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GUEST BLOG: “Crazy Dog Mom” Anecdotes by Teresa Inge, Heather Weidner, Jayne Ormerod & Maria Hudgins Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 August 2021

Thanks for all you do to promote cozy mysteries! We faithful readers are a crazy bunch, aren’t we? And over at Mutt Mysteries, we are also crazy about dogs! Today each of...

BOOK BLAST: THE FIRST SIN by Lisa Beth Darling Plus Giveaway!

Folklore Dayna Linton - 18 August 2021

South of Eden Publication Date: August 18, 2021 Lucifer Returns to Eden Lucifer is unceremoniously yanked out of Hell by his Father so he can return to his old job in the Garden of Eden....

BOOK BLAST: THE SECRET OF DRULEA COTTAGE by Claire Kohler Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 17 August 2021

Publication Date: August 16, 2021 Briony Fairborn, a midwife in eighteenth-century Scotland, comes from a family shrouded in scandal. Left with only one friend after her mother’s death, she has little hope of...

INTERVIEW: Cozy Mystery Author Mary Keliikoa on DENIED Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 17 August 2021

Today we welcome cozy mystery author Mary Keliikoa and ask her our questions about her latest book in the Kelly Pruett Mystery series, Denied. What drives your story forward in your books the...

GUEST BLOG: Loving the Research! by Elizabeth Crowens Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 17 August 2021

One of the most fun things about writing the Time Traveler Professor series involves the research. I think of myself as a method actor in the sense that before the pandemic, I...

BOOK BLAST: THE WALL by David Pereda Plus Giveaway!

Political Thriller Dayna Linton - 17 August 2021

Publication Date: June 5, 2021 THOMAS BERTRAM is an American living in San Salvador with his fiancée CECILIA. They own a popular neighborhood restaurant and plan to wed soon. Thomas's dream is to...

GUEST BLOG: Can Serial Killers Be Likable? by Peter Perry and Kathleen Sumpton Plus Giveaway!

True Crime Dayna Linton - 16 August 2021

Is there a rule that says the serial killer cannot appear likable? The fact that they can be likable makes them even more evil. The unfortunate truth is, they often are likable,...

GUEST BLOG: A Shameless Tack on Pitching My Books to Readers by Ellen Byron Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 16 August 2021

These days, promoting a book release is a second job for an author. When I realized that a lot of the book marketing heavy lifting would fall on me, I felt like...

BOOK BLAST: SILENT PRETTY THINGS O.J. Lovaz by Plus Giveaway!

Mystery Dayna Linton - 16 August 2021

Publication Date: August 17, 2021 A small town…a prominent family…a secret. Only two people know the truth, and their silence will have murderous consequences. Anna Goddard has spent a lifetime being the Good Daughter....

BOOK BLAST: Nature Is Unlimited Broadcasting Station: Flowers She Wore on Her Feet by Bertha and Edward Mkwelele Plus Giveaway!

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 16 August 2021

Publication Date: March 26, 2019 This is the story of an extraordinary girl and young woman with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and who is gone too soon. Neema was a...

GUEST BLOG: So Where’s the Mystery by Marlie Parker Wasserman Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 16 August 2021

In several courses I have taken on mystery writing, the instructor tries to dissect the genre. You know the outline already. The book opens with a dead body and then for the...

BOOK BLAST: THE ACK ACK GIRL by Chris Karlsen Plus Giveaway!

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 16 August 2021

Love and War: Book 1 Publication Date: February 14, 2021 It’s 1941 and the German war machine has defeated all of Europe except England. In an effort to force a surrender, the German Luftwaffe...