THIRSTY is the tale of two main characters who slowly but surely form a very complicated relationship and the circumstances of how they both come to a pivotal point in their lives.  One of the main characters is a somewhat sullen vampire, Lorenzo.  The other is a ...
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MURDER MOST HAUNTED by Emma Mason takes readers on a hauntingly fun journey as a group of misfits embarks on a haunted house tour, where nothing is what it seems, and everyone is a suspect when one of them turns up dead.

Detective Midge McGowan is retiring...
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Collins Cartwright, a once-celebrated photographer, has lost her job, her creative spark, and her unique gift, the ability to communicate with the ghosts. The ghosts are her muse, and she cannot photograph without them. Defeated, she retreats to Sweetwater Peak, a...
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Becky isn’t as excited about going home for Christmas this year. She’s keeping a huge secret from her family, from her twin. She’s been giving the newly married Rosie space to spend time with her new husband. Becky’s also changed jobs, which makes her life harder....
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Imogen Duffy is a young Irish jump jockey whose star is on the rise. Her boyfriend, Liam Carson, is also a jockey, and unfortunately, he feels undermined by her success. He starts bullying Imogen and isolating her from family and friends. DARK HORSE is a book of t...
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It’s that time of year, friends.  The leaves are falling and the weather is getting colder, so a cozy blanket and a memorable ghost story are in order.  Luckily for us, Kristen Loesch is serving up a doozy of a generation-spanning historical gothic mystery with TH...
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MY FAVORITE HOLIDATE is the fifth book in the How to Date series by Lauren Blakely. However, as is often the case with many of her books, the characters cross over to other series. This book can be read as a standalone, but there are definitely plenty o...
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The 13th installment in the Bookmobile Cat Mysteries by Laurie Cass takes the bookmobile on a wild ride into the death of a local surgeon found in the woods with an arrow through her chest. Was it a hunting accident or was it murder?

Aft...
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A MERRY LITTLE LIE is this year's Christmas title by author Sarah Morgan. Siblings returning home for their first Christmas with new romantic partners creates a time filled with love, laughter, tensions, dramas and some last-minute merry little lies. All for the ...
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If you love mysteries that give you that CLUE feeling like the game, then you will love MURDER MOST HAUNTED written by Emma Mason. It is one that is hard to put down. It keeps you guessing and just when you think you had it, one of those little details wi...
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Theresa Carle-Sanders is known for crafting cookbooks to honor popular books, including Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander and Stephen King’s novels set in Maine. In the IN DEATH COOKBOOK -To Die For Recipes, she tackles the dishes and beverages from the futuri...
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WILLING PREY started as a novella for new author Allie Oleander that expanded into her full-length debut novel exploring an unusual sexual kink. So, I enjoy reading erotic romance and was intrigued enough by the book summary even though I had never hear...
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Evie Sage is finally getting the position she has earned – as the Villain’s true accomplice.  However, in the meantime, they are taking “it’s complicated” to a whole new level – with their ongoing romantic trials. Trystan’s magic has become unstable, and Evie’s pr...
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Doc Ford returns for the next episode of his career. You may have read the excellent Sanibel Flats, Shark River, Twelve Mile Limit and the rest. By now, it’s book twenty-eight, and Doc gets caught by an obvious trick, and I thought it was time he hung up his boot...
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APPRENTICE TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Mahrer picks up where Assistant to the Villain left off – with Evie Sage in a plot to rescue her boss, The Villain. With the help of a mysterious knight in the King’s service, Evie rescues him from the King’s clutches. Read More

Long ago in the kingdom of Esquaveta, which was set between the French and Italian influences, little Princess Tullia was betrothed to Prince Dalrympl of Oxatania. All does not go smoothly in this fantasy fable about THE MAGICIAN OF TIGER CASTLE.
 
Durin...
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Hazel’s grandmother urges her to get a job at the local library. There she meets Astrid, Jonathon, and Sophie. It’s a memorable first couple of days. First, there’s a fistfight and later one of the men dies. Then a person who attended game night is murdered. The p...
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THE SECRET OF ORANGE BLOSSOM CAKE by Rachel Linden is women's fiction with a little bit of magic, a lot of family healing, second chance romance, and delectable food descriptions all set in gorgeous Northern Italy. Juliana Costa is ready for her life to...
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When two Halloween partiers stumble upon a life-sized doll swinging on a covered porch, they believe it’s part of the decorations, until they get a closer look and discover it’s a young woman they know, and she is most certainly dead in MY DAUGHTER’S SECRET by Nic...
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Emma Smith is told by her strict boss that he’s sending her on vacation as a perk. He’s already booked a ticket and hotel. This seems kind but controlling, and the reader suspects something is awry. MONTANA DELTA RODEO COWBOY seems to pack a lot into the title, bu...
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I was first introduced to Sherry Thomas back in 2011, when historical romance was still very much a thing.  Thomas has been a hit-or-miss romance author for me.  Normally, I am delighted by her writing, but occasionally she writes something that does not work at a...
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The well-known Shetland Islands police detective, DI Jimmy Perez, from Ann Cleeves’ Shetland series, has moved to another of the remote island chains between Scotland and Denmark, which used to have sovereignty. He now lives on one of the Orkney Islands...
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The Lyonese trilogy by Sierra Simone is now complete with BITTER BURN. We see the story of Mark, Isolde and Tristan come to a head, thrash around violently before settling down for their very own walk in the sunset. 

This is an MMF s...
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The latest in The Thursday Murder Club is THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE. The mystery opens with wedding preparations for Joyce's daughter. The case presents itself when the best man approaches Elizabeth to discuss someone trying to kill them.