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Feels Like the First Time by Kimberly Packard. Review and giveaway.

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FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIMEBy Kimberly Packard Romance / Time-Slip / RomComPublisher: Abalos PublishingPublication Date: 16 June 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Blink and your life’s halfway over. What if that happens literally? College party girl Emily Murray bounces through majors and boys until an ill-advised art major leads her to a rebellious relationship with […]

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Book Blast -A New Fatherland

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A NEW FATHERLAND: PEACE TREATIES & SHATTERED HOPES BOOK TWO By Natalie Bright & Manuela SchneiderHistorical Fiction/ Immigrant Fiction Publisher: EK-2 PublishingPublication Date: April 30, 2026 *** SYNOPSIS *** Texas, 1840s: Drawn by the promise of land and freedom, German settlers venture into the New World—only to find themselves ensnared in deception, power struggles, and

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Book Review: Up From Hell by Joan Moran

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UP FROM HELLEchoes of the Past: Crimes in Central Texas, Book 1 By Joan MoranCrime ThrillerPublisher: Next ChapterPublication Date: April 7, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Growing up in Las Vegas, Neil Dixon’s future looked bleak. The son of a drug-addicted mother, he didn’t have a lot of options until a police officer, Sergeant Finch,

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On the Bayou – Review and Giveaway

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ON THE BAYOU By Sean Bridges Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Publisher: The Wild Rose PressPublication Date: 25 May 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS*** A stake-out at a trafficker way-station ends with Special Agent Jennifer Nash placed on forced leave. Until a government insider offers her a chance at redemption. All she has to do is accompany an

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Fun with Words, Politics, and More

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I thought it would be fun to share some interesting slang words I recently saw on the Word Smarts Website. There are just a few here on the blog, but you can find more on the Word Smarts site, as well as more detailed information about them. “Wicked” is a word common to the northeast,

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Happy Mother’s Day

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and grandmoms and special women in a child’s life. First off, I want to pay tribute to my mother, and send her some virtual roses. The following is a blog post I wrote about her in 2015. Ours was not a storybook relationship for many years, and it’s

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What I’ve Been Reading

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This blog post starts with a plea to elected officials to STOP using rhetoric that in any way supports political violence across party lines. We are not enemies, so it’s time to stop acting like we are. My second plea is to the media to STOP using words like adversary, revenge, anger, retaliation, and payback.

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Book Blast: The Last Fairy Witch by Jean M. Roberts

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THE LAST FAIRY WITCHBy Jean M. Roberts Historical FantasyPublication Date: March 31, 2026 *** ABOUT THE BOOK *** Hannah Heronstone appears to have everything—a devoted husband, a beloved child, and a thriving business built on ancient herbal knowledge. Yet beneath the calm surface of her life, something old and malevolent stirs. A disturbing encounter with

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Book Review – The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan

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The BooksellerTim Sullivan Book 7 of 8 of the DS George Cross MysteriesPublisher: Atlantic CrimePub Date: June 2, 2026384 pagesISBN: 978-0802167705 *** ABOUT THE STORY *** Read enough, and you’ll learn how to get away with murder Detective Sergeant George Cross has a knack for dismissing red herrings: He goes by the cold hard facts,

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Book Preview and Giveaway – Frantic by Brent Bradley

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FRANTICBy Brent Bradley Techno Thriller/ Conspiracy ThrillerPublisher: BCS PublishingPublication Date: March 7, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS *** A delusional prison patient warns Dr. Brian Heiser, Marriage and Family Therapist, of enormous impending disaster. Dr. Heiser and his best friend, a lauded Forensic Psychologist, find themselves entangled in a 72-hour deadly race to stop an AI bill

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