Returning to the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountain town setting and the cozy comfort of Misty’s inn for a new seasonal mystery was an anticipated reading experience for me and I was not disappointed. Snow Place for Murder is the third installment in the Mountain Lodge cozy mystery series. Each book can be read standalone and, […]
The title and that gorgeous cover caught my eye when I was considering fall books for Spooky Reading Season. Ava Morgyn is a new to me author and I didn’t pay close attention to the synopsis or the buzz about The Witches of Bone Hill when I took it up and started reading. What a […]
Hello Stranger was a journey of personal growth for Sadie. I didn’t figure out her name until later in the books because a person doesn’t call themselves by their own name. We are mostly shared her thoughts and point of view. Sadie had a rough childhood with her mother’s death, her father’s withdrawal into grief […]
I was thrilled to be offered the chance to read this latest romantic suspense stand-alone from Nora Roberts. I’m a huge fan of her JD Robb books and the small number of her books I have read. I am slowly working on her backlist for me. The style and tone of this book felt familiar […]
Red Queen has a different concept and is the first in a series. The setting is in Europe, in Spain. There are some cultural and government aspects which are unique. I really like the main characters. Jon is an gay police detective who got caught planting evidence. He’s a good guy and working to fight […]
The Sunshine Vicram series is a mix of things. It’s got police procedural and a mysteries to investigate. It’s got a whole YA vibe with so much of Auri’s thoughts and adventures, and also with Sunshine not remembering her teen kidnapping event. The feel is also very cozy mystery because of the really quirky characters […]
I was happy to continue the Alaska Wild Mysteries. I would read the series in order as both the mystery plot arc and the personal relationships grow throughout the series. Each book has smaller mysteries in addition to, and sometimes tangled up in, the main series mysteries. Beth came to Alaska to hide from a […]
The Bodyguard is only the third book I have read by Katherine Center but I have been trying to get to more of her backlist. I had so much fun with Hannah and Jack. Hannah is a consumate and talented professional. Personally, she’s a mess. It’s not the same old story of a career woman […]
Combining thrilling suspense with a sultry Cowboy Romance, Donna Grant grabs my attention once again in her latest standalone release. Dillon Young has inherited her aunt’s ranch and decides to stay and make a go of it raising the cattle and breeding Quarter Horses, but her ranch is holding on by a thread and so […]
Kagen the Damned is the first book in a new Grimdark fantasy series Kagen the Damned and it is dark. Kagen was part of the royal guard, trained by his mother the personal bodyguard to the empress he was supposed to protect the royal children. But the city was invaded while he lay drugged in […]