MURDER UNDER A BRIDAL MOON by Abigail Keam SERIES: Mona Moon Mystery #10 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Worker Bee Press RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2022 PAGES: 262 TOP TEN MYSTERY NOVEL 2022 BY KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE! Mona Moon is planning her wedding to Robert Farley, Duke of Brynelleth, […]
THE SANTA RUN by Beth Pugh SERIES: Pine Valley Holiday #2 GENRE: Inspirational Contemporary Romance / Christmas PUBLISHER: Iron Stream Fiction RELEASE DATE: September 27, 2022 PAGES: 264 Tradition Isn’t the Only Thing on the Line This Christmas As Christmas rounds the bend, Eliza Lee Elliott struggles with her grandfather’s […]
THE OTHER SIDE OF CERTAIN by Amy Willoughby-Burle SERIES: Love For Certain #1 GENRE: Inspirational Historical Romance PUBLISHER: Fireship Press RELEASE DATE: September 21, 2022 PAGES: 267 For the love of love…and books Mattie Mobley planned to be a teacher, but when times grew tough during America’s Great Depression, and […]
DEVIL’S KISS by Michelle Bennington SERIES: A Small Batch Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Level Best Books RELEASE DATE: May 31, 2022 PAGES: 278 Rook Campbell is broke, divorced, jobless, and in desperate need of steady employment, which is hard to come by in the small town of Rothdale, […]
DEATH A SKETCH by Cheryl Hollon SERIES: Paint & Shine Mysteries #3 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE DATE: July 26, 2022 PAGES: 288 In eastern Kentucky, Miranda Trent runs a unique tour company called Paint & Shine, but sometimes the peaceful mountains play host to murder . . . […]
I’m delighted today to give you a peek inside When the Meadow Blooms by Ann H. Gabhart – and a chance for two of you to win a copy of your own! WHEN THE MEADOW BLOOMS by Ann H. Gabhart GENRE: Inspirational Historical Fiction/Romance PUBLISHER: Revell RELEASE DATE: May 3, […]
DRAW AND ORDER SERIES: A Paint and Shine Mystery #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE DATE: June 29, 2021 PAGES: 336 Appalachian artist and local guide Miranda Trent opens a new murder investigation after her Paint & Shine tour group discovers the remains of a missing hiker along an […]
I’m so delighted to welcome Kentucky author Ann H. Gabhart back to the blog today to share about her new historical fiction, Along a Storied Trail! ALONG A STORIED TRAIL GENRE: Inspirational Historical Romance PUBLISHER: Revell RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2021 PAGES: 364 Kentucky packhorse librarian Tansy Calhoun doesn’t mind the […]
I’m so excited about The Moonlight School by Suzanne Woods Fisher – besides being written by one of my fave authors, it’s also set in one of my fave states (Kentucky) and covers a part of Kentucky history I never knew about. Plus, that cover, am I right?!? THE MOONLIGHT […]
Always an honor & delight to have Kim Vogel Sawyer on the blog! Today she’s chatting about her new historical fiction, The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow, and the Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky (a topic that has fascinated me for years)! THE LIBRARIAN OF BOONE’S HOLLOW by Kim Vogel Sawyer […]
It’s always a treat to chat with fellow Kentuckian, Ann H. Gabhart & especially today on RELEASE DAY for her brand new historical fiction An Appalachian Summer! Ann H. Gabhart is the bestselling and award-winning author of several Shaker novels—The Outsider, The Believer, The Seeker, The Blessed, The Gifted, and […]
I am very excited about today’s guest because a) Ann H. Gabhart is a fave Kentucky author and b) she’s giving us a photo tour of a place I love to visit – one that’s about ten minutes from my house! SERIES: Shaker #7 GENRE: Historical Fiction PUBLISHER: Revell RELEASE […]
SERIES: Kenni Lowry #5 GENRE: Southern Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Henery Press RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2018 PAGES: 266 Beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. And doesn’t our Sheriff Kenni Lowry know that? Well, she knows a lot of things. Lucy Lowell takes great pride in […]
SERIES: A Southern Cake Baker Mystery #1 GENRE: Southern Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Crooked Lane RELEASE DATE: May 8, 2018 PAGES: 257 In the first of a delectable new Southern-set baking cozy series, Sophia Cummings, pastry chef extraordinaire, must craft the perfect cake for an old friend’s wedding while sifting through […]
Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth. And let me tell you, this broth is in trouble. Get ready for a Southern showdown. The residents of Cottonwood, Kentucky are sent into a tizzy when the Culinary Channel comes to town to film an episode of Southern Home Cookin’ […]
Hi friends! As a Kentucky reader, I am delighted to chat today with a Kentucky author – James Markert. James Markert lives with his wife and two children in Louisville, Kentucky. He has a history degree from the University of Louisville and won an IPPY Award for “The Requiem Rose,” […]
Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday! This week’s theme is books in a particular setting, so I chose my beautiful Kentucky home. I’ve lived here since I was a freshman in high school and I have absolutely fallen in love with its rolling hills, bluegrass, old stone fences, […]
Death has always been part of Gwen Marcey’s job. But when faced with her own mortality, everything takes on a different hue. Forensic artist Gwen Marcey is between jobs and homes when she accepts temporary work in Pikeville, Kentucky. The Eastern Kentucky town, located deep in the heart of the […]
Sheriff Kenni Lowry likes to think the zero crime rate in her small town in Kentucky is due to her being sheriff, but quickly discovers her grandfather’s ghost, who happened to be the town’s retired sheriff, has been scaring off any would be crime. Poppa has come back from the […]
After a few years as a police officer in Columbus, Michael Keane has no trouble relaxing into the far less stressful job of deputy sheriff in his small hometown. After all, nothing ever happens in Hidden Springs, Kentucky. Nothing, that is, until a dead body is discovered on the courthouse […]