The fourth Monster Hunter Mystery starts with the shocking, brutal killing of a local woman on Bray Road in Wisconsin. The injuries look like they were caused by a monster - could it be the legendary cryptid, the Beast of Bray Road? Or is it a more dangerous kille... Read More
The day of her father's funeral, a famous author, Emerson, takes his typewriter. She's been forbidden to touch it. In a moment of grief, she types a wish. She's stunned to discover her wish came true, not in the way she expected, and with consequences she never co... Read More
CROSS YOUR HEART AND HOPE HE DIES by Jenny Elder Moke is a wild cozy mystery and rom-com mix with a headstrong lead character intent on finding a missing manuscript after the author dies and leaves her book deal of the century close to doom. Β
The first in a two-book series, SILVER & BLOOD is a diverting forced proximity enemies-to-lovers romantasy by an author that I adore, Jessie Mihalek. My favorite reads by Mihalek have been sci-fi romance. Her Consortium Rebellion series is especiall... Read More
This is a boarding school story with a difference; two differences. This is an alternative history setting, and there are dragons. TO RIDE A RISING STORM is the second in a series featuring Anequs, a girl native to the land we call eastern Canada and the northeast... Read More
I always love a novel of women running a small business. Delaney Huger of Virginia is living her dream job in marketing for a good-sized winery. Life brings her back to visit Gull Island for a family wedding. Here she finds SIMPLICITY BY THE SEA, which... Read More
Anne had dreams of writing a book. She wasnβt always going to be a teacher. But she likes teaching, and sheβs good at it. When a parent complains about a book she lent their son, the school wants her to apologize. Anneβs not sorry for sharing the bo... Read More
Billie Walker returns for another case, beginning in Sydney, 1948. Β This former war correspondent found that jobs were given to men in Australia at the warβs end. She set about reopening her late fatherβs private inquiry office. This time, she learnsRead More
NINE GOBLINS by T. Kingfisher was originally self- published as an ebook in October 2013 by Smashwords. It was also previously released by Audible in audio version with a release date of Β September 2024. Β A delightful little novella, it is now being re-released by... Read More
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU by Andrea Mara is a pulse- pounding 10-day thrill ride set in motion by a message mistakenly sent to a 300-member WhatsApp group. The message contains secrets that produce a chain reaction of events that include four deaths, an injured teen... Read More
This urban fantasy romance novella brings music artist Natalie Gardenwood to revisit her high school for a reunion around Christmas. She was always shy but loved music, and sheβs been making a living in music shops and travelling with orchestras. A CHRISTMAS CADEN... Read More
Scout Harlowe inherited the farm she helped run with her grandpa, and his passing leaves her somewhat vulnerable. Luckily, her llamas guard the goat flock well, and they manage to get the better of Hudson Concord, who wakes up in an awkward position. H... Read More
Having recently enjoyed a light mystery set in the historical Cold War era of young Queen Elizabeth, aboard the Royal Train, I was delighted to climb back aboard the transport. The modern era is no less dangerous and convoluted in THE HAWK IS DEAD. ... Read More
A high school reunion takes a deadly turn in the second book in the Pearly Girls Mystery series by Heather Weidner. Cassidy Jamison, owner of Celebrations at Ivy Springs, is hosting a high school class reunion at her venue and must contend with the dem... Read More
Author Jacek Dukaj, and translator Ursula Phillips, bring a startling saga to fans of The Cautious Travellerβs Guide To The Wastelands. Based on the Tunguska Event in 1908 bringing the seeds of ice- beings to Siberia, or awakening them, LΓ³d β translate... Read More
The only thing Lt. Eve Dallas knows about art and galleries is what she has learned from her billionaire husband, Roarke, but she does know what she likes, and finding a dead body by a gallery owner's home propped up like an old masterβs painting isnβt anything sh... Read More
In a dystopian world reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange, Arliss Dubai returns to planet Teton from a five-year prison stint for a crime he naturally says he didnβt commit. The reader isnβt sure either way. BLEND follows a futuristic blended family. In the mile-high me... Read More
Rosie Kinsella has a great job, showing clients around swanky houses in London. She also posts on her successful Instagram account. Somewhere along the way, she gains the unwanted attention of a person who says he follows YOUR EVERY MOVE. Β The rest of her o... Read More
This is the fifth book in Grande Dame Mary Baloghβs Ravenswood series. This is the series centering around the family of the previous Earl of Stratton, Caleb Ware, who had been exposed to the ton for his clandestine affairs by his own son, Devlin. REMEMBER THE DAY... Read More
Harley Street in posh London is known as the residence of doctors, and this excellent Regency series follows the careers of some. At this time, doctors had to be male. If you are used to thinking of discrimination as historically against women, think a... Read More
With IN YOUR DREAMS, Sarah Adams finishes off her four- book When in Rome series set in small town Rome, Kentucky. Focused on the Walker siblings, the series hit most of the usual tropes. When In Rome paired a grumpy pie- making brother with a sunshine in... Read More
Detective Konrad, a retired police officer, faces another sticky cold case. Every witness is either deceased or lying when he starts to investigate. He should have started sooner. THE QUIET MOTHER is a lady named Valborg, who read in the papers that Konrad solved ... Read More
Twice a year, J.D. Robb (really Nora Roberts writing under a pen name) releases a new book in her In Death series. FRAMED IN DEATH is the 61st book featuring Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her gazillionaire husband, Roarke. Each book begins with a murder and f... Read More
Hereβs an unusual shapeshifter story, set in an alternate but recognisable England, where magic happens and so does romance. A TALE OF SEA AND SIRENS includes all modern tech and a tail, sorry, a tale, as old as legend. Β Merwoman Shirena Murphy ... Read More