the edge of my seat. On a side note, it's compared to Daisy Jones and the Six and I have to say its 100 times better and not comparable at all. Mary Reader received this book from the publisher for review. A favorable review was not required, and all views expressed are our own. 

The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon

 They say life flashes before your eyes when you’re about to die. But all she could see was regret.

The people in Frankie Morgan’s life say she’s angry. Emotionally stunted. Combative. But really, who can blame her? It’s hard being nice when your clients are insufferable, your next-door neighbor is a miserable woman and the cowardly driver who killed your mother is still out living it up somewhere.

Somehow, though, she finds herself at her very first anger-management group session—drinking terrible coffee and learning all about how “forgiveness is a process.”

One that starts with a list.

Frankie is skeptical. A list of everyone who’s wronged her in some way over the years? More paper, please. Still, she makes the pointless list—with her own name in a prominent spot—and promptly forgets about it…until it goes missing. And one by one, the people she’s named start getting hurt in freak accidents, each deadlier than the last.

Could it be coincidence giving her the revenge she never dared to seek…or something more sinister?

If Frankie doesn’t find out who’s behind it all, she might be next.

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Amazon.com: The Revenge List: A Novel: 9780778333463: McKinnon, Hannah Mary: Books

Hannah Mary McKinnon was born in the UK, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada in 2010. After a successful career in recruitment, she quit the corporate world in favour of writing. While her debut, TIME AFTER TIME, was a rom com, she transitioned to the dark side thereafter. Her suspense novels include THE NEIGHBORS, and bestsellers HER SECRET SON, SISTER DEAR, YOU WILL REMEMBER ME and NEVER COMING HOME. Her seventh book (sixth thriller), THE REVENGE LIST is scheduled for May 2023. Her eighth is a holiday romantic comedy, THE CHRISTMAS WAGER, written under the pseudonym Holly Cassidy. Hannah Mary is now working on another thriller, and a second romantic comedy as Holly Cassidy.

Hannah Mary lives in Oakville, Ontario, with her husband and three sons

Connect on Facebook and Instagram @hannahmarymckinnon, and on Twitter @HannahMMcKinnon. For more, visit www.hannahmarymckinnon.com 

My Thoughts...

I'm shaking my head, what did I just read. Mckinnon blew me away. This had to be the best twists and ending to any thriller yet. I highly recommend this book. You won't be able to put it down.
5 stars two times. Hands down a must read.

The Mary Reader received this book from the publisher for review. A favorable review was not required, and all views expressed are our own.

Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon

 

First comes love. Then comes murder.

Lucas Forester didn’t hate his wife. Michelle was brilliant, sophisticated and beautiful. Sure, she had extravagant spending habits, that petty attitude, a total disregard for anyone below her status. But she also had a lot to offer. Most notably: wealth that only the one percent could comprehend.

For years, Lucas has been honing a flawless plan to inherit Michelle’s fortune. Unfortunately, it involves taking a hit out on her.

Every track is covered, no trace left behind, and now Lucas plays the grieving husband so well he deserves an award. But when a shocking photo and cryptic note show up on his doorstep, Lucas goes from hunter to prey. 

Someone is on to him. And they’re closing in.

Told with dark wit and a sharply feminist sensibility, Never Coming Home is a terrifying tale of duplicity that will have you side-eyeing your spouse as you dash to the breathtaking end. 

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Amazon.com: Never Coming Home: A Novel: 9780778386100: McKinnon, Hannah Mary: Books

Hannah Mary McKinnon was born in the UK, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada in 2010. After a successful career in recruitment, she quit the corporate world in favour of writing. While her debut, TIME AFTER TIME, was a rom com, she transitioned to the dark side thereafter. Her suspense novels include THE NEIGHBORS, and bestsellers HER SECRET SON, SISTER DEAR, YOU WILL REMEMBER ME. Her sixth book is scheduled for spring 2022.

Hannah Mary lives in Oakville, Ontario, with her husband and three sons

Connect on Facebook and Instagram @hannahmarymckinnon, and on Twitter @HannahMMcKinnon. For more, visit www.hannahmarymckinnon.com

My Thoughts...

This was a fantastic read. I kept guessing and, in the end, I was not correct. It is a page turner, and You are going to love how it all plays out. McKinnon is a genius. This is one book in 2022 you do not want to miss.

5 stars two times and I HIGHLY recommend it.

 The Mary Reader received this book from the publisher for review. A favorable review was not required, and all views expressed are our own.

Her Secret Son By Hannah Mary McKinnon

How far would you go to protect the ones you love…when they may not be yours to protect?

When Josh’s longtime partner, Grace, dies in a tragic accident, he is left with a mess of grief—and full custody of her seven-year-old son, Logan. While not his biological father, Josh has been a dad to Logan in every way that counts, and with Grace gone, Logan needs him more than ever.

Wanting to do right by Logan, Josh begins the process of becoming his legal guardian—something that seems suddenly urgent, though Grace always brushed it off as an unnecessary formality. But now, as Josh struggles to find the paperwork associated with Logan’s birth, he begins to wonder whether there were more troubling reasons for Grace’s reluctance to make their family official.

As he digs deeper into the past of the woman he loved, Josh soon finds that there are many dark secrets to uncover, and that the truth about where Logan came from is much more sinister than he could have imagined…

Tightly paced and brimming with tension, Her Secret Son is a heartbreakingly honest portrait of a family on the edge of disaster and a father desperate to hold on to the boy who changed his life.

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I was born in the UK, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada in 2010. After a long and successful career in recruitment, I quit the corporate world in favor of writing.

My first novel, Time After Time (a lighthearted rom-com) was published in June 2016. My second, the domestic suspense story The Neighbors, arrived March 2018. My third, Her Secret Son was released in May 2019, and my fourth is slated for spring 2020.

I live in Oakville, Ontario, with my husband and three sons, and I'm delighted by my twenty second commute.

Find me on Facebook www.facebook.com/hannahmarymckinnon, Twitter @HannahMMcKinnon, and on Instagram @HannahMaryMcKinnon. For even more, visit my website www.hannahmarymckinnon.com. 

My Thoughts...
WoW, is all I can say. I read this book in a few hours and I am still in awe. Mckinnon had me on the edge of my seat. I had to know all about Grace's son Logan and where he came from. The twists and turns were so very well executed. This is not a book to be missed. I HIGHLY recommend it.
I gave this book 5 stars. Run and get your copy.
The Mary Reader received this book from the publisher for review. A favorable review was not required and all views expressed are our own.