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Review – Flat Water by Jeremy Broyles

  Synopsis On a road trip to Flat Water, the home he fled years before, Monty Marinnis must confront the complex and painful loss that drove him away and now demands his return: family. Called back to California for his sister’s wedding, Monty’s journey from the Midwest to the California Coast is also a journey […]

New Release & Excerpt – Stone of Fear by Margaret Izard

  Synopsis Marie Murray, a spunky expert on spiritual buildings, jumps at the opportunity to renovate the chapel mosaic floor at Dunstaffnage Castle, where she falls hard for the dashing John MacArthur. From their first kiss, sparks fly. Believing her religious renovation creates magic, a fanatical priest kidnaps Marie. Obsessed with obtaining a powerful magic […]

Review – Dad Camp by Evan S. Porter

  Synopsis A heartwarming novel about a loving dad who drags his eleven-year-old daughter to “father-daughter week” at a remote summer camp—their last chance to bond before he loses her to teenage girlhood entirely. After his daughter, Avery, was born, John gave it all up—hobbies, friends, a dream job—to be something a super dad. Since […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Murder on the Med by Nancy Cole Silverman

    Murder on the Med: A Kat Lawson Mystery Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – On a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Publisher ‏ : ‎ Level Best Books (June 4, 2024) Print length ‏ : ‎ 271 pages Synopsis A travel feature turns into a deadly investigation for Kat Lawson when she discovers […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Over the Edge by Kathleen Bryant

    Over the Edge: A Novel Traditional Mystery Setting – Sedona, Arizona Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crooked Lane Books (June 4, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages Synopsis In Sedona’s red rock canyons, a former reporter must piece together her shattered memories in time to stop a killer in this cat-and-mouse thriller, perfect […]

Review – Eat Dessert First by Elise Thomas

  Synopsis Fast, easy, delicious deals with desserts at the front. In 2020, when the world was hit with a pandemic, Elise Thomas used her own small kitchen oven to begin baking her signature gourmet cookies. Selling them first out of her garage, her business quickly skyrocketed into a successful chain of bakeries—Cookie Co.—and earned […]

Review – The Last Note of Warning by Katharine Schellman

  Synopsis The Last Note of Warning is the third in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery series by Katharine Schellman, set in 1920s New York. Prohibition is a dangerous time to be a working-class woman in New York City, but Vivian Kelly has finally found some small measure of both stability and freedom. […]

Mystery Spotlight & #Giveaway – Kill or Bee Killed by Jennie Marts

    Kill or Bee Killed (A Bee Keeping Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – Colorado Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crooked Lane Books (June 4, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages Synopsis Perfect for fans of Laura Childs and Amanda Flower, this second Bee Keeping mystery takes Bailey Briggs to the brink […]

Review – Match Me If You Can by Swati Hegde

  Synopsis A young magazine writer in Mumbai must prove her matchmaking skills—and contend with growing feelings for her close family friend—in this debut desi romance. Confident fashionista Jia Deshpande spends her days writing cliché-ridden listicles for Mimosa, Mumbai’s top women’s magazine. When she can, Jia dishes about the messy truth of real love on […]