Imagine your mother ghosting you for three years. Now imagine road tripping with this mother and a huge secret which may upend everything. Reminded me a bit of Anywhere But Here. Personally, I loved Marja. Though I think a lot of people won't . If you like character studies, road trips, dysfunctional relationships, and humor in the face of human failing, you will love this. Will be recommending Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC.

Run Baby Run had so much promise and I was so intrigued by the premise, but something just never clicked in for me. I think I had a hard time connecting with the characters, but it was still a cute read and one that has a lot of promise for the right reader.

This book was not for me. I found the storyline incredible difficult to follow and therefore I had no interest in what happened to the characters

Darcy's meant to be getting married except...Chloe, her fiancé's sister just kissed her and she kissed back. Now she's got that swirling through her brain even as she's trying to figure out why her mother Marja, who has been ghosting her, wants to road trip with her. So, why not take off with her mom and her mom's dog? Well, as it turns out, Marja's got a big (big) secret (no spoilers) and that's where this goes a bit off the rails. These two have a lot of baggage from Darcy's childhood and they're working their way through that even as they dodge law enforcement and bad guys. I liked them, I liked the dog, I like the way Lenhardt incorporated humor. But know that this might not be for everyone. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A good read.

Oh my god, I was not expecting a book full of plot twists! I think my head did explode a little. Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book before publication.

Darcy is successful self-made entrepreneur and travel writer from a small town in Texas. Raised by a single mother, she builted a life she is now proud of and do not resemble at all the poverty she grew up in. She is about to get married to the perfect man, who turns out to be Darcy's best friend, Chloe. Everything seems perfect from the outside, until one week before she gets married, Darcy's mother, Marja, asks her to join her on a road trip. This doesn't sound like a big deal until you realize Marja ghosted Darcy three years ago. Darcy is pressured to accept, and ends up flying to Texas to reunite with her mother and drive up together to Chicago.

When Darcy meets Marja in Texas, she almost doesn't recognize her mother. This woman owns a glamorous refurbished Mustang and kind of looks like Charlize Theron. Nothing like the woman Darcy grew up with. So, what has her mother been doing the past three years?

This is where the plot twists start. Seriously, one after another, and they're so good. I'm always in awe when an author can pull that off. I was glued to the book for 2 days until I finished up. It's well written, funny and shocking. I'm surprised not many people are talking about it!

Bottom line: This is one of the those books you can get into knowing nothing about it and will actually make it more enjoyable. This is the book that will pull you out of your reading slump. You're welcome.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for this advance readers copy in exchange for an honest review. Run Baby Run is a story about a mother/daughter road trip that takes a few unexpected turns. Marja and Darcy are driving back to Chicago from Texas for Darcy’s wedding and along the way, they slowly unpack their collective emotional baggage and also learn some new things about each other’s current state in life.

This book had a good premise and I was excited to get into it. Overall, it was interesting but, at times I struggled to get through it. I had a difficult time connecting to the characters, which I think made me struggle a bit. Also, while the twists and turns kept the plot interesting, I think I was expecting a different kind of story.

All in all, I think this would be an enjoyable story for contemporary fiction fans and I think would make for a good book club pick!

I liked this story but it didn't totally make me fall in love with the plot and characters. Three stars. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. I think it was a good idea but fell flat at certain points.