Month: February 2024

Guest Review & #Giveaway – Fast Times Big City by Shelly Frome

        Synopsis   In a bind, Bud Palmer finds himself at the crossroads when just about everything was on the verge. Like most people, Bud Palmer felt this was just another day. Though the era was drawing to a close, he assumed his life as a sports columnist in the subtropics, in […]

Review – Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita

    Synopsis Detective Cara Kennedy thought she’d lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidence has emerged that points to murder–and she will stop at nothing to find the truth in this riveting mystery from the author of City Under One Roof. On a frigid February day, Anchorage Detective Cara Kennedy stands […]

New Release – Ghost Island by Max Seeck

    Synopsis   On a secluded island, homicide detective Jessica Niemi must investigate a drowning that is tied to a frightening ghostly legend in this riveting new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of THE WITCH HUNTER. Jessica Niemi is put on leave after a violent altercation between her and a belligerent man makes […]

New Release – A Haunting in the Artic by C.J. Cooke

    Synopsis   The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship embarked on what could be its last voyage. With land still weeks away, it’s just her, the freezing ocean, and the crew – and they’re all owed something only she can give them… Now, […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Murder in Masquerade by Mary Winters

          Murder in Masquerade (A Lady of Letters Mystery) Historical Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – London, 1860 Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (February 20, 2024) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages   Synopsis   Extra, extra, read all about it! Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury finds herself playing […]

New Release & Excerpt – Dead Girl by Kerrie Faye

    Synopsis   Dying has its perks…mostly. Bullied teen, Ember O’Neill goes from the weird girl to the tyrant of her school when she is resurrected from a deadly prank. Now secretly supernatural, she dethrones the school drama queen and snags the hot new guy, but her reign is at risk when the Order, […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – The Snow Job by Dianne Ascroft

          The Snow Job (Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – Fenwater, a fictional small town in the province of Ontario in Canada during the early 1980s. Independently Published (December 13, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 310 pages   Synopsis   A Scottish shindig, a pretty pin, […]

Review – Sprites and Scuttlebutt by Elizabeth Pantley

    Synopsis   This book club is hooked on traveling into books to become the amateur sleuths! In this journey, the club travels to the Kingdom of Everglow. The royal family is rocked to the core when a key staff member falls dead at a community event. In the turmoil that follows, any evidence […]

Review & #Giveaway – The Knotted Ring by Myra Hargrave McIlvain

          The Knotted Ring   By   Myra Hargrave McIlvain     Historical Fiction / Family Saga / Historical Romance Publisher: Next Chapter Page Count: 412 Publication Date: December 7, 2023   Scroll down for Giveaway!           Susannah Mobley, expecting a baby by her lover, a slave […]

Review & Excerpt – What Happens in Montana by Kim McCollum

    Synopsis   A ghost’s antics, a harrowing moose chase, a hypnosis session, and smuggled booze lead to spilled secrets and betrayal, but do they also lead to murder? At a hot springs retreat in Montana, whiskey-swigging Maude, the nearly eighty-year-old chef, longs for the glory days when the retreat hosted martini-sipping celebrities instead […]