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Book Review: Guilty Pleasures, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #1 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell K. Hamilton’s debut novel introduces a vampire hunter with attitude and sass. Anita Blake doesn’t look the part, yet she definitely packs a punch. Hamilton’s book, first published in 1993 by Penguin Publishing Group, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through… Continue reading
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Book Review: Secrets of the Chocolate House, Found Things #2 by Paula Brackston
The second novel in Brackston’s bewitching series brings charm, charisma, intrigue, and danger that will thrill fans of Outlander. Published in October 2019 by St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. Continue reading
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Book Review: The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston
First published by St. Martin’s Press in 2018 and by Macmillan Audio, this book is ideal for fans of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. Brackston blends magic, romance, and a seventeenth-century mystery with her twenty-first-century everyday life. Her book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats as well as at your local Continue reading
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Book Review: Sunflower Sisters Woolsey-Ferriday #3 by Martha Hall Kelly
Kelly’s final book in the Woolsey-Ferriday series is by far the best one. First published March 30, 2021, by Ballantine Books and released in audiobook format on the same day by Random House Audio. The book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or Continue reading
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Book Review: The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
Published in 2022, by Mira Books and made into an audiobook by Harlequin Audio narrated by Tanya Eby, whose storytelling skills are ideal for Mallery’s characters: Bree Larton, Mikki Bartholomew, and Ashley Burton, making it a great listening experience about three women confronting genuine relationship challenges, the ups and downs of life, which isn’t easy Continue reading
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Book Review: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club is the first book in his series of septuagenarian sleuths. It’s a 2020 Penguin House Publication available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. Fiona Shaw brilliantly narrates the audiobook. Continue reading
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Book Review: Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
If you’re a fan of psychological thrillers where nothing is as it seems, the twist is so illogical it’s laughable. The characters are unreliable and impossible to connect with; this one is for you. At least listen to the audiobook and enjoy Richard Armitage’s voice as he reads one of the main POVs and Tuppence… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Mirror The Lost Bride Trilogy #2 by Nora Roberts
Roberts’ continuation of the Lost Bride Trilogy, published November 19th, 2024, picks up where the first book left off; therefore, this is not a standalone read. Roberts’ Lost Bride series is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, audiobook formats, at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook is narrated by Brittany… Continue reading
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Book Review: Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald
Grunwald brings the magical element of Stonehenge to New York’s Grand Central Station in the Manhattanhenge phenomenon when the sunrise or sunset perfectly aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan, creating a stunning visual effect as the sun peeks between the skyscrapers, an event occurring twice a year, close to the winter and summer solstices.… Continue reading
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Book Review: Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters
Winters brings together all the famous rom-com tropes into this quirky read, available in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook formats, at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook is read by Laura Hobson, who delivers smooth narration throughout; however, her attempt to differentiate the voices to individualize the characters is somewhat lacking.… Continue reading
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