Category: contemporary






Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Lest She Forget by Lisa Malice

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Lest She Forget by Lisa Malice

Posted November 29, 2023 / 5 Comments

LEST SHE FORGET by Lisa Malice GENRE: Psychological Thriller (General Market) PUBLISHER: CamCat Books RELEASE DATE: December 12, 2023 PAGES: 380 Haunted by a forgotten past. Hunted by a ruthless killer. No one to save her but herself. After surviving a car crash, Kay Smith wakes from a coma with […]



Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): This Passing Hour by Leslie Gould

Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): This Passing Hour by Leslie Gould

Posted November 28, 2023 / 13 Comments

THIS PASSING HOUR by Leslie Gould SERIES: Amish Memories #2 GENRE: Dual Timeline / Amish Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: November 28, 2023 PAGES: 400 After the death of her parents, Mennonite Brenna Zimmerman relocates to the Lancaster County farm of her Old Order Amish grandparents. There, she […]


Top Ten Tuesday: A Bunch of Series Set in Georgia

Top Ten Tuesday: A Bunch of Series Set in Georgia

Posted November 28, 2023 / 28 Comments

Happy Tuesday! For today’s Top Ten Tuesday ‘book setting’ prompt, I decided to look at a bunch of series that are set in Georgia… and a handful of standalone titles I’ve enjoyed that are set here too. And by ‘bunch’, I mean ‘however many I can think of’ – sticking […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder on Tour by V. M. Burns

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder on Tour by V. M. Burns

Posted November 27, 2023 / 16 Comments

MURDER ON TOUR by V. M. Burns SERIES: Mystery Bookshop #9 GENRE: Cozy Mystery (Clean) PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE DATE: November 28, 2023 PAGES: 252 Bookstore owner and Michigander Samantha Washington is thrilled to see her debut historical mystery finally on the shelves, but a killer seems determined to steal away […]




Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silver

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silver

Posted November 26, 2023 / 9 Comments

CRIME AND PARCHMENT by Daphne Silver SERIES: A Rare Books Cozy Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery (Clean) PUBLISHER: Level Best Books RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2023 PAGES: 226 Rare books librarian Juniper Blume knows this much… an ancient Celtic manuscript shouldn’t be in a Maryland cemetery. But that’s exactly what […]






First Line Friday (week 369): Christmas Takeover

First Line Friday (week 369): Christmas Takeover

Posted November 23, 2023 / 5 Comments

Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. I hope those of you in the US had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday! I’m ready to start spotlighting Christmas reads in my First […]



Happy Bookish Thanksgiving 2023

Happy Bookish Thanksgiving 2023

Posted November 23, 2023 / 4 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving 2023, my reader friends! I am thankful for many things this year – Jesus, my family, my friends, my church, YOU, and – of course – books. So I thought I’d send y’all a little Thanksgiving greeting based on some of the books I’m thankful to have read […]