“Someone was fast, and someone was deliberate. Someone had targeted her. Someone had found her. Someone was letting her know that they had control of her belongings. And her life.”

Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest novel is marketed as a ‘twisty cat and mouse thriller’ and had me desperately turning pages to see how an innocent bookshop signing could lead to such unease, escalating threats and danger. As I got further into the book, I realized that Tessa had made a life-changing bargain and was now dealing with the aftermath. As long buried secrets were unearthed, my pulse quickened and I couldn’t set the book down.

Ryan had me thinking about all the innocent situations in one’s daily life that can be skewed to be seen as sinister if put under a different light. Her spotlight on parasocial relationships was intriguing.

This was my first by this author and I’ve placed her on my watch list!

I was gifted this copy by the publisher through NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

Tessa is on her first book tour. Missing her family, but excited to meet so many fans. Until strange things start to happen. It seems that someone is following Tessa. Perhaps an overzealous fan? Or maybe it has to do with a secret she has hidden for many years.
I do not have the talent to ever contemplate writing a book. Still, I love hearing about/reading what it is like to be a published author. Especially book tours. Traveling to a different city and bookstore every day. Delayed flights. Bad food. Too little sleep. Oh, and questions from the audience that may be more personal than any author wants to share (especially if you’ve been keeping secrets for many years). But of course, it is the joy of meeting people who love your writing that makes it all worthwhile (and selling books).
That secret that I mentioned Tessa was hiding, may cost her her career, her family, and her life. I had a theory regarding who was stalking Tessa. I’ll admit, I was absolutely wrong.
It was an enjoyable read with short chapters and earns my reading while on my treadmill, seal of approval.

A thriller that crackles with tension, authenticity, and a creeping sense of dread.

Tessa Calloway should be celebrating. She’s on tour for her blockbuster debut novel, All This Could Be Yours, and the audience is bigger at each stop. Her book features the main character, Annabelle, a woman who made a single, fateful choice that set her free. What the audiences do not know is that Annabelle was real. As she travels from bookstore to bookstore, a few too-specific questions from audience members crop up followed then a message left behind at her signing table, and finally, proof that she is being watched.

Ryan masterfully weaves the thrill of a fast-paced book tour with the unraveling of a secret too dangerous to keep buried. With every stop on the tour, the stakes climb higher, and the sense of unease rises. All This Could Be Yours is Hank Phillippi Ryan at her finest with a sharp, unsettling, and impossible to put down novel.
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