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A quick little roundup of several smaller reviews I wrote in Summer 2023. Beware of spoilers! Title: A Fatal Illusion Author: Anna Lee Huber Series: Lady Darby Mystery #11 Thank you to Anna Lee Huber, Berkley, and NetGalley for allowing me to read a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. Also thank you to Yazmine Hassan for inviting me to participate in the blog tour; I’m sorry I didn’t get my crap together in time to participate properly. …
Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Beginning of Forever by Catherine Bybee is a story of passion and following one’s dreams. There are deep and meaningful family and friend relationships. The heroine Emma must contend with a misogynist father who refuses to allow her to be a part of the family wine business. To make matters worse, he has put her ex-husband in charge. Intent to run the family wine business one day, she finds that the men in her …
Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Melinda Curtis is one of those special authors than can write stories within different genres. She is known for her cowboy series, romantic comedy series, and mystery series. Although there are some similarities between the plot and characters the one major difference is how the mystery is presented. What they do have in common is the fabulous banter between the characters and family closeness. The Love in Harmony Valley series also has a mystery …
Book Review by Elise Cooper Forever Fudge by Nancy Coco is a sweet cozy mystery. Readers will salivate with the fudge recipes, be charmed on the Mackinac Island, and attempt to crack the murder mystery along with the main character Allie McMurphy. Coco is a great pseudonym for the Fudge series. “I really enjoy writing these cozy mysteries with the humor and solving the puzzle. While writing my first series, I would put recipes on my blog. Then a friend …
Title: A Night of Forever Author: Bronwen Evans Series: Disgraced Lords #6 Confusing I would like to thank Bronwen Evans, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Lady Isobel Thompson finds herself ensnared in a revenge plot when Arend Aubrey, aka Baron Labourd, begins to suspect her stepmother, Victoria Thompson, aka Lady Northumberland, of being the culprit behind the attacks on his friends, known collectively as the Libertine Scholars, …