Tag: Kentucky

First Line Friday (week 357): Of Hearts and Home

First Line Friday (week 357): Of Hearts and Home

Posted August 31, 2023 / 13 Comments

Happy Friday (and happy September!) & 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. Today I’m featuring the first line of Of Hearts and Home by Ann Elizabeth Fryer! I’m excited that Ann is […]



Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder Under a Bridal Moon by Abigail Keam

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder Under a Bridal Moon by Abigail Keam

Posted February 27, 2023 / 55 Comments

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, […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): The Santa Run by Beth Pugh

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): The Santa Run by Beth Pugh

Posted October 14, 2022 / 8 Comments

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 […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): The Other Side of Certain by Amy Willoughby-Burle

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): The Other Side of Certain by Amy Willoughby-Burle

Posted September 26, 2022 / 4 Comments

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 […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Devil’s Kiss by Michelle Bennington

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Devil’s Kiss by Michelle Bennington

Posted August 13, 2022 / 15 Comments

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, […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Death A Sketch by Cheryl Hollon

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Death A Sketch by Cheryl Hollon

Posted August 1, 2022 / 11 Comments

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 . . . […]



Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon

Posted July 1, 2021 / 9 Comments

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 […]


Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Ann H. Gabhart & Along a Storied Trail

Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Ann H. Gabhart & Along a Storied Trail

Posted June 3, 2021 / 50 Comments

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 […]



Guest Post: Kim Vogel Sawyer & The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow

Guest Post: Kim Vogel Sawyer & The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow

Posted September 24, 2020 / 10 Comments

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 […]


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Ann H. Gabhart & An Appalachian Summer

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Ann H. Gabhart & An Appalachian Summer

Posted June 30, 2020 / 43 Comments

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 […]


Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Ann H. Gabhart & The Refuge

Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Ann H. Gabhart & The Refuge

Posted April 11, 2019 / 40 Comments

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 […]


Book Review: Dead as a Doornail by Tonya Kappes

Book Review: Dead as a Doornail by Tonya Kappes

Posted May 16, 2018 / 1 Comment

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 […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Cake and Punishment by Maymee Bell

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Cake and Punishment by Maymee Bell

Posted April 30, 2018 / 8 Comments

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 […]



Author Interview: James Markert

Author Interview: James Markert

Posted January 6, 2017 / 2 Comments

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,” […]


Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set in Kentucky

Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set in Kentucky

Posted August 16, 2016 / 59 Comments

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, […]