Category: Review

Review – I Would Die for You by Sandie Jones

  Synopsis From the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick The Other Woman and The Guilt Trip comes an electrifying new novel. Now: Nicole Forbes lives a quiet life in a small seaside Californian town with her husband and daughter. She is not expecting a writer to knock on her door asking for her personal insight […]

Review & Giveaway – Strawberry Gold by Chris Gerrib

  Synopsis Is the gold real, or is Pat on a fool’s errand? It’s January 1986, and Pat Kowalski has just turned 18, but there’s no cause for celebration. His father is dying, and the local bank is foreclosing on their house. Pat talks to his senile great-grandmother, who tells him a story about a […]

Review – The Midwives’ Escape by Maggie Anton

  Synopsis An Egyptian mother and daughter, Asenet and Shifra, a midwife and her apprentice, wake up on the morning of the tenth plague to find Asenet’s husband and son, both firstborns, dead. Asenet’s sister Pua, married to a Hebrew, urges Asenet’s family to leave Egypt with them, which they reluctantly do, along with Asenet’s […]

Review – Pretty Girls Get Away With Murder by Brandi Bradley

  Synopsis In Brandi Bradley’s Southern noir crime novel, “Pretty Girls Get Away With Murder,” maintaining appearances is more than important–it’s a matter of life or death. When a young entrepreneur is killed, everyone in town points fingers at his picture-perfect fitness influencer ex-girlfriend, Gabbi – including the victim’s best friend, Jenna. As Detective Lindy […]

Review & Excerpt – Timeless by Kathryn Amurra

  Synopsis Erin Dovetree cannot forgive her father for cheating on her mother years ago and has sworn off men altogether. That is until destiny leads her to her grandmother’s incredibly attractive and mysterious landlord. William Abbott has lived for over a hundred years, cursed with a static and unnatural existence as punishment for his […]

Review & Excerpt – Dragged Down Deep by Michael Okon

    Synopsis Logan Osborne has spent his life chasing the shadows of the past. As a child, he watched helplessly as his father was snatched from a fishing boat by what he swore was a mermaid. No one believed him then. No one believes him now. Determined to prove that mythical creatures exist, Logan […]

Review – And They Had a Great Fall by Shelby Saville

  Synopsis For fans of Robinne Lee’s The Idea of You, a debut contemporary romance about a celebrity and a single mother who push and pull against each other as they teeter between a carrying on a secret affair and living an authentic life. If Jake Laurent is the “human equivalent of Friday,” Kat Green is […]

Review & Giveaway – Vanishing Into the 100% Dark by Amber Royer

    VANISHING INTO THE 100% DARK By Amber Royer   Cozy Mystery Publisher: Golden Tip Press Pages: 288 Publication Date: March 4, 2025   Synopsis Bean to chocolate maker Felicity Koerber has been invited to be part of a chocolate festival in Tokyo. It’s a big deal for a Texas gal with a chocolate […]

Review – The Initiates by Ryan Hyatt

  Synopsis A cynical high school graduate must overcome otherworldly odds with a group of fellow misfits if they hope to survive an alien invasion at summer camp. The Outsiders meets Annihilation. Myles Harper’s transition to adulthood couldn’t be more disturbing. After celebrating his high school graduation, his stepfather tells him he needs to get […]

Review – Sour Apples by Paul Jantzen

  Synopsis Imagine, if you will, an eleven-year-old boy with an imagination so powerful that he uses it like others would use a compass. Our hero, Jimmy Hamilton, loses his fort on three separate occasions all in the span of one summer. He must battle both his wits and unwanted squatters. He comes to discover […]