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A Captivating Memoir Publisher: Harper Horizon (October 19, 2021) Hardcover: 240 pages Description Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story, and Jenny Doan’s story is just that.  In her new memoir, How to Stitch an American Dream, readers will discover the behind-the-scenes success story of the Missouri Star Quilt Company and Jenny’s remarkable journey to overcome hardship, claim the abundance of family, and ignite the power of giving—all while revitalizing a small town along the way. OverRead More →

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Blog Tour Author Interview and Giveaway   Join Us for this Tour January 4 to January 24, 2022       Book Details:   Book Title:  Finally a Vegan: My Journey to Veganuary and Beyond by Stephanie JaneCategory:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 118 pagesGenre:  Memoir, Food & Cookery, LifestylePublisher:  Self-PublishedRelease date:   December 2020Content Rating:  PG 13 + M   Finally A Vegan includes one ‘bl**dy’ (starred out as written) and one slightly-shocking-but-not-graphic reference to a duck farming video.   BookRead More →

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A Book You Won’t Want To Put Down Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Genre:  Mystery / Police Procedural Length: 320 pages Publisher:  Minotaur Books Release Date: January 25, 2022 Description Last Seen Alive is the fifth book in Joanna Schaffhausen’s heartpounding Ellery Hathaway mystery series. Boston detective Ellery Hathaway met FBI agent Reed Markham when he pried open a serial killer’s closet to rescue her. Years on, their relationship remains defined by that moment and by Francis Coben’s horrificRead More →

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Book Blitz       A Raymond Mackey Mystery, Book 1   Mystery   Date Published: September 30, 2021 Publisher: OTF Literary     Raymond Mackey is a struggling crime writer. His friends call him Mack. But friends are in short supply these days. Mack’s thirty years as a homicide detective came to the kind of abrupt, ignominious end that tends to make friends dry up and blow away. It matters little that Mack wasRead More →

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An Alex Delaware Novel Rating: ☆☆☆ Genre:  Mystery/ Police Procedural Length: 336 pages Publisher:  Ballantine Books Release Date: February 8, 2022 Description The past comes back to haunt psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis when they investigate a grisly double homicide and uncover an even more unspeakable motive in this riveting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. Los Angeles is a city of sunlight, celebrity, and possibility. The L.A. often experienced byRead More →

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Book Blitz Excerpt and Giveaway A Holiday Haunting at the BiltmoreEva PohlerThe Mystery House Series, #8Publication date: January 1st 2022Genres: Adult, Horror, Mystery Ellen should have known that a gathering in America’s last castle would entail a few uninvited guests. During a Christmas eve wedding at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, Ellen and her friends are visited by multiple ghosts. The spirits have come to tell their stories, to right the wrongs thatRead More →

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Book Tour Review, Excerpt, and Giveaway   This gripping new novel from USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble will leave you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. A wealthy hotel heiress. Even though Torie Bergstrom hasn’t been back to Georgia since she was ten, she’s happy to arrange a job for her best friend at one of the family properties on Jekyll Island. A suspicious death. But whenRead More →

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Review, Excerpt and Giveaway   I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME by Ginger Zee Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!   Title: A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME Author: Ginger Zee Pub. Date: January 11, 2022 Publisher: Hyperion Avenue Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook Pages: 288 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle,  Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org In Ginger Zee’s follow-up to the bestselling Natural Disaster, the ABC chiefRead More →

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Book Tour Excerpt and Giveaway Pay or Play by Howard Michael Gould January 1-31, 2022 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: Blackmail, sexual harassment, murder . . .and a missing dog: eccentric, eco-obsessed LA private eye Charlie Waldo is on the case in this quirky, fast-paced mystery. Paying a harsh self-imposed penance for a terrible misstep on a case, former LAPD superstar detective Charlie Waldo lives a life of punishing minimalism deep within the woods, making aRead More →

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A Gripping, Page-Turner Description When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and gettingRead More →

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Genre:  Mystery/Romance Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Length: 235 pages Release Date: September 15, 2021 Description ♥ Clean and sweet contemporary romance with a dollop of suspense ♥ After 32 years of no luck in the true love department, sweet, unassuming school teacher, Emory Dockins, has pretty much given up on ever finding the right guy. Never in a million years does she expect to catch the eye of the intimidating, but swoon-worthy Secret Service agent, Vince Murano, whoRead More →

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Blog Tour And Excerpt Description Bestselling author of DEAR WIFE and THE MARRIAGE LIE, Kimberly Belle returns with her most heart-pounding thriller to date, as a masked home invader reveals the cracks in a marriage. Everyone is about to know what her husband isn’t telling her…Jade and Cam Lasky are by all accounts a happily married couple with two adorable kids, a spacious home and a rapidly growing restaurant business. But their world is tipped upside downRead More →

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Book Blitz Regency Romance Publication Date: July 21, 2021 Publisher: Palmetto Publishing In this intriguing Regency romance, Lady Katherine’s stepbrother has tried to assault her in order to force a marriage and obtain her inheritance. She mistakenly believes she has killed him in self-defense, and so, she has to run away to escape the gallows. She must avoid scandal at all costs. She must protect the family name so her brother, who is missing inRead More →

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Book Blitz Excerpt and Giveaway     ImperfectHolly CarrPublication date: August 2nd 2021Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense She isn’t looking for love. He’s running from it. A workplace crush is supposed to be light-hearted. Frivolous, even. Just some daydream inspiration to make the hours go faster, or to fill in twenty boring minutes. Sam isn’t ready to develop actual feelings for someone. Not with Logan still looming so large in her heart, and especially notRead More →

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Description Langston Brown is running out of time and options for clearing his name and escaping death row. Wrongfully convicted of the gruesome Mother’s Day Massacre, he prepares to face his death. His final hope for salvation lies with his daughter, Liza, an artist who dreamed of a life of music and song but left the prestigious Juilliard School to pursue a law degree with the intention of clearing her father’s name. Just as sheRead More →

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No Reality Checks Allowed Prepare For A Wild Adventure With Finlay Description From Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead—the hilarious and heart-pounding follow-up to Finlay Donovan is Killing It. Finlay Donovan is—once again—struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she’s dealt withRead More →

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Book Blitz Psychological Thriller Published: December 2021 Publisher: Unhooked Media A secret binds them together, the truth will unravel them. Jenny Ocean’s life is already on shaky ground when a violent attack sparks a chain of events that leaves her with a terrible secret that she can share with no one, and which clouds her every waking moment with guilt and fear for years to come. Trying to make amends, Jenny works hard and becomesRead More →

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From the Series Heroines of WWII Description Shirley Davenport is as much a patriot as her four brothers. She, too, wants to aid her country in the war efforts, but opportunities for women are limited. When her best friend Joan informs her that the Coast Guard has opened a new branch for single women, they both enlist in the SPARs, ready to help protect the home front. Training is rigorous, and Shirley is disappointed thatRead More →

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Book Blitz       A Codi Sanders Thriller Thriller Published: June 2021 Publisher: ‎Morgan James Publishing       A cold case from the 60’s comes back to life when a body is discovered in the jail of a small town long buried under a manmade lake. In Cold Quarry, Codi and her team at the FBI Special Projects division must peel back the evidence and follow a twisting path to uncover a cleverRead More →

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Blog Tour Excerpt, Interview, and Giveaway This is my post during the blog tour for Sunroofs and Shoeboxes by Jaime L. Mathews. In Sunroofs & Shoeboxes, Jaime L. Mathews compiles the nuggets of wisdom she has found in the commonplace, so you can do the same. This blog tour is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours and the tour runs from 29 November till 19 December. You can see the tour schedule here. Sunroofs and ShoeboxesByRead More →