Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Snow Storm by Mike Alger

Book Title:  SNOW STORM by Mike Alger Category:  Adult Fiction (18 +) Genre:  Mystery / Thriller Publisher:  Publish America Release date:   July 2002 Content Rating:  PG – I wavered between G and PG…there’s no explicit language, but there is some mild-violence. He smiled. “Kidnapping? Naw… you don’t have to worry about that. Oy’m not here to kidnap you. […]

Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Deep Blue Murder by C.S. McDonald

Book Title:  Deep Blue Murder (A Fiona Quinn Mystery) Author:  C.S. McDonald ​Category:  Adult Fiction, 268 pages Genre:  Cozy Mystery Publisher:  McWriter Books Release date:  Nov 2022 Content Rating:  G. C.S. McDonald’s books are appropriate for YA readers as well as adults–no bad language or sexual content. Book Description: Fiona is delighted when her new mother-in-law, […]

Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Matrimony, Mayhem and Murder by C.S. McDonald

Book Title:  Matrimony. Mayhem, and Murder (A Fiona Quinn Mystery #10) Author:  C.S. McDonald​Category:  Adult Fiction, 242 pagesGenre:  Cozy MysteryPublisher:  McWriter BooksRelease date:  Nov 10, 2021Content Rating:  G. C.S. McDonald’s books are appropriate for YA readers as well as adults–no bad language or sexual content. Book Description: The venue is set, invitations sent, and the flowers ordered. […]

Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Saddle Up for Murder by C.S. McDonald

Book Title:  Saddle Up for Murder:  A Fiona Quinn Mystery #7Author:  C.S. McDonald​Category:  YA Fiction, 178 pagesGenre:  Cozy MysteryPublisher:  McWriter BooksRelease date:  May 14, 2019Content Rating:  G (The Fiona Quinn Mysteries are for everyone–adults love the books and they are appropriate for teens and tweens too!) Book Description: Fiona is in total shock when her […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Aqua Paws by Patricia Allieri

    Book Title:  Aqua Paws by Patricia AllieriCategory:  Children’s Fiction (ages 3 to 7), 39 pagesGenre:  Children’s BookPublisher:  Aqua Kids BooksRelease date:  Apr 4, 2023Content Rating:  G.  Suitable for everyone. Book Description: Splish! Splash! MEOW! Most cats hate water, but not Aqua Paws. He loves it! There’s just one problem: he’s terrified of crabs! ​Then Aqua Paws finds himself in a […]

Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Fool Her Once by Joanna Elm

Fool Her Once (A Novel) by Joanna ElmCategory:  Adult Fiction (18 +), 416 pages Genre:  ThrillerPublisher:  CamCat BooksRelease date:   Feb, 2023Content Rating:  PG-13 + M. There’s adultery, language, some sexual content, and violent crime, but no explicit descriptions of the crimes.   Some killers are born. Others are made. ​As a rookie tabloid reporter, Jenna Sinclair made a tragic mistake […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Traveling Tootsie by Karen and Kathy Honaker

Book Title:  Traveling Tootsie by Karen and Kathy HonakerCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7),  38 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Mascot BooksRelease date:   Nov 2022Content Rating:  G. Suitable for everyone. **** 2023 Family Choice Award **** Book Description: Have you ever wished you could go away on your parent’s business trip or hide in their suitcase to explore a new city all on […]

Book Review & Giveaway: The Adventures of Lefty and Righty: The Windy City by Lori Orlinsky

Book Title:  The Adventures of Lefty & Righty: The Windy City by Lori OrlinskyCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7),  38 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Mascot BooksRelease date:   Mar 7, 2023Content Rating:  G for everyone. Book Description: Do you ever wonder what happens to socks that get lost in the dryer? Join Lefty and Righty for the adventure of a […]

Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Flightlog: The Novel Adventures of a Stewardess Wannabe Who Becomes a Flight Attendant by Susan Humphrey

Book Title:  FlightLog: The Novel Adventures of a Stewardess Wannabe Who Becomes a Flight Attendant by Susan HumphreyCategory:  Adult Fiction (18+),  338 pagesGenre:  Women’s Fiction, Chick Lit, Memoir(ish), Coming-of-agePublisher:  Majuscule PressRelease date:   August 2022 Content Rating:  PG. A few romantic encounters but light on the details. Reference to tobacco use. Book Description: “It was 1978. People didn’t have home computers, video […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Chris Crossed Murder by Lauren Carr

Book Title:  Chris Crossed Murder (A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery #4) by Lauren CarrCategory:  Adult Fiction (18 +) Genre:  MysteryPublisher:  Acorn Book ServicesRelease date:   Feb 22, 2023 Content Rating:  PG-13 (Lauren Carr’s books are murder mysteries, so there are murders involved. Occasionally, a murder will happen on stage. There is sexual content, but always behind closed doors. Some mild […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Hunterland by Dana Claire

Hunterland by Dana Claire Publisher:  CamCat Books (February 7, 2023)Category: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Supernatural, Urban FantasyTour dates: February 13-March 24, 2023ISBN: 978-1792361357Available in Print and ebook, 310 pages Supernatural meets Nancy Drew in Dana Claire’s New Young Adult Novel Hunterland Liam Hunter has warded off hungry vampires, slayed monstrous beasts, and put agonized spirits […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Saving the Selkie’s Heart by Ella Rose

Saving the Selkie’s Heart (The Selkie Seas, #2) by Ella Rose Publisher:  Lightning Platypus Press, (January 10, 2022)Category: Paranormal RomanceTour dates: February 20-March 31, 2023ISBN: 979-8985603859Available in Print and ebook, 263 pages A selkie warrior, a newly transfigured selkie princess…what happens to love when loyalties clash?  Ceannas, a selkie warrior, must protect his clan during […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Princess Adele’s Dragon by Shirley McLain

Princess Adele’s Dragon (Witches and Dragons Book 1) by Shirley McLain Publisher:  Shirley’s Book (July 23, 2022)Category: Sword & Sorcery, Fantasy/RomanceTour dates: January 3-February 3, 2023ASIN: B0B7GMCDJ5Available in ebook only, 220 pages Description With the possibility of death before her, Princess Adele sets out to slay the dragon to save her Kingdom. What she discovers in […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Dead Reckoning by Lea O’Harra

Dead Reckoning by Lea O’Harra Publisher: Sharpe Books-UK (Sept 29, 2022)Category: Crime Fiction, Family Life, KidnappingTour dates: January 5-31, 2023ISBN: 979-8361831937ASIN: B0BGYG3HGXAvailable in Print and ebook, 289 pages Description Indiana, January 2010. It’s a hot summer’s day in 1984 when twelve-year-old Gilly and her friend Sally find a dead new-born in a shoebox in the […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Lulu and Malek sail off to sea!

Book Title:  Lulu and Malek Sail Off to Sea! by June Foster and Rob ScheerCategory:  Children’s Fiction (ages 3 to 7), 32 pagesGenre:  Children’s BookPublisher:  Hubble & HattieRelease date:   August 23, 2022Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA)Tour dates: Jan 9 to Jan 27, 2023Content Rating:  G.  The book is designed for children between 3-7 years of age. Book Description: Adventurous friends Lulu and […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Blooming Rose Blasts Off by Lauren Piland

Book Title:  BLOOMING ROSE BLASTS OFF! by Lauren PilandCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7),  38 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Mascot BooksRelease date:   Jan 10, 2023Format available for review:  print-hardback (USA), PDFTour dates: Jan 10 to Jan 30, 2023Content Rating:  G for all kids. Book Description: Rose loves to write, draw, and play―but what happens when she has to face a project […]

Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Armadas in the Mist by Christian Klaver

Book Title:  Armadas in the Mist (Empire of the House of Thorns series – Book Three) by Christian KlaverCategory:  YA Fiction (Ages 13-17),  332 pagesGenre: YA Fantasy Publisher:  CamCat Books Release date:  November 2022Content Rating: PG. It’s very clean. The Black Shuck’s forces gather just beyond the mist . . . Captain Justice Kasric knows how complicated family can be. The escalating Human-Faerie war […]

Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Justice at Sea by Christian Klaver

Book Title:  Justice at Sea (Empire of the House of Thorns series – Book Two) by Christian KlaverCategory:  YA Fiction (Ages 13-17) 416 pagesGenre: YA Fantasy Publisher:  CamCat Books Release date:  December 2021Content Rating: PG. It’s very clean. Book Description: ​The tides of the Faerie War are turning, but at how high a cost for the Kasric family? Justice Kasric, her siblings, and her […]

Book Review & Giveaway: The Darker the Skies by Bryan Prosek

Book Title:  The Darker the Skies by Bryan ProsekCategory:  YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 292 pagesGenre: YA Science Fiction Publisher:  CamCat Books Release date:  November 2022Content Rating: PG. It’s very clean. It only takes one to make a difference. Just days before Jake Saunders plans on proposing to the love of his life, Jake is called upon once again to save his home, Earth. […]

Book Review & Giveaway: Driven by Kerena Swan

Every mother’s worst nightmareIt was only for a couple of minutes, while dropping Noah off at nursery. Little did Melanie realise that leaving her sleeping son in the car would end up being the biggest regret of her life. A teenage challenge turns sourFor teenager Woody, stealing cars with his new friend helps alleviate the […]

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Girl Who Escaped by Mark Nolan

  One month ago, four college girls were abducted. Three were brutally murdered. One girl escaped. Angie Taylor was traumatized and shocked speechless. The police think she killed her friends, and then had a mental breakdown.  Her psychiatrist believes she has an emotionally unstable personality disorder.  Can she ever speak up and describe the killer’s […]

Audiobook Review & Giveaway: Shadows Over London by Christian Klaver

Book Title:  Shadows Over London (Empire of the House of Thorns series – Book One) by Christian KlaverCategory:  YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 320 pagesGenre: YA Fantasy Publisher:  CamCat Books Release date:  May 2021Content Rating: PG. It’s very clean. Book Description: The Faerie have come to take London, and only one girl stands in their way. ​Justice isn’t your average fifteen-year-old girl. She’s an irrepressible scoundrel, […]