Local cupcake queen Kayla Dobbs is feeling the heat—just as her bakery is finally taking off, her retired parents start pressuring her to move to Florida. Determined to prove her success, she takes on extra work at the bakery and fibs a little about the depth of her love life. […]
Pet sitter Daphne Templeton has a soft spot for every stray and misfit who wanders into the quaint, lakeside village of Sylvan Creek. But even Daphne doesn’t like arrogant, womanizing Steve Beamus, the controversial owner of Blue Ribbon K-9 Academy. When Steve turns up dead during a dog agility trial, […]
Sam Parker sees many weird things, but he has never heard a dog talk. He knows nothing of his parents, has never used a supernatural sword, and has never moved a coin with his mind. All he knows is the nuns think he is crazy, the doctor over medicates him, […]
Welcome to the blog today, author C.S. Johnson! C. S. Johnson is the author of several Christian/YA books, including The Starlight Chronicles series, the Once Upon a Princess saga, and the Divine Space Pirates trilogy. With a gift of sarcasm and an apologetic heart, she currently lives in Atlanta with […]
Happy Sunday to you! Today on the Book Club, let’s talk about the books we’re waiting on – and wishing their release dates would hurry up and get here!! One of the big ones for me is Sara Ella’s Unraveling, the next book in her Unblemished series. It doesn’t come […]
Happy March, y’all! Did it come in like a lion or a lamb for you? For us here in Kentucky it roared pretty loudly – with thunder that literally shook our entire house more than once. Here are the Goodreads giveaways ending this week that I thought might be of […]
Mystery Awaits on the Mysterious Yorkshire Moors At the urgent request of an old school friend, Drew and Madeline Farthering come to Bloodworth Park Lodge in the midst of the Yorkshire moors, a place as moody and mysterious as a Brontë hero. There have been several worrisome incidents out on […]
A Long Highway Home Facebook Party – March 7th 11am-1pm Eastern I am fangirling a little bit today because Elizabeth Musser is here, chatting with us! ELIZABETH MUSSER writes ‘entertainment with a soul’ from her writing chalet—tool shed—outside Lyon, France. Elizabeth’s highly acclaimed, best-selling novel, The Swan House, was named […]
Yay! It’s Friday! (Can I get an ‘amen’?) Since it’s Friday, it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line! The book I’m featuring today is Long Time Gone by Mary Connealy. And the first line is… “Abandoning his sister to save […]
Cat Latimer’s Colorado bed-and-breakfast plays host to writers from all over. But murder is distinctly unwelcome . . . To kick off a winter writing retreat, Cat and her handyman boyfriend, Seth, escort the aspiring authors to a nearby ski resort, hoping some fresh cold air will wake up their […]
Hi friends! Happy Thursday – which means Friday is TOMORROW! Bless. I am pleased to welcome a new-to-me author to the blog today… Faith Blum. Faith Blum is a 20-something author of multiple books in various genres. She loves to write, read, play piano, knit, crochet, sew, watch movies, and […]
Pistols and Petticoats 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction by Erika Janik March 2nd 2017 Book Blast A lively exploration of the struggles faced by women in law enforcement and mystery fiction for the past 175 years In 1910, Alice Wells took the oath to join the […]
Everyone swears by Yeast of Eden, the Mexican bread shop in town. But tonight, the only thing on the menu is la muerte . . . Struggling photographer Ivy Culpepper has lots of soul-searching to do since returning to seaside Santa Sofia, California. That is, until the thirty-six-year-old enters a […]
“It’s rough and it’s smooth. It’s dark and it’s light. It’s a masterpiece. It’s us. Here in Sudan. We are scared of it and drawn to it. There is an open door, and there is much opposition.” In the dusty, Islamic country of Sudan, Mia, who is raising her family […]
As part of the Litfuse Blog Tour for Door to Freedom, I am so honored to have the chance to chat with author Jana Kelley. Jana Kelley is a Texan who hardly ever lives in Texas. Raised in Southeast Asia, Jana developed a love for cross-cultural living early in life. […]
Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge returns shell shocked from the trenches of World War I, tormented by the spirit of Hamish MacLeod, the young soldier he executed on the battlefield. Now, Charles Todd features Hamish himself in this compelling, stand-alone short story. Before the Great War, Hamish is farmer in […]
Yes… it’s true. Despite my superpower, there are indeed (several thousand) books I have not yet read. But the ones I most whimper about are the ones that everyone else but me has already read. Take, for instance, these twelve books or series. (If it’s the first book in a […]
If you’ve never met Mary Connealy in person – and you ever have the chance to do so – you really must. She is as witty as you would expect after reading her books but also just as sweet. Her newest book, Long Time Gone, releases tomorrow (Feb 28) from […]
In honor of my fave candle company Novelly Yours getting her own website, I named today’s Sunday Book Club post after one of her candles – Shipping It. Because I’m OLD I had to look up what that meant when I first heard the term “shipping”. Because no… it does […]
Happy Saturday, my friends! Here are the Goodreads giveaways ending this week that I thought might be of interest to y’all. Best of luck to each of you! ? As always, clicking on the covers will take you to the giveaways and neither myself nor my blog are in any […]