Reviews + Articles
Peril & Prayer by Olivia Matthews
If you didn't meet Sister Lou (Louise) LaSalle in the first mystery in the series, Mayhem & Mass, there's no reason you can't pick up the second cozy. Olivia Matthews gives enough backstory in Peril & Prayer to make it easy for a new reader to pick up...
Winners and A Little Humor
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. The signed copies of Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only will go to Caryn S.C. of St. Louis, MO, and Virginia D. from Tempe, AZ. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. Everyone could probably use a...
What Are You Reading?
Are you like me, and need some escape reading this week? I've been off to Australia and Paris with Charlotte Nash's novel The Paris Wedding. Just after her mother's death, a woman who willingly gave up her college education, her boyfriend, and ten years of her...
Cara Black’s Interview
Yesterday, I posted an interview with Cara Black on Poisoned Pen's blog. Today, I'm going to link to that site, and suggest you check it out. Cara is the author of the Aimee Leduc Investigations. Her latest book is Murder on the Left Bank. The pictures she sent and...
The Patchwork Bride by Sandra Dallas
Over the course of fifteen books, Sandra Dallas has placed women's relationships and quilting at the heart of her novels. Historically, quilting was a way for women to gather and tell their stories. In The Patchwork Bride, quilting is the tool a grandmother...
The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
Ten years ago, for "Friday's Forgotten Books", I discussed Sandra Dallas' novel, The Persian Pickle Club. I have it on Facebook today for a listing of seven books I've loved. I still love that book. Why am I talking about it again? I'm finishing Dallas' latest...