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Interview with author Daryl Wood Gerber & New Release

BTS: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

I grew up in the Bay Area (not far from San Francisco). After college, I worked as an actress in Los Angeles. I actually had a fun role on Murder, She Wrote acting opposite Angela Lansbury. What a pro. A few years into my career, I started to write television shows and screenplays, hoping to expand my possibilities in the business.  I created the format for a popular sitcom, Out of this World. However, when my husband asked if we could move across country for his career, I set aside writing for the screen, and I turned to writing thrillers and mysteries. I took lots of classes and received a lot of rejection along the way. But I never gave up.

 

BTS: How would you describe your books to readers?

GIRL ON THE RUN is a stand-alone suspense. I am known for my cozy mysteries (The Cookbook Nook Mysteries and The Cheese Shop Mysteries), but I’ve always wanted to publish a suspense novel. GIRL ON THE RUN is the story of a woman suspected of murder, on the run to find the truth.  [I posted the blurb below.]

 

BTS: What are you currently working on?

I’m doing edits on the next Cookbook Nook Mystery #5 titled GRILLING THE SUBJECT and outlining a follow up Cookbook Nook Mystery #6.

 

BTS: Of the books you’ve written, which one is your favorite and why?

Oh, gosh, I love all my books…I mean I love the characters in my books. That’s like asking me to pick my favorite child! Each has its own texture, own flavor. Right now, GIRL ON THE RUN is my favorite because it’s so new to me and to my readers. I love the pace of a suspense novel.

 

BTS: What books have most influenced you as a writer?

I remember reading Rebecca and thinking, wow!  I loved the emotions in Gone with the Wind.  I loved the action in The Bourne Identity.  I loved the history in Hawaii.  And then I loved the critical information in Stephen King’s On Writing and the writer’s tools provided in The Artist’s Way.

 

 BTS: What do you find to be the most challenging part of writing? And the most rewarding?

Finding the voice is the most challenging and making sure the voice matches the story.  Then the most challenging part is to come up with the beginning, middle, and end. Of those three, the “muddy middle” is the hardest. Making sure all the twists and turns make sense. Making sure the rollercoaster ride has enough excitement and fun! The most rewarding part is when a fan tells me that he or she loved the book. That’s my aim: to entertain and amuse and help a reader get lost for a few hours.

 

BTS: What can we look forward to seeing from you in the future?

More mystery, more suspense, and maybe even a women’s fiction or two. But whatever I write will have to be entertaining. I’m not going to hit my readers with dark, dark material. That’s just not me. I don’t like reading it. I know I can’t write it.

 

BTS: Is there anything you’d like to share with your readers?

I almost didn’t become a writer. Why not? Because my 7th teacher told me I wasn’t any good and I shouldn’t try. Can you imagine dousing a kid’s dreams? I had written a play by then and my schoolmates loved it. I’d tried writing a Nancy Drew mystery, too. That needed work! But the teacher’s words (based on a short story I’d written) cut me to the core and I set aside my pen. I focused on acting, and luckily, I found tremendous success and pleasure doing so. I’m a bit of a ham.

Thanks for the opportunity to share with your readers!! Great questions.

 

 

Bio:

Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author DARYL WOOD GERBER ventures into the world of suspense with her debut novel, GIRL ON THE RUN. Daryl also writes the Cookbook Nook Mysteries, and as Avery Aames, she pens the Cheese Shop Mysteries. Fun tidbit: as an actress, Daryl appeared in “Murder, She Wrote”. She has also jumped out of a perfectly good airplane and hitchhiked around Ireland by herself. She loves to read and has a frisky Goldendoodle named Sparky. Visit Daryl at www.darylwoodgerber.com.

 

 

Links:

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Twitter @darylwoodgerber @Averyaames

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Don’t miss my virtual release party on Sunday, April 10th, at 5:00 p.m. PDT on my Facebook Author page! See you there!

New Release April 9th.

 

Blurb of book:

When a fairytale fantasy night becomes a nightmare, Chessa Paxton must run for her life…but will the truth set her free?

 

Chessa Paxton, an event planner in Lake Tahoe, celebrates a successful night at the Happily Ever After Ball, but her dream quickly becomes a nightmare when she wakes up beside the body of her dead husband. Nauseous and confused, feeling as if she’s been drugged, she can’t explain to the sheriff why her princess costume is bloodied. With her father already a convicted murderer, she feels invisible shackles ratcheting onto her wrists and ankles. She runs! But she can’t escape vivid flashes of memory: a massacre in a meadow; men and women in fairytale costumes; Snow White’s dead body shielding her from bullets.

Though Chessa is a former costumer and adept at disguise, she quickly learns that hiding while trying to prove herself innocent is the most difficult task imaginable. Especially when the sheriff wants to throw her in jail and the real killer wants to silence her forever.

 

REVIEWS for book:

“Spellbound from start to finish. This author grabbed my attention and wouldn’t let go. A fantastic debut into the suspense genre.” ~ Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book

“GIRL ON THE RUN never lets you catch your breath. With a heart-pounding pace and twists you’ll never see coming, it’s guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.” ~ Hilary Davidson, Anthony Award-winning Author of Blood Always Tells

 

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Book 1 & 2 A Josie Rizzo Mystery by J R Pearson book reviews.

She and her furry companion, Petey, set out to start fresh in the food loving town of Greenville. Josie is excited to introduce the readers of her food blog to the town’s delicious creations.

But when a young woman is murdered at a local burger joint, Josie must sacrifice all she has planned to accomplish to prevent a person from her past from being wrongly accused of the woman’s death.

And things start to heat up when the killer sets his sights on Josie.

Will she be able to enjoy Greenville’s belly-rubbing cuisines and begin a new chapter in her life? Or will the killer cut Josie’s dreams short and make sure that basket of onion rings are her last?

 

My thoughts:

I love this series from the first few pages.  JR Pearson is a new to me author.  I just happen to see her on FB and we talked for a few and I was given the first two books for an honest review.

I am so glad I did Josie is a wonderful sleuth even when she doesn’t know she is going to be.  She can attract some weird situations.  Josie is a foodie and works hard on her blog with pictures and write ups of her favorite places and recipes.  She wants to get into writing for magazine.

She gets a job with her best friend Brad at a deli after she has moved 30 miles away from her parents house.  Little does she know a old friend and neighbor that she hasn’t seen in a while is the owner now that his uncle has retired.

Tony is the new owner of the deli and Josie is shocked to see him after so many years have passed.  A woman has been found beaten to death and Tony is the first person they accuse of murder.  Everyone suspects him but Josie.  She knows he could not have done it.  Even though his father was in prison for killing Tony’s mother does’t mean he is a killer in her eyes.

Josie and Tony start becoming close as she helps prove he is innocent.  Someone is after Josie for getting to close to the truth and even gets run off the road.  Tony protects her but will it be enough?

The characters are great and I enjoyed the new twist of the heroine not falling for the detective in this series.  The author has done a great job with this new series.  A lot of funny moments really make you fall in love with these characters.

 

BOOK 2

Small container of pickle spears……$2.99

Hot corned beef sandwich…………….$6.99

Large antipasto platter ………………$10.99

*Green olives included*

One cold dead body……(Prices may vary)

Josie and her best friend, Brad, are next in line at Greenville’s famous pastrami-sandwich-producing hotspot–Danny’s Deli. Their highly anticipated lunch break turns stale when employee Gordy Fitzgerald’s body is found in the freezer.

Word soon surfaces that Gordy had been stabbed shortly before being found–and the weapon is missing. Locals are devastated by the discovery, and the amount of speculation on the killer’s identity is far greater than the holes on a block of Swiss cheese.

Who killed the beloved sandwich wizard?

Josie’s untamed curiosity is determined to answer just that.

Along the way, she has a few tasks at hand: maintaining a blog, coming to terms with her feelings for Tony, and keeping up with the shenanigans of her corgi, Petey.

All this, and finding a killer.

Shouldn’t be too hard. Living in a small town like Greenville, there’s no place anyone can hide.

Not even a murderer…right?

 

My thoughts:

Josie is at it again.  She falls into another murder investigation.  Tony is not too happy neither is Brad. Josie and her buddy Brad are waiting in line at Danny’s Deli when Gordy is found murdered in the freezer.  The weapon is not found and word spreads quickly.  Again, Detective Evans is keeping an eye on Tony Santino but this time he had nothing to do with the murder.

Brad and Josie really get into some funny situations.  They visit the old nursing home that Gordy’s mom died at.  Was she helped? The grounds keeper tells them to get out and Brad tells her to book it.  Another funny moment in the series.  Brad and Josie together are a hoot and then Tony and Josie’s feelings are getting stronger.

So many twists make the series wonderful.

We find out in book one that Tony’s father is in prison but we soon learn he is out and keeping an eye on both Tony and Josie.  Why?  We will have to keep reading the books to find out.

I am looking forward to the next story.

About the author:

J R Pearson has loved reading cozy mysteries for years and was inspired to write her own. Introducing funny characters, yummy foods, cozy small town life, hot detectives, and a stubborn female protagonist. J R Pearson also loves to watch murder mysteries while snuggling on the couch with her family

 

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Death by Diploma by Kelley Kaye blog tour and guest post

Death by Diploma

By Kelley Kaye

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Emma Lovett leaves her philandering husband and crosses the country to begin her teaching career at a high school in Pinewood, Colorado.  There, she meets Leslie Parker, a fellow teacher given to quoting Shakespeare to fit all situations, and the two become fast friends.

Arriving at work early one morning, Emma discovers the body of the school custodian, a man who reminds her of her late father. When the police struggle to find the killer, the ladies decide to help solve the murder. Their efforts lead them to a myriad of suspects: the schizophrenic librarian, the crude football coach, the mysterious social studies teacher, and even Emma’s new love interest.

As Emma Lovett discovers the perils of teaching high school, she and Leslie learn more than they ever wanted to know about the reasons people kill.

Guest Post

It’s February 23, 2016, AKA Release Day. My debut novel, Cozy Mystery Death by Diploma, became available today throughout all of cyberspace and beyond. The starring characters in this novel have been around since the late 90’s, when I created them to write a script for a sitcom contest. They were born as an amalgamation of me and all my friends in education (I taught high school English and Drama from 1992-2011), and they flourished with all my teaching adventures. Now they’ve EVOLVED, no kidding, into honest-to-pete, Angela-Lansbury-loving SLEUTHS, solving murders and quoting Shakespeare! Their arduous journey is coming to a head today, Release Day.

Tuesdays are workout days, so here I am at 5 a.m., saying my good-mornings to the fifteen or twenty other crazy people who are up this early to sweat at least three to four days per week. There must be sparks coming from out my ears, no? I’m as antsy as a cat on a horse fence, sure my body is screaming the news: MY BOOK IS OUT! MY BOOK IS OUT! CAN’T YOU SEE HOW HUGE THIS IS??!? I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME! I study their faces, trying to gauge their reactions, but nothing happens. The same grim resignation appears there, that “I’m only here because I have to be” look. No clue as to the import of the day, no idea of the size of the accomplishment. I can’t believe it. So I take a deep breath and jump on the elliptical, ready to sweat like the rest of them.

It starts me thinking, though. When I finished the first draft of this book, I’d burst into tears, overwhelmed by the enormity of the task I’d completed: an entire book. Think about it: how many people do you know who say they want to write a book? They’ve got this great idea for a book, but they never find the time or the wherewithal to do it. Or think about any big thing you’ve done, or any noteworthy event in your life: did you just have a baby? Just finish your dissertation? Just meet your soul mate? It’s so strange to ambulate through an ordinary day when something’s going on that feels so life-changing and significant, and nobody seems to notice.

I guess there’s a lesson in perspective here: there is no neon sign over my head with arrows and flashing psychedelic words saying SEE ME! I DID SOMETHING AWESOME! SOMETHING THAT SHOULD WOW YOU ALL! It’s just another day for the other almost 7-billion souls on this speck of a planet, in this grain of a solar system, on this beach of a galaxy, along this ocean of a universe.

But you know what?  That’s okay, because it’s Release Day.  I feel awesome.

Author Bio

Kelley Kaye taught High School English and Drama for twenty years, but her love for storytelling dates back to creating captions for her high school yearbook. Maybe back to the tales she created around her Barbie and Ken — whatever the case, the love’s been around for a long time.

Kelley is married to this amazing man who cooks for her, and they have two funny and wonderful sons. She lives in Southern California.

http://www.kelleykaybowles.com/

On Twitter: @kelkay1202

Check out the book trailer for Death by Diploma: https://youtu.be/CAMXkR3kA-8

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Olodian Alien Warrior Romance sale by Mychal Daniels

 

 

Curvy, intelligent and focused, Kyra Simmons has her eye on the prize. She’s locked her sights on becoming the top technical engineer for the most prestigious space program back on Earth. That is, until her life and plans are turned upside down in an instant on board a maintenance Space Station.

Stranded on the now failing Space station, Kyra needs a miracle to survive. She has no idea that the ‘foreign’ astronauts who show up to rescue her are out of this world—literally.

Warrior Lord Tordin, Crown Prince of Olodia, knows he’s outside of the Mandates of the Intergalactic Alliance when he intercedes to rescue the survivors of the Earth space station. But there’s something or someone pulling him in.

He’s not prepared for what he finds in the unassuming Earth female. Try as he might to stay away, the pull grows stronger and stronger to be with her. His mission depends on his ability to stay focused and be prepared, but that’s almost impossible with Kyra in his thoughts and dreams.

On the alien mother ship speeding away from Earth forever, Kyra’s biggest problem is not getting back to Earth; it’s how not to fall for this alien Warrior Lord whose the actual man of her dreams.

Can she find a way to realize her dreams of power and recognition now that she’s been rescued by Tordin?

Buy Link- $2.99

Amazon

Book #2 in the Olodian Alien Warrior Romance Series…

Who has time to miss coffee and chocolate when there’s an Alien Warrior superhero stealing hearts?

Clever with a bright future ahead of her, Dr. Phoebe Brown has it all— intelligence, an enviable career as a highly respected doctor, beauty and brains. That is until her life is endangered on a failing maintenance Space Station.

A heroic rescue by a fleet of honorable, if not unbelievably sexy Warrior Aliens, places a now comatose Phoebe in a new alien world.

She wakes to find her entire life as she knew it is gone and she must start over—alone.

Malm is the ultimate warrior, committed to fulfilling his duty as second-in-command to his cousin and friend, Tordin. So, when he experiences an undeniable pull and extraordinary attraction for the sleeping human female, he wants nothing more than to get her safely to his planet. There she can find a male worthy of her and… away from him.

Will Phoebe be able to create a new life after Earth—alone—when her heart longs for the attention and touch of the one man who is the least interested—the one with the emerald eyes called Malm?

Buy Link- $2.99

Amazon

Book #3 in the Olodian Alien Warrior Romance Series

A lost breathing mask is the least of Jalek’s problems…

No nonsense Simona Crowley is great at what she does—even if she has to prove it at every turn. As a lead investigator for the Global Space Federation of Earth, she will stop at nothing to find the truth.

When she follows a hunch to re-investigate the ghostly space station that became a global tragedy for the history books, Simona finds a strange apparatus that could very well be alien technology. Could this be the evidence that proves intelligent alien beings exist?

Holding the contraption up for a better view, she’s caught off guard when a large, tall ‘astronaut’ intruder appears from heaven only knows where. Intent on finding out the truth about its origins, there’s no way Simona is letting him get his hands on the find of a lifetime—no matter how irresistible she finds him.

Will Jalek be able to resist the seductive pull of this female or risk exposing her to the truth? A truth that could be the start of a multi-galactic war.

Please continue the journey in Ravished By Jalek, Book 3 in the Olodian Alien Warrior Romance Chronicles. Coming January 2016!

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Mychal Daniels lives in the southeastern part of the United States and is a best-selling author of Paranormal, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Romance. She’s currently working on the fourth book of her best-selling SciFi Romance series, Olodian Alien Warrior Romance Chronicles entitled, Redeemed By Rilic.

Please follow her on social media, drop her a note or say hello. And by all means, don’t forget to leave a review!

Twitter:  @mychaldaniels

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/MychalDanielsAuthor

Website:  http://MychalDaniels.com

Newsletter:  http://MychalDaniels.com/newsletter

 

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Release day – Just Plan Sadie by Amy Lillard and Recipe.

Happy Release Day for Just Plan Sadie  
The Amish of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, treasure their close-knit community, and the promise of their growing families. But one young woman is struggling to choose a future that is true to both her heart and her faith…


Everyone in Wells Landing has long expected Sadie Kauffman and Chris Flaud to marry–despite Sadie’s telling them differently. While she loves Chris, it is more as a friend than a husband. Yet at twenty-two, the plainest girl in her group, Sadie is also the only one who is still single. Perhaps it’s time to be practical and marry Chris–though he still has not asked. But when Sadie meets a kind, handsome Mennonite, it seems her prayers have been answered…With Ezra Hein, Sadie at last feels the joy she nearly gave up on. Unfortunately, others only feel shock that she would consider marrying an outsider. To complicate matters, Chris has finally begun talking to Sadie about their future. Distressed, Sadie will have to search her heart to recognize God’s marvelous gifts to her–and find the courage to accept them, challenges and all…


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Amy’s Buttermilk Pie

 

Unbaked pie crust

1 and ½ cup sugar

¼ cup all-purpose flour

½ cup melted butter

½ cup buttermilk

3 eggs, room temperature

½ teaspoon vanilla

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Whisk buttermilk, eggs, sugar, flour, butter, and vanilla together until well combined. Pour into unbaked pie crust and bake for 45 minutes.

Note: Move to the lower rack in your oven for the last five minutes of cook time to crisp the crust

The center will be slightly jiggly but will set as it cools.

Allow to cool completely before serving.

 

 

About Amy

Amy loves nothing more than a good book. Except for her family…and maybe homemade tacos…and nail polish. But reading and writing are definitely high on the list.

Born and bred in Mississippi, Amy is a transplanted Southern Belle who now lives in Oklahoma with her deputy husband, their genius son, three spoiled cats, and one very lazy beagle.

When she’s not creating quirky characters and happy endings, she’s chauffeuring her prodigy to guitar lessons, orchestra concerts, and baseball practice. She has a variety of hobbies, but her favorite is whatever gets her out of housework.

The award winning author of over twenty-five books and novellas, Amy is a member of RWA, ACFW, NINC, and the Authors Guild. She loves to hear from readers. You can find her on Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Twitter, Goodreads, and Pinterest. For links to the various sites, check her website: www.amywritesromance.com.

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Death by Sunken Treasure SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY

Death By Sunken Treasure

by Kait Carson

Death By Sunken Treasure

(A Hayden Kent Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

2nd in Series

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Henery Press (March 22, 2016)

ISBN-13: 978-1635110012

E-Book ASIN: B01A1HZ6U0

Synopsis

When Hayden Kent’s mentor and friend discovers her son Mike’s dead body, dressed in full scuba attire, washed up on Pigeon Key, she needs Hayden. Her paralegal and dive skills may help unravel the tragedy of Mike’s last days. He’d recently discovered a sunken Spanish galleon and rumors that he hit the mother lode ran through the Keys like wildfire.

Hayden’s dive on the treasure site uncovers gold, and clues that Mike’s death was something far more sinister than an accident. When two different wills, both signed the day Mike died, are delivered to the courthouse, the suspect list grows, as do the threats against her. The danger escalates as she tries to save herself, discover the motive, and find the killer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kait Carson spent a lifetime living and working in the tropical paradise of south Florida. She opted for a day job as a paralegal practicing in the world of high-end estates and probate litigation. Legal pads give way to a keyboard in the evening and Kait spins tales of murder and mayhem set in the steamy Florida heat. Like her protagonist, Hayden Kent, Kait is an accomplished SCUBA diver. She lives with her husband, six rescue cats and three tropical birds at an airpark in Florida. Not too far from the water.

Author Links

Webpage – www.kaitcarson.com

MYSTERISTAS (more or less the first Tuesday of the month)

Writers Who Kill  (The fourth Saturday of the month);

Facebook – facebook.com/kaitcarsonauthor   Twitter – @kaitcarson

GoodReads –  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5769655.Kait_Carson

Purchase Links:

Amazon        B&N

DEATH BY BLUE WATER (#1)
DEATH BY SUNKEN TREASURE (#2)

 

Giveaway:

The author is giving away e-book Death by Sunken Treasure.  Just comment with your answer….what place would you like to go scuba diving?

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Free- book 1 The Shinning Ones Series by Shawnee Small

 

Watcher: Book One

A stranger walks into a bar sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but for Poesy Wharton, it’s no joke at all.

For Poesy, a twenty-something waitress who’s living paycheck to paycheck, life on Tybee Island is predictably normal until Adam Walker drifts into Paddy’s Bar and Grill, the small town dive where she works. Unable to resist his quirky, English reserve and the strange tingling that plagues her every time they touch, Poesy finds herself drawn to Adam even against the advice of her two best friends, Birdie and Haylee Jane.

When bad things begin to happen including the brutal murder of another local waitress, Poesy finds herself caught between the man she wants and a secret world that could take away everything she knows and loves.

Poesy must choose her path wisely or lose everything . . . but did she ever have a choice?

Watcher   is the first book in the new adult urban fantasy series,   The Shining Ones.

 

Free

Buy it on Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Watcher-Shining-Ones-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0076D0ZAY

Buy the Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Watcher-Shining-Ones-Shawnee-Small/dp/0984971114

 

 

 

Protector: Book Two

 

  What would you do if the man you loved wasn’t a man at all?

Poesy Wharton now knows the secret that Adam Walker has kept hidden from humanity for millennia, but at what costs?

As the killing spree continues across the little sleepy island of Tybee Island, Poesy must face up to her biggest fears – that the man she loves is a killer or that something bigger is coming, something that will change the face of humanity as she knows it.

 

Protector   is the follow up sequel in The Shining Ones   series. 

Buy it on Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Protector-Shining-Ones-Book-2-ebook/dp/B01BIA5Z8W

Buy the Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Protector-Shining-Ones-Shawnee-Small/dp/0984971130

 

 

  About The Shining Ones Series

 

The Shining Ones series is a contemporary fantasy saga set in the community of Tybee Island, Georgia. Consisting of four books in total, the series follows the life of Poesy Wharton, a twenty-four year old “small town” waitress who finds her life is turned upside down the moment a stranger named Adam Walker shows up at Paddy’s, the bar where she works. When strange things begin to happen, including the death of several local girls, Poesy finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy of epic proportions in which she must choose her own destiny – to save humankind or destroy it.

About the Author

Shawnee began writing the first book in the series in early 2010. Drawing on inspiration from her life abroad, as well as, her time in the Goth subculture of the ’80s and ’90s,Watcher was published in February 2012. Protector, the follow up book in The Shining Ones series is out now.

She is currently working on several projects including Betrayer, the third book in The Shining Ones series, and a book of short stories based on ’80s hits.

When not tucked away in the bedroom writing, Shawnee spends her time painting, or hanging out with her husband, and their dog. She lives in Virginia.

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Pre-Order and New Release, Delta Force by Julie Morgan

 

 

Special Ops soldier Logan Saunders is at the top of his game. He has led nearly impossible missions in the heat of war, while having a wife at home who waited for his return.

Or so he thought. Receiving word of a fatal collision, Logan returns home and soon discovers her infidelity.

Training missions, parties, and women become his life’s focus. When the partying makes him a danger to others and himself, matters are placed into the hands of the military.

When forced with a life changing decision, Logan meets a woman who will change his life. Problem is, she is his assigned therapist. And she is off limits.

Will she be able to help Logan get over his past and forgive his wife? What about forgiving himself?

In the line of fire, there is fight or flight. This is a fight Logan intends to win.

Facebook Party….come join here

Tuesday March 29th 3 pm to 11 pm Eastern

4 pm Stella Price

5 pm Jo Vanz

6 pm Cheryl Dragon

7 pm J.m. Madden

8 pm Julie Morgan

9 pm AD Roland

10 pm Bianca Sommerland

 

 

 

 

You can find Julie at the following places.

Amazon page

Web

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Heaven Sent by Avelyn Paige review

 

Bloody…broken…barely surviving…

Danae “Dani” Espinoza is on the run and desperate to escape the demons of her past. Plans to hide out in a sleepy Los Angeles suburb turn into a pipe dream as she is drawn into the secret filled world of the local motorcycle club. Dani soon learns that her secrets and lies are nothing compared to those kept behind the clubhouse doors. Trying to avoid the suspicious Vice President, she must keep a low profile in order to survive. The trouble is he has other ideas.

Bike…babes…and booze…

Tyler “Hero” Tobias has simple needs. Being the Heaven’s Rejects MC Vice President, he has all three at his disposal. But he has his own ghosts that keep him awake at night. When Dani arrives at the clubhouse, he knows he should stay away but there is something about her dark beauty and the mystery that surrounds her that makes him burn. There are secrets in her eyes and lies in her smile and he knows he should put his club first, but Hero’s heart and loyalty are about to be tested.

Can an angel with blood-covered wings and the devil himself resist temptation or will they risk bringing hellfire down on everything that they love?

 

My thoughts:

This is a new to me author and when I read the blurb for Heaven Sent I thought why not give this a try.  Let me tell you this author knows how to write an exciting story.  From page one I was taken in and read the whole book through.

Dani runs from her home in Ohio and heads to California. It was the quickest way out of town by bus. As she is traveling she finds a place to rent and the soon to be roommate meets her at the bus station.  Ricca and Dani hot it off from the get go.

Dani needs a job but someone who will pay her under the table so no one will know where she is.  Ricca works for Red at the bar and encourages Dani to come give it a try.  There she runs into Hero a VP of Heaven’s Reject.  One quick dance and she is taken in but they depart not knowing who each of them is.

One night someone storms in to kidnap Dani since he can’t get to Ricca.  One thing leads to another and the President ‘s wife of the HR finds Dani in a building and takes her back to the clubhouse.  Things start getting heated with Hero and you want to turn the pages to find out.

This book is hot, sexy, suspenseful and some laugh out moments.  Dani and Hero both have secrets can they move past them and love again?

I am looking forward to reading the next book in this wonderful series.

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A Clue in the Stew blog tour, review and guest post

 

A Clue in the Stew

by Connie Archer

A Clue in the Stew:

A Soup Lover’s Mystery

Cozy Mystery

5th in Series

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages

Publisher: Berkley (April 5, 2016)

ISBN-13: 978-0425273128

Synopsis

Soup shop owner Lucky Jamieson stirs up more trouble in the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of Ladle to the Grave…

When Lucky Jamieson opens up By the Spoonful to host an event with a famous author, she’s not expecting a bunch of nuts to descend on her small-town soup shop. But the author’s exasperating entourage—from a prickly publicist to a snippy son and his tipsy wife—give fresh meaning to the phrase, too many cooks spoil the broth.

The evening is more than spoiled, however, when it ends with a homicide. When the manner of the murder—as well as another recent unsolved crime—echoes the author’s fiction, Police Chief Nate Edgerton realizes he has a copycat killer on his hands. And Lucky hopes that one of her regular customers who has mysteriously gone missing isn’t involved. Once again, the soup shop owner will need to stir up some clues to find her friend and catch a cunning killer—before things really take a tureen for the worse…

My thoughts:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Connie Archer is the national bestselling author of the Soup Lover’s Mystery series from Penguin Random House (Berkley Prime Crime).  A Spoonful of Murder, A Broth of Betrayal, A Roux of Revenge, Ladle to the Grave and A Clue in the Stew are all set in the imaginary village of Snowflake, Vermont.  Connie was born and raised in New England and now lives on the other coast.  You can visit her at www.ConnieArcherMysteries.com

Author Links

Website:  www.conniearchermysteries.com

Facebook:  www.Facebook.com/ConnieArcherMysteries

Twitter:  @SnowflakeVT

Goodreads:  http://bit.ly/1MMQllp

Purchase Links 

Amazon

http://amzn.to/1QzfxSl

Barnes & Noble:   http://bit.ly/1O6lVOs

 

Guest post:

 

Death and the Village

We’ve all heard the realtors’ mantra – location, location, location.  For writers, it’s “setting,” and for cozy mystery writers that usually means a small town atmosphere, a village, and a select group of recurring characters, as in Snowflake, Vermont where the Soup Lover’s mysteries take place.  And who can forget St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple’s home town?  Or Kembleford of the Father Brown stories?  Or how about Three Pines in the Louise Penny books?  What is it about that pastoral setting that causes a cozy reader to sigh deeply and open the pages of a new book?

But is that the reality of small town life?  I recently came across a disturbing study compiled at Ohio State University that stopped me in my tracks — suicide rates among small town adolescents are double those of urban youngsters.  They are highest among older men, Native Americans and veterans.  Wyoming has the highest suicide rate per capita in the U.S., and following are Alaska, Montana, New Mexico and Utah.

But why?  According to this study, isolation and lower incomes are the biggest factors, add to that health problems, unwillingness or fear of asking for help and lack of access to that help.  Fifty-five percent of U.S. counties do not have a single psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker!

Whatever happened to small town America?  Does it exist?  Did it ever exist?  Or is it just a vision we yearn for?  Yes, we write about murder, murder in quaint villages with simmering secrets and dark motives, but that’s okay.  It’s entertainment.  It’s not suicide or urban crime or serial killers.  Cozy fans want a sense of safety, a sense that justice will be served, and no one left standing will be in pain.

Many readers have told me they wished Snowflake, Vermont really existed.  Others have said they want to live there.  (I do too!)  In a way, I do already.  In my head.  Snowflake is real to me.  I can see the streets, the surrounding mountains, the storefronts and the By the Spoonful Soup Shop.  Yes, I do have a soft spot in my heart for that little village.  But I have to ask, are we propping up a harmful myth?  Is our portrayal of small town America nothing but a lovely fantasy?

I really don’t have any answers.  I’m just musing here — juxtaposing real world issues vs. the cozy universes that we as writers create.  We are entertainers and we do our best to spin good stories with winning characters and clever plots.  We are creating fantasies because our readers want the fantasy, not the drudgery of the real world.

So, I only hope our books do just that — offer delight to our readers, comfort to the lonely, escape for those who need it.  Perhaps more people will want to read and dream and maybe someday those idyllic villages will actually take form in reality — small towns filled with compassionate and caring people who really do reach out to their neighbors.  And then maybe one more person will get safely through the dark night.

I hope you’ll take a moment and click on this link to learn more:  the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (http://afsp.org/)

 

Tour Participants

March 21 – I Wish I Lived in a Library – Review

March 22 – View from the Birdhouse – Interview

March 23 – Babs Book Bistro – Review, Guest Post

March 24 – Shelley’s Book Case – Review

March 25 – The Bookwyrm’s Hoard – Review, Guest Post

March 26 – Melina’s Book Blog – Review

March 27 – A Blue Million Books – Interview

March 28 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – Review

March 29 – A. Holland Reads– Review

March 30 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too! – Review

March 31 – The Book’s The Thing – Review

April 1 – Back Porchervations – Review

April 2 – Cinnamon, Sugar and a Little Bit of Murder – Review

April 3 – Brooke Blogs – Review, Guest Post

April 4 – Mystery Playground – Interview

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