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. […]
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Review – In Royal Ruins by Serena Clarke
March 3, 2024
Synopsis Appalled by his daughter’s vain and impertinent attitude, the king forces her to marry a peasant, hoping to teach her a lesson. Feeling devastated by this decree, Alora loses everything she knows and is thrust into a world she is not prepared for. The skills she learned to help her rule […]
Guest Review & #Giveaway – Fast Times Big City by Shelly Frome
February 29, 2024
Synopsis In a bind, Bud Palmer finds himself at the crossroads when just about everything was on the verge. Like most people, Bud Palmer felt this was just another day. Though the era was drawing to a close, he assumed his life as a sports columnist in the subtropics, in […]
Review – Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita
February 28, 2024
Synopsis Detective Cara Kennedy thought she’d lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidence has emerged that points to murder–and she will stop at nothing to find the truth in this riveting mystery from the author of City Under One Roof. On a frigid February day, Anchorage Detective Cara Kennedy stands […]
Review – Sprites and Scuttlebutt by Elizabeth Pantley
February 24, 2024
Synopsis This book club is hooked on traveling into books to become the amateur sleuths! In this journey, the club travels to the Kingdom of Everglow. The royal family is rocked to the core when a key staff member falls dead at a community event. In the turmoil that follows, any evidence […]
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 […]
Recipe & #Giveaway – Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow
February 22, 2024
Ill-Fated Fortune: A Magical Fortune Cookie Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – California Minotaur Books (February 20, 2024) Mass Market Paperback : 320 pages Synopsis Jin grew up literally hanging onto Mom’s apron strings in their magical bakery in the quaint town of Pixie, […]
Review – The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
February 18, 2024
Synopsis If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It’s a book – an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at the […]
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 […]