Category: Review

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 – Awake For Ever In A Sweet Unrest by Charles Rosenthal

  Synopsis Deep within the hidden library of Los Angeles’ iconic poetry venue, Beyond Baroque, all modern electronics mysteriously fail. There, 19-year-old Beatriz encounters Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, who promises a magical adventure back to 19th-century Europe. There, Beatriz meets literary legends John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron, experiencing the romantic […]

New Release & Review – Don’t Pity the Desperate by Anna B. Moore

  Synopsis Myra is in deep trouble, exactly the sort of trouble American teens find themselves in, here in the centerless middle of endless suburbia, of late stage capitalism, driven by longings she cannot control or decipher. In a voice that rises up out of her deepest insecurities and denials, DON’T PITY THE DESPERATE tracks […]

Review – Murder By Milkshake by Elizabeth Maria Naranjo

  Synopsis Life is sweet for high school senior and ice cream slinger Genevieve Winterland. Her father owns Sweet Dreams Ice Cream Parlour, the cutest confectionery shop in their little town of Pinewood, Arizona. Genevieve loves her job, but when her father hires a broody newcomer with a dark past to provide extra security on […]

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 – After the Red Carpet by Patricia Leavy

  Synopsis In this highly anticipated follow-up to The Location Shoot, will Ella and Finn finally live the life they’ve dreamed of? See how their epic romance unfolds after the red carpet. Legendary Hollywood star Finn Forrester has proposed to philosopher Ella Sinclair on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, captivating the press and public with […]

Review – All Money Ain’t Good Money by Tracey Lampley

    Synopsis Jinx Curry is a single mom who spends her days spying on cheating wives and husbands, but she aches for more importance. When her boss, Capricorn Hayes, finally assigns Jinx a missing persons case involving a congressman’s missing granddaughter, Jinx jumps at the chance. Not only to solve it, but to earn […]

Review – The Location Shoot by Patricia Leavy

  Synopsis Controversial filmmaker Jean Mercier is shooting a film on location in Sweden. While spending the summer creating his latest work of cinematic art, he lives in a nearby inn with his lead Albie Hughes, British veteran of stage and screen; Charlotte Reed, British indie film queen; Michael Hennesey, American TV heartthrob; Willow Barnes, […]

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 […]

New Release – Mysterious Ways by Wendy Wunder

  Synopsis A “sharp, hilarious, heartfelt” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon) coming-of-age tale about a girl who believes she’s God from award-winning author Wendy Wunder. Seventeen-year-old Maya knows things. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows everything about them: their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. She walks […]