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BOOK BLAST: FINAL HARVEST by Barbara Howard Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 25 March 2021

A Finding Home Mystery: Book 1 Publication Date: August 1, 2020 Traci Simmons has been fired from another job and must decide if it’s time to give up her home and start fresh in...

GUEST BLOG: Meet Amy Flowers by Gayle Leeson Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 24 March 2021

Hi, there. I’m Amy Flowers, and I’m not sure where to begin. I mean, I hate to say this, but my cousin Jackie is a hothead. I love her to pieces, but...

BOOK BLAST: WALLFLOWER by Cookie O’Gorman Plus Giveaway!

Young Adult/Teen Dayna Linton - 24 March 2021

Wallflower (wohl-flou-erh): Identifier for someone who is shy and/or awkward. For reference, see Viola Kent. Seventeen-year-old Viola Kent likes being invisible. Well, not literally, but she's content being a loner, reading her books,...

GUEST BLOG: Researching for Rest, Relax, Run For Your Life by Katherine H. Brown Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 24 March 2021

Good morning. Thank you for having me, today. I’m Katherine Brown, author of the Ooey Gooey Bakery cozy mystery series. One question that readers often have is whether or not the author has...

BOOK BLAST: ELLERSLIE by William Francis Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 23 March 2021

Publication Date: March 23, 2021 Did you know author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda lived in a haunted house? It’s the Jazz Age, it’s Prohibition and aviator Charles Lindbergh is the most...

GUEST BLOG: The Backstory on Lisa Jamison by Lori Duffy Foster Plus Giveaway!

Detective/Sleuths Dayna Linton - 23 March 2021

It was a warm summer evening in Syracuse, NY, made unbearably hot by the flames that consumed the house before me. I had already interviewed the residents, who escaped unharmed, and I...

GUEST BLOG: Write What You Know–Then Give It a Twist by Diane Bator Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 23 March 2021

When I was first starting out, I was given the basic advice made famous by Mark Twain. “Write what you know.” I felt deflated. I didn’t know anything. How was I supposed...

GUEST BLOG: Writing Fish-Out-Of-Water Protagonists by Olivia Matthews

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 22 March 2021

I love fish-out-of-water protagonists. They invite readers to view an environment with a fresh perspective. They inspire other characters to question the status quo. Most importantly, they introduce and acclimate readers into...

GUEST BLOG: Start Now, Or Lose The Opportunity? by Erven Kimble Plus Giveaway!

Christian Dayna Linton - 19 March 2021

Is there something that you are longing to pursue, for His Glory? A calling that you have received from God, and yet hesitating on doing it because of the fear that you...

BOOK BLAST: The Influencer by Frankie Bow Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 March 2021

A Professor Molly Mystery: Book 10 Publication Date: March 17, 2021 In Which Professor Molly Learns There Is, In Fact, Such a Thing as Bad Publicity It’s spring break. Donnie’s taken the baby to visit...

GUEST BLOG: Creating an Enchanted Library in Destiny Falls by Elizabeth Pantley Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 March 2021

I’ve always loved libraries. There’s just something about the hushed magic they emit that makes me want to lose hours wandering the aisles. My main character in the Destiny Falls Magic and Mystery...

GUEST BLOG: Undercover Life By Emilya Naymark Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 17 March 2021

The number one reason the detective in my debut novel is an NYPD undercover, is because that was my husband’s occupation for four out of his twenty years with the NYPD. If...