Category: 5 paws

Guest Review & Giveaway – What They Said About Luisa by Erika Rummel

    Synopsis An enchanting telling of the complex and fascinating life of real-life Luisa Abrego of Seville, who forges a new life after freedom from slavery in colonial Mexico and gets caught in the far-reaching Spanish Inquisition. Luisa Abrego, a slave in Seville, is set free upon her master’s death and marries a white […]

Review & #Giveaway – French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron

    French Quarter Fright Night (Vintage Cookbook) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – the Garden District of New Orleans Publisher ‏ : ‎ Severn House (September 3, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages Synopsis The third in the fabulous cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling and Agatha […]

Review – Framed for Murder by Marla A. White

  Framed For Murder (A Pine Cove Mystery) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – California Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Wild Rose Press, Inc. (June 17, 2024) Print length ‏ : ‎ 284 pages Synopsis After a life-changing injury, Mel O’Rourke trades in her badge for bed sheets, running a B & B in […]

Review & #Giveaway – Lethal Standoff by DiAnn Mills

  LETHAL STANDOFF By DiAnn Mills   Contemporary Fiction / Christian Mystery & Suspense / Christian Romance Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pages: 368 Publication Date: September 3, 2024   Synopsis Hostage negotiator Carrington Reed faces her most dangerous challenge yet in Lethal Standoff. Called to a tense situation in South Texas, Carrington must save fifteen […]

Review – Paths Not Yet Taken by Philip Rennett

  Synopsis Paths Not Yet Taken is a satirical contemporary fiction, encompassing political, military and religious themes alongside human relationships, the importance of pets and the inestimable value of a game of golf. In a Midlands food warehouse, a ministerial visit goes wrong when the prime minister disappears. The consequent nationwide search creates major issues […]

Excerpt & Guest Review – Sunny Gale by Jamie Lisa Forbes

  Synopsis When Hannah Brandt, who comes from a hardscrabble background in Ohio and Nebraska, first gets to ride a horse in 1895 at the age of 14, she realizes that there is no going back. . . Her destiny is to be a rodeo star and break new ground as a female bronco rider. […]

Review – Katharine’s Remarkable Road Trip by Gail Ward Olmsted

  Synopsis In the fall of 1907, Katharine decides to drive from Newport, Rhode Island to her new home in Jackson, New Hampshire. Despite the concerns of her family and friends that, at the age of 77, she lacks the stamina for the nearly 300-mile journey, Katharine sets out alone. Over the next six days, […]

Review & Excerpt – Make It Real by Nan Reinhardt

  Synopsis They were only faking it…. A landscape designer for his family’s construction firm, Joe Walker, is nearing completion on one of the most important projects of his career—gardens for spec homes that if they wow, Walker Construction will survive. When a freak accident sidelines him with a broken leg, the firm hires a competitor. […]

Review – Duties and Dreams by John A. Heldt

  Synopsis From the author of THE FOUNTAIN and ANNIE’S APPLE comes a story that spans decades of conflict and change. As World War I rages in Europe, the Carpenters and the Lees make a home in Southern California. Bill and Cassie add to their family. Andy and Annie start one of their own. Paul, […]

Review – Millie by Cally Jackson

  Synopsis Can Millie survive what Time Travel Disorder has to throw at her? Millie Richter has always admired her sister, Caitlyn, but now that her own disorder is taking effect, Millie is terrified she’ll follow in Caitlyn’s footsteps and rewrite history. The last thing Millie wants is to become a stranger in her own […]