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Dust to Dust by Audrey Keown
Ivy Nichols, first introduced in Audrey Keown's Murder at Hotel 1911, returns in the latest mystery set at the period-themed hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dust to Dust finds another hotel guest murdered, another employee accused, and Ivy looking for answers to her...
Winners and a Dark Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Falling is going to Karen M. from San Bruno, CA. Ellen G. from Butler, PA won Hostage. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away "Dark" novels. J.T. Ellison's Her Dark Lies is a gothic...
What Are You Reading?
We've had gorgeous weather here this week, low 60s to low 80s. I wish it would continue, but it is August. And, I'm having a great week at work. For three days, I've been spending my afternoons at a virtual conference. It's a good one, one that I really enjoyed in...
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
"Books aren't always an escape; sometimes books teach us things. They show us the world; they don't hide it." Sara Nisha Adams' debut novel, The Reading List shows us loneliness and grief and community and family and love. Although there are several people over the...
The Forbidden by Heather Graham
Maybe one book a quarter in Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters series is too many. After reading thirty-four of them, I still find the settings and the history irresistible. In The Forbidden, Graham takes readers back to New Orleans. But, the final cemetery scene,...
If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
Julie Murphy, bestselling author of the Young Adult novel, Dumplin', takes on reality TV, the Cinderella trope, and the image of plus-size women in a magical romantic comedy for adults, If the Shoe Fits. She also manages to write about a stepmother and stepsisters who...