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Interview with Amanda Flower (Marriage Can Be Mischief)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Marriage Can Be Mischief is a cozy mystery in the small town of Harvest, Ohio. It features Amish quilting matchmaker crime solver Millie Fisher and her English friend Lois Henry. This installment has Millie’s childhood friend, Uriah Schrock, returning to Harvest to find out what happened to his sister, Galilee. Forty years ago, her abusive husband Samuel was found dead, and she has disappeared. But now a film crew doing a documentary on this …

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Interview with Maisey Yates (Secrets from a Happy Marriage)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Secrets from a Happy Marriage, by Maisey Yates, is her latest book, in a new genre, but maintaining the same great story writing. This first women’s fiction novel has a mystery, some history, some romance, and a lot of family interaction. It delves into the relationships between mothers-daughters, and sisters-sisters, where forgiveness, hope, love, acceptance, and starting over are important themes. The story opens with mail order bride, Jenny Hansen, writing a letter in …

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Marry in Scandal (Marriage of Convenience #2) by Anne Gracie

Title: Marry in Scandal Author: Anne Gracie Series: Marriage of Convenience #2 Uninspired plot saved by endearing characters I would like to thank Anne Gracie, Berkley/Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. The charm of the characters saved this novel. The plot is lazy: A man with a gambling debt absconds with a young, naive heiress to Gretna Green to marry her and inherit her fortune, but some kind …

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