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4-STAR REVIEW: MOTHERLOVE By Jean Trounstine

True Crime Amy Wilson - 1 May 2024

Publication Date: March 21, 2024 A powerful short story collection about an often forgotten group: the mothers of children who kill. Trounstine explores the stories of ten mothers, each struggling with the aftermath...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE INSTITUTION by Helen Fields

Crime Thriller Tierney Linton - 30 April 2024

Publication Date: April 30, 2024 They’re locked up for your safety. Now, you’re locked in with them. Dr Connie Woolwine has five days to catch a killer. On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: BREAK THE RULES by Julia Jarrett

Contemporary Romance Jen K - 29 April 2024

The Vancouver Tridents: Book 1 Publication Date: April 24, 2024 I live by one simple my daughter and baseball are all that matter. Until I get traded to the same team my unforgettable vacation...

5-STAR REVIEW: SEVEN DAYS AT MANNERLEY by Audrey Schuyler Lancho

Historical Romance Amy Wilson - 26 April 2024

Publication Date: March 26, 2024 The suitcase she found changed everything. The contents? An elegant dress and an invitation in another girl's name. Twenty-three-year-old Mary would go to the ball, enjoy how the...

3.5-STAR REVIEW: FINAL CUT by Marjorie McCown

Cozy Mystery Jen K - 26 April 2024

Hollywood Mystery: Book 1 Publication Date: June 6, 2023 Perfect for fans of Elle Cosimano and Nita Prose, when Hollywood costumer Joey Jessop stumbles across a dead body near the set of a big...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE ELUSIVE TRUTH OF LILY TEMPLE by Joanna Davidson Politano

Historical Romance Lindy Bell - 25 April 2024

Publication Date: April 9, 2024 Peter Driscoll, an underground investigator to the wealthy, has never met anyone like Lily Temple. The beautiful silent-film actress spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE PRIME MINISTER’S SECRET AGENT by Susan Elia Macneal

Historical Mystery Leah Lawrence - 24 April 2024

Maggie Hope Series: Book 4 Publication Date: July 1, 2014 For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry comes a gripping mystery featuring intrepid spy and code breaker Maggie Hope. This time, the...

5-STAR REVIEW: SOME KIND OF TRUTH by Westley Smith

Mystery Amy Wilson - 24 April 2024

Publication Date: February 2, 2024 A mysterious video. A cold case. A reporter hunting for answers to both. Pittsburgh crime reporter, Steve James, returns home to find a mysterious package waiting outside his apartment...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE LAST WORD by Elly Griffiths

Cozy Mystery Amy Wilson - 23 April 2024

Publication Date: April 23, 2024 Words turn deadly with an unlikely detective duo on the case of a murdered obituary writer in this literary mystery from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE STRANGER I WED by Harper St. George

Historical Romance Jen K - 23 April 2024

The Doves of New York: Book 1 Publication Date: April 23, 2024 New to wealth and to London high society, American heiress Cora Dove discovers that with the right man, marriage might not be...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE MALACHI COVENANT by Dee Kelly Jr

Historical Mystery Amy Wilson - 23 April 2024

Publication Date: April 23, 2024 The relics of St. Nicholas are among the most divine and prized possessions in the Christian world, said to hold the power to heal the most incurable diseases...

5-STAR REVIEW: RISE TO REBELLION by Julie Bates

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 22 April 2024

Rise to Rebellion-EXCERPT Faith Clarke: Book 3 Publication Date: September 26, 2023 Summer 1776. Different missions call Faith Clarke and Jeremy Butler to Philadelphia, where delegates meet to determine the path of the rebellious American...