-The Undertaker’s Daughter series- Book 3 Some secrets are worth dying for. Dr. Rowan Dupont is back in her hometown of Winchester, Tennessee. But for the last ten months she hasn’t been staying in a hotel or cottage, but rather her family’s large Victorian funeral home. Dupont knows it’s time for the mysterious deaths of people around her to be solved and come to an end. But the deeper she searches the more family secretsRead More →
All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret. Details Title: Little Secrets: A Novel Author: Jennifer Hillier Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: April 21, 2020 Pages: 352 As parents, we are aware of how a young child can easily disappear in a crowd. But to Marin, it becomes a reality when she is momentarily distracted with a phone call. In what seems like seconds her 4-year-old son, Sebastian vanishes. According to videoRead More →
Is Andy Going To Have To Share The Limelight? If you’re familiar with the Andy Carpenter series then you know it’s apt to be quite a challenge for the fast-talking, somewhat smart-aleck, criminal defense lawyer, to step back and let the spotlight shine on the K Team. If you’re not familiar, that’s just fine too. This new series doesn’t require that you know the characters from the Andy Carpenter books. The K Team consists ofRead More →
Mesquite Springs Book #1 Details Title: Out of the Embers Author: Amanda Cabot Publisher: Revell (March 3, 2020) Pages: 336 Click for Excerpt Click for Reading Group Guide My Thoughts A young woman with a tragic past has arrived in town . . . and trouble is following close behind. This book trailer introduces the story perfectly, so had to begin my review with it. The setting for Out of the Embers, the first book in Cabot’sRead More →
– A Medlar Mystery, Book 3 – Description Sara Medlar, her niece Kate and their friend Jack need a change of scenery so Sara arranges for them to visit an old friend in England. Upon arrival at Oxley Manor, a centuries-old estate converted to a luxury hotel, Kate and Jack quickly realize Sara is up to something. They learn that Sara has also invited a number of others to join them. When everyone assembles, SaraRead More →
A Difficult, Yet Page-Turning Topic Publisher’s Blurb Cassie Peterson lives in an invisible prison of fear, chained by self-doubt and guarded by a relentless warden—her husband. Derrick’s verbal and physical abuse as well as his alcoholism have left Cassie alienated from her family, without friends, and certain she can’t survive on her own. After an unexpected police visit, Cassie realizes the survival of her four-year-old daughter, Renee, depends on Cassie’s courage to leave. What sheRead More →
The Windy City Saga Book #1 Publisher’s Blurb Meg Townsend and her sister, Sylvie, seek a quiet existence managing the family bookshop. Meg feels responsible for caring for their father, Stephen, whose spirit and health are both damaged from his time as a prisoner during the Civil War. Her one escape is the paintings she creates and sells in the bookshop. Then the Great Fire sweeps through Chicago’s business district. The fiery explosions and chaosRead More →
The Deacon’s Family (Book 3) Publisher’s Blurb Sylvie needs a man of substance to help her run her business. What she gets is Jimmy Fisher.Back and broke in Stoney Ridge, Jimmy Fisher has coasted through life as long as he could on charm, good looks, and deep-set dimples. They always worked just fine for him–until they didn’t. His smile has no effect on the violet-eyed beauty he met at the Bent N’ Dent, the oneRead More →
Sunrise at Normandy Book #3 Publisher’s Blurb In 1943, Private Clay Paxton trains hard with the US Army Rangers at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, determined to do his best in the upcoming Allied invasion of France. With his future stolen by his brothers’ betrayal, Clay has only one thing to live for–fulfilling the recurring dream of his death. Leah Jones works as a librarian at Camp Forrest, longing to rise above her orphanage upbringing and belongRead More →
A Story That Will Hook You Almost Immediately Publisher’s Blurb The case was tragic. But it was an accident. Right?Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on an unimaginable scale. But a fresh clue leads San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez to the unlikely conclusion that one of the children may still be alive. If she’s correct, everything law enforcementRead More →
Blog Blitz Welcome to the Blog Blitz for Looks Like Love by Brandy Bruce, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! ABOUT THE BOOK Title: Looks Like LoveAuthor: Brandy BruceGenre: Contemporary RomanceRe-release Date: November 13, 2019 After a devastating break-up, Kasey Addison needs to rediscover life and love. She starts by taking a whirlwind trip to London to visit her best friend. When she returns, she’s given a new assignment at the advertising firm where she works.Read More →
A Quaint Little Town You’re Bound To Fall In Love With Author’s Description One man running from his past,two women he’s attracted to,and a peculiar town that won’t let him go. Matthew Sadler rides his ’77 Harley into Happenstance, intent on passing through, but people and events conspire to prevent his leaving. The elderly Barlow sisters consider Matt their knight on a motorcycle. Matt is entranced by Roni, the other lodger at the Happenstance HotelRead More →
Publisher’s Description When he changes the locks, she changes the rules. Agnes Murphy Nash is the perfect Hollywood wife – she has the right friends, the right clothes, and even a side career of her own as a writer. Her husband Trevor is a bigshot producer, and from the outside it looks like they’re living a picture-perfect celebrity life, complete with tennis tournaments and lavish parties. But the job description of a Hollywood wife doesn’tRead More →
Is Their Relationship Worth Fighting For? I’m delighted to be taking part in the blog tour of An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham. My Thoughts Trentham’s first book, The Military Wife, was so well written that I couldn’t wait to read her second in this series. And I wasn’t disappointed with An Everyday Hero. When Greer Hadley walks away from her dreams of making it big in Nashville she returns to her tiny hometown of Madison, Tenn.Read More →
One forbidden love. Two broken hearts. Three Little Things. Publisher’s Description Hattie Waltz should forget the troubled neighbor leaving for boot camp in 1917. He forgot about her ages ago. It had always been the Waltzes verses the Kregers, his family pitted against hers. When she hands him a farewell gift, a chemistry lesson unfolds. The good kind. Arno Kreger can’t leave Iowa or his old man fast enough. He’s eager to prove his worthRead More →
My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists by Tracy Walder and Jessica Anya Balu Publisher’s Description When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that she’d fly to the Middle East under an alias identity. The Unexpected Spy is the riveting story of Walder’s tenure inRead More →
A Heart-Pounding Story of Bravery, Sacrifice, and Self-Discovery My Thoughts You’d better have a big chunk of reading time or lots of self-discipline when you start this book. I found myself falling into both categories. As I read I kept thinking there were other things that I should be doing. Like getting out of my pajamas. Going grocery shopping. Cleaning the house. And, of course, it wouldn’t be acceptable to ignore the birthday party. EspeciallyRead More →
Wildstone series, #4 Publisher’s Description New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Wildstone with the touching story of finding your place in the world—and the people who make it home. Piper Manning’s about as tough as they come, she’s had to be. She raised her siblings and they’ve thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she’s free.Read More →
A Psychological Drama Publisher’s Description From Erica Spindler, the New York Times bestselling author of The Other Girl and Justice for Sara comes The Look-Alike, a thrilling psychological drama about a woman who believes she escaped a brutal murder years ago—but does anyone else believe her? Sienna Scott grew up in the dark shadow of her mother’s paranoid delusions. Now, she’s returned home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life. In her mother’s shutteredRead More →
Sisters You Will Remember For Years To Come Publisher’s Description A beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood—inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules. Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their freedoms come with limits. But when the sisters discover a shocking secret about their father, Luella, the brazen elderRead More →