#BookReview ~ Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
ABOUT THE BOOK Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life―placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition―the next, she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporary” condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnectedRead More →
#AudiobookReview ~ North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan
WHAT IT’S ABOUT New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan’s latest standalone is a binge-worthy race to the dramatic finish. After five years in hiding from their murderous father, the day Kristen and Ryan McIntyre have been dreading has arrived: Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles crime family, has at last tracked his kids to a small Montana town and is minutes away from kidnapping them. They barely escape in a small plane, but gunfire hitsRead More →
#BookReview ~ The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman
A Magical Message That Kids Will Love WHAT IT’S ABOUT Poppy Woodlock believes in magic, but so far, she hasn’t found any. It’s been two weeks since her parents moved their family to Oregon to undertake their biggest project yet: revitalizing the once-grand Lark-Hayes Manor. Her older brother instantly found his place, but after being thrown into middle school midyear, Poppy is feeling…invisible. So she retreats to where she’s always felt most at home: booksRead More →
Call Her Janie by S.R. Fabrico
Author Interview and Giveaway Book Details Book Title: Call Her Janie: A scintillating romantic suspense with a shocking twist by S.R. Fabrico Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 350 pages Genre: Romantic Suspense Publisher: S.R. Fabrico Release date: June 27, 2023 Content Rating: PG-13+M. A few curse words. There are some intimate scenes, mostly left up to the reader’s imagination. Book Description: Are you ready for a heart-pumping, page-turning journey of love, loss, and suspense? Look noRead More →
#AudiobookReview ~ The One by Audrey J. Cole
WHAT IT’S ABOUT To save their marriage, Sloane must forgive her husband’s affair. Instead, she tries a more tempting option-settling the score. But will it prove to be a deadly mistake? ER doctor Sloane Marks is shattered when she learns her husband Ethan slept with his partner at Seattle Homicide. She considers leaving him and joining The One, having gone to college with the popular dating app’s billionaire founder, Brody Carr. But at forty-two, SloaneRead More →
#AudiobookReview ~ Identity by Nora Roberts
WHAT IT’S ABOUT Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan’s job as a bartender. But after she and Nina host their first dinner party―attended by Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who’d been chatting her up at the bar―her carefully built world is shattered. The back door glass is broken, cash and jewelry areRead More →
#AudiobookReview ~ Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
A Disastrous Journey of Circumstances, Determination and Self-Discovery WHAT IT’S ABOUT Bernadette, Eleanor Oliphant, Rosie, Ove . . . meet Amazing Grace Adams, the funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink—who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled—the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she’s really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To theRead More →
#AudiobookReview ~ Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen
ABOUT THE BOOK Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it’s been just the two of them against the world. But now, Catherine is ready to spread her wings, move from home, and begin a new career. And Ruth Sterling will do anything to prevent that from happening. Ruth Sterling thinks she knows her daughter. Catherine would never rebel, would never questionRead More →
#Review ~ Water Music: A Cape Cod Story by Marcia Peck
Giveaway ABOUT THE BOOK The bridge at Sagamore was closed when we got there that summer of 1956. We had to cross the canal at Buzzards Bay over the only other roadway that tethered Cape Cod to the mainland. Thus twelve-year-old Lily Grainger, while safe from ‘communists and the Pope,’ finds her family suddenly adrift. That was the summer the Andrea Doria sank, pilot whales stranded, and Lily’s father built a house he couldn’t afford.Read More →
A Daughter’s Journey by Myra Lee Glass
Author Interview and Giveaway Book Details: Book Title: A Daughter’s Journey by Myra Lee GlassCategory: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 132 pagesGenre: YA Historical Fiction / AdventurePublisher: Coleche PressRelease date: Feb 2023Content Rating: G: Written for a high school school project 🙂 by a highschooler Book Description: The year is 1938 and a family in the small South Carolina town of Beaufort faces serious adversity. After the birth of her long-awaited son, Mary Banks dives into a dark postpartumRead More →
The Pryce of Conceit: An Historical Ghost Cozy Myster by Kari Bovée
The Pryce of Murder Book 1 Book Details: Book Title: The Pryce of Conceit – An Historical Ghost Cozy Mystery by Kari BoveeCategory: Adult Fiction (18 +), 270 Genre: Historical Ghost Cozy MysteryPublisher: Bosque PublishingRelease date: May 23, 2023Content Rating: G – Book has no bad language, sex, or violence on the page Book Description: Someone’s trying to frame this ambitious theater performer for murder. Can she get back to her adoring public and escape the noose? 1885. ArabellaRead More →
Who Killed Nia Johnes? by Elisabeth Link
Excerpt and Giveaway I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the WHO KILLED NIA JOHNES? by Elisabeth Link Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Giveaway Below About The Book Title: WHO KILLED NIA JOHNES? – A Medical Mystery Author: Elisabeth Link Pub. Date: May 20, 2023 Publisher: Monasteria Press LLC Formats: Hardcover, eBook Pages: 270 Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/WHO-KILLED-NIA-JOHNES An elite university. A murder. An FBI investigation. In the secluded Silicon Valley University of Evolutionary Computation (SUEC), a youngRead More →
#BookReview ~ A Work In Progress by Jarrett Lerner
Hope and Resilience A Must Read ABOUT THE BOOK A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant middle grade journey to self-acceptance told through prose, verse, and illustration. Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides…in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn’t the only feeling that dominates Will’s life. He’sRead More →
#BookReview ~ The Long March Home
A World War II Novel of the Pacific by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee ABOUT THE BOOK Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise–until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plungedRead More →
#AudiobookReview ~Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Part of Your World #2 ABOUT THE BOOK Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother’s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that’s probably going to the new man-doctor who’s already registering eighty-friggin’-seven on Briana’s “pain in my ass” scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . byRead More →
#BookReview ~ Rogue Justice: A Novel by Stacey Abrams
Avery Keene Book 2 ABOUT THE BOOK Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling an international conspiracy in While Justice Sleeps. But as the sparks of Congressional hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, wasRead More →
#AudiobookReview ~ The Perfect Ones: A Thriller by Nicole Hackett
ABOUT THE BOOK Two days after arriving in Iceland for a promotional trip, Instagram influencer Alabama Wood goes missing. With no leads, the Icelandic police start their investigation by focusing on the two influencers seemingly closest to Alabama on the trip: Celeste Reed, Alabama’s best friend of ten years, and Hollie Goodwin, fitness guru and Alabama’s unwilling idol. Celeste and Alabama have grown apart recently because Celeste has been too distracted by her five-year-old’s behavioralRead More →
Lifeline To A Soul by John K. McLaughlin
Giveaway and Author Interview Book Title: Lifeline to a Soul by John K. McLaughlin Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 234 pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: Lifeline Education Connection Release date: April, 2023 Content Rating: PG + M Book Description Lifeline to a Soul takes the reader inside the fence and chronicles the victories and challenges one man faced as a first-time teacher in the strange world of prison life. BUY THE BOOK:Amazon ~ B&N add to goodreads 2023 PenCraft SeasonalRead More →
#SpotlightTour ~Mother Knows Worst by Sofia Bella Roma
Spotlight and Giveaway Book Title: Mother Knows Worst by Sofia Bella Roma Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 280 pages Genre: Literary Fiction, Novel Publisher: Mascot Books Release date: December 2022 Content Rating: PG -13 Pinnacle Award Winner! “Author Sofia Bella Roma tells an absorbing story about two people from very different backgrounds falling in love and struggling to navigate the circumstances and people around them. Infusing romance, humor, and plenty of drama, Roma weaves an engaging narrative thatRead More →
The Magical Elements Of The Periodic Table
Presented Alphabetically By The Metal Horn Unicorns By Sybrina Durant Enter Giveaway Below An autographed copy of Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically By The Metal Horn Unicorns by Sybrina Durant plus trading card set for the 26 unicorn elementals (one winner) (USA only) (ends May 19) Book Details:Book Title: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically By The Metal Horn Unicorns by Sybrina Durant Category: Middle-Grade Non-Fiction (Ages 8-12), 42 pages Genre: This is actually both fictionRead More →