Category: Spotlight

Spotlight & #Giveaway – Curried Away by Gail Oust #SpiceShopMystery #cozy

Curried Away: A Spice Shop Mystery Publisher: Minotaur Books (December 13, 2016) Hardcover: 304 pages ISBN-13: 978-1250081254 E-Book ASIN: B01G1J80H8 Synopsis Piper Prescott, proprietor of Spice It Up!, has persuaded Doug Winters, the mild-mannered vet she’s been dating, to demonstrate Indian cuisine at her shop. But before Doug’s presentation of classic chicken curry is completed, […]

Spotlight – Mixing it Up by Tracie Banister @traciebanister #romanticcomedy

Synopsis Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, Manhattan upper-cruster Cecily Sinclair now uses that pricey utensil to dish up fancy French fare on her cooking show, Serving Romance. When there’s an executive shake-up at the network, she’s not worried. Not much anyway. Her show’s a hit after all. Why would the new CEO […]

Spotlight – Apocalypse All The Time by David S. Atkinson @DavidSAtkinson @SamiJoLien

Synopsis Doesn’t it seem as if someone issues a new apocalypse prediction every week? Y2K? The Mayan apocalypse? The Rapture? Doesn’t it seem endless? As opposed to the traditional trend of post-apocalyptic literature, Apocalypse All the Time is post-post-apocalypticism. Marshall is sick of the apocalypse happening on a weekly (if not daily) basis. Life is […]

Spotlight & #Giveaway – Friends ForNever by Melissa Baldwin @mpbaldwinauthor

Friends ForNever by Melissa Baldwin Erin Taylor is a hard-working journalist with a serious TV addiction and lack of a social life. She’s focused on her career and determined to leave her tiny cubicle behind for a fabulous corner office! But when a new co-worker, a friendship drama, and a hot workplace crush collide, Erin […]

Excerpt – A Darker Shore by Malia Zaidi @MaliaZaidi #MysteryMonday #PUYB

Title: A Darker Shore Author: Malia Zaldi Publisher: Bookbaby Pages: 400 Genre: Historical Mystery Synopsis 1926: A year has passed since the events of “A Poisonous Journey” and Lady Evelyn has made a home for herself in Greece, living with her cousin, Briony, her husband, Jeffrey and Daniel Harper. Disturbing this island idyll is a […]

Spotlight & #Giveaway – Custom Baked Murder by Liz Mugavero @lizmugavero #cozy

Custom Baked Murder (A Pawsitively Organic Mystery) Cozy Mystery 5th in Series Kensington (December 27, 2016) Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages ISBN-13: 978-1496700193 E-Book ASIN: B01DRXCGD0 Synopsis Kristan “Stan” Connor gladly turned tail on her high-flying job and moved to a quaint New England town to sell organic pet treats. But with her nose for […]

Spotlight & #Giveaway – River City Dead by Nancy G. West @NancyGWest_ #cozy

River City Dead (An Aggie Mundeen Mystery) Cozy Mystery Henery Press (January 17, 2017) Paperback: 224 pages ISBN-13: 978-1635111330 E-Book ASIN: B01MA6NALN Synopsis Aggie Mundeen, who advises readers in her column, “Stay Young with Aggie,” is pushing forty and determined to postpone a precipitous descent into middle-age. She plans to rendezvous with SAPD Detective Sam […]

Excerpt – The Mountain Man’s Dog by Gary Corbin @garycorbin #cozy #mystery

Synopsis In the small town of Clarkesville, in the heart of the Oregon Cascade Mountains, a humble forester stumbles into the complex world of crooked cops and power-hungry politicians… all because he rescued a stray, injured dog on the highway. Lehigh Carter didn’t really mean to adopt the dog. But his ex-fiancée, Stacy McBride, convinces […]

Of Bulletins and Booze: A Newsman’s Story of Recovery #Giveaway #LoneStarLit #TTUPress #Journalism #Memoir #Alcoholism @KristineTHall

OF BULLETINS AND BOOZE   A NEWSMAN’S STORY OF RECOVERY by Bob Horton Genre: Journalism / Memoir Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Date of Publication: March, 2017 Number of Pages: 284 Scroll down for Giveaway! Bob Horton began his journalism career as a reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Innate skill and good fortune took him from […]