Synopsis The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors of 1950s America in a gripping novel about a woman under pressure—from the living and the dead. The first day of autumn brought the fever, and with the fever came the voices. Missouri, 1955. […]
Category: Historical
Synopsis Lyle is a struggling teenager with low self-esteem. His poor decisions reinforce his reputation as a troublemaker. Marylin arrives at a new high school and navigates the challenge of fitting in. When Lyle sets his eyes on the new girl at school, he is smitten. He is determined to win Marylin’s […]
Guest Post & #Giveaway – Murder in Masquerade by Mary Winters
February 27, 2024
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 […]
Review & #Giveaway – The Knotted Ring by Myra Hargrave McIlvain
February 23, 2024
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
February 22, 2024
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 […]
Guest Post & #Giveaway – Murder Under a Honey Moon by Abigail Keam
February 19, 2024
Murder Under A Honey Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Historical Cozy Mystery Historical Cozy Mystery 12th in Series Setting – On the RMS Majesty ocean liner in the Atlantic Worker Bee Press (February 19, 2024) Print length : 250 pages Synopsis Mona Moon and her new husband, […]
Review & #Giveaway – Roses in December by Mark A. Gibson
February 16, 2024
Synopsis Jimmy Hamilton overcame childhood tragedy to become a hero in Vietnam, only to die there in 1967. All but forgotten, Jimmy leaves behind a young wife, an infant son, and a man wracked by guilt. Circumstances allow Becca, his young widow, to be manipulated into an abusive, loveless union […]
Review & #Giveaway – A Song That Never Ends by Mark A. Gibson
February 14, 2024
Synopsis Home. For over three hundred years, that’s what the Hamilton family has called a shrinking swath of farmland in the Appalachian foothills of South Carolina. Home. That’s the failing tobacco farm where Walter and Maggie Hamilton choose to raise their three children. Walter has big plans to make the […]
Excerpt – Midnight Climax by Peter Kageyama
February 9, 2024
Synopsis Lest you think I have started writing erotica, I should explain that the title comes from an actual CIA operation of the same name. Operation Midnight Climax was a subset of the better-known MK Ultra project that tried to use psychedelic drugs as a form of mind control. Midnight Climax involved […]
Excerpt – Perestroika by Joao Cerqueira
February 6, 2024
Synopsis Perestroika overthrows communist regimes in Europe. In the People’s Republic of Slavia, the former leaders are trying to survive the new times while their victims seek revenge. Former President Alfred Ionescu is placed in an asylum he himself built. Zut Zdanov, the head of culture, is confronted with his child abuse. […]