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Interview with Jennifer Faye (Puppy Wishes & Candy Kisses)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Puppy Wishes & Candy Kisses by Jennifer Faye is a great read. This book is very heartwarming and has readers wondering will the hero be able to open his heart again after his losses. Intertwined are three homeless puppies, town lonely hearts, and a massive snowstorm. The heroine Candi Goodman has no family, has lost her job, and the animal shelter she volunteers is closing. She agrees to drive the last three puppies from …

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Interview with Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles (In Sunshine or In Shadow)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper In Sunshine or In Shadow by Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles the focus is on the good friend of Molly Murphy, Sid. As with all these books readers get a glimpse of what is happening in the time period that is weaved throughout the story. This book is very relevant because it delves into the Catskills before it became a resort and how antisemitism flourished, just as today. Because of the typhoid epidemic in …

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A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones

Title: A Hard Day for a Hangover Author: Darynda Jones Series: Sunshine Vicram #3 Not the conclusion I expected—or wanted Thank you to Darynda Jones and St. Martin’s Press for allowing me to read a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. Also thank you to Kejana Alaya for providing the ARC. It’s about goddamn time. We could have had this book a year ago, but the publisher wanted to let us stew for a while. Marketing, scheduling, I …

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A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones

Title: A Good Day for Chardonnay Author: Darynda Jones Series: Sunshine Vicram #2 LOVED IT I would like to thank Darynda Jones, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for allowing me to read a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. I don’t think I speak of anything in enough detail to be considered a spoiler, I made an effort not to, but if you want to make sure to avoid them, maybe don’t read this. I loved this book …

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A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones

Title: A Bad Day for Sunshine Author: Darynda Jones Series: Sunshine Vicram #1 Don’t repeat your mistakes, Jones I would like to effusively thank Darynda Jones, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for letting Christmas come early by allowing me to read a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. When a new Darynda Jones book drops out of the wild blue yonder directly into my lap more than six months before its due to be released, there’s only one …

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Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Title: Sunshine Author: Robin McKinley Series: n/a Too much story, left with more questions than answers I wasn’t going to review this one, but it’s haunted me the last couple of days since I finished it. I don’t feel like I have closure on it, so maybe if I get my thoughts down on paper (as it were), I can get it out of my head. I really liked the story! It had SO MUCH potential! But it wasn’t well …

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