VANISHING INTO THE 100% DARKBy Amber Royer Cozy MysteryPublisher: Golden Tip PressPages: 288Publication Date: March 4, 2025 SYNOPSIS Bean to chocolate maker Felicity Koerber has been invited to be part of a chocolate festival in Tokyo. Itโs a big deal for a Texas gal with a shop on Galvestonโs historic Strand, so a whole group […]
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I hope it’s a Happy Monday for everyone. As to what is happening in the world, especially here in the U.S., I have no words printable in a blog post written in a family-friendly space, so I refrain, which is a good thing for my blood pressure. I need to escape and doing that with
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BENEATH THE BROKEN OAKBy Lori Altebaumer Mystery / RomancePublisher: One Thousand Hills PublishingPages: 400Publication Date: February 22, 2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Trees donโt heal. They seal. But Forester Jodee Trevaine isnโt a tree. The wounds of abandonment sheโs spent years denying will be ripped open the night she witnesses a childโs abduction. The hardscrabble
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In addition to writing mysteries and nonfiction, I also have been known to pen a short story or two or three, or more. Some time ago, I compiled three of those stories into a short book, The Wisdom of Ages. While I do focus on celebrating strong women in my fiction, I’ve always had a
Happy Friday – Maybe My first thought when planning to write a blog post for today was to comment on current affairs. But current affairs are so… so… so Disheartening? Ugly? Frightening? All of the above? Settling on “all of the above,” I figured my mind needed to go in a different direction. And since
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HOME TO COMFORTBy Kimberly Fish Womenโs Fiction / Contemporary / Cozy MysteryPublisher: Fish Tales PublishingPages: 382Publication Date: October 10, 2024 *** SYNOPSIS *** Gloria Bachman has pivoted so many times this year she has whiplash. Now, in the middle of winter and drenched in Mexican sunshine at a five-star resort, she has a role to
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In celebration of this day of romance and love,ย I thought it would be fun visit a bit with Cupid, if he is not too busy to answer a few questions. Hi, there Cupid. Can you stop just a minute so my readers can meet you? What? Donโt you know this is the worst day for
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THE BORDER BETWEEN USBy Rudy Ruiz Literary FictionPublisher: Blackstone PublishingPages: 256Publication Date: August 27, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***ย SYNOPSISย *** The Border Between Us is a poignant coming-of-age novel from one of the most exciting voices in fiction. Ramรณn Lรณpez was born along the USโMexico border but is determined to get out and embrace the American dreamโand heโs not
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Sunday was such a blissful day as I avoided the news and spent the afternoon with my youngest daughter. We’re working on a quilt together, and I’m so thankful that she was able to figure out the cutting of pieces to make the borders. She’s a bit on the OCD side, and her penchant for
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This is what greeted me yesterday morning when I walked into my kitchen to start breakfast. Guess who got breakfast first. ๐ Actually all the cats routinely eat before I do. BC is the feral backyard cat that I’ve been slowly getting acclimated to human touch, and he does get food after I’ve fed my
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