Interview with Geo Shaw (from Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier)

Find an interview with the author HERE Elise Cooper:  Geo Shaw from Jennifer Hillier’s Jar of Hearts has consented to this interview. We will discuss with Geo Shaw how she endured abuse, her best friends’ murder, going to prison, and the scorn of the community. EC: Do you think people can reinvent their life—did you? Geo Shaw: I’m working on it. I have a lot of baggage that follows me wherever I go. But I believe we can do anything …

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Interview with Katharine Ashe (The Prince)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The Prince by Katharine Ashe is the fourth and last book in the “Devil Duke series.” With each new book, she outdoes herself. The latest is always better than the last. As with most of her books, she writes how nothing on the surface is what it seems to be. Both the hero and heroine hide their identity, she her gender, and he his background. He becomes a portrait painter so no one will …

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Interview with Libby Shaw (from The Prince by Katharine Ashe)

Find an interview with the author HERE Elise Cooper: You are pretty single-minded about achieving your goal to become a doctor even though the social norms emphasized women lacked the physical and moral nature to be physicians or surgeons. But it is obvious you could not do it without Ziyaeddin Mizra who is your greatest supporter and advocate. Thanks for the interview. EC: So why do you want to be a surgeon? Libby: The human body is absolutely fascinating, especially …

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Interview with Jennifer Hillier (Jar of Hearts)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier blends a murder, cover-up, and twisted relationships. Through manipulated lives, prison hardships, abuse, friendship, and wrecked futures readers understand how someone’s life can go so wrong. The story centers on Georgina (Geo) Shaw, someone who had to deal with the grief of losing her mother and two best friends. But it appeared she overcame it, becoming a successful, thirty-year-old self-made executive at a Seattle pharmaceutical company. That is …

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Interview with Karen White (Dreams of Falling)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Dreams of Falling by Karen White once again proves why readers have fallen in love with her books. Blending together friendships, betrayal, loyalty, and forgiveness over three generations makes for a gripping plot. At the heart of the mystery are the secrets each character is hiding. This is a story about three generations of women and is told from the perspective of Ceecee, Ivy, and Larkin. The main story goes from the present day …

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You’re So Stupid, Rose!

OMG I can’t believe I NEVER made this comparison! Titanic is one of my favorite movies ever. I just can’t believe I missed it! I just had to share that 15-second mashup with everyone. Cinema Sins’ frame of reference is always astounding.

Lost Innocence by Jannine Gallant

Title: Lost Innocence Author: Jannine Gallant Series: Siren Cove #2 Well constructed but I didn’t care for the characters Thank you to Jannine Gallant for reaching out and asking for a review, and thank you to Lyrical Press/Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to give this work three or four stars. Structurally and mechanically, it’s excellent. There were some minor typos which I trust will be corrected for the final …

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Interview with Patricia Bradley (Justice Betrayed)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Justice Betrayed by Patricia Bradley is the third book in the Memphis Cold Case series. Any series set in Memphis must eventually delve into its famous resident, Elvis Presley. Bradley combines a riveting mystery with some fun facts about the Elvis Week that includes a tribute contest. Homicide detective Rachel Sloan must endure interviewing an Elvis impersonator, Vic Vegas, who wants her to look into the death of his friend, another impersonator that happened …

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Solo Spoilers!

Hope you all are having a good Memorial Day weekend! Everyone staying cool in this ridiculous heat? I went and saw Solo this morning, and it was okay, but it felt kinda…anticlimactic, I guess. There was so much drama and hype and speculation surrounding this production that I expected something tense and energetic. Edge-of-your-seat stuff, ya know? In reality, I found myself yawning and a bit bored. Too much talking and making plans. I enjoyed Alden Ehrenreich as Han, more …

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Interview with Robin Burcell (The Gray Ghost)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell takes readers on a thrilling car ride as they race to find a valuable antique car before the bad guys find it. Amateur sleuths Sam and Remi Fargo, smart and philanthropic self-made multimillionaires, find adventure at every turn. The authors brilliantly explain the backstory through a journal, that becomes almost a secondary character. The back and forth between 1906 and the current time makes the …

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