Shelter in Place, by Nora Roberts

I shouldn’t have given in. Alas, the woman can write, and I’m weak.

Beware: copaganda; mass shooting; fatphobia; slut-shaming; suicide; PTSD; lots of page space from the killer’s point of view; graphic gun violence; domestic violence; explicit sex on page; swearing.

First Time in Forever, by Sarah Morgan

Another month gone, and it is #TBRChallenge time again! Alas, I am late posting this review, for reasons explained below. The theme for April is “no place like home” (another Wizard of Oz reference, of course), and I’m going with home as “sanctuary” for my choice. (It doesn’t hurt that it lets me knock another ARC off the digital TBR shelves.)

Beware: parental neglect; alcoholism; drowning; dead child in backstory; dead parents; slut-shaming; hints of emotional abuse from a partner; DNF review with spoilers.

Murder at the Fitzwilliam, by Jim Eldridge

I was seduced by the idea of a series of murder mystery investigations centered around venerable museums in late Victorian Britain. And, I mean, look at the cover; this book was released in 2018, yet the cover screams 1950s.

Beware: copaganda, subtle racism, some on page violence

Lakota Dreaming, by Constance Gillam

Book one

Since my first choice for this month’s TBR Challenge was a resounding failure, I’m giving this ARC by an entirely new-to-me author a try: the heroine has just been fired, and is taking the “opportunity” to travel from New York to a reservation in South Dakota.

Beware: HFN, magical Native Americans, swearing, racism, equating evil with mental health issues.