Roger is going to jail for a very long time. He did it to himself. He embezzled money from a fund that was there to help other. A fund he set up through his own company. He may have gotten away with it. If not for his "B" of a wife who is going to testify against him. Not only that she's divorcing him so she can testify. How dare her!
Mia is in her cozy cabin. Entering her kitchen, she sees Roger sitting at her table. Then he attacks!. Mia sees the bright light. Would her life have been happier if she had chosen a different path? Thus begins her journey of paths she might have chosen, and their endings. She's a spy, actress, news anchor, author, homeless and many other lives. This author has other authors write a story of the different lives Mia could have lived. They are each unique and have interesting endings or beginnings. What life will Mia choose? Read this amazing and thought provoking book to find out. Cleverly written.

A Thousand Doors by JT Ellison and a star studded cast of thousands is a very unique book. Written by some of todays best thriller writers all about the same character. Most of the stories I loved and wanted more! Some of the stories were too short for my liking but worked in this premise.

Mia Jensen gets to experience all the lives that could have been for her - but only in her death. After a shockingly bad day she is attacked in her own home and left for dead. We have all played the "what if" game where we wonder what is I had made that decision, or what is I hadn't made that decision. Mia gets to see what might have been for her. There is a wide variety of alternate lives for Mia - not all happy but all vastly different to the one that she has lived.

Thanks to Two Tales Press and Netgalley for my advanced copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased.

Mia was murdered at age 40, but what if she had made a very different choice when she was a young woman? How would her life have been different? Would it have been better or worse? Find out in this wonderful collaboration between 16 amazing authors, many of whom I've already read and a few more I now need to read. I don't usually enjoy short stories, but I found this anthology unique and satisfying. A few of the stories brought tears to my eyes, and I am left wanting a full book about my favorite life paths.

"So many lives to lose, and so many to gain."

My favorites were (in order as presented in the book):
1. Happily Married Wife and Mother by Kimberly Belle
2. The Spy by Ariel Lawhon
3. The Actress by Joy Jordan-Lake
4. The Suicide by A.F. Brady
5. The Primatologist by Heather Gudenkauf

I received an advance copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

For me this book started off with plenty of promise, but unfortunately some of the life versions that followed did not flow very well and made the book rather disjoined, and the ending failed to pull it together.
The individual stories where good in themselves, and I enjoyed reading them, but as a whole book it was not seamless enough
Maybe others may enjoy it more, I rather like the concept and happy endings are always a bonuses.

Wow! I don't know if I've ever read a book like this one before. What an interesting premise—Mia dies at the beginning of the book, and as she is laying there dying, she has flashes of what her life could have been like if she'd made different choices. This book is so fascinating because it's each author's take on the direction that Mia's life could have taken, if only she'd made different decisions in her life.

Each chapter, written by a different author, gives their spin on how Mia might have possibly have lived her life. And each chapter is as varied as the individual author's storytelling style. Some of these authors I've read before and some of them were new to me. I liked how each story gave me a small taste of the author's work. That's what I love about anthologies, they allow me to visit some old favorites while also discovering some new authors.

A Thousand Doors is such an interesting variety of stories and they are all so good and so different. J.T. Ellison, one of the authors and the editor, starts and ends the stories and ties the whole book up in a very satisfying way.

"Regrets. Joys, Mistakes. So many lives to lead, to have led. So many lives to lose, and so many to gain."

What an interesting and different concept for a book!! Everyone, even the most "satisfied" people, has played the "what if" game. What if I had married the other guy? What if I had chosen a different major in college? What if I had not turned down that job? Mia is lying on the floor after being attacked, waiting to die. During this time she experiences how many ways her life could have been different with different choices.
I loved this concept, this ending, this book! I would highly recommend it!
Thank you to J.T. Ellison, Two Tales Press and NetGalley for the ARC of this fantastic book!

Wow!
I loved the idea of this when I heard about it but the reality was even better.
Mia Jenson has just been murdered and the author of this book has asked other authors to provide their idea on what Mia's life could havrbbeen like.
This book contains their short stories of the many different lives Mia could have lived if things had been different.
This book has introduced me to lots of new authors to explore.
Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read early

I think it’s fair to say that I am OBSESSED with this story and the way it was written. I love J.T. Ellison’s work already but this idea of starting a story and asking some of the best female authors around to add pieces to it is Genius! Each snip-it of Mia’s life was captivating and a pleasure to read. I was so invested in this story, I couldn’t out it down.

Although this is considered an anthology, it is unlike any I’ve ever read before. I am not a fan of short story anthologies usually because of the lack of flow but this one is PERFECT! I can’t gush about it enough. Please pick this one up, I don’t think you will be disappointed.

This was a phenomenal read! A Thousand Doors, written by several writers, takes you through the story of Mia as she reflects on the choices she has made through her life. Each chapter takes you on a different journey (written by a different author) Just when you ease into the choice she has made- it changes again. What a rollercoaster! I have never read a book like this and am looking forward to reading more. All the authors showed up with their best writing and it made this book just click.

Expected Publication: November 5th!

Wow. Wow. Wow!

What a collection of short stories by an absolute powerhouse of authors:

*J.T. Ellison (Review for Tear Me Apart here: https://homesweethouser.com/2018/08/1...)
*Kimberly Belle (Review for Three Days Missing here: https://homesweethouser.com/2018/07/0...)
*Laura Benedict
*A.F. Brady
*Patti Callahan Henry
*Paige Crutcher
*Rebecca Drake
*Heather Gudenkauf
*Joy Jordan-Lake
*Alisha Klapheke
*Ariel Lawhon
*Kerry Lonsdale
*Catherine McKenzie (Review for The Good Liar here: https://homesweethouser.com/2018/02/1...)
*Kate Moretti
*Lisa Patton (Review for Rush here: https://homesweethouser.com/2018/08/1...)
*Kaira Rouda

The concept of this book is pretty simple. Mia finds herself in a less than stellar life, unhappy with her choices, and headed toward divorce with her husband. When she threatens to testify against her soon-to-be-ex-husband in an embezzlement case, he savagely murders her.

Fortunately, in death, Mia is able to get a glimpse of all the lives she could have lived if she had made different choices in her life. Each of those lives is detailed by the various authors above via individual short stories.

This book for me was kind of a cross between The Butterfly Effect and A Christmas Carol (minus the whole holiday thing and the three ghosts). I loved all of the individual stories, some more than others. It's so hard to choose but some of my favorites were: The Widow, The Primatologist, The Homeless Woman, The Archaeologist, and The Suicide.

I will say there were two things I wish would have been more present in the book overall. I found myself wanting to know what choice was made differently in order to land Mia in this alternate life. There's really no discussion of how she ended up where she was, and that may have been done on purpose. But, I found myself curious about the "how."

The second thing that I found puzzling was this underlying theme of the telephone ringing at the end of each of the short stories. I guess I thought at the end of the book there was going to be some significance to the telephone ringing and (unless I missed it) there wasn't any real closure there.

Otherwise, this is a fabulous book. And the beauty of it, is that you don't even have to read it in order (aside from the beginning and the end). All the parts in the middle can be read in whatever sequence the reader chooses.

Kudos to this all-star cast of authors for collaborating on such a fantastic project. Anybody looking for something unique and different should read this book.

-I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley, J.T. Ellison and all contributing authors, and Two Tales Press for the opportunity to review.-

I'm not one for short stories and novellas but when I saw some of my favorite authors contributing to this book, I had to read it. Quite a neat concept and definitely intriguing. Each story was good and the ending was perfect. If we had a chance to go back and pick a life different from the one we have, would we? Should we? Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC

A Thousand Doors is unlike any book I’ve ever read. I love thrillers but I also love anthologies and short stories and this was a brilliant combination. The day Mia Jensen died was the day she started living. The concept for this book is nothing short of brilliant.

As Mia dying, she is given the chance to see how her life would of been different based on different choices she made.

There are so many outstanding contributors to this book, I was so impressed that J.T. Ellison was able to bring them together in a seamless way. Each story was unique yet fit in perfectly with the book. J.T. Ellison has crafted a book that will make you laugh, cry, scream for Mia and also make you think about your own choices.

J.T. Ellison has brought together an amazing team of writers that carry out her vision and idea for this book magnificently. Highly recommend.

Love the collaboration between writers to get this book out to the readers. The idea of what lives you could have led in life and what would have happened if you made different choices is something I think crosses everyone's mind at one point or another. The transitions between the writing of all of the authors is seamless even though there is introductions through titles and author names. There are some unresolved/let your mind choose ends to some of the stories but I loved it. I would love to see another collaboration done with these authors.

Thank you to the publisher, Netgalley and this handful of incredible thriller authors for the chance to read this ARC. What an awesome concept. I am not a fan of short stories but this group of authors pulled it off. It was interesting and telling of each individual what they did with the main character, Mia, while maintaining the same voice. This was a powerful premise, and quite relatable, because how many of us have wondered, "what if?" I don't want to compare, but this was almost like A Christmas Carol. Mia is on her deathbed and sees all of the paths her life could have taken if she had made a different decision in any point of her life. It's almost spooky if you think about it, the concept of The Butterfly Effect. But overall, this was a great read, and I highly recommend it for the refreshing storyline.

I'm so glad I was approved for this book, I'm a huge J.T. Ellison fan this book didn't disappoint! I loved A THOUSAND DOORS: An Anthology of Many Lives by JT Ellison and this talented cast of superb authors! The collection takes us through the many lives of Mia. The has done, and what ifs. Mia found herself in some crazy situations. I loved each and every one.

I was so eager to read this book – I absolutely LOVED the premise that there are so many paths in life that you could take – and Mia’s chosen path had in effect ended her life – however, I don’t think I have ever actually been so disappointed by a book!

The reviews are so amazing – my expectations were exceptionally high……. It turns out they were definitely too high!

There is no cohesion in this book – the lives are far too random – it’s a series of short stories about women named Mia! Each vignette is very well written in its own right – if you want to read a series of short stories about a woman named Mia…… see the repetition?

The stories had no apparent link with Mia’s ‘original’ life – her primary personality - for this to work for me – it would have had to show choices she could have made within the life she had – not a totally different life – because all that becomes is…. You guessed it – a series of short stories about women named Mia!

I am giving this book 3 stars because each story was well written in its own write but not as a novel in my opinion.

NetGalley, and the publisher Two Tales Press for a digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review

Mia Jensen is not having a good day. Her life hasn't turned out the way she thought and now she is lying on her kitchen floor, dying. Stabbed by her husband.

But in those moments she is allowed to see her own What if? moment. And to do that Ellison has brought in a group of authors that are nothing short of brilliant! What if she had chosen to be a mother? A politician's wife? Would she have chosen a different path?

This is one of those pieces of work that come along and leaves you thinking about every life choice you have ever made. And what would you do if you had the chance for a do over?

Each story tells a different path and outcome. I have no idea how all of these authors came together and speak with the same voice. I have never read anything like this and it is just a brilliant idea and body of work. And yes I've used the word brilliant more than once. I find myself wandering around my house thinking, " That was bloody brilliant!" and this is not something I normally do. I'm jaded. I've read it all. Except this. 

Very Well Done All Of You!

Netgalley/ November 5th 2018 by Two Tales Press

Thank you Two Tales Press for sending me A Thousand Doors for review.
A Thousand Doors is a short story collection edited by J.T. Ellison. They are all connected by one idea but they are all very unique. The first story sets up the whole collection, Mia is murdered in her kitchen and as she is dying, she see all the different lives she could have lived. All the different careers, personalities, experiences, etc. It is a great way to compile a short story collection by a wonderful compilation of writers.
Like all short story collections, some are more to my taste than others, but that is one of my favourite things about anthologies like these. There is something for everyone and it’s a quick fun way to try new authors and see how their style works for you.
I also love a short story collection like this for the quick little moments when you don’t have enough time to settle in to a bigger story. Some of these had a quick pace and I was able to squeeze most in between cooking for my son or waiting for him at school pickup.
Publishing November 5, 2018 this would be a wonderful book to keep stashed in your car or purse for those little moments in life.

An interesting book: a collection of stories by several well known authors.

the premise is the story of Mia Jensen who is stabbed to death by her husband. who is facing criminal charges: he was running a Ponzi scheme inside his company. Instead of helping him Mia is divorcing him.

Her days were filled with sameness and she was bored, dissatisfied and unhappy.

As she is dying she hears the a voice saying: you always wondered what might have been....

She is taken on a journey of other lives , a happily married mother ,a novelist a lawyer an archeologist , a homeless woman. She is also a spy, an actress nominated for an academy award, a teenager contemplating suicide, a primatologist, a senator's wife,, a professor, a news anchor, a woman betrayed by her husband and seeking peace at an ashram, a country music singer and songwriter and a widow.


Mia Jensen is with an angel after viewing all the other lives. The angel tells her she must decide tonight when she dies whether to accept the life she had or to take on of the other paths: live a different life.


She is revived and lives again.

She chooses the life she had and is painting and dating the doctor who saved her life.


I liked some of the other lives Mia Jensen might have had except for one. The one I didn't like were the one where she's living in an ashram. I really liked the archeologist, the homeless woman, the teenager and a primatologist.

Mia Jensen files divorce papers and turns her husband in for embezzlement. To pay her back, her husband stabs her and leaves her for dead. Each of the following chapters show another version of Mia's life......one that she would have had if she had followed a different path. It really made me think about what I would do differently if I could have had a different outcome. It reminded me of those books I loved as a kid where you could pick a different ending each time. It was both thought-provoking and enjoyable.