Chuck Ayers is grieving.  His beloved wife died months ago and she was the essence of his life.  Life alone in their house borders on unbearable.  Does he have the courage to make what was their annual trip to the beach for Read More...

What a ragtag group of characters Jodi Thomas has created in PICNIC IN SOMEDAY VALLEY. First impression is that living in this time and place is certainly no picnic for its folk. They work hard and seem to have difficulty making time for Read More...

As I write this review, SEA OF TRANQUILITY is a finalist in the 2022 Goodreads Awards. In a fractured but immediately readable, time travel novel moving from 1912 to the future of extraplanetary colonies, Olive Llewellyn, an author who has Read More...

Davy Colt is back for a visit at Christmas. He’s a rodeo star who isn’t looking to change his life. Davy is still in with the girl he left behind. Carla Richmond gave up her life to come home and take care of her ill mother. Read More...

In COURT OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN by Katee Robert, Mina was born to a vampire father and a human mother, but she has no magic of her own, so is of no use to her power-hungry father except as a pawn. When he decides to make a gift of her to Read More...

Werewolf Connor Malone and his SWAT teammates are in San Antonio searching for a missing member of the group. But he is also worried about Kat, the stray kitten that adopted him and the team. She is also missing. What is he going to do Read More...

For a cracking culinary cozy mystery, I can recommend the sixth book in Amy Patricia Mead's Tish Tarragon Mystery series. Tish is facing a serious personal challenge in OF MUSHROOMS AND MATRIMONY, which is the opposite position of most Read More...

At the New Year period many people read books designed to shake up their lives and spur creativity and change. One such is LATERAL THINKING FOR EVERY DAY, which is easy to read and packed with fun facts. The book really livens up with the Read More...

Nellie Gardner hasn't had it easy.  When she learns her grandfather has left her a turpentine farm she takes her son and runs from an abusive monster of a husband.  Little did she know what they were in for.  It quickly Read More...

Tee O'Fallon begins her new romantic suspense series, K-9 Special Ops, with TOUGH JUSTICE.  The main characters are DEA Agent Adam "Deck" Decker (his dog, Thor) and ER Dr. Tori Sampson.  Both of them have a reason to distrust the Read More...

Tess has the shock of her life when her dead husband’s ex-best friend collapses in her bookshop. She and River never talk, which has something to do with him trying to stop her wedding. Tess has hated him ever since.  She Read More...

COLORADO COUNTRY contains two Diana Palmer novellas previously published as standalones and in Christmas collections namely Christmas With My Cowboy and Christmas Kisses With My Cowboy. As a huge fan of this author, I had already read and Read More...

Jonas “Smoke” Harper is on a mission with two of his fellow Ghostwalkers to find the danger coming their way. He’ll do whatever it takes to protect his family. While he’s looking for the threat he comes across a Read More...

Abby Jimenez follows up her fabulous Friend Zone trilogy with a new book, PART OF YOUR WORLD.  Alexis is medical royalty with all the forced expectations that go along with the title.  Daniel is a carpenter with deep roots in his Read More...

A list of nine people, who all have different occupations and live in different cities.  What could they all have in common? All of the nine people received a letter in the mail, with no return address, only the list of nine Read More...

It was unlikely that Colby, a farmer, and Morgan, a recent college graduate and child of privilege, would have ever met.  Perhaps it was fate that they were both in St. Pete Beach, Florida at the same time. Both musicians, they Read More...

Orphaned at the age of four, Jess Metcalf was raised by her beloved grandmother.  Her grandmother recently died and Jess has lost her job as a librarian.  Out for a drive, she takes an unplanned turn and finds herself in a Read More...

Tessa Bailey finishes up the Bellinger Sisters duo of books that started with IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER with HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER. Where Piper and Brendan from the first book were flashy and gruff respectively, Hannah and Fox are also Read More...

Joanne Fluke's latest book, CARAMEL PECAN ROLL MURDER, is one of her best. I have read all of her books in this series and this one is no different; it captivates you from the beginning. I love the way that she can pull you into her story. Read More...

Savin “Savage” Pajari and Seychelle Dubois have come together after dealing with her obsessive fan and figuring out that they can’t live without each other. As these two learn to trust each other and themselves, they lean Read More...

At first, Nina thought her husband Jake didn't come home because of the argument they had. But, when he stays gone she became worried.  Nina's friend, Lily confesses to her husband Christian that she had had an encounter with Jake and Read More...

The seventh installment in Laura Joh Rowland’s Victorian mystery series finds Daily World crime reporter/photographer Sarah Barrett at the scene of a gruesome discovery when a torso washes ashore on the River Thames in RIVER OF Read More...

Clare wanted a fresh start and to reinvent herself.  Once readers learn about her past, the reason why becomes clear.  She chose a  university in Edinburgh and it is there that she met a small clique who appeared to have the Read More...

Chloe knew very little about the time her grandmother Adele worked for Coco Chanel during WWII.  Adele rarely spoke of it, for her own reasons.  Chloe moved to Paris and hoped to learn more about her grandmother's history. Coco Read More...