tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82005584240436392552022-04-28T12:36:20.427-06:00A Date with a BookCozy MysteryDalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.comBlogger496125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-31364793461237579102017-01-16T04:00:00.000-07:002017-01-16T04:00:16.496-07:00Towhee Get Your Gun by J.R. Ripley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yO1zD-iIHy0/WGv04ERMbtI/AAAAAAAAF9Y/YHVco5n8MqcuaiQxzdHivrm_OGbDw5pPgCLcB/s1600/towhee-get-your-gun-large-banner640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yO1zD-iIHy0/WGv04ERMbtI/AAAAAAAAF9Y/YHVco5n8MqcuaiQxzdHivrm_OGbDw5pPgCLcB/s400/towhee-get-your-gun-large-banner640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Towhee Get Your Gun<br />by J.R. Ripley</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9S0KUbQmE0/WGv1KF6BjgI/AAAAAAAAF9c/CZhJasfXbBwUIXYd5Rg1vJUWHV3TnpxCgCLcB/s1600/towhee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9S0KUbQmE0/WGv1KF6BjgI/AAAAAAAAF9c/CZhJasfXbBwUIXYd5Rg1vJUWHV3TnpxCgCLcB/s320/towhee.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Series: A Bird Lover’s Mystery #2</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publish Date: January 3, 2017</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Lyrical Underground</div><div style="text-align: center;">Source: Netgalley/Book Tour</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2j1lmuQ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30049470-towhee-get-your-gun?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><div><br /></div><div><u>About the Book</u>:</div><div>When Birds & Bees owner Amy Simms volunteers to act in a local production of Annie, Get Your Gun, she finds herself upstaged by a killer waiting in the wings . . .</div><div><br /></div><div>Who’s got time for birdwatching? Amy has enough to do running her shop, fighting attempts by the town planning commission to demolish her old Victorian house, and rescuing an injured towhee. Yet somehow she allows herself to get roped into performing in the Ruby Lake, North Carolina, community theater’s new musical after some cast members get injured by mysterious mishaps. The production seems plagued by bad luck, but events turn tragic when a member of the company is found murdered in a locked dressing room.</div><div><br /></div><div>Trading in her binoculars for a magnifying glass, Amy steps into the role of amateur sleuth and soon discovers the victim ruffled a lot of feathers. With a flock of suspects, Amy will need to beat the bushes before the cagey killer takes flight. After all, the show must go on . . .</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s1600/5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s320/5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><u>My Review</u>:</div><div>I was excited to continue this series. I always enjoy new cozy themes The author has created a wonderful small town setting that I enjoy with all of its “crazy” townspeople. It was fun to meet some more locals and also the newly moved in. And I mean literally moved in and building a biergarten next to Birds and Bees.</div><div><br /></div><div>The murder was intriguing and difficult for me to decide who dun it. Lots going on at the local production, many different personalities, it could almost be anybody.</div><div><br /></div><div>My favorite part of the book was when Amy took charge at the senior living facility. Karl and Floyd are also quite the pair. Plenty of laughs throughout the book!!</div><div><br /></div><div>I recommend this book to all cozy readers. It’s a great new series.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-768BxVn7wJk/V5-AI5bcyMI/AAAAAAAAF18/VSdJNfzXa1wnEHrZO--9Ke83t1UzlSu9QCPcB/s1600/j.r.%2Bripley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-768BxVn7wJk/V5-AI5bcyMI/AAAAAAAAF18/VSdJNfzXa1wnEHrZO--9Ke83t1UzlSu9QCPcB/s1600/j.r.%2Bripley.jpg" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div><u>About The Author</u>:</div><div>J.R. Ripley is the pen name of Glenn Meganck, the critically acclaimed author of the Tony Kozol mystery series. As a member of the Mystery Writers of America, he has chaired the Edgar committee for Best Original Paperback novel and served on the Best Short Story Committee. As a member of the International Association of Crime Writers, he has served on the Hammett Award committee for Best Novel. When not writing books, Glenn is writing songs, often singing them to the consternation of his audience and neighbors, or involved in one of his many passions, none of which have involved any of the dead bodies that seem to keep cropping up in his mysteries. 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outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></div></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-86391484529632579132017-01-09T04:00:00.000-07:002017-01-09T04:00:12.702-07:00Fatal Twist by Tracy Weber<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W-KIfKa67MQ/WGvycEASTvI/AAAAAAAAF9E/_VDvMp3Pxu882nBimmyz52PMNFPgWcGNACLcB/s1600/A-FATAL-TWIST-large-banner640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W-KIfKa67MQ/WGvycEASTvI/AAAAAAAAF9E/_VDvMp3Pxu882nBimmyz52PMNFPgWcGNACLcB/s400/A-FATAL-TWIST-large-banner640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Fatal Twist<br />by Tracy Weber</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YhA7aEXyHqQ/WGvyrDCFW_I/AAAAAAAAF9I/GN-CAUJneK8BtI7bDooaNXeRvzVaGZotACLcB/s1600/fatal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YhA7aEXyHqQ/WGvyrDCFW_I/AAAAAAAAF9I/GN-CAUJneK8BtI7bDooaNXeRvzVaGZotACLcB/s320/fatal.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Series: A Downward Dog Mystery #4</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publish Date: January 8, 2017</div><div style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Midnight Ink</div><div style="text-align: center;">Source: Netgalley/Book Tour</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2j1e1eF" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30268342-a-fatal-twist" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><br /><u>About the Book</u>:<br />Yoga instructor Kate Davidson’s life takes a chaotic turn once she agrees to not only be the doula for her pregnant best friend, but also play foster mother to two puppies. The chaos only gets worse when Kate finds the dead body of a philandering fertility doctor and Rachel, one of her yoga students, fleeing the scene.<br /><br />Kate is convinced her student is innocent, and she sets out to find the real killer before her testimony condemns Rachel to a life behind bars. But her hands are full with caring for three dogs, teaching yoga classes, and gaining an unexpected crime-solving partner. If she’s not careful, Kate’s next yoga pose may be a fatal one.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s1600/5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s320/5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><u>My Review</u>:<br />I was excited to read another installment in this series again. I previously read the first installment and thoroughly enjoyed it!! This book was no different. I thoroughly enjoy books whose setting is in the Seattle area.<br /><br />The author has created characters that are fun and entertaining. I enjoy their interaction with one another, along with the side story away from the crime. These elements to me make it a more enjoyable book. I also thought the doula aspect was interesting. Not something I would ever entertain myself, but enjoyed learning about it and its purpose.<br /><br />Kate and Tiffany’s relationship really grows in this book. Since I missed the prior two books, I’m interested to learn exactly what their relationship was before this book. There is mention of how Tiffany came to be working for her so you’re not completely lost.<br /><br />I highly recommend this book (and series) to all readers!<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPAatitVOIM/UuLkD2rFB6I/AAAAAAAAEtU/P3jiRURw2Bs4I5HFfTXqLJYIILgFIAtkgCPcB/s1600/tracy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uPAatitVOIM/UuLkD2rFB6I/AAAAAAAAEtU/P3jiRURw2Bs4I5HFfTXqLJYIILgFIAtkgCPcB/s1600/tracy.jpg" /></a></div><div><div><u><br />About The Author</u>:</div><div>Tracy Weber is the author of the award-winning Downward Dog Mysteries series featuring yoga teacher Kate Davidson and her feisty German shepherd, Bella. Tracy loves sharing her passion for yoga and animals in any form possible. Her first book, Murder Strikes a Pose won the Maxwell Award for Fiction and is a 2015 Agatha award nominee for Best First Novel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tracy and her husband live in Seattle with their challenging yet amazing German shepherd Tasha. When she’s not writing, Tracy spends her time teaching yoga, walking Tasha, and sipping Blackthorn cider at her favorite ale house.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Author Links</u>:</div><div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://tracyweberauthor.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #528f6c; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://tracyweberauthor.com/</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wholelifeyoga.com/blog/" style="border: 0px; color: #528f6c; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.wholelifeyoga.com/blog/</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-73747709784190999572016-12-19T06:00:00.000-07:002016-12-19T06:00:13.057-07:00Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jZLNadMyIfA/WDNqwXwJ0SI/AAAAAAAAF8Y/MnW4VSCAYp4ejG-4EZT1LbmQgle8T7xWgCLcB/s1600/dozen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jZLNadMyIfA/WDNqwXwJ0SI/AAAAAAAAF8Y/MnW4VSCAYp4ejG-4EZT1LbmQgle8T7xWgCLcB/s1600/dozen.jpg" /></a>Title: Death by the Dozen<br />Series: Cupcake Bakery Mystery #3<br />Author: Jenn McKinlay<br />Publish Date: October 4, 2011<br />Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime<br />Source: borrowed from Library<br /><br /><a href="http://amzn.to/2gw5sez" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10549062-death-by-the-dozen?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br /><br /><br />About the Book:<br />Melanie and Angie are determined to win the Challenge to the Chef to promote their Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. Mel's mentor from culinary school, Vic Mazzotta, may be one of the judges, but Mel and Angie will have to win fair and square. But, when Vic's dead body is found inside a freezer truck, Mel and Angie will need to use their best judgment to find the cold-blooded killer or they may lose more than the contest- they may lose their lives.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />My Review:<br />This series has me hooked!! I don’t usually binge read a series because I have a tendency to get bored. Even if the series is totally awesome. I haven’t really binged read these books, as I have read other books in between, but it’s like I couldn’t wait for this to be next on my list.<br /><br />The author has done an amazing job with the character. Mel, Angie, and Tate being best friends but also complicated relationships definitely has you reading faster to find out what is going to happen. And there are plenty of laughs with Angie’s brothers and their all consuming worry of Angie and remotely inherited to Mel. Oz has me definitely on my seat to see where things go with him and also Roach.<br /><br />The mystery was twisty and had me guessing, but more doubting my guess until proved otherwise. Loved the food competition and all the back history with culinary school.<br /><br />If you haven’t read this series yet, then you definitely need to give it a try. It is definitely not just another culinary cozy mystery.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-49863945606621581192016-12-16T05:30:00.000-07:002016-12-16T05:30:34.433-07:00M&M Surprise by Susan Gillard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TuRb7jG6DHg/WDNqI6dOtKI/AAAAAAAAF8Q/nv47bDKk5yAaBAw-gh1OCkYGNiaWnbCcQCLcB/s1600/m%2526M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TuRb7jG6DHg/WDNqI6dOtKI/AAAAAAAAF8Q/nv47bDKk5yAaBAw-gh1OCkYGNiaWnbCcQCLcB/s320/m%2526M.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Title: M&M Surprise Murder<br />Series: A Donut Hole Mystery #17<br />Author: Susan Gillard<br />Publish Date: August 23, 2016<br />Publisher: Guardian Publishing Group<br />Source: free for Kindle<br /><br /><a href="http://amzn.to/2gDcSO6" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31675355-m-m-surprise-murder?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br /><br />About the Book:<br />When Heather Shepherd discovers that a popular judge at Hillside’s Archery competition has been murdered, she’s alarmed.<br /><br />Heather soon finds out that the competition will be cancelled if the murderer isn’t brought to justice – and that means Jung won’t get his shot at winning. Heather must use that arrow-sharp wit and investigative skill to solve the crime, with the aid of her besties far and wide. Equipped with her desire to find the truth, Heather hurries to interview the grief-stricken widow. But, as ever, things aren’t as clear as they could be: Geoff Lawless has taken to investigating in his spare time, there’s a long list of suspects and the construction at Donut Delights has everyone reeling to catch up on orders.<br /><br />Heather has to choose her leads wisely, or she'll risk losing more than just her integrity while she juggles the demand for her newest creation, M&M Surprise Donuts.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />My Review:<br />Took a break from this series, but picked this book up to help break up other series I was reading. These are quick reads and fun, even with the typos.<br /><br />Here are a few fun things about this installment:<br />Archery<br />Geoff<br />Best Friends<br />Bullies<br />Online orders<br />Construction<br />Ford Fiesta<br />Sweaty Coach<br /><br />A little bit of excitement to quickly read the next installment to see if Heather passes her P.I. exam. And also, I cannot wait for the construction to be done. Not sure what it means for the donut shop and all the antics.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-39988248191880637292016-12-13T05:00:00.000-07:002016-12-13T05:00:30.271-07:00Self Serve Murder by D.E. Haggerty<img alt="g-gif-update (4)" class="aligncenter wp-image-34019" height="76" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/g-gif-update-4.gif" width="619" /> <img alt="self-serve-murder-book-blast-large-banner-640" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-37661" height="355" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/self-serve-murder-book-blast-large-banner-640.jpg" width="640" /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ed0e8c;">Book Blast - Self Serve Murder by D.E. Haggerty</span></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="self-serve-murder_cover" class="aligncenter wp-image-37662" height="510" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Self-Serve-Murder_cover-640x1024.jpg" width="319" /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Series: <em>Death by Cupcake, </em>Book 3 – can standalone</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Genre: Cozy Mystery, Humor</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Published: December, 2016</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Word count: 43,000</strong></div> <br /><blockquote><h4><strong>Synopsis</strong>:</h4>Book 3 in the <em>Death by Cupcake </em>series. Can be read as a standalone. <br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Kristie is kind with a capital K, so it’s quite the surprise when she wakes up next to a dead man with no recollection of the previous night. Even worse? She’s naked. Kristie may be a sweetheart out to save the world, but sticking her nose into an investigation of rapes across campus makes her the target of a murderer. Before she knows it, Callie is smack dab in the middle of a murder investigation with her colleagues Callie and Anna. If that’s not enough to drive a sane person up the wall, a friend has decided he’s going to keep her safe whether she wants him to or not. And, oh yeah, he’s her man and that’s that.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Come join us at <em>Callie’s Cakes, </em>where murder investigations are on the menu. You are most welcome, but you may need to serve yourself as our barista Kristie is busy trying to save the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Warning: Although there are plenty of moments that will make you shake your head and laugh at the antics of the ladies of <em>Callie’s Cakes</em>, the subject matter – rape on college campuses – is very real and somewhat darker than your usual cozy mystery.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"> <strong>Buy links</strong>: </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://amzn.to/2fopyXT" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/673189" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/self-serve-murder-de-haggerty/1124934721?ean=2940153788715" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/search?Query=Self-Serve%20Murder%20(D.E.%20Haggerty)&ac=1&acp=Self-Serve%20Murder" target="_blank">Kobo</a></div><strong><br /></strong><strong><br /></strong> <strong> </strong> <strong><img alt="author-photo-2016" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37663" height="300" src="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/author-photo-2016-293x300.jpg" width="293" /></strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><strong>Author bio</strong>: <br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I grew up reading everything I could get my hands on from my mom's Harlequin romances to Nancy Drew to <em>Little Women</em>. When I wasn't flipping pages in a library book, I was penning horrendous poems, writing songs no one should ever sing, or drafting stories which have thankfully been destroyed. College and a stint in the U.S. Army came along, robbing me of free time to write and read, although I did manage, every once in a while, to sneak a book into my rucksack between rolled up socks, MRIs, t-shirts, and cold weather gear. After surviving the army experience, I went back to school and got my law degree. I jumped ship and joined the hubby in the Netherlands before the graduation ceremony could even begin. A few years into my legal career, I was exhausted, fed up, and just plain done. I quit my job and sat down to write a manuscript, which I promptly hid in the attic after returning to the law. But being a lawyer really wasn’t my thing, so I quit (again!) and went off to Germany to start a B&B. Turns out being a B&B owner wasn’t my thing either. I decided to follow the husband to Istanbul for a few years where I managed to churn out book after book. But ten years was too many to stay away from ‘home’. I packed up again and moved to The Hague where I’m currently working on my next book. I hope I’ll always be working on my next book.<br /><br /><strong>Author links:</strong> </div><strong>Website: <a href="http://dehaggerty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://dehaggerty.wordpress.com</a></strong><br /><strong>Blog: <a href="https://dehaggerty.wordpress.com/category/mymusings/" target="_blank">https://dehaggerty.wordpress.com/category/mymusings/</a></strong><br /><strong>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dehaggerty" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/dehaggerty</a></strong><br /><strong>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/denaehaggerty" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/denaehaggerty</a></strong><br /><strong>Google+: <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DEHaggerty/posts" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DEHaggerty/posts</a></strong><br /><strong>Pinterest: <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/denahaggerty/" target="_blank">http://www.pinterest.com/denahaggerty/</a></strong><br /><strong>Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7210211.D_E_Haggerty">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7210211.D_E_Haggerty</a></strong><br /><strong>Amazon author page: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/D.E.-Haggerty/e/B00ECQBURU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_5?qid=1438239628&sr=8-5" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/D.E.-Haggerty/e/B00ECQBURU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_5?qid=1438239628&sr=8-5</a></strong><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>December 12</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://memesandfiction.blogspot.com/">Book Babble</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://communitybookstop.blogspot.com/">Community Bookstop</a> - REVIEW</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://staceyschneller06.wordpress.com/">Books, Dreams, Life</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://jerseygirlbookreviews.blogspot.com/">Jersey Girl Book Reviews</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://fuonlyknew.com/">fuonlyknew</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://mysterythrillerandromanticsusreviews.blogspot.ca/">Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://cozyupwithkathy.blogspot.com/">Cozy Up With Kathy</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.girlwithbooklungs.com/">The Girl with Book Lungs</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/">Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong><strong>December 13</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.bibliophile.reviews/">Bibliophile Reviews</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://dogsmomvisits.blogspot.com/">Laura's Interests</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://teresanoel.blogspot.com/">T's Stuff</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.storeybookreviews.com/">StoreyBook Reviews</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com/">3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too!</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.celticladysreviews.blogspot.com/">Celticlady's Reviews</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://frankiebow.com/">Island Confidential</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.com/">Socrates' Book Reviews</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://datesbooks.blogspot.com/">A Date with a Book</a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>Have you signed up to be a Tour Host?</strong> <a href="http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/great-escapes-virtual-book-tours/be-a-great-escapes-tour-host/" target="_blank" title="http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/great-escapes-virtual-book-tours/great-escapes-book-tours/">Click Here Find Details and Sign Up Today!</a>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-28102886508786582782016-12-12T04:00:00.000-07:002016-12-12T04:00:07.062-07:00Knit One Kill Two by Maggie Sefton<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yPut8dxVMIQ/WCYk5AnKDJI/AAAAAAAAF7o/Fvc3Htz9jP4FghMPZHS1gsVG72G-2G6_wCLcB/s1600/knit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yPut8dxVMIQ/WCYk5AnKDJI/AAAAAAAAF7o/Fvc3Htz9jP4FghMPZHS1gsVG72G-2G6_wCLcB/s320/knit.jpg" width="185" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Knit One Kill Two</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: A Knitting Mystery #1</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Maggie Sefton</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: June 2005</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: borrowed from Library</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2fEz8mP" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90187.Knit_One_Kill_Two?from_search=true" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite the fact that her aunt was an expert knitter, Kelly Flynn never picked up a pair knitting needles she liked -- until she strolled into House of Lambspun. Now, in the first in a brand-new series, she learns how to knit one, purl two, and untangle the mystery behind her aunt's murder. — Kelly Flynn would be the first to admit her life in Washington, D.C., is a little on the dull side. But coming back to Colorado for her beloved aunt’s funeral wasn’t the kind of excitement she was seeking. The police are convinced that her Aunt Helen’s death was the result of a burglary gone bad, but for the accountant in Kelly, things just aren’t adding up. After all, why would her sensible, sixty-eight-year-old aunt borrow $20,000 just days before her death? With the help of the knitting regulars at House of Lambspun, Kelly’s about to get a few lessons in cranking out a sumptuously colored scarf -- and in luring a killer out of hiding…</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4TeGmiAy5vk/UIdJowP1UvI/AAAAAAAABnY/-djh9bWXEpQvrFJECs4feZ7YqZaRepBaQCPcB/s1600/4.5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="64" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4TeGmiAy5vk/UIdJowP1UvI/AAAAAAAABnY/-djh9bWXEpQvrFJECs4feZ7YqZaRepBaQCPcB/s320/4.5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know I’m late to this series, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. What a great, friendly feel from the moment Kelly entered town and the House of Lambspun. I enjoyed the story of how she made friends with Lizzie, Martha, Jennifer, Mimi and Megan. They were also very quick in helping her get to know Steve.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mystery was tangled and woven very well. I don’t think I had a clue. Lots of suspects and possible avenues, but I don’t think I was ever able to click them all together until the very end. Burt became a very good friend and I loved how he helped her keep her feet on the ground as she was thinking through the clues. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also loved the yarn shop. The way the author describes the touching and the feeling of all the yarn was awesome. Made me feel it the same. I definitely am like Kelly and have to feel the various yarns. Looking at them just doesn’t do it justice.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will definitely continue with this series. So excited!</span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-dad0905e-54ff-1157-556a-fa59868a1afb"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-69267436610069840772016-12-09T04:00:00.000-07:002016-12-09T04:00:32.596-07:00Freebie Friday Review: Merit Badge Murder by Leslie Langtry<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C_dB8wfdbMc/WCYkBTYbZ9I/AAAAAAAAF7k/PdkZ9YVwG-M7Flnw7pDfa4CqQvE_xU9lQCLcB/s1600/merit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C_dB8wfdbMc/WCYkBTYbZ9I/AAAAAAAAF7k/PdkZ9YVwG-M7Flnw7pDfa4CqQvE_xU9lQCLcB/s320/merit.jpg" width="210" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Merit Badge Murder</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: Merry Wrath</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Leslie Langtry</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: October 10, 2014</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Createspace </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: free for Kindle</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2eKRxw3" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25223348-merit-badge-murder?from_search=true" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When CIA agent Merry Wrath is "accidently" outted, she's forced her into early retirement, changes her appearance, and moves where no one will ever find her—Iowa. Instead of black bag drops in Bangkok, she now spends her time leading a young Girl Scout troop. But Merry's new simple life turns not-so-simple when an enemy agent shows up dead at scout camp. Suddenly Merry is forced to deal with her former life in order to preserve her future one.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It doesn't help matters that the CIA sends in her former, sexy handler to investigate…or that the hot new neighbor across the street turns out to be the local detective in charge of her case. And when Merry is forced to take on a roommate in the voluptuous form of a turned KGB agent/bimbo, things become trickier than wet work in Waukegan or cookie sales in the spring. Nothing in the CIA or Girl Scouts' training manuals has prepared her for what comes next…</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0K9-15qcMk/UI_LgKBucrI/AAAAAAAABqI/V1TBam-Koa83eT0GVu9olb4VxRsTT1BcwCPcB/s1600/3.5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0K9-15qcMk/UI_LgKBucrI/AAAAAAAABqI/V1TBam-Koa83eT0GVu9olb4VxRsTT1BcwCPcB/s320/3.5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This book didn’t waste any time getting started. From a dead man in ropes and an auto-ped accident resulting in a death, Merry was quickly eating all the Oreos. This was a fun book, however, it did kind of lose its steam halfway through the book. However, I enjoyed it enough to buy the second book.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I enjoyed the concept of the story and I’m excited to see where the next book takes us. Lana was a favorite character, so interested to see what other characters the author gives us. Merry is strong and even while trying to fit in, remembered quickly everything she had put on hold to “fix” the situation she was in. Also the situation with the two sexy men, need to find out what happens in both of those situations. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a124ce86-54fc-0893-5ac6-b0d8df29cdeb"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This book was very similar to Jana Deleon’s series Miss Fortune Mysteries which I thoroughly enjoyed. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-23962389080655612312016-12-05T04:00:00.000-07:002016-12-05T04:00:13.369-07:00Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vDeSaOohLU4/WCYjD9Ys7yI/AAAAAAAAF7g/kIyoWxSzJEAidQu5wW6clB401_9rVS0ngCLcB/s1600/sisters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vDeSaOohLU4/WCYjD9Ys7yI/AAAAAAAAF7g/kIyoWxSzJEAidQu5wW6clB401_9rVS0ngCLcB/s320/sisters.jpg" width="192" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Between Sisters</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Kristin Hannah</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: June 1, 2004</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Ballantine Books</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: Library</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2fJ0BCn" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217432.Between_Sisters?from_search=true" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meghann Dontess is a woman haunted by heartbreak. Twenty-five years ago she was forced to make a terrible choice, one that cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire. Now, Meghann is a hotshot divorce attorney who doesn’t believe in intimacy–-until she meets the one man who can change her mind.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Claire Cavenaugh has fallen in love for the first time in her life. As her wedding day approaches, she prepares to face her harsh, judgmental older sister and their self-absorbed mother. It is the first time they have been together in more than two decades. Over the course of a hot Pacific Northwest summer, these three women who believe they have nothing in common will try to become what they never were: a family.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DENZa-SEs1w/UJbZCsfwdNI/AAAAAAAABuE/kuZmgjSbaWoXPXsaTeh5b_HUWCUQ_y52ACPcB/s1600/3StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DENZa-SEs1w/UJbZCsfwdNI/AAAAAAAABuE/kuZmgjSbaWoXPXsaTeh5b_HUWCUQ_y52ACPcB/s1600/3StarsDate.png" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I read this book for a book club I just joined. They chose the book because they had just read Nightingale by Kristin Hannah and enjoyed it so much they wanted to see if her other writing was just as good. (I haven’t read Nightingale, but it is in my TBR list.) I had read Firefly Lane and so Kristin was not stranger to me. I gave that book five stars.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I just didn’t enjoy this book was well. It wasn’t horrible, maybe it was just me, but I felt like I was just going along with a story. There wasn’t any ups and downs until the very end. There was definitely curiousity on my part for the entire story, but I was just not amazed like I was in Firefly Lane. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m also not sure if it was my edition, but the story line would change from Megan to Claire to Joe, etc. but there was no indication. It was just the paragraphs flowed together like a regular story. I did find this confusing which did distract from the enjoyment as well.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All in all, I did enjoy the story and the journey. If you’re looking for wow, probably not this book. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-82270b34-54f7-a17c-1113-00eb603d94fd"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-78665407829431692332016-12-01T03:00:00.000-07:002016-12-01T03:00:14.788-07:00Literally Dead by Lois Winston<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K4cw1V3IHI0/WDNn3i6St-I/AAAAAAAAF8A/KNWGs2PEbqUTg67OMVYegqISVcNay8CzACLcB/s1600/literally-dead-large-banner640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K4cw1V3IHI0/WDNn3i6St-I/AAAAAAAAF8A/KNWGs2PEbqUTg67OMVYegqISVcNay8CzACLcB/s400/literally-dead-large-banner640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Literally Dead</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: An Empty Nest Mystery Book #2</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Lois Winston</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: October 1, 2016</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Self Published</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: Book Tour</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VsnnviebLFg/WDNn9F82BsI/AAAAAAAAF8E/u8FOv0XlEn0QhM1lKDQOKBUMTQp07rzVQCLcB/s1600/Lit_Dead_eBookCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VsnnviebLFg/WDNn9F82BsI/AAAAAAAAF8E/u8FOv0XlEn0QhM1lKDQOKBUMTQp07rzVQCLcB/s320/Lit_Dead_eBookCover.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2gamP0v" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32323749-literally-dead?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After her last disastrous episode as an amateur sleuth, Gracie Elliott is back. The budding romance writer has spent the past year crafting her first novel. Her hard work and determination pay off when her manuscript wins the Cream of the Crop award, a contest for unpublished writers, sponsored by the Society of American Romance Authors. First place entitles her to attend the organization’s annual conference, normally open only to published authors. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With husband Blake in tow, a starry-eyed Gracie experiences the ultimate fan-girl moment upon entering the hotel. Her favorite authors are everywhere. However, within minutes she learns Lovinia Darling, the Queen of Romance, is hardly the embodiment of the sweet heroines she creates. Gracie realizes she’s stepped into a romance vipers’ den of backstabbing, deceit, and plagiarism, but she finds a friend and mentor in bestselling author Paisley Prentiss. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hours later, when Gracie discovers Lovinia’s body in the hotel stairwell, a victim of an apparent fall, Gracie is not convinced her death was an accident. Too many other authors had reason to want Lovinia dead. Ignoring Blake’s advice to “let the police handle it,” Gracie, aided by Paisley, begins her own investigation into the death. Romance has never been so deadly.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A book writer’s conference was a fun setting for this cozy mystery. Gracie is new to the writing/publishing/author world and is lucky to find a friend in Paisley, a romance writer at the conference. Gracie is obviously out of place in many situations and made to feel very uncomfortable, but has the perseverance to keep going. It’s too bad that one of the writers has such an ego and bad attitude toward the other writers, she doesn’t help curb the nerves of all the newbies.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s also fun to have Gracie’s husband along for the conference. Would a person really have to worry about their spouse’s employment affecting their own? And when he gets questioned about being a cover model, it’s very entertaining.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mystery was put together very well. What was made to look like an accident, obviously has many other views to think about. And that’s what the detective quickly does, as well as Gracie. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I enjoyed two of Lois’s other books in her Anastasia Pollack Crafting mystery series, so I was thrilled to get an opportunity to review this book for the tour. Excited to read others in that series, as well as this series. I thoroughly enjoy the humor she adds to her cozy mysteries.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pEeHygzBTDk/WDNogfwNiSI/AAAAAAAAF8I/qQPnNB5KSVwktN2YigCXKwH-1ZeuwxBQACLcB/s1600/lois-winston-med-res-file.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pEeHygzBTDk/WDNogfwNiSI/AAAAAAAAF8I/qQPnNB5KSVwktN2YigCXKwH-1ZeuwxBQACLcB/s1600/lois-winston-med-res-file.jpg" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div style="background-color: clear; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">USA Today</em> bestselling and award-winning author Lois Winston writes mystery, romance, romantic suspense, chick lit, women’s fiction, children’s chapter books, and nonfiction under her own name and her Emma Carlyle pen name. <em style="border: 0px; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: clear; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></div></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-17598519328011306712016-11-28T05:00:00.000-07:002016-11-28T05:00:14.592-07:00Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JDyqjpRLw-c/WBN_w585D_I/AAAAAAAAF68/0CyPgJjidyQxwtT-eax3aO2Nh44hn78gACLcB/s1600/butter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JDyqjpRLw-c/WBN_w585D_I/AAAAAAAAF68/0CyPgJjidyQxwtT-eax3aO2Nh44hn78gACLcB/s320/butter.jpg" width="198" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Title: Buttercream Bump Off</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Cupcake Mystery Bakery #2</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jenn McKinlay</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publish Date: January 4, 2011</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher: Berkley</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Source: Library</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon | Goodreads</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura's Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery is gearing up for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately someone has iced Baxter Malloy on his first date with Mel's mother. Now Mom's a suspect, and Mel and Angie need to find time around frosting to dig into the man's shady past and discover who served him his just desserts.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s1600/5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s320/5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Wow! The first book was amazing, but this one was even more amazing. Very entertaining from a well crafted murder mystery, to intertwined love stories. And Olivia Puckett continues to be Fairy Tale Cupcake’s nemesis.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Marty is a great addition to the characters. I would love to see him continue in the next books. It seems like the author has pretty much covered the spectrum with the variety of characters. From older, like Marty and Joyce, to younger, like Alma, and everywhere in between. I enjoy how the stories just continue to weave and unfold. And yes that is multiple stories.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I am so excited to continue this series. I always have to be careful that I don’t get series overload or burned out. I think this is why I usually find myself reading more than one book at a time.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-46873760416497514322016-11-26T05:30:00.000-07:002016-11-26T05:30:09.844-07:00Green Velvet Murder by Susan Gillard<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YMBDL3EaB-c/WBN-41zzgkI/AAAAAAAAF60/FctxQCJeInMn3X_x7aVABo7tqPO7WFZUwCLcB/s1600/green.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YMBDL3EaB-c/WBN-41zzgkI/AAAAAAAAF60/FctxQCJeInMn3X_x7aVABo7tqPO7WFZUwCLcB/s320/green.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Title: Green Velvet Murder</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: A Donut Hole Cozy Mystery #16</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Susan Gillard</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publish Date: August 17, 2016</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher: Guardian Publishing Group</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Source: borrower on Lendle</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2ej6eqB" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31553855-green-velvet-murder?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">When Heather Shepherd hears that the friendly newbie in town, Bernie Belushi, has been murdered courtesy of one of Geoff Lawless’ rock hard fudge balls, she’s concerned. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">That concern turns into determination when she discovers that Kent’s Aunt is the main suspect. Heather must bring Bernie’s killer to justice, with a little help from her husband, Ryan of course. Armed with nothing but her sleuth gene, Amy’s quick wit and Dave’s barks of encouragement, she marches off to Geoff Lawless’ store to investigate. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">But things aren’t as simple as she’d like: Geoff is positively panic-stricken and a professional at getting in the way, a mysterious car tails Heather around every turn, and a rash of burglaries has set Hillside’s residents on edge. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Heather has to put the distractions aside and focus on the case, and her Green Velvet Donut creations, or risk another of her hometown’s residents, and a new business venture to boot.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Not sure if I love the idea of green velvet on a donut, however, I loved the play on words though with the murder. The mysterious car driver, I’m interested to see where that leads. I also like how Amy has got more involved in helping to solve the murders. The little sleuth is fun too! </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And needless to say, I was a little worried when someone was sitting in Eva’s spot. I would love to see a national chain of Donut Delights in my city. This is a fun little series. I did put this series on hold for a while, so have four more books to catch up on. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-61017784455946305902016-11-21T06:00:00.000-07:002016-11-21T06:00:16.387-07:00The Enemy by Lee Child<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ievq_cFV0c0/WBN9_gzSHMI/AAAAAAAAF6s/AugP7HufdFYVJZRWqvkbwfTnGyEGcB7KQCLcB/s1600/enemy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ievq_cFV0c0/WBN9_gzSHMI/AAAAAAAAF6s/AugP7HufdFYVJZRWqvkbwfTnGyEGcB7KQCLcB/s320/enemy.jpg" width="194" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Title: The Enemy</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Jack Reacher #8</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lee Child</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publish Date: April 26, 2005</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher: Dell Publishing Company</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Source: Library</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2eMXnhA" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231562.The_Enemy?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier’s son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army’s brightest stars. But in every cop’s life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">New Year’s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The world is changing. And in a North Carolina “hot-sheets” motel, a two-star general is found dead. His briefcase is missing. Nobody knows what was in it. Within minutes Jack Reacher has his orders: Control the situation. But this situation can’t be controlled. Within hours the general’s wife is murdered hundreds of miles away. Then the dominoes really start to fall.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Two Special Forces soldiers—the toughest of the tough—are taken down, one at a time. Top military commanders are moved from place to place in a bizarre game of chess. And somewhere inside the vast worldwide fortress that is the U.S. Army, Jack Reacher—an ordinarily untouchable investigator for the 110th Special Unit—is being set up as a fall guy with the worst enemies a man can have.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">But Reacher won’t quit. He’s fighting a new kind of war. And he’s taking a young female lieutenant with him on a deadly hunt that leads them from the ragged edges of a rural army post to the winding streets of Paris to a confrontation with an enemy he didn’t know he had. With his French-born mother dying—and divulging to her son one last, stunning secret—Reacher is forced to question everything he once believed…about his family, his career, his loyalties—and himself. Because this soldier’s son is on his way into the darkness, where he finds a tangled drama of desperate desires and violent death—and a conspiracy more chilling, ingenious, and treacherous than anyone could have guessed.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This was not my first Jack Reacher book, but it has been a while since I’ve read this series. Chronologically this book is book one. We are introduced to the beginning of Jack, but not necessarily the beginning of his military career. Maybe this is more of a beginning that defines who he is. He begins questioning his quick move to Fort Bird, the handling of a death of a fellow officer off base, as well as on base. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Through the story, I think we really get to see what makes the man that Reacher is today. He is tough, smart, and does have a soft side. His interactions with other officers, his brother and mother, and civilians. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Although this is a heavier mystery than I normally read, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. I do like Lee Child’s writing and will continue with the Reacher series. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-35745380615722614442016-11-18T06:00:00.000-07:002016-11-18T06:00:07.030-07:00BlueBuried Muffins by Lyndsey Cole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0PhShb4ubYw/WBN9Rjj0YUI/AAAAAAAAF6k/GK4-jRBZ39Q3SWH-4sEsFBl-13-F-etbQCLcB/s1600/blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0PhShb4ubYw/WBN9Rjj0YUI/AAAAAAAAF6k/GK4-jRBZ39Q3SWH-4sEsFBl-13-F-etbQCLcB/s320/blue.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: BlueBuried Muffins</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: Black Cat Cafe #1</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Lyndsey Cole</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publish Date: January 1, 2015</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher: Lyndsey Cole Books</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Source: free on Kindle</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2dTRrSx" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24267716-blueburied-muffins?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Annie Fisher is scared. She’s scared of the mess her boyfriend, Max Parker, is in the middle of and she has to get out of his house. She puts a whole state between them and drives like a madwoman from Cooper, NY to her hometown of Catfish Cove, NH where she hopes she’ll be safe. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">She decides to start a new life, a life she ran away from two years ago but is finding herself missing as soon as she gets home. Annie immediately has a place to live, a job at her Aunt Leona’s new café—Black Cat Café—and plenty of boyfriend prospects. Unfortunately, she also has plenty of bad things follow her. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Like Max Parker. Only the next time she sees him he’s dead. Suddenly everyone she runs into turns into a potential suspect. There are ghosts from her past and new neighbors that make her hair stand on end. And right in the middle of everything is Annie with Max’s last warning to her—Don’t trust anyone. Will those words prove to keep her safe or put too much distance between Annie and those trying to help her?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s1600/5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s320/5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This book was so much fun and had me hooked from the beginning. I loved getting in on the start of the new store, Annie finding the cat, and all of the potential suspects. I enjoyed not only the mystery, but the family drama issues. Not something you normally find in a cozy mystery, but the development of a “real” storyline is what keeps me involved in a series. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My favorite character was Jason Hunter. It talked in the book about him finding things. Not alot was given about this, but the details provided made me think of the show The Finder. I’m very interested to continue with the series to see what he is all about. And if you haven’t watched “The Finder”, definitely go check it out. Sadly, it’s only a season, but so worth it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I will definitely continue reading this series and just the other day I received noticed that four of the books were 99c. Definitely grabbed those up and hope to find the others on discount soon!!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><br /></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-52909065808311236672016-11-14T03:00:00.000-07:002016-11-14T03:00:06.356-07:00Deadly Dog Days by Jamie M. Blair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tAkVC83JA88/WBOB-gCM2nI/AAAAAAAAF7I/hG_tIqg573Q9ld-kCx5GGk8751kcjC8XACLcB/s1600/deadly-dog-days-large-banner640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tAkVC83JA88/WBOB-gCM2nI/AAAAAAAAF7I/hG_tIqg573Q9ld-kCx5GGk8751kcjC8XACLcB/s400/deadly-dog-days-large-banner640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CSkD-dzV-kQ/WBOCPVNyg2I/AAAAAAAAF7M/0-JwFySUW-cHM6Myqc7PA4Ie-UQdeXnpgCLcB/s1600/dog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CSkD-dzV-kQ/WBOCPVNyg2I/AAAAAAAAF7M/0-JwFySUW-cHM6Myqc7PA4Ie-UQdeXnpgCLcB/s320/dog.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Title: Deadly Dog Days</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Jamie M. Blair</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publish Date: November 8, 2016</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher: Midnight Ink</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Source: Netgalley/Book Tour</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon | Goodreads</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">New to the historic town of Metamora, Indiana, Cameron Cripps-Hayman is looking to make friends with her neighbors. What she isn’t looking for is one of their bodies floating in the canal. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">When she and her estranged husband, the town sheriff, are both named suspects for the murder, Cameron takes solving the crime into her own hands, teaming up with her eccentric co-workers who dub themselves The Metamora Action Agency. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">As if hunting for a murderer with two high school geniuses, the town drunk, and an elderly kleptomaniac isn’t hard enough, Cameron adopts the five mangy guard dogs of her deceased neighbor. But maybe a stint at playing gatekeeper is just what she needs to come face-to-face with the killer and save another neighbor from being the next victim.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DENZa-SEs1w/UJbZCsfwdNI/AAAAAAAABuE/kuZmgjSbaWoXPXsaTeh5b_HUWCUQ_y52ACPcB/s1600/3StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DENZa-SEs1w/UJbZCsfwdNI/AAAAAAAABuE/kuZmgjSbaWoXPXsaTeh5b_HUWCUQ_y52ACPcB/s1600/3StarsDate.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This book had a different feel than most cozy mystery books I read. I did like it though. Cameron is thrown into a big mess of everything, but she handles herself very well. She’s a very strong character and learned from her entire situation. I liked how she formed the Metamora Action Agency and basically made lemonade from lemons. She was very upbeat and a good leader for them. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I didn’t love the little town, but I liked the different feel of the little town. I’m so used to a very warm and welcoming town, and this situation was different. With her mother-in-law and estranged husband, Cameron’s interactions with all of the townspeople was not always warm and friendly. It kind of had a dark feeling to it, but not overly dark.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I’m glad I was able to review this book for this tour.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bzzufsu7288/WBOCjR1r_6I/AAAAAAAAF7Q/eCbWdxrFkVg3WaNdSCGBoxTtUJING4HNACLcB/s1600/jamie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bzzufsu7288/WBOCjR1r_6I/AAAAAAAAF7Q/eCbWdxrFkVg3WaNdSCGBoxTtUJING4HNACLcB/s320/jamie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20.88px; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">About The Author</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Jamie Blair (Ohio) is the award-winning author of young adult and romance books, including Leap of Faith (Simon & Schuster, 2013) and Lost to Me. Visit her online at <a href="https://twitter.com/JamieMBlair" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.JamieBlairAuthor.com </a>and on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/JamieMBlair" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JamieMBlair</a></div><h4 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20.88px; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0.5em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Purchase Links</h4><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2cJoTwF" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deadly-dog-days-jamie-blair/1123288623?ean=9780738750187" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">B&N</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tour Participants</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 8 – <a href="http://www.bibliophile.reviews/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Bibliophile Reviews</a> – REVIEW, SPOTLIGHT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 8 – <a href="http://booksthething.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Book’s the Thing</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 9 – <a href="http://staceyschneller06.wordpress.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Books,Dreams,Life</a> – REVIEW, SPOTLIGHT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 9 – <a href="http://www.girlwithbooklungs.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Girl with Book Lungs</a> – SPOTLIGHT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 10 – <a href="http://dogsmomvisits.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Laura’s Interests</a> – REVIEW, SPOTLIGHT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 10 – <a href="http://booksmoviesreviewsohmy.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Books, Movies, Reviews. 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color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews</a> – SPOTLIGHT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 20 –<a href="http://libriamicimiei.blogspot.it/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> LibriAmoriMiei</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 20 – <a href="https://cozyupwithkathy.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Cozy Up With Kathy</a> – INTERVIEW</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></div></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-31762239025349162732016-11-10T05:00:00.000-07:002016-11-10T05:00:10.566-07:00Chocolate Crunch Murder by Susan Gillard<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1JzoVTLOsYU/WBN8bK6bj-I/AAAAAAAAF6g/PwgeDZRzUMItg9VGdJ8B9t15gz5JjKBCgCLcB/s1600/chocolate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1JzoVTLOsYU/WBN8bK6bj-I/AAAAAAAAF6g/PwgeDZRzUMItg9VGdJ8B9t15gz5JjKBCgCLcB/s320/chocolate.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Title: Chocolate Crunch Murder</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Series: A Donut Hole Cozy Mystery #15</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Susan Gillard</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publish Date: August 6, 2016</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher: Guardian Publishing Group</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Source: borrower on Lendle</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2dTOiBZ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31368430-chocolate-crunch-murder?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About the Book:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">When Heather Shepherd hears that the owner of her favorite burger bar has been murdered, she can’t believe her ears. To make matters worse, her employee, Jung, who just happened to be best friends with the victim, is the main suspect. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Heather refuses to believe that her assistant could have anything to do with it and decides to help Ryan with his new case – off the record, of course. Equipped with her sleuthin’ prowess and a couple new and old friends for company, she hurries over to the closed restaurant to investigate. But things aren’t as simple as they seem. There are pest troubles in the neighborhood, a large order of Chocolate Crunch Donuts to fill, a potentially violent grandma to interview, and an ever-snooping Geoff Lawless to contend with before she can get to the bottom of this sweet caper. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Heather must use her talent to figure it out, or the creepy killer might just strike again when the residents of Hillside least expect it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0K9-15qcMk/UI_LgKBucrI/AAAAAAAABqI/V1TBam-Koa83eT0GVu9olb4VxRsTT1BcwCPcB/s1600/3.5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0K9-15qcMk/UI_LgKBucrI/AAAAAAAABqI/V1TBam-Koa83eT0GVu9olb4VxRsTT1BcwCPcB/s320/3.5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Finally picking up book 15 in this series after having a break for a while. I had missed it as a free Kindle offer, but was lucky to find it through Lendle. It was fun to see Lilly as a regular character and continuing in the series. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">This is a fun series. Each book is a quick read, but enjoyable for a great escape. I think the author has done a great job with creating characters who interact well with one another and enhance the continued story line. I’m still surprised how much I enjoy the dog as a character. Kind of weird to think that way though.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div><br /></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-42563141096743596312016-11-07T07:00:00.000-07:002016-11-07T07:00:03.002-07:00Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CzUCZ_Kjmtg/WAfAAOG4DII/AAAAAAAAF6M/qmeipVtLKhEjA-6cJLYCSm5x26ui-R4fACLcB/s1600/sprinkle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CzUCZ_Kjmtg/WAfAAOG4DII/AAAAAAAAF6M/qmeipVtLKhEjA-6cJLYCSm5x26ui-R4fACLcB/s320/sprinkle.jpg" width="196" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Sprinkle with Murder</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: Cupcake Bakery Mystery #1</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Jenn McKinley</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: March 2, 2010</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: Library</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2euyt6F" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6633516-sprinkle-with-murder?from_search=true" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-c9919839-de45-e94c-3a2c-9ce02ba68278" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. But their first big client is a nightmare. She's a bridezilla who wants 500 custom cupcakes for her wedding. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Mel stumbles upon the bride-to-be dead-by-cupcake, she becomes the prime suspect. To save themselves and their business, the ladies need to find the real murderer, before the cupcake killer ices someone else.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s1600/5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s320/5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I can’t believe I waited so long to start this series. In one sitting and pressed for time I was a quarter of the way done. The next day in a couple of different sittings, I was able to finish it. I am now waiting for book two from the library. Only one person in front of me, so shouldn’t be too long of a wait. </span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was immediately drawn to the characters and their relationships; overprotective mother, watchful uncle, best friends, and even the other relationships revealed. This was definitely a cozy mystery with a little bit of drama, drama outside of the mystery. I also liked that the small town feel, even though it is definitely in a large city. Love to see someone’s perception of such a cozy neighborhood.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mystery was also engaging. Definitely had me fooled until revealed at the end. </span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cannot wait until I can read book two!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-73389645124631090062016-11-04T07:00:00.000-06:002016-11-04T07:00:12.049-06:00Freebie Friday: Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FsmCTLuJawM/WAe_Y2idi8I/AAAAAAAAF6E/vfNDE9dY190tiilA4FIOcKDAa-Q8LK6eQCLcB/s1600/diva.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FsmCTLuJawM/WAe_Y2idi8I/AAAAAAAAF6E/vfNDE9dY190tiilA4FIOcKDAa-Q8LK6eQCLcB/s1600/diva.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Death of a Kitchen Diva</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery #1</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Lee Hollis</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: March 1, 2012</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Kensington Books</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: free on Kindle</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2eSfJRy" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11810080-death-of-a-kitchen-diva?from_search=true" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-0a3849c6-de43-4dbf-bd11-03106ad23485" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome to Bar Harbor, Maine, one of New England's most idyllic coastal towns. But as new food writer Hayley Powell is about to find out, the occasional murder can take a bite out of seaside bliss. . . </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Single mom Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaking roof over her head when her boss at the Island Times gives her a new assignment--taking over the paper's food column. Hayley's not sure she has the chops--she's an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her mouth-watering potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayley's chatty first column is suddenly on everyone's menu--with one exception. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When rival food writer Karen Appelbaum is found face-down dead in a bowl of Hayley's creamy clam chowder, all signs point to Hayley. To clear her name, she'll have to enlist some help, including her BFFs, a perpetually pregnant lobster woman, and a glamorous real estate agent. As she whips up a list of suspects, Hayley discovers a juicy secret about the victim--and finds herself in a dangerous mix with a cold-blooded killer.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re a single mother, teenagers or not, you probably, most definitely, could relate to Hayley. Facing normal issues with working and making ends meet, Hayley takes on a new assignment at her employment. I enjoyed how she took risks with this new assignment, which found her in the hot seat with the town loving her new column, but also in a different hot seat with the murder.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I liked how Hayley wrote her column, has got me to thinking about changing up how I write reviews. Always looking for a little inspiration somewhere, anywhere. The recipes were enjoyable and definitely a few I would and could actually make. </span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m excited to have found a new author and series. My library has the rest of this series so I will definitely continue reading about Hayley’s adventures. Another high five for a freebie Friday.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><br />Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-45107957110187001612016-10-31T07:00:00.000-06:002016-10-31T07:00:12.286-06:00Halloween Hijinks by Kathi Daley<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Atm5pb5hgXQ/WAe-qqqbDfI/AAAAAAAAF6A/_EzZ-xEWAr4lo-3WqTrhA7PdfjkHDlp1QCLcB/s1600/halloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Atm5pb5hgXQ/WAe-qqqbDfI/AAAAAAAAF6A/_EzZ-xEWAr4lo-3WqTrhA7PdfjkHDlp1QCLcB/s1600/halloween.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Halloween Hijinks</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: Zoe Donovan Mystery #1</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Kathi Daley</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: September 2013</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Amazon Digital Services</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: Kindle Unlimited</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2euxCDc" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18522816-halloween-hijinks?from_search=true" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-72c988ff-de40-38d7-8a0a-92396f982fa9" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halloween Hijinks: Amid a backdrop of zombies on the run and Halloween festivities, animal control officer Zoe Donovan is faced with losing something she loves in order to save someone she loves when she finds a dead body in the basement of a haunted house just two days before Halloween. With the help of her best friends, Levi and Ellie, and her dog Charlie, she delves into a mystery as complex and multilayered as the feelings she develops for her ex-nemesis Zak Zimmerman. Halloween Hijinks is the perfect recipe, combining holiday fun with a touch of humor, a pinch of romance, and a dollop of murder. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0K9-15qcMk/UI_LgKBucrI/AAAAAAAABqI/V1TBam-Koa83eT0GVu9olb4VxRsTT1BcwCPcB/s1600/3.5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0K9-15qcMk/UI_LgKBucrI/AAAAAAAABqI/V1TBam-Koa83eT0GVu9olb4VxRsTT1BcwCPcB/s320/3.5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was a fun little start to a new series. I found it while perusing Kindle Unlimited options and was pleasantly surprised. Zoe loves animals, loves her community, and loves… </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I enjoyed the basis of the story. High school rivals and big games are a lot of fun and many readers can identify with these sort of antics. I also loved that it was at the time of Halloween and Autumn with pumpkins, corn mazes and zombies. </span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mystery and the solving of the mystery was unique. I wondered about the suspect, but loved how the author closed the story. At times I did feel like it skipped a lot of “time”, moving ahead in time and maybe not specifically indicating so. I loved the animal rescue aspect and that Zoe wasn’t a complete bleeding heart, but did look out for all animals. </span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Levi and Ellie were great friends and I was as skeptical as Zoe when Zac joined the crew. Excited to see where these relationships develop and meet additional people of the town.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-68795653420247597332016-10-24T02:00:00.000-06:002016-10-24T02:00:19.130-06:00Send in the Clowns by Julie Mulhern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wsft0awO8ss/WAe9YLSAQ8I/AAAAAAAAF5w/6Lnb_GVl59UG9FLX0X_IHLAuEijctAAigCLcB/s1600/clown%2Bbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wsft0awO8ss/WAe9YLSAQ8I/AAAAAAAAF5w/6Lnb_GVl59UG9FLX0X_IHLAuEijctAAigCLcB/s400/clown%2Bbanner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UEhsQTd3-5I/WAe9Z_EN26I/AAAAAAAAF50/LHikq6YyyCUdfyBWMRKHSmmJRtEIkob9ACLcB/s1600/clown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UEhsQTd3-5I/WAe9Z_EN26I/AAAAAAAAF50/LHikq6YyyCUdfyBWMRKHSmmJRtEIkob9ACLcB/s320/clown.jpg" width="206" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Send in the Clowns</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: The Country Club Murders #4</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Julie Mulhern</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: October 25, 2016</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Henery Press</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: Netgalley/Book Tour</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2el322O" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31306463-send-in-the-clowns?from_search=true" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-b8d0f569-de3b-9ced-55b6-9fcb7cee3a26" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Haunted houses are scary enough without knife-wielding clowns. Especially murderous knife-wielding clowns. So thinks Ellison Russell, single mother, artist, and reluctant sleuth.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now death wears a red nose and Ellison is up to the blood-stained collar of her new trench coat in costumes, caffeine, and possible killers. Who stabbed Brooks Harney? And why? Money? Jealousy? Drugs?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With Mother meddling, her father furious, and her date dragged downtown for questioning, turns out Ellison's only confidante is Mr. Coffee.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My first book in this series, even though it’s book #4. I enjoy Henery Press and their associated authors and so I offered to help with this book tour by providing a review.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Immediately I was hooked, and maybe a little freaked out with the clowns, but also not feeling like I had started in the middle of the story. I am amazed when authors can write a stand alone, but part of a series, book. You are aware that you’re missing parts of back story, but nothing of the main story. I’m excited to go back and catch up.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love Ellison and her life issues she is facing in this issue. She seems like someone who has been through quite a lot recently, but is strong and just keeps pushing her way through. She is one tough cookie! Caught between two men, her father, and raising her children, she is someone to identify with as a single lady.</span></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mystery and story was a little darker than most cozies that I read, but I enjoyed the story. I’m excited to go back to the prior installments and catch up on specific tidbits of Ellie’s story. I also love the covers and title names. The mystery was woven very well and I definitely didn’t see this one coming.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UgtvQdRg8Ps/WAe90obF4WI/AAAAAAAAF54/oqhLGXtO4eocy8xESJHjYSj94PDcFOfyACLcB/s1600/julie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UgtvQdRg8Ps/WAe90obF4WI/AAAAAAAAF54/oqhLGXtO4eocy8xESJHjYSj94PDcFOfyACLcB/s320/julie.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">About The Author – Julie Mulhern is the USA Today bestselling author of The Country Club Murders. She is a Kansas City native who grew up on a steady diet of Agatha Christie. She spends her spare time whipping up gourmet meals for her family, working out at the gym and finding new ways to keep her house spotlessly clean–and she’s got an active imagination. Truth is–she’s an expert at calling for take-out, she grumbles about walking the dog and the dust bunnies under the bed have grown into dust lions.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Author Links</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Webpage –</strong> <a href="http://www.juliemulhern.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">www.juliemulhern.com</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">FB –</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/juliekmulhern/?ref=hl" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/juliekmulhern/?ref=hl</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Twitter –</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/JulieKMulhern" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">https://twitter.com/JulieKMulhern</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Goodreads –</strong> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8573907.Julie_Mulhern" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8573907.Julie_Mulhern</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Purchase Links</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bKBCxA" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> – <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/send-in-the-clowns-julie-mulhern/1124190025?ean=2940157118723" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> – <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/send-in-the-clowns/id1138362633?mt=11" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">iBooks</a> – <a href="http://smarturl.it/clownsk" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kobo </a></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; 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margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Books,Dreams,Life</a> – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 25 – <a href="http://www.sleuthcafe.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sleuth Cafe</a> – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 25 – <a href="http://mysteriesetc.blogspot.ca/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">MysteriesEtc</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 26 – <a href="http://malloryheartscozies.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mallory Heart’s Cozies</a> – REVIEW, SPOTLIGHT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 26 – <a href="http://www.bibliophile.reviews/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Bibliophile Reviews</a> – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 27 – <a href="http://queenofallshereads.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Queen of All She Reads</a> – REVIEW, EXCERPT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 27 – <a href="htp://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too!</a> – SPOTLIGHT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; 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font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 29 – <a href="http://christanardi.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Christa Reads and Writes</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 29 – <a href="http://mariemcnary.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Grace. Gratitude. Life. by Marie McNary</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 30 – <a href="http://nadanessinmotion.blogspot.com.eg/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Nadaness In Motion</a> – EXCERPT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">October 31 – <a href="http://www.storeybookreviews.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">StoreyBook Reviews</a> – GUEST POST</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 1 – <a href="https://cozyupwithkathy.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Cozy Up With Kathy</a> – GUEST POST</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 1 – <a href="https://frankiebow.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Island Confidential</a> – CHARACTER INTERVIEW,</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 2 – <a href="http://iwishilivedinalibrary.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I Wish I Lived in a Library</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 2 – <a href="http://www.celticladysreviews.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Celticlady’s Reviews</a> – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 3 – <a href="https://cassidysalem.wordpress.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Cassidy Salem Reads & Writes</a> – GUEST POST</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 3 – <a href="http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book</a> – REVIEW, INTERVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 4 – <a href="http://dogsmomvisits.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Laura’s Interests</a> – REVIEW, EXCERPT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 4 – <a href="http://achickwhoreads.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A Chick Who Reads</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 5 – <a href="http://www.brookeblogs.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Brooke Blogs</a> – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 6 – <a href="http://communitybookstop.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Community Bookstop</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 7 – <a href="http://libriamicimiei.blogspot.it/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">LibriAmoriMiei</a> – REVIEW</strong></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">November 7 – <a href="http://www.girlwithbooklungs.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #af0a4f; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Girl with Book Lungs</a> – REVIEW, EXCERPT</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.92px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-58552842848810631352016-10-21T07:30:00.000-06:002016-10-21T07:30:17.508-06:00Freebie Friday Review: A Sweet Smell of Murder by Cindy Bell<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I8BseWDMPhU/WAe8L0QOm3I/AAAAAAAAF5o/d4JSPpb4eOIbk1l9qNSJwwNVidyBWrApgCLcB/s1600/sweet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I8BseWDMPhU/WAe8L0QOm3I/AAAAAAAAF5o/d4JSPpb4eOIbk1l9qNSJwwNVidyBWrApgCLcB/s320/sweet.jpg" width="212" /></a>Title: The Sweet Smell of Murder<br />Series: A Chocolate Centered Cozy Mystery #1<br />Author: Cindy Bell<br />Publish Date: August 24, 2015<br />Publisher: Createspace<br />Source: Free from Amazon<br /><a href="http://amzn.to/2e8xhdC" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26162694-the-sweet-smell-of-murder?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br /><br />About the Book:<br />Ally Sweet is happy to be returning for a short break to the small town where she grew up. She is planning on using the time off to get over her messy divorce and she is looking forward to spending time with her much-loved grandmother and relaxing making chocolates and anything chocolaty.<br /><br />But then… the delivery driver for her grandmother’s chocolate shop is found murdered. The detectives investigating the crime have a prime suspect, Ally’s high school sweetheart, Brent. Ally believes that Brent would never murder anyone, so with the help of her trusted feline friend, Peaches, she tries to uncover the truth.<br /><br />The search for the killer leads Ally straight into the line of danger. Will she be able find the murderer before she becomes a victim herself?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s1600/5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s320/5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />My Review:<br />Ally is returning home and just hoping to relax and move forward from her divorce. She’s staying with her grandmother (Mee Maw) who is such a great character. My first impression of her, I loved her from the start. She is soft and caring, but does tell it like it is. Here’s a quote from Mee Maw that I absolutely loved! She’s talking to Ally, “Honey, I’ve always told you, you’ve got a big heart, and that’s beautiful, but your brain has got to be bigger.” (location 102)<br /><br />The story intertwined around the murder and crime was very enjoyable. Not one you typically see in a cozy mystery, so it really appealed to me. I did have somewhat of an inkling of who did it, but there were just enough other clues I wasn’t positive.<br /><br />I really enjoyed this book. Another great freebie from Kindle. I will definitely continue with the series!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-56147990085006229122016-10-17T06:00:00.000-06:002016-10-17T06:00:18.414-06:00Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yqpJ6pxm_VI/V_0htL_qxcI/AAAAAAAAF5U/bicTd22-gj4OKqUawJs4Zp0M9C101TYbACLcB/s1600/pepper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yqpJ6pxm_VI/V_0htL_qxcI/AAAAAAAAF5U/bicTd22-gj4OKqUawJs4Zp0M9C101TYbACLcB/s320/pepper.jpg" width="198" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Assault and Pepper</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: Spice Shop Mystery #1</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Leslie Budewitz</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: March 3, 2015</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Berkley</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: Library</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2dGWAR5" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22668730-assault-and-pepper?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-8048a0b6-b4cb-476d-907d-4ba05da4671f" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After leaving a dicey marriage and losing a beloved job in a corporate crash, Pepper Reece has found a new zest for life running a busy spice and tea shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Her aromatic creations are the talk of the town, and everyone stops by for a cup of her refreshing spice tea, even other shopkeepers and Market regulars. But when a panhandler named Doc shows up dead on the store’s doorstep, a Seattle Spice Shop cup in his hand, the local gossip gets too hot for Pepper to handle—especially after the police arrest one of Pepper’s staffers, Tory Finch, for murder.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tory seems to know why she’s a suspect, but she refuses to do anything to curry favor with the cops. Convinced her reticent employee is innocent, Pepper takes it on herself to sniff out some clues. Only, if she’s not careful, Pepper’s nosy ways might make her next on the killer’s list…</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DENZa-SEs1w/UJbZCsfwdNI/AAAAAAAABuE/kuZmgjSbaWoXPXsaTeh5b_HUWCUQ_y52ACPcB/s1600/3StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DENZa-SEs1w/UJbZCsfwdNI/AAAAAAAABuE/kuZmgjSbaWoXPXsaTeh5b_HUWCUQ_y52ACPcB/s1600/3StarsDate.png" /></a></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love Seattle and so I was excited to read this series. I liked it okay, but was so inundated with details I just couldn’t enjoy the story. I loved how the reader brought in the homeless population to this story, as it is a huge population in that area and specifically Pike Place Market. I loved the idea of getting to know all the little shops because as a tourist you’re so taken in by everything it was fun to just hear about each shop individually.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pepper is a great character. I like how she came from Human Resources to owning a spice shop and really needing to lean on employees who worked for the former owner. I liked how this showed her vulnerability, but that she was a strong character, very smart, and intelligent enough to figure out the crime. Tag was a very interesting character in the story</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mystery was very well put together and intriguing enough to keep me reading. It was interesting to find out who was the killer. The spice shop was fun to hear about combining certain spices for all sorts of dishes. That was new to me.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will probably continue with the series, as first installments do a lot of set up and so details are needed, but it won’t be real quick. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-44825860182085053482016-10-15T06:00:00.000-06:002016-10-15T06:00:04.582-06:00Mini Review: Cinnamon Nut Crunch by Susan Gillard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-33M1idYtMiA/V_0hA2mncNI/AAAAAAAAF5M/q9fM__-7jCkZE-d68RyqiAiJyWICIcdhgCLcB/s1600/cinnamon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-33M1idYtMiA/V_0hA2mncNI/AAAAAAAAF5M/q9fM__-7jCkZE-d68RyqiAiJyWICIcdhgCLcB/s320/cinnamon.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: Cinnamon Nut Crunch Murder</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: A Donut Hole Cozy Mystery #14</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Susan Gillard</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: July 30, 2016</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: Guardian Publishing Group</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: Kindle Unlimited</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2dahJzo" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31303363-cinnamon-nut-crunch-murder?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-22f1351f-b4c8-1de1-aa3f-443157294235" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mini Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Things really get mixed together in this book. I liked all the twists and turns with all of the people that we have come to know throughout all the other books. Ryan is sitting this one out, but is encouraging Heather to get involved. By the end of the book, things have changed that I’m curious to know how they will work out in the next book. Little Lily is sweet and it was fun to learn about Eva’s secret car. I still enjoy the donut descriptions and wish I was eating some every time I read this series.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><br />Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-21882679989484646352016-10-13T06:00:00.000-06:002016-10-13T06:00:31.465-06:00#TBT 13 Blogger Tools<span style="font-size: large;">A look back at a post I did for a meme titled "Thursday Thirteen" back in 2010 and 13 blogger tools I used then.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thursday Thirteen: Blogger Tools I Love</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IbjenWVCvsQ/V_0fpei0LAI/AAAAAAAAF5E/z6sPmVgFM9M0oXji1_2H8kow7mdj6QoKwCLcB/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IbjenWVCvsQ/V_0fpei0LAI/AAAAAAAAF5E/z6sPmVgFM9M0oXji1_2H8kow7mdj6QoKwCLcB/s320/13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Click <a href="http://datesbooks.blogspot.com/2013/10/thirteen-blogger-toolbox.html" target="_blank">here </a>to see original post!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-49223327207941042912016-10-11T11:09:00.000-06:002016-10-11T11:09:04.721-06:00A Charming Magic by Tonya Kappes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--p8wMxIMs8Y/V_0biKxTeBI/AAAAAAAAF44/VaUI5FeK_6wdyw-J4xHXS-O6XeWjxxJ0QCLcB/s1600/magic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--p8wMxIMs8Y/V_0biKxTeBI/AAAAAAAAF44/VaUI5FeK_6wdyw-J4xHXS-O6XeWjxxJ0QCLcB/s320/magic.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: A Charming Magic</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: Magical Cures Mystery #5</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Tonya Kappes</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: December 31, 2013</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: MagiCal Press</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: Kindle Unlimited</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2e4hxT3" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20371824-a-charming-magic?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-c4637d69-b4b3-5fa8-e417-fc1be3556043" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bubble, Bubble. . .</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Magic is floating all around Whispering Falls. There is a new flower shop, Magical Moments, and an upcoming wedding that has the town on cloud nine.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cures and Trouble. . .</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arabella Paxton, the owner of Magical Moments is smart, beautiful and has her eyes on Oscar Park. Not even the dark cloud looming over Whispering Falls is going to stop her from what she wants. </span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Magic Stirs. . .</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Village President and A Charming Cure owner, June Heal, is on a mission to find out why things are dying in Whispering Falls including her relationship with Oscar Park. </span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And Trouble Doubles. . .</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is a perfect storm brewing and a beloved Whispering Falls resident has been poisoned from a potion bought at A Charming Cure. June Heal has to use all her sleuthing skills and a little bit of magic to not only clear her name but help Oscar remember that she is the love of his life. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s1600/4StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFjtEeU9xT8/UG9aULCtBGI/AAAAAAAABaE/9rt9QrocTaQXSag23HMHAfeZB1z0HYTZwCPcB/s320/4StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">June is really put to the test in this book. Still trying to get Oscar to remember she works hard on a potion and continues to have problems with it each and every time. Finding herself being stretched to the limit, June is amazing in this book. Trying to help everyone, wanting things for herself, and still trying to learn what the spiritual world is all about, she does find a huge reward in the end.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I really enjoyed the direction of this book. With some major changes and revelations of bigger things in the spiritual world, I’m excited to see what is coming up in the next books. This series is nothing like I’ve read before. The cozy town, with the magical ideas and characters, you find yourself hooked. They are a quick read which makes them all the more addicting and easy to consume.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200558424043639255.post-78060039351199192372016-10-07T02:00:00.000-06:002016-10-07T02:00:07.839-06:00Freebie Friday Review: 3 Bodies and a Biscotti by Leighann Dobbs<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2siloBe-umQ/V-WAezSLoNI/AAAAAAAAF4o/GT-njDKiG7UbDkyoD4ZhFD1Je5VQYqWwgCLcB/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2siloBe-umQ/V-WAezSLoNI/AAAAAAAAF4o/GT-njDKiG7UbDkyoD4ZhFD1Je5VQYqWwgCLcB/s320/3.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: 3 Bodies and a Biscotti</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery #4</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Leighann Dobbs</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publish Date: April 1, 2013</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: free for Kindle</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2dgNmNe" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17788600-3-bodies-and-a-biscotti?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-f8e5b1dd-587c-f9df-315f-1ad3c884e8e6" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Book:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There’s a serial killer on the loose. And Lexy Baker’s grandmother, Nans, could be the next victim.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The bodies are piling up at the Brook Ridge Falls Retirement Center. Healthy people are dropping like flies. And yet no one believes a murderer is on the loose… except for Lexy Baker and the troupe of iPad-toting grandmothers who live at the center.</span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Lexy’s detective boyfriend, Jack, refuses to believe that foul play is involved, Lexy has no choice but to find the killer on her own. Along with Nans and her gang of iPad-toting, mystery-solving grandmas, they use everything from hypnosis to high-tech gadgets to track down the killer.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s1600/5StarsDate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rlpUpyLxQXI/UI_J2cq14EI/AAAAAAAABp4/NSfVWgFU_lIii_yQq5iFeLewteutc_iKwCPcB/s320/5StarsDate.png" width="320" /></a></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Review:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Loved this book!! Suspecting murder, Nans and her friends are already following the clues. Jack says they have not been informed yet, so the police are not investigating. Following what clues they have, the gang is trying to piece everything together and Lexy is trying to stay out of it. At least Nans was friends with Jack before Lexy came into the picture, and she is able to help her avoid any crazy predicaments with Jack and investigating the crime. </span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassie and John are engaged which throws many curve balls into the picture. Jack is to be the best man and Lexy is to be the maid of honor. Excited to see how that works out in the next book!</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s1600/DateSignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5ZybdqAdeU/UG9albVYn6I/AAAAAAAABaM/q9rrb3m1OCIibQfwgiRwPqSbeeBkTcwtwCPcB/s320/DateSignature.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Dalene @ A Date with a Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486857267957308386noreply@blogger.com0