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I had good intentions for a review today. I was planning to read Jenn McKinlay's new release, It Happened One Christmas Eve. It's the third book in her Museum of Literature series, available through Kindle or Audible. On Jungle Red Writers, Jenn calls it her "own...

Murder By Definition by Con Lehane

While the fourth 42nd Street Library Mystery by Con Lehane doesn't spend a lot of time in the library, it does spend quite a bit of time with favorite support characters, bartender Brian McNulty and homicide detective Mike Cosgrove. Of course, it's Raymond Ambler,...

Winter’s End by Paige Shelton

For the fourth time, Paige Shelton takes readers back to Benedict, Alaska where author Beth Rivers is hiding from the man who kidnapped her just over a year earlier. Beth's survived a year in Benedict, and it's Winter's End. Beth was responsible for finding homes...

City of Fortune by Victoria Thompson

I love a good con novel. Although City of Fortune is Victoria Thompson's sixth Counterfeit Lady novel, you don't have to have read previous ones to catch up quickly with the characters. The plot itself stands alone. But, it's the three main characters, Elizabeth...

Steeped in Secrets by Lauren Elliott

Lauren Elliott, author of the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mysteries, launches a new series with Steeped in Secrets. It features a likable heroine, an appealing supportive cast, and paranormal elements, including one of the most interesting dogs I've come across...

Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday

If Jenny Holiday’s books, A Princess for Christmas, and its follow-ups, Duke, Actually, and So This is Christmas, remind you of the Christmas movies on a certain network, they’re supposed to. The author admits her editor said just add spice. And, she also...