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May 29, 2018
Excerpt from All the Missing Girls
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I just started this mystery/suspense today, and it’s kept my attention so far! All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda starts at the end and works its way back to the disappearance/murder of Annaleise, the second girl to go missing from amongst a group of friends, the first of whom disappeared a decade before. It is clear from the beginning that everyone knows more than they have revealed, but they’re not giving up their secrets easily.
Daniel’s message echoed in the silence: “The money’s almost gone. We need to sell the house. Dad won’t sign the papers, though.” A pause. “He’s in bad shape, Nic.”
Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls
Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda’s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about the disappearances of two young women—a decade apart—told in reverse.
It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without a trace. Back again to tie up loose ends and care for her ailing father, Nic is soon plunged into a shocking drama that reawakens Corinne’s case and breaks open old wounds long since stitched.
The decade-old investigation focused on Nic, her brother Daniel, boyfriend Tyler, and Corinne’s boyfriend Jackson. Since then, only Nic has left Cooley Ridge. Daniel and his wife, Laura, are expecting a baby; Jackson works at the town bar; and Tyler is dating Annaleise Carter, Nic’s younger neighbor and the group’s alibi the night Corinne disappeared. Then, within days of Nic’s return, Annaleise goes missing.
Told backwards—Day 15 to Day 1—from the time Annaleise goes missing, Nic works to unravel the truth about her younger neighbor’s disappearance, revealing shocking truths about her friends, her family, and what really happened to Corinne that night ten years ago.
May 24, 2018
Mystery quotes contest
It’s contest time!
I have just about given away the last of my bookmarks, which were mostly aimed at my YA audience, and I need to design some new ones with more of a mystery/suspense focus.
I am looking for ORIGINAL quotes about mystery books, readers of mysteries, or readers and reading in general. Such as:
Mystery readers don’t die, they…
You can always tell a mystery reader by…
If I’m reading, don’t bother me unless…
If I use your quote on a bookmark, I will send you the full set of bookmarks (probably six different designs) as a prize. So get your creative juices flowing and hit me up with some quotes on my Facebook post!
Coup de Glace
Coup de Glace by P. D. Workman
Series: Auntie Clem's Bakery #6
Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery
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The trouble with solving murders in a little town like Bald Eagle Falls is that everybody knows about it, and then they expect you to solve their cases too. When Bella brings a new—or rather a cold—case to Erin, she protests that she is not a detective. But Bella really needs her; how could an old woman just have gone missing without anyone following up on it? How could they just accept Ezekiel’s assertion that his wife was fine and she was just off visiting. Eventually, that excuse must have worn out.
Meanwhile, a blast from Erin’s own past—a foster sister Erin would rather not see again—shows up, bringing with her another set of complications.
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+ Praise for Auntie Clem's Bakery Series
—This lady knows how to write!! I read this during hurricane Irma on my Kindle so I didn’t care the power was out!
—It was very good! But made me hungry!
—Oh my goodness I loved it! The murder mystery was so awesome… I couldn’t put this book down. Props to you again for another amazing read!
—I really enjoyed this book … Would make a great Hallmark movie.
—This very enjoyable story with uncomplicated characters and a sweet and easy storyline was well done.
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+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
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Coup de Glace
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About P. D. Workman
Award-winning author P.D. Workman writes riveting young adult/suspense fiction about mental illness, addiction, and abuse. P.D. Workman is a devout wife and a mother of one, born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She loves to read and is a technology geek with a love for all kinds of gadgets and tools. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure, leading her to write her first complete novel at the age of twelve.
Brewing Death
Brewing Death by P. D. Workman
Series: Auntie Clem's Bakery #5
Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery
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Erin is finally safe and sound in Bald Eagle Falls, with her sister in town and the chance to finally get to know her. She’s done with secrets and murder. But fate and a killer have other things in mind, and before she knows it, she is faced with an unexplained death, with Erin and her friends in the middle of it.
Tea and trouble are brewing in Bald Eagle Falls, and Erin doesn’t want to find herself in hot water.
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+ Praise for Auntie Clem's Bakery Series
—This lady knows how to write!! I read this during hurricane Irma on my Kindle so I didn’t care the power was out!
—It was very good! But made me hungry!
—Oh my goodness I loved it! The murder mystery was so awesome… I couldn’t put this book down. Props to you again for another amazing read!
—I really enjoyed this book … Would make a great Hallmark movie.
—This very enjoyable story with uncomplicated characters and a sweet and easy storyline was well done.
+ Book Club Resources
Gluten-Free Pinterest Board
Disease and Disorder Pinterest Board
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
+ Brewing Death on my Blog
Brewing Death
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Vanishing Teardrops and other new releases!
Vanishing Teardrops I am pleased to announce the release of Vanishing Teardrops, book #4 in the Tamara's Teardrops series! Hold ...
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About P. D. Workman
Award-winning author P.D. Workman writes riveting young adult/suspense fiction about mental illness, addiction, and abuse. P.D. Workman is a devout wife and a mother of one, born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She loves to read and is a technology geek with a love for all kinds of gadgets and tools. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure, leading her to write her first complete novel at the age of twelve.
May 23, 2018
Stirring Up Murder
Stirring Up Murder by P. D. Workman
Series: Auntie Clem's Bakery #4
Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery
Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Google Play, Createspace, Booksamillion
Goodreads
Coming Soon!
With Davis behind bars and Alton Summers chased away once more, everything is back to normal in sleepy Bald Eagle Falls. Erin is making her delicious gluten-free goods at Auntie Clem’s Bakery and things couldn’t be going better. The only sleuthing Erin is doing this time is to track down the half sister she never knew she had. But when that sister turns out to be not quite who Erin expected, and there is yet another body, Erin has some choices to make.
Will Erin stand by her sister and try to uncover the truth or will she go back to her cookbooks and pans and let the chips fall where they may?
Was there ever really any question?
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+ Praise for Auntie Clem's Bakery Series
—This lady knows how to write!! I read this during hurricane Irma on my Kindle so I didn’t care the power was out!
—It was very good! But made me hungry!
—Oh my goodness I loved it! The murder mystery was so awesome… I couldn’t put this book down. Props to you again for another amazing read!
—I really enjoyed this book … Would make a great Hallmark movie.
—This very enjoyable story with uncomplicated characters and a sweet and easy storyline was well done.
+ Book Club Resources
Gluten-Free Pinterest Board
Disease and Disorder Pinterest Board
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
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About P. D. Workman
Award-winning author P.D. Workman writes riveting young adult/suspense fiction about mental illness, addiction, and abuse. P.D. Workman is a devout wife and a mother of one, born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She loves to read and is a technology geek with a love for all kinds of gadgets and tools. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure, leading her to write her first complete novel at the age of twelve.
May 22, 2018
Excerpt from This Body of Death
[image error]In case you missed it, check out my recent release of Vanishing Teardrops, Book #4 of the Tamara’s Teardrops series.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
This is the second week in a row that I’m not using the Amazon synopsis for my spotlight. The Amazon sales copy was pitiful, so I have quoted from Bookbrowse. My teaser this week is from This Body of Death, An Inspector Lynley Novel, by Elizabeth George. It is a police procedural with lots of twists and turns, and I am still trying to figure out how the two disparate timelines are going to connect up.
When Meredith Powell awakened and saw the date on her digital alarm clock, she absorbed four facts in a matter of seconds: It was her twenty-sixth birthday; it was her day off from work; it was the day for which her mum had suggested a gran-spoils-the-only-grandchild adventure; and it was the perfect opportunity for apologizing to her best and oldest friend for a row that had kept them from being best and oldest friends for nearly a year.
Elizabeth George, This Body of Death
On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesn’t trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, whose management style seems to rub everyone the wrong way. In fact, Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officer’s hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden—and possibly attractive—vulnerability.
While Lynley works in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest. There they discover a beautiful and strange place where animals roam free, the long-lost art of thatching is very much alive, and outsiders are not entirely welcome. What they don’t know is that more than one dark secret lurks among the trees, and that their investigation will lead them to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking.
A multilayered jigsaw puzzle of a story skillfully structured to keep readers guessing until the very end, This Body of Death is a magnificent achievement from a writer at the peak of her powers.
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May 18, 2018
Vanishing Teardrops and other new releases!
[image error]I am pleased to announce the release of Vanishing Teardrops, book #4 in the Tamara’s Teardrops series! Hold onto your hats, because this is going to be a wild ride!
It was her second chance at parole, and Tamara knew this time that it wasn’t going to be easy. That ended up being the understatement of the century. In a new environment, trying to be a parent for the first time after years of not being allowed to make any decisions for herself, she didn’t know how she was going to make it.
And then the worst thing that could possibly happen, did.
Caught in the middle of a missing child investigation where she is the prime suspect, Tamara is in a race against the clock to find out what happened to her baby before it is too late.
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Other new releases
Looking for some other books to add to your Kindle? Here are some other great new stories for you!
True, by Karl Taro Greenfeld
True
True has a singular path: to be the greatest soccer player of her generation. But to realize her dream, she’ll need to make the Under-17 National Team, then the Residency Program, and the ultimate: the US Women’s National Team. Otherwise she can say goodbye to the Women’s World Cup. And True will do whatever it takes to be the top girl on the field.
True has to stay focused because her family is crumbling. With the loss of her mother, True is forced to take care of her autistic younger sister while her grieving father wastes his time gambling. And high school isn’t much better.
Dragon Wars, by Kristin D. Van Risseghem
Dragon Wars
Brooklyn just discovered she’s the only female dragon in existence—and the key to everything. She can see things others can’t, and summon strength no one else can. Brooklyn attends York Academy, a school of NYC’s elite, to get her magic under control, though her rapidly manifesting powers are too much for her inexperience.
But her unbound magic is nothing compared to the four guys that want to protect—and share—her as a girlfriend.
A battle between the slayers and the dragons is brewing. Brooklyn has one choice. She must address the Slayers Council, and make a peace before the dragons attack again and wipe out the Academy.
The Outsider, by Stephen King
The Outsider
An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.
As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge, King’s propulsive story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can.
The Burning, by Ellis Logan
The Burning
Ana Alvarsson isn’t even close to perfect. She’s made a lot of mistakes, and she just might lose someone she cares about because of them. Now, in the thrilling conclusion to the Full Disclosure series, Ana will find out that sometimes the only way to shine is to admit you have flaws.
Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Blood and Bone
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.
But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.
Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
American Street, by Ibi Zoboi
American Street
On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—a good life.
But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit’s west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own.
Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost.
Cult, by Richard Whitten Barnes
Cult
Ordered to clear up a backlog of unsolved cases, Detective Andrea Blake and her partner find a curious abundance of missing persons escalating over the past eight years. An ominous thread of similarity weaves among the cases. It’s beginning to look more like serial murder.
Twelve Steps to Normal, by Farrah Penn & James Patterson
Twelve Steps to Normal
Kira’s Twelve Steps To A Normal Life
1. Accept Grams is gone.
2. Learn to forgive Dad.
3. Steal back ex-boyfriend from best friend…
And somewhere between 1 and 12, realize that when your parent’s an alcoholic, there’s no such thing as “normal.”
When Kira’s father enters rehab, she’s forced to leave everything behind–her home, her best friends, her boyfriend…everything she loves. Now her father’s sober (again) and Kira is returning home, determined to get her life back to normal…exactly as it was before she was sent away.
Love & Luck, by Jenna Evans Welch
Love & Luck
Addie is visiting Ireland for her aunt’s over-the-top destination wedding, and hoping she can stop thinking about the one horrible thing she did that left her miserable and heartbroken—and threatens her future. But her brother, Ian, isn’t about to let her forget, and his constant needling leads to arguments and even a fistfight between the two once inseparable siblings. Miserable, Addie can’t wait to visit her friend in Italy and leave her brother—and her problems—behind.
So when Addie discovers an unusual guidebook, Ireland for the Heartbroken, hidden in the dusty shelves of the hotel library, she’s able to finally escape her anxious mind and Ian’s criticism.
I Was Born for This, by Alice Oseman
I Was Born for This
For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark’s fandom has given her everything she loves – her friend Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark. He’s their frontman – and playing in a band with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing. But dreams don’t always turn out the way you think and when Jimmy and Angel are unexpectedly thrust together, they find out how strange and surprising facing up to reality can be.
Cat Magic, by Lydia Sherrer
Cat Magic
Blessed (or cursed, depending on who you ask) with human intelligence, Sir Edgar Allan Kipling, magical talking cat extraordinaire, spends most of his time keeping his human out of trouble. Of course, having a wizard for a human means that trouble is never far away.
When Sir Kipling’s human goes away for the weekend and leaves him to guard her magical library, things start out quiet. But when he discovers a witch smelling suspiciously of demon magic snooping in his human’s office, quiet goes out the window and chaos looms on the horizon.
Tyler Johnson Was Here, by Jay Coles
Tyler Johnson Was Here
When Marvin Johnson’s twin, Tyler, goes to a party, Marvin decides to tag along to keep an eye on his brother. But what starts as harmless fun turns into a shooting, followed by a police raid.
The next day, Tyler has gone missing, and it’s up to Marvin to find him. But when Tyler is found dead, a video leaked online tells an even more chilling story: Tyler has been shot and killed by a police officer. Terrified as his mother unravels and mourning a brother who is now a hashtag, Marvin must learn what justice and freedom really mean.
Divine Fate, by Alicia Rades
Divine Fate
Ryn Tyler’s life changed the day she killed a demon.
Now she’s been thrown headfirst into a magical school for angels, with the power to become their savior in the war against demons. She trains in secret with her bad boy mentor, Marek, who is hiding a troubled past.
Only Ryn has the ability to end the war and save the people she loves.
But Ryn’s fate doesn’t just concern her new home. If she fails, humanity will fall… and the very world will be at stake.
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, by Leila Sales
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say
Before we go any further, I want you to understand this: I am not a good person.
We all want to be seen. We all want to be heard. But what happens when we’re seen and heard saying or doing the wrong things? When Winter Halperin – former spelling bee champion, aspiring writer, and daughter of a parenting expert -gets caught saying the wrong thing online, her life explodes. All across the world, people know what she’s done, and none of them will forgive her. With her friends gone, her future plans cut short, and her identity in shambles, Winter is just trying to pick up the pieces without hurting anyone else.
She knows she messed up, but does that mean it’s okay for people to send her hate mail and death threats?
Rock-a-Bye Baby, by L.R.W. Lee
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Alissandra, an immortal Sand Maiden, and daughter of the most powerful king in Dream Realm, has always been close to her father despite being one of twenty-two children. She’s put him on a pedestal and sought to make him proud of her as she weaves the dreams of her many mortal charges helping them make sense of thoughts that need refinement, problems that need solutions, worries that beg for action, and things they should or shouldn’t have said.
But with her latest charge, she starts to sense that her father isn’t all she dreams he is. It’s hard to accept that the parent you love isn’t perfect, but how do you do it when he’s a god? How far do you let him push before you say no? And how far do you go to push back?
Aftermath, by Kelley Armstrong
Aftermath
Three years after losing her brother Luka in a school shooting, Skye Gilchrist is moving home. But there’s no sympathy for Skye and her family because Luka wasn’t a victim; he was a shooter.
Jesse Mandal knows all too well that the scars of the past don’t heal easily. The shooting cost Jesse his brother and his best friend–Skye.
Ripped apart by tragedy, Jesse and Skye can’t resist reopening the mysteries of their past. But old wounds hide darker secrets. And the closer Skye and Jesse get to the truth of what happened that day, the closer they get to a new killer.
Once Upon a Tide, by S. McPherson
Once Upon a Tide
Once Upon a Tide tells the tale before Lexovia became the last of her kind. See the glory of Elnorious. Experience Taratesia in the finer days and endure the war that changed it all.
Michael Vey: The Final Spark, by Richard Paul Evans
Michael Vey: The Final Spark
The battle on the island of Hades ended with a devastating explosion that left the island a smoking ruin and much of Hatch’s Elgen army dead. However, Hatch survived and while his plans have certainly suffered a setback, he’s more determined than ever to bring the world’s governments under his control. But first, he wants to wipe out those who stand against him and capture the remaining members of the Electroclan.
As Hatch’s forces storm into action, it seems nothing can stand in their way. The Electroclan is divided. The voice is captured, and Michael’s mother is being used as bait to lure the leader of the Resistance out of hiding. Can anything—or anyone—stop the Elgen? Or is this the end?
Down the River, by Angela Nicole Chu
Down the River
The Washingtons are the artistic, hippie family that everyone knows and side-eyes. Holed up in their own private compound, affectionately christened “Belle Âme”, the Washingtons keep to themselves until they choose to put on a new performance for the public.
But their hand in a murder one-year-prior weighs heavily on the minds of Blythe and Nathalian Washington. The fragile mental state of Nathalian’s younger brother, Edwin, and the constant chaos brewing around their teenaged daughters do nothing to quell their nerves. And with the three-year anniversary of the disappearance of Blythe’s cousin Georgia on the horizon, the Washingtons feel themselves slowly becoming unhinged.
When signs start to point to Georgia’s return, Blythe and Nathalian team up to try to uncover the truth, without also revealing the details of their darkest secrets.
How Dare the Sun Rise, by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
How Dare the Sun Rise
Sandra was just ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. She had watched as rebels gunned down her mother and six-year-old sister in a refugee camp. Remarkably, the rebel didn’t pull the trigger, and Sandra escaped.
Thus began a new life for her and her surviving family members. With no home and no money, they struggled to stay alive. Eventually, through a United Nations refugee program, they moved to America, only to face yet another ethnic disconnect. Sandra may have crossed an ocean, but there was now a much wider divide she had to overcome. And it started with middle school in New York.
Dark Fates, by G.K. De Rosa
Dark Fates
A high-ranking official’s daughter, Solaris is wild and reckless, a daredevil with no regard for authority.
For icy Kaige, the nocturne prince of Draconis, life is discipline and self-control.
A prophecy split their worlds in two—a decree issued outlawing all human and vampire contact. Death is the consequence for crossing the dark divide between Imera and Draconis.
When their worlds collide, a dangerous and forbidden string of events unfold. Bound together by blood and secrets, they make a startling discovery that could shatter the precarious balance of New Isos.
Haunted by the words of the prophecy, Solaris and Kaige attempt to unravel the mystery they’ve stumbled upon, but every moment spent together threatens the very existence of each race.
The Pearl Thief, by Elizabeth Wein
The Pearl Thief
When fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in the hospital, she knows the lazy summer break she’d imagined won’t be exactly like she anticipated. And once she returns to her grandfather’s estate, a bit banged up but alive, she begins to realize that her injury might not have been an accident. One of her family’s employees is missing, and he disappeared on the very same day she landed in the hospital.
Desperate to figure out what happened, she befriends Euan McEwen, the Scots Traveller boy who found her when she was injured, and his standoffish sister Ellen. As Julie grows closer to this family, she experiences some of the prejudices they’ve grown used to firsthand, a stark contrast to her own upbringing, and finds herself exploring thrilling new experiences that have nothing to do with a missing-person investigation.
Bite Me, by Louise Cypress
Bite Me
Morgan Taylor-Jackson can’t wait for high school to end. In six months she leaves for UCLA and says goodbye to La Jolla, California and her parents’ messy divorce. But when Morgan is bitten by a four-year-old boy, she becomes infected with a mysterious condition. Fever, insomnia, and a new bustline are only the beginning; Morgan morphs from nerd to bombshell.
As far as Van Xander is concerned, all vampires are evil, even the ones who reject human sacrifice and call themselves Puritans. When Helsing Incorporated sends Van to La Jolla to investigate the local coven, Morgan is his prime target. Pretending to be interested in her, Van asks Morgan out and puts her through a series of tests to determine her killer nature.
More to Me, by Saty Cornelius
More to Me
For as long as Bri can remember, it’s been the same thing: taking care of her siblings throughout her mom’s many hangovers, breakups, and abusive habits.
After fourteen years of this family dysfunction, she and her younger three siblings end up in foster care, where she battles with depression and loneliness – the very things that caused her mother to slip deeply into her alcohol addictions years ago.
Bri fights with every ounce of strength she can muster, but it doesn’t matter – her family still falls apart, and she is left broken and alone.
Gamemaster, by Jesikah Sundin
Gamemaster
Three years ago, Fillion Nichols was extracted from New Eden Township, poisoned, and arrested for sabotage. In three days, he’ll return and ascend as majority owner of the human experiment. New Eden proclaims that he’s a man of magic–one who will save them from the evils of the Outside world. But, as the newly appointed Gamemaster, Fillion knows that the truth is far more terrifying than the nightmares plaguing his sleep.
In order to live, something must die.
The Lost Causes, by Jessica Koosed Etting
The Lost Causes
The Lost Causes are five teens with serious problems and only one thing in common: people have written them off. Now they’re thrown together in group therapy, with vague promises of healing. Their problems do go away when they drink the water their therapist gives them. But that’s because it’s not just water …
Unknowingly, the teens have ingested a serum that gives them psychic powers, part of an FBI plan to find out who was behind the grisly murder that has rocked their small town. Their new powers will help them uncover clues and follow leads that have eluded the authorities, and their outsider status gives them the perfect cover.
Truly, Madly, Sweetly, by Joanne MacGregor
Truly, Madly, Sweetly
A young adult contemporary romance collection that’ll hook your head, heart and funny-bone!
Includes 3 full stand-alone novels that deliver gripping stories with all the feels, plus sparkling dialogue, heart-wrenching romance and a good twist of humor. Over 300 rave reviews on the individual books!
A Lite Too Bright, by Samuel Miller
A Lite too Bright
Arthur Louis Pullman the Third is on the verge of a breakdown. He’s been stripped of his college scholarship, is losing his grip on reality, and has been sent away to live with his aunt and uncle.
It’s there that Arthur discovers a journal written by his grandfather, the first Arthur Louis Pullman, an iconic Salinger-esque author who went missing the last week of his life and died hundreds of miles away from their family home. What happened in that week—and how much his actions were influenced by his Alzheimer’s—remains a mystery.
But now Arthur has his grandfather’s journal—and a final sentence containing a train route and a destination.
A bond of Destiny and Dragons, by Karen Tomlinson
A Bond of Destiny and Dragons
Since time began and worlds were created, a brutal conflict has raged, pitting darkness against light and god against goddess. But time and betrayal have caught up with the powerful and the immortal, and the game of war is changing…
Dragons, the Guardians of the Gods, have all but eradicated themselves; the powerful goddess of creation is vulnerable, and a single female warrior is planning a betrayal which will transform the course of history.
Prince Lexon Arjuno and Commander Erzion Riddeon are childhood friends. The two powerful fae warriors now fight to survive as their homes and hearts are destroyed. Despite such a bond of friendship, their destinies will take very different paths.
Erzion has had one purpose in life: to protect Lexon. When a blood pledge to his goddess leaves him immortal, guilt becomes his burden to bare as he endures a life of servitude to the tyrannical usurper of the Avalonian throne.
Finding Jessie, by David Delee
Finding Jessie
It’s Christmas Eve and bounty hunter Grace deHaviland’s got plans. For once in her life, she actually has plans to not spend Christmas alone.
But when a custody case results in a little girl being kidnapped, yuletide festivities will have to wait. As the weather outside turns frightful, Grace gets to work. Yet, even with all hands on-deck, meaning every police agency in the state on the lookout, and her best friend Sheriff’s Deputy Suzie Jensen by her side, it may not be enough.
What Grace needs to find Jessie before time runs out, may just be a Christmas miracle.
Trapped in Her Dreams, by Joanna Reeder
Trapped in her Dreams
Walking with Lucy was quite the ride, and now Andrew has some grand master plan he couldn’t be more cryptic about.
So while juggling school, her friends, and her former boyfriend who is still pretty great, Emily tries to convince her psychiatrist and parents that the dreams are over thanks to a new medication (that she isn’t taking).
Emily starts dream-walking about Isabella, a nineteenth century girl crossing the Atlantic. But she gets so caught up in Isabella’s world and the dreams that reality essentially fades away.
May 15, 2018
Excerpt from The Breach
I hope you had a great Mother’s Day and picked up a lot of great new books to read! Be sure to stop by at the end of the week when I’ll have a round-up of new releases for you!
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
Here is a thriller that I picked up recently. You wouldn’t guess from the synopsis on Amazon that The Breach by Patrick Lee is science fiction; I have used a description from tor.com down below to give you a better idea! It is a good ride, with some interesting time travel paradox twists and turns and a cliffhanger ending. And you will find a hero who is not your typical good guy.
He stopped
For a moment he could only stare, too disoriented even to blink.
On the valley floor lay the wreck of a Boeing 747.
The Breach, by Patrick Lee
The action starts in the Alaskan wilderness where Chase, newly released from a 15-year prison sentence hikes alone, trying to come to grips with what to do with the rest of his life. A few hours after he hears a thunderous noise coming from a clear sky, he finds a crashed 747 in the middle of nowhere. When he examines the wreakage, he finds systematically executed bodies, including the first lady of the United States. But the first lady lasted long enough to leave a cryptic message that leads Travis to the killers who are torturing the two survivors of the devastation and the discovery of a strange glowing blue ball, which affects Travis in strange ways.
Our hero is too late to save the old man, but, at the nick of time, Chase does some quick shooting of his own and saves Paige, a covert operative, from the excruciating pain her sadistic captor is inflicting. Travis, who must have kept in shape in prison, carries Paige for several miles through the snow to the nearest town, where he is rewarded for his heroism by being shackled, hooded and flown to an equally desolate outpost in Wyoming.
There Travis and the reader begin to learn about the Breach of the title; a secret organization called Tangent set up to protect humanity from the powers the Breach is unleashing; and the immediate threat from the shimmering blue ball.
Description from https://www.tor.com/2009/12/24/patric...
May 11, 2018
Give yourself books for Mother’s Day!
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It’s Mother’s Day weekend. Are you looking for something quick and easy to deliver to your mother? Or maybe you’d like something to read yourself while you’re eating those chocolate chip pancakes that are half-raw and half-burnt. If you’re looking to fill up your Kindle with some great reads, I’ve got a round-up of women’s fiction, literary reads, and cozy mysteries for you!
First, a couple from my inkwell…
Gluten-Free Murder, by P.D. Workman
Gluten-Free Murder
$0.99 for a limited time
Erin Price moves to Eagle Falls, a place where everyone knows everyone as well as everyone else’s business, taking over the store left to her by her aunt to start up a gluten-free bakery. The grand opening is marred by just one thing, the death of her business rival, Angela Plaint. It appears that Angela was poisoned by one of Erin’s cupcakes, making her a prime suspect.
Equipped with cupcakes, her desire for the truth, and new bakery assistant Vicky’s help, Erin goes head-to-head against Detective Terry Piper to solve the murder. Rumors of treasure hunting, drug dealing, and a missing boy swirl around Eagle Falls as Erin tries to sort the clues from the red herrings and find the killer before the killer can take care of her.
Questing for a Dream, by P.D. Workman
Questing for a Dream
Nadie is a bright, caring teen growing up Manitoba Cree growing up in abject poverty. She tries to balance school attendance, caring for her younger cousin Luyu, and spending time with handsome, impish Mouse, her best friend and confidante. Together, they strive to find the path to happiness on the reservation.
But tragedy strikes and Nadie’s is devastated by Luyu’s accidental death. Unable to find comfort in Mouse’s arms or Grandfather’s traditional mourning rites, Nadie leaves the band and strikes off on her own, searching for meaning and a new life in the outside world.
And here is a stack of other books bound to tickle your fancy!
Murder is a Dirty Business, by Tricia L. Sanders
Murder is a Dirty Business
When Cece Cavanaugh’s husband empties their joint bank account, steals her designer luggage, and runs off with a younger woman, Cece must decide whether to ask her manipulative mother-in-law for a handout or get a job. Choosing the easier path, Cece lands a job cleaning a crime scene where a high school coach was murdered. When his wife is implicated—a young woman Cece practically raised—Cece finds herself mopping floors, balancing an empty checkbook, and ferreting out a killer.
Amid all this messy business, Cece bumps heads with a handsome detective. She tries to ignore her growing attraction to the detective, but he gives new meaning to the term “hot flash.”
The Windmill Cafe, Summer Breeze, by Poppy Blake
The Windmill Cafe, Summer Breeze
Just $1.99
As Rosie Barnes serves glasses of tangy lemonade and ice-cold prosecco at her summer garden party, she couldn’t be happier. The Windmill Café, with its peppermint green sails is a roaring success and has given Rosie a chance to escape the heartbreak of her busy life in London.
But then disaster strikes when popstar Suki Richards is taken unexpectedly ill at the party. Now all eyes are on Rosie…have her famous raspberry cupcakes poisoned her most high-profile guest? Or is someone else trying to damage Suki’s chance of stardom?
If Rosie wants to save her picture-perfect life, and the reputation of her beloved Windmill Café, she’s going to have to get to the bottom of the mystery…and fast!
Mixed Blessings, by Susan Winters
Mixed Blessings
When Nora Montgomery discovers her daughter, Allison, is trapped in an abusive relationship, she sends her to stay with a distant cousin in California. Allison is unaware that her “cousin” Lynne Cooper is the child her mother gave up for adoption 30 years ago. Anxious to know her birth family on any terms, Lynne agrees to keep their relationship a secret. Can Nora choose between her new relationship with Lynne or keeping the past safely hidden?
Waterfell Tweed Cozy Mystery Series, by Mona Marple
Waterfell Tweed
Sandy Shaw was happy with her life running the village cafe and bookstore, until a series of murders in the sleepy village cause everyone to second-guess just how peaceful things are.
Join Sandy as she sets out to solve the killers, and get peace restored, in this box set collection of the first three books in the Waterfell Tweed Cozy Mystery Series.
Murder for Neptune’s Trident, by Victoria L.K. Williams
Murder for Neptune’s Trident
A simple errand for a client of Concierge Services of Citrus Beach leads owner Megan Cassidy into more trouble than she could have ever thought possible…before she knows what has happened, she has become the witness to a murder and a target for bullets and speeding trucks.
Who knew there could be so much going on in this little southern town, where your neighbors watched your back and “Mom & Pop” businesses populated Main Street?
FBI Consultant , Aiden Tory, is brought in to solve the murder and Megan joins forces with him to figure out just what has been going on along the Florida shores of this tropical paradise. With her dog, Barney helping to sniff out clues, they follow the leads discovering the past can be haunting.
Secrets and Pies, by Jenny Kales
Secrets and Pies
Summertime in Crystal Bay means tourist season for Calliope “Callie” Costas, owner of Callie’s Kitchen, a Greek-meets-Midwest from-scratch eatery. Business is booming but so is the stress. Callie can barely keep up with the demand for her famous summer fruit pies and savory Greek delicacies, plus she’s agreed to bake dozens of “pitas” for the annual Greek Fest.
When Callie is asked to deliver cast party treats for a Murder Mystery Night at the historic Harris House, it seems like a welcome break from her hot stove. That is, until she finds herself an unwilling player in yet another suspicious death. Worse yet, the victim is a family friend and graduate student working on a project involving Crystal Bay’s colorful past.
Before long, a motley crew of suspects makes things as juicy as the succulent berries strewn around Callie’s Kitchen. And that’s not all Callie’s got on her plate. Add family obligations, a deepening romance with a local detective and unexpected personnel problems to the mix.
Finding Their Way Home, by Brenda Baker
Finding Their Way Home
Compelling, thought-provoking, and emotionally bare. This is a collection of poems that will inspire you and touch your soul.
In her debut book, Brenda Baker explores both our humanity and the human experience. Throughout, she introduces a range of characters from all walks of life – inviting the reader into their world to share intimate stories of love, loss, heartache, pain, and joy.
In the Event the Flower Girl Explodes, by Abby Rosmarin
In the Event the Flower Girl Explodes
It’s the wedding of the century. Her big brother – the man who was a second father to her after their dad passed – is the groom. And Nicole is fighting just to keep her head above water.
She’s surrounded by an aloof bride-to-be, a psychotic mother of the bride, ridiculous bridesmaids, and a town that feels like a parody of Americana. Her own family is perfectly fine with everything – with the exception of her wise-cracking cousin Ella, whose antics only serve to get Nicole even further into trouble. The wedding stress is invading all aspects of her life, including her own relationship. Nicole only wants what’s best for her brother – but what if that involves her brother leaving his fiancée at the altar?
Be Careful What You Pray For, by C. Yvette Spencer
Be Careful What You Pray For!
If only it was about a cheating husband, but there’s so much more to this twisted short story. And when fed up meets revenge, a prayer takes on a life of its own and vengeance will an unimaginable end. The first of the Twisted Lessons Collectibles is a dramatic tale with a perverse plot that leaves the readers with something deep to think about.
Margaritas & Murder, by CeCe Osgood
Margaritas & Murder
An old friend is found dangling in a tree with a dead man in her apartment. Did she kill him? That’s the question bedeviling rookie P.I. Sunny Truly. To ferret out suspects, Sunny poses as a glam-girl at an upscale Texas nightclub and soon uncovers an ugly secret with deadly consequences. Now Sunny might be the next victim.
Movie Scripts and Madness, by Melissa Baldwin
Movie Scripts and Madness
Kendall Whitaker always longed for a starring role in a movie full of action, adventure, love, and murder. She just never thought she would be living in one.
An aspiring actress, Kendall left her normal life in Phoenix for the bright lights of Hollywood. She hoped taking a job as the assistant to the miserable Marketing Director at Blossom Studios would be her stepping-stone to stardom. When she finally gets her hands on an audition script, she refuses to let anything stand in her way. What she doesn’t expect is the return of her arch nemesis, the attention of a very dashing actor, or finding a dead body.
Before she knows it, Kendall finds herself embroiled in the mysterious events taking over the day-to-day activity at the studio. With each unfortunate incident—including the disappearance of her boss—Kendall is smack dab in the middle of it all and on the radar of the handsome detective in charge of the investigation. Could the answer be hidden in a recently canceled movie, or has the answer been in front of her the entire time?
Inn Over Her Head, by Dixie Davis
Inn Over Her Head
$0.99 this weekend
Lori Keyes is excited to settle into her perfect new life: a bed and breakfast owner in the sleepy resort town of Dusky Cove, North Carolina. Sure, her first guest is a little rude and hateful, but that just comes with the hospitality territory sometimes, right?
Lori steels herself to endure one bad guest—until that guest turns up dead. The police investigation says it’s murder, and the evidence points to Lori. She’s instantly the prime suspect.
Lori digs into the guest’s failing marriage and into rivalries in town, trying to figure out who could have killed her. To keep her dream job, her perfect life and the inn over her head, Lori will have to prove that she’s innocent—or she’ll go to jail for a murder she didn’t commit.
The Case of the Curious Client, by T.G. Campbell
The Case of the Curious Client
In The Case of the Curious Client, the Bow Street Society are hired by Mr Thaddeus Dorsey to locate a missing friend he knows only as ‘Palmer’ after he fails to keep a late night appointment with him. With their client’s own credibility cast into doubt mere minutes after they meet him though, the Society are forced to consider whether they’ve been sent on a wild goose chase. That is, until events take a dark turn, and the Society have to race against time to not only solve the case, but to save the very life of their client…
The Yellow Cottage Vintage Mysteries, by J. New
The Yellow Cottage Vintage Mysteries
Miss Marple meets The Ghost Whisperer in this charming British mystery series set in the 1930’s.
Book 1:
When a strange child follows her home on the train from London, Ella Bridges feels bound to help her. However she soon discovers the child is not what she seems.
Having recently moved into a large home on Linhay Island, affectionately known locally as The Yellow Cottage, Ella finds herself at the centre of a murder investigation thanks to a special gift from the previous house owner.
Along with her unusual sidekick, a former cottage resident, Ella follows clues which take her to the heart of London.
As the mystery unravels she is forced to enter the lion’s den to solve the crime and stop the perpetrator. But can she do it before she becomes the next victim?
Prospect Hill, by Bibiana Krall
Prospect Hill
A short read paranormal romance. Love, loss and memory takes your breath away in this gorgeous tale spanning time and space. Caribbean myth meets the mean streets of Chicago during prohibition. Join Ayanna on her journey and believe in love again…Do you prefer paper? Enjoy Prospect Hill in a special color block anthology called : Heartbeat which also includes Flor Y Fuego. It may be petite, but it’s a gorgeous little book with full color panels of each cover. Enjoy!
A Funeral in Fiesole, by Rosanne Dingli
A Funeral in Fiesole
At their mother’s funeral outside Florence, they reunite. It’s their childhood holiday home, where many conflicting memories were created. They bring light suitcases, and hearts heavy not only with grief, but also with small mysteries from childhood.
All in their fifties now, with particular varieties of experiences, they remember holidays in those hills. Youthful memories rarely match; the four recall their mother very differently. The inheritance they hope for is bound up in Nina Larkin’s will.
The only thing they agree about is its mystery.
Texas Troubles, by N.C. Lewis
Texas Troubles
Middle aged Professor Ollie Stratford’s been hounded by a psycho realtor, outrun by a bunch of grandma’s, taken advice from sock puppets, stuck in a brimming toilet bowl, and almost run out of college by a drunken professor. How is that for her first few days in a quiet little Texas town she never wanted to live in?
Thrust into the middle of a murder mystery with a dwindling pile of cash and very few leads Ollie starts digging. Along the way, she teams up with an oddball reporter, a dreadlocks flashing lawyer, a grandma who teaches mixed martial arts, and a stray dog named Bodie. Can she discover the identity of the killer in time or will she end up being the next victim?
Glad One, by Margaret Lashley
Glad One
St. Pete Beach attracts weirdos like mosquitoes to a bug zapper. After being raked over the coals in Europe, Val Fremden flies back to her old stomping grounds to find everyone and everything she knew squashed under the heels of change.
Seven years abroad has erased her finances, credit history, friends and social standing. Divorced, broke, and staring 45 in its haggard face, Val’s got nothing left to go on but her own dry sense of humor and a pair of wobbly thighs. Will the life coach advice of a beer-guzzling old lady she meets on the beach help Val find her way — or will it lead her even further astray?
Murder in Cherry Hills, by Paige Sleuth
Murder in Cherry Hills
$0.99
Kat Harper has only just returned to her small hometown of Cherry Hills, Washington when she discovers the dead body of her neighbor, Mrs. Tinsdale. Matilda, Mrs. Tinsdale’s orphaned rescue cat, just might be the only eyewitness to the murder. But how do you convince a cat to reveal “whodunit”?
Finding Heaven, by Talena Winters
Finding Heaven
Sarah Daniels seems to have the perfect life–a successful career as an erotica author, a successful lawyer husband, thousands of adoring fans, and the freedom to do whatever she wants. Or does she?
Behind the façade, her marriage is in a shambles, she hates what she writes and the people who read it, and she feels trapped behind the masks of her own making. A cancer diagnosis has just dealt the final blow to the shaky foundations of her life.
A chance encounter with Steve McGuire–a man who gave up the rat race to help Mumbai’s prostitutes, and who finds joy in every little thing–makes her question her priorities and wonder if it’s time for a change. His example and friendship inspires her to start a journey to find God, healing, and her authentic self.
Out of Play, by Joy Norstrom
Out of Play
Gillian is stuck in a humdrum marriage and is at a loss on how to fix it. Her husband regularly ditches her for weekend adventures participating in Live Action Role-Play, otherwise known as Larp.
With tensions running high, Gillian seeks professional advice. She is surprised when her therapist encourages her to try larp. “Who knows? It may make you smile. It may make you laugh. It may even improve your sex life. How terrible could it be?”
Gillian is skeptical, yet decides to give it a go. If larp doesn’t work a marital miracle, Gillian can walk away knowing she tried everything before giving up on her dysfunctional marriage.
Will going on a role-play adventure heal Gillian’s marriage, or will the game shed light on everything that is wrong?
Can You Kick a Ghost in the Nuts?, by Steve & Gemma Higgs
Can You Kick a Ghost in the Nuts?
Price reduced for a limited time
Amanda Harper’s life has changed a lot in the few weeks since she met Tempest Michaels.
Working out her notice period in Kent Police, she has already taken a new job as a Paranormal Investigator to work alongside him. She could be interested in Tempest, but even after she arrested (thankfully he was innocent) Brett Barker, the single, athletic, multi-millionaire heir to the Barker family fortune he still wants to take her on a date to Paris in his helicopter.
How does a girl say no to that?
But Tempest has a case for her to look into: There is an elevator in a nearby shopping centre that has a ghost in it. The spectre has shown up on a photograph and people’s belongings have gone missing from inside the lift without anyone getting on or off. The shopping centre manager wants the case solved, but will she be able to bring the spook into the daylight and reveal its true nature?
Murder at the Playgroup, by Liz Hedgecock
Murder at the Playgroup
Pippa Parker never wanted to move to the chocolate-box village of Much Gadding in the first place. When she meets the locals, she’s absolutely sure. There’s just one problem; she’s 8 months pregnant.
The village is turned upside down when Barbara Hamilton, pillar of the community, is found dead at Gadding Goslings playgroup. No one could have murdered her except the people who were there. The police suspect all of them, including Pippa herself…
With a baby due any minute, and hampered by her toddler son, can Pippa unmask the murderer? Will Much Gadding return to normal? And does anyone in Much Gadding even know what normal is?
Sweet Murder, by Tegan Maher
Sweet Murder
$0.99
What’s a witch to do when the meanest man in the county drops dead in his coleslaw during her shift at the local barbecue joint? Noelle does what any good Southern girl would do: she flicks a wrist to clean up the mess, then thanks the stars for doing the world a favor. She should have known nothing’s that easy.
The Magical Oversight Committee is on her back because she can’t keep her unruly little sister in line and the hunky new city-slicker sheriff would like to take her to dinner, except he suspects her of murder. To top it off, her cursed miniature donkey is being particularly calamitous and the old hens at the local beauty parlor are laying bets on her love life.
Dandelion Bliss, by Lisa Louise
Dandelion Bliss
On the eve of Katie Jo’s forty-second birthday, her husband fires her from the prestigious job as the Womack autoplex’s television personality. Not only is she replaced by a vivacious, beautiful young woman at her job, she figures out the gal is her husband’s new girlfriend. Not to be outdone, Katie Jo insists on celebrating her birthday as usual at Hot Springs’ infamous Ohio Club. Things don’t go as planned at the nightclub. Womack’s security goons watch her every move. With a mother spawned by the devil, a best girlfriend infatuated with a Mae West impersonator, and an Ayurvedic guru trying to teach her to relax, Katie Jo can’t win for losing.
She’s ready for revenge. With the help of her mother’s curmudgeon old neighbor Lyle, she makes the big splash, so big the KARK helicopter covers it with a live news feed. But wait… there’s something new, bigger and uglier than being dumped by her husband. What could it be? When this tidbit of gossip gets out, Katie Jo will be ruined. There’s something much worse than weeds growing in Katie’s world, it’s a big ugly secret. A secret so big, it’s been in Katie Jo’s face most of her life and she’s never noticed it.
How will she survive this awful mess?
Ghost of a Chance, by Cate Dean
Ghost of a Chance
Free
Maggie Mulgrew runs The Ash Leaf, an antique shop in the quaint village of Holmestead, England ~ which has nothing to do with Sherlock, thank you very much. She sells her goods to disappointed tourists, and locals who appreciate her eclectic taste.
Professor Pembroke Martin is hunting down an artifact that had been stolen by a former assistant ~ a hand-blown apothecary jar that is the center of an old ghost story. His search leads him to Holmestead, and a stubborn, fascinating American who has acquired the box that once contained the rare jar.
When the missing jar turns up, clutched in the hand of the very dead local historian, Martin becomes the prime suspect. With his future on the line, Martin turns to Maggie for help, and they join forces to find the real killer.
Shooting on Location, by Estelle Richards
Shooting on Location
$0.99 in US and UK May 12-13
Lisa Chance has it all. Her coffee shop is starting to succeed and her relationship with her new boyfriend is getting closer. She doesn’t miss her old life in Hollywood at all.
But when a film crew comes to town, she’s roped into working on the movie set. Worse, her ex-boyfriend Dylan thinks his role in the film is the perfect opportunity to win her back.
Lisa’s delicate balancing act crumbles when there’s a murder on set – and Dylan is the primary suspect. Can Lisa clear her ex’s name? Or will Dylan get a second chance to ruin her life?
May 8, 2018
Excerpt from The Story Keeper
If you’re in Calgary, I hope you will join me for readings by nine local authors (including me) at the Owl’s Nest this Thursday at 7:00. It would be great to see you face to face.
Be sure to check the sidebar/below for current promos! And be sure to check back this weekend, when I’ll have some Mother’s Day deals going on.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
Speaking of Mother’s Day, this book would be a good Mother’s Day gift for you or your mom! I just started Lisa Wingate’s The Story Keeper (A Carolina Heirlooms Novel)[image error] and am finding it an intriguing story. In a story within a story, protagonist Jen Gibbs is led by a mysterious manuscript to return to her own roots and acknowledge and explore her past.
And then I noticed it. Another detail that hadn’t been the same yesterday. A brown craft-paper envelope, the crease along its edge sun-washed white as if it had been sitting long near window. It rested on the corner of my desk, slightly cockeyed.
Lisa Wingate, The Story Keeper
Successful New York editor, Jen Gibbs, is at the top of her game with her new position at Vida House Publishing — until a mysterious manuscript from an old slush pile appears on her desk. Turning the pages, Jen finds herself drawn into the life of Sarra, a mixed-race Melungeon girl trapped by dangerous men in the turn of the century Appalachia. A risky hunch may lead to The Story Keeper‘s hidden origins and its unknown author, but when the trail turns toward the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place Jen thought she’d left behind forever, the price of a blockbuster next book deal may be higher than she’s willing to pay.
