Miranda Rijks

Daisy McKenzie is a journalist who works for a London magazine. She isn’t doing very well because of her chronic insomnia. Her boss gives her an assignment to go to The Serenity Spa (which is also a sleep clinic). The spa offered an invitation for a week’s stay, expenses paid, in return for a review of the spa. Daisy arrives at the spa and meets the owner, Amity Augustiago, who comes up with a program she is sure will cure Daisy of her insomnia. Daisy is worried about using hypnosis because of a secret in her past. But Amity insists it will help. Or does Amity have a sinister agenda of her own?

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I found it hard to put down. I liked the setting of the spa and the secrets that were revealed as the book progressed. The characters were interesting and I was curious to see how everything was going to turn out. An intriguing read by Miranda Rijks.… (mais)

Leonie runs a successful real estate business that keeps her busy and unavailable to most men, just the way she likes it. She doesn't drink because she never wants to lose control, and she never wants to lose control because she has a dark secret she can't let out. She was responsible for the death of another driver when she was sixteen years old with no license and no insurance. Her father has covered this up for her to protect her but at a price. He and her mother run Leonie's life. And then Leonie meets a handsome man named Markus and she falls head over heels for him, they are soon engaged. But as the wedding approaches problems with the wedding planning pop up. Leonie thinks it might be her interfering parents but when these problems escalate she wonders if someone knows her secret and if out for revenge. Leonie is afraid. This is a twisty plot that I thoroughly enjoyed. Fast paced and full of surprises it was a lot of fun to read. Recommended for fun.… (mais)

Anna and Joel go to a safari lodge for Joel's interview and Anna encounters her ex. The story predominantly follows Anna's first-person perspective as her gut instinct is the encounter is not a coincidence. Anna speaks to the readers, providing her thought process as well as background information whenever relevant, making for an informative read. Both the present and the past are written in the present tense and readers read the narrative in real-time. A personal pleasant way to read since nothing in the future can be foreseen and readers learn what happens at the same time as the characters.


I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Merged review:

Anna and Joel go to a safari lodge for Joel's interview and Anna encounters her ex. The story predominantly follows Anna's first-person perspective as her gut instinct is the encounter is not a coincidence. Anna speaks to the readers, providing her thought process as well as background information whenever relevant, making for an informative read. Both the present and the past are written in the present tense and readers read the narrative in real-time. A personal pleasant way to read since nothing in the future can be foreseen and readers learn what happens at the same time as the characters.


I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.… (mais)