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by Amit Katwala   Paul Bellantoni (Narrator) ABOUT THE BOOK Late one evening in the summer of 1922, Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife’s blood. But was he a grieving husband or a ruthless killer who conspired with bandits to have her murdered? To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology and a new machine that had just been invented in Berkeley by a rookie detective, aRead More →

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ABOUT THE BOOK The heat is intense. The secrets are stifling. And there is no escape. In a tiny village in Provence, nine guests arrive at a luxury holiday home. The visitors know each other well, or at least they think they do. The only stranger among them is Lulu, the young woman catering their stay. But Lulu is not exactly the woman on the video the guests thought they’d hired. Turns out Lulu has plenty toRead More →

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Marriage, Betrayal, and Secrets ABOUT THE BOOK There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge. Until he doesn’t. When Pippa discovers Gabe knew the victim, the questions spiral…Did the victim jump? WasRead More →

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ABOUT THE BOOK Sylvia Wilson, a bar owner in St. Louis, Missouri, arrives at work to discover the body of an ex-police officer in her locked bar. The police focus on her as their primary suspect, so she decides to launch her own investigation into the dead man and his accomplices. But when the killer sends her clear messages that she and her loved ones are on his radar, she knows it’s just a matterRead More →

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Excerpt & Giveaway THE MEISTER OF DECIMEN CITY by Brenna Raney Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Make sure to enter the giveaway!   About The Book: Title: THE MEISTER OF DECIMEN CITY Author: Brenna Raney Pub. Date: March 7, 2023 Publisher: CamCat Books Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook Pages: 416 Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/THE-MEISTER-OF-DECIMEN-CITY  No one cares that you cured cancer if you also cloned a horde of dinosaurs and let them rampage down the street. Supergenius and quasi-villain RexRead More →

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A Page-Turner ABOUT THE BOOK How far would you go to keep what’s yours? Someone is hunting Cass. Cass lives an enviable life: a successful career, two great kids, and a handsome husband. Then an email from her husband’s mistress, Emma, brings the façade of perfection crumbling around her, setting off a chain of events where buried secrets come back to haunt her. A taunting email turns into stalking and escalates into much worse. EthanRead More →

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ABOUT THE BOOK A fast-paced, twisty psychological debut about the complexities of marriage and new motherhood, told through the frenetic lens of a wife seeking the truth about her husband, at all costs, as the validity of the life she once knew unravels. Liz Bennett knows that she is one of the lucky ones. Wealthy and charming, Arno is a supportive husband to Liz and a doting father to their daughter, Emma. A rising bankerRead More →

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The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which character is the cat, and which character is the mouse? After every divorce, one spouse gets all the friends. What does the other one get? If they’re smart, they get the benefits. Alyssa Macallan is terrified when she’s dumped by her wealthy and powerful husband. With a devastating divorce looming, she begins to suspect her toxic and manipulative soon-to-be-ex is schemingRead More →

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Giveaway & Excerpt I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the SOUTHERN FRIED WOOLF by Drēma Drudge Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!   About The Book: Title: SOUTHERN FRIED WOOLF Author: Drēma Drudge Pub. Date: January 23, 2023 Publisher: Wit & Whimsy Formats: Paperback, eBook Pages: 288 Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/SOUTHERN-FRIED-WOOLF Briscoe Chambers is not only the manager of her country music star husband, but a graduate studentRead More →

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A Touching, Inspirational Memoir About The Book Aunt Gerald takes in anyone who asks, but the conditions are harsh. For her young niece Goldie Taylor, abandoned by her mother and coping with trauma of her own, life in Gerald’s East St. Louis comes with nothing but a threadbare blanket on the living room floor.  But amid the pain and anguish, Goldie discovers a secret. She can find kinship among writers like James Baldwin and ToniRead More →

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  Author Interview and Giveaway   Book Details:   Book Title:  The Key to Circus-Mom Highway by Allyson RiceCategory:  Adult Fiction (18+) ,  270 pagesGenre: Contemporary Fiction, Women’s FictionPublisher: The Total Human PressRelease date:   Jan 3, 2023Content Rating: PG-13 + M because one of the characters swears a lot, and she drops some f-bombs. Also, there are short flashback scenes that reveal the mom’s history and it includes rape (not graphically depicted in the novel) Book Description: In an attempt toRead More →

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Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours Don’t miss the giveaway at the end of the post ABOUT THE BOOK Title: EVERY MISSING GIRL (A Kendall Beck Thriller #2) Author: Leanne Kale Sparks Pub. Date: February 7, 2023 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Pages: 272 Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/EVERY-MISSING-GIRL   Sparks takes her gift for nail-biting drama to a new level with a cold case of a missing girl suddenly gone red-hot.This “enthralling page-turner” (Lisa Regan) is perfect forRead More →

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A Strange Ad A Life Changing Opportunity ABOUT THE BOOK A terrifying Gothic thriller about grief and death and the depths of a father’s love, Johnny Compton’s The Spite House is a stunning debut by a horror master in the making—The Babadook meets A Head Full of Ghosts in Texas Hill Country. Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland,Read More →

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Giveaway & Author Interview     Book Details:   Book Title:  BLOOMING ROSE BLASTS OFF! by Lauren PilandCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7),  38 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Mascot BooksRelease date:   Jan 10, 2023Content Rating:  G for all kids.     Book Description:   Rose loves to write, draw, and play―but what happens when she has to face a project she’s never done before?! With encouragement from her best friend, Brady, and some brainstorming with Dad, does Rose’s rocket launcher projectRead More →

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Giveaway and Excerpt I’m so happy to be hosting a spot on the SCAVENGER HUNT by Chad Boudreaux Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours.  And make sure to check out the giveaway below.   About The Book:       Title: SCAVENGER HUNT Author: Chad Boudreaux Pub. Date: January 31, 2023 Publisher: Morgan James Fiction Formats: Paperback, eBook Pages: 296  Goodreads, https://books2read.com/SCAVENGERHUNT        Blake Hudson just wants to serve his country well as a lawyer for the United StatesRead More →

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A Retreat You Won’t Soon Forget ABOUT THE BOOK Alex has all but given up on her dreams of becoming a published author when she receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: attend an exclusive, month-long writing retreat at the estate of feminist horror writer Roza Vallo. Even the knowledge that Wren, her former best friend and current rival, is attending doesn’t dampen her excitement. But when the attendees arrive, Roza drops a bombshell—they must all complete anRead More →

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Lies, Secrets, and Surprises ABOUT THE BOOK Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent the summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder. They called it the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls’ testimony put awayRead More →

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Author Interview The Kate Downey Medical Mystery Series Book 2 ABOUT THE BOOK A device that can save a life is also one that can end it. Kadence, a new type of implanted defibrillator, misfires in a patient visiting University Hospital for a routine medical procedure—causing the heart rhythm problem it’s meant to correct. Dr. Kate Downey, an experienced anesthesiologist, resuscitates the patient, but she grows concerned for a loved one who recently received theRead More →

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ABOUT THE BOOK Following up her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things. One year ago, Isabelle Drake’s life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for theRead More →