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By: Ray and Michele Fraser Thank you to the authors for providing me a gifted copy of this short story! Jimmy Michaels lived next to the empty lot at 1421 Maple. He and his friends would play football and generally just hang out with this friends there. One day, surveyors showed up, and a houseContinue reading “1421 Maple”

By: Suzanne Kelman Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC of this wonderful book! Luca is the love of Tasha’s life.  When he signs up to fight for his country, Russia, during WWII to fight Hitler, Tasha is beside herself and completely heartbroken.  She decides to follow him and join in the fight asContinue reading “We Fly Beneath The Stars”

By: Fredrik Backman “But sorry is unreliable in that way.  When people don’t share it there’s a good chance that it will drive them apart instead.” Ove is a grumpy old man.  He is the epitome of a curmudgeon.  He thinks very highly of himself and believes that he is surrounded by a bunch ofContinue reading “A Man Called Ove”

By: Gabe Oliver “Don’t ever let the past keep you from living.  Enjoy every moment that live gives you.” Meet Gene.  Just a little boy, growing up poor, living out of the back of his mother’s car.  He begins reflecting on the fact that one small decision may have changed the path of his life. Continue reading “Little Toy Car”

By: Laura F. Murphy Thank you to Laura F. Murphy for inviting me to read her book!  Max is a feisty New Yorker who hasn’t had an easy life.  Adopted when she was a baby, Max grew up in a loving family, but no one looked like her.  When she started working in her brother’sContinue reading “Before Dawn”

By: Abigail Keam Thank you to the author, Abigail Keam, for the ARC of this book! Mona Moon is set to wed Robert Farley, Duke of Brynelleth and has been planning this event.  Unexpectedly, one of Mona’s maids is murdered, and no one can figure out why or who did it!  Mona sets her sightsContinue reading “Murder Under A Bridal Moon”

By: Freya Sampson “…you can buy yourself a fancy education, but you can’t buy common sense.” Libby Nicholls arrives in London brokenhearted after her boyfriend of 8 years says he needs a break. They were supposed to be getting engaged, not taking time away from each other! While on the bus, she meets an elderlyContinue reading “The Lost Ticket”

By: Lucy Score “At the end of the day, your quality of life is determined by the people you surround yourself with.” Maggie Nichols is a well known YouTube sensation – she flips houses for a living and puts out episodes about the work she does in the houses. She arrives in Kinship, Ohio forContinue reading “Maggie Moves On”

By: C. Hope Clark Thank you NetGalley and Bell Bridge Books for this Book! When Quinn Sterling’s dad was murdered, the Sheriff, her uncle, screwed up the investigation.  At the time she was away being an FBI agent, but he his murder bought her back to a pecan farm in the Lowcountry of South Carolina,Continue reading “Murdered in Craven”

By: P.M.A Hayes Thank you NetGalley and Cranthorpe Millner Publishers for the ARC of this book. Investigator Benedict Aberthorp gets a phone call from Aldo, husband to Francine, and is asked to find Francine’s killer.  At this point, Aldo is the main suspect.  There was a brown coat left at the scene of the murder,Continue reading “For Murder Press 3”