by Elise Cooper | Feb 20, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
The Umbrella Maker’s Son Tod Lending Harper Pub Feb 11th, 2024 The Umbrella Maker’s Son by Tod Lending is heart wrenching with a bittersweet ending. The story goes deep into loss. How does Reuven, the Jewish Polish main character handle losing loved ones, how does he...
by Elise Cooper | Feb 14, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Hostage Security Bachelor Bodyguard Book 14 A Match for the Sheriff Bachelor Cowboys Book 8 Harlequin Pub Hostage Security and A Match for the Sheriff by Lisa Childs have fascinating stories that are compelling. Hostage Security is a suspenseful romance that involves...
by Ande Pliego | Feb 11, 2025 | Author Workspaces, Features
I’ve written entire drafts in hotel lobbies or on the bare floor of a storage room, anywhere I could find a quiet moment. After every writing session, any notebooks, research books, painstakingly arranged notecards, etc. would all have to be bundled up, and hauled out...
by Elise Cooper | Feb 7, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
DECEPTION POINT SERIES CANDACE IRVING This is part II of the Candace Irving Q/A talking about the “Deception Point Series.” (https://store.candaceirving.com/) In part I Candace talked about her “Hidden Valor Series.”...
by Elise Cooper | Feb 6, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Madrigals and Mayhem Cambridge Bookshop Mystery Book 4 Elizabeth Penney Minotaur Books Nov 26th, 2024 Madrigals and Mayhem by Elizabeth Penney is a fun read. There is a vintage toy store, dolls, doll houses, not so nice family members, and a story within a...
by Elise Cooper | Feb 4, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Puppy Wishes & Candy Kisses Kringle Falls Book 1 Jennifer Faye Lazy Dazy Press Nov 24, 2024 Puppy Wishes & Candy Kisses by Jennifer Faye is a great read. This book is very heartwarming and has readers wondering will the hero be able to open his heart again...
by Amanda DuBois | Feb 4, 2025 | Behind the Book, Features
Unshackled, released on February 4, 2025, is a legal thriller about incarcerated women and the importance of them being reunited with their children. It’s the third book in my award-winning Camille Delaney series. The first two novels in the series, The...
by Carolyn Korsmeyer | Feb 4, 2025 | Features, Five Things
How often does a lover of mystery fiction confront the criticism that her reading tastes are embarrassingly lite? That detective novels are entertaining but escapist, not really “literature”? Five of my favorite crime novelists demonstrate how mystery stories can open...
by Elise Cooper | Feb 3, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Artificial Agent Book 1 of the Michael Cooling Series J. W. Jarvis Big Dee Books January 31st, 2025 Artificial Agent by J. W. Jarvis will remind readers of the TV Shows “The Six Million Dollar Man” or “Bionic Woman,” because of the familiar overtones. Jarvis...
by Elise Cooper | Jan 31, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books
The Girls of the Glimmer Factory Hilde Kramer Book 2 Jennifer Coburn Sourcebooks Pub Jan 28th, 2025 The Girls of the Glimmer Factory by Jennifer Coburn is relevant considering January 28th was Holocaust Remembrance Day. It takes place at the Theresienstadt...