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Excerpt – The Phantom Firefighter by J.W. Jarvis

    Synopsis   A supernatural journal. An overwhelmed kid. Can he lead a crew of first responders to success in a series of dangerous missions? Noah loves his nighttime reading ritual with his dad. Stuck in a small new town after the pandemic caused his parents’ marriage to fracture, the curious thirteen-year-old happily explores […]

Review – Captive by Cally Jackson

    Synopsis   How do you escape a man who believes he owns you? Sophie Steele’s life is ruled by fear. Her husband, Ben Steele, tracks her phone, her bank accounts, her every move. His position as part-owner of a successful surveillance and investigations company gives full rein to his controlling instincts. When Ben […]

Book Blitz & #Giveaway – Frowns and Gowns by Amanda Thrasher

      FROWNS AND GOWNS   The Mischief Series, Book 5   By Amanda M. Thrasher     Children’s Chapter Book / Fantasy / Fairies Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Page Count: 236 Publication Date: September 12, 2023   Scroll down for Giveaway!           Embark on a Magical Adventure with […]

Excerpt – The Leopard of Cairo by Bayard & Holmes

    Synopsis   John Viera left his CIA fieldwork hoping for a “normal” occupation and a long-awaited family, but when a Pakistani engineer is kidnapped from a top-secret US project and diplomatic entanglements tie the government’s hands, the Intelligence Community turns to John and his team of ex-operatives to investigate — strictly off the […]

Review & #Giveaway – The Desk from Hoboken by ML Condike

      THE DESK FROM HOBOKEN   A Genealogy Mystery, #1   by   ML Condike     Mystery / Women Sleuths / Forensic Genealogy Publisher: Harbor Lane Books, LLC Date of Publication: March 5, 2024 Number of Pages: 446 pages     Scroll down for Giveaway!         After a personal […]

Review – In A Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati Alexander

    Synopsis   The author of Love Buzz follows her acclaimed first novel with a delightful Caribbean-set romp about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course . . . Sloane Cooper is up for her dream job as a […]

Mystery Monday – A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian

    Synopsis   In heroine Tempest Raj, modern-day queen of the locked room mystery Gigi Pandian has created a brilliant homage to the greats of classic detective fiction. Secret Staircase Construction is under attack, and Tempest Raj feels helpless. After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her “accident” on […]

Review – Holmes, Moriarty, and the Monkeys by WM Gunn

    Synopsis   The old 19th-century Victorian house at 221 Baker Street is the home of the Holmes and Moriarty Society, where amateur sleuths from different walks of life would meet to solve crimes. On the black granite hearth in front of the mansion’s massive fireplace are three stone statues of monkeys – Mizaru […]

Review – The Glow in Loretta’s Garden by Lois Wickstrom

    Synopsis   When Loretta digs in the dirt to plant her flower garden, she discovers glowing larvae. Learn about the lifecycle of the firefly as she puts the larvae in her empty ant farm box and watches the larvae build tunnels and mud houses. After they hatch, she also learns the secret to […]