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BOOK REVIEW: First Course by Jenn Bouchard

Janie Whitman, the protagonist in First Course, undergoes a life-changing twenty-four hours. First, she loses her job in Chicago and the boyfriend/boss there breaks up with her. Then, hard on those happenings, her parents die in a plane crash, and her sister, Alyssa,...

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A Halloween story: Morrigan

  Morrigan © Suanne Schafer A whistled song disturbs my sleep. Just outside the churchyard, I lie, warm and drowsy, buried within the earth, roofed by a grove of dark pines whose fallen needles and verdant mosses quilt my bed. Loath to leave a lovely pleasure, I...

New Book Trailer! Hunting the Devil

In case you missed it in my newsletter and here on the front and book pages of my website, here's the new goosebump-inducing book trailer for Hunting the Devil. I hope you love it as much as I do! 😈📚🎬

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One grand prize winner will receive a signed paperback copy of A Different Kind of Fire, a handmade beaded velvet bookmark, and a Hunting the Devil book bag. Ends at Midnight/CT on September 5th Good luck and have fun! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Enter My First Springtime Giveaway

More daylight = more time to read, so it felt like the perfect occasion for a new bookish giveaway! 🌞📚One lucky winner will receive an eBook copy of A Different Kind of Fire, and a $10 Amazon gift card. This one ends a week from today, so get in while you can. Click...
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Book Review: The Winter Sister by Megan Collins

Book Review: The Winter Sister by Megan Collins

The Winter Sister is a dark mystery/thriller. Author Megan Collins accurately captures the effects of grief on a family, particularly that of Sylvie, a teenager whose old sister, Persephone, is murdered. Fifteen years later, the murder remains unsolved, and the...

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Book Review: Because You’re Mine by Rea Frey

Book Review: Because You’re Mine by Rea Frey

I read Because You're Mine, Rea Frey's second novel, released on August 6, 2019 by St. Martin's Griffin, because I enjoyed her debut novel, Not Her Daughter. Because You're Mine is told from three points of view (Lee, the mother of Mason, a spectrum child; Noah,...

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Book Review: Treading the Uneven Road by L.M. Brown

Book Review: Treading the Uneven Road by L.M. Brown

Set in the late 20th century Ireland, Treading The Uneven Road is a collection of nine inter-related short stories about a fictional Irish town located between on the road from Dublin to Sligo. The highway bypassed the village, leaving its residents and their...

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Interview: Noelle Salazar, author of THE FLIGHT GIRLS

Interview: Noelle Salazar, author of THE FLIGHT GIRLS

Noelle Salazar joins me today to talk about her debut novel, The Flight Girls. SS: Have you always been driven to write? Or did you begin writing in response to a particular stimulus? NS: I’ve always loved story. In any form. Entertain me. Make me laugh. Cry. Get...

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Book Review: The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem

Book Review: The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem

I chose to read The Marriage Clock because I’m always interested in reading own voices writing  about their culture. About this time last year I read a book the premise of which was finding a man through an on-line dating website. Though that book was comical, at the...

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Interview: Carol Potenza, author of Hearts of the Missing

Interview: Carol Potenza, author of Hearts of the Missing

Today I have the privilege of speaking with Carol Potenza. She's written a mystery,  Hearts of the Missing, that carries on the grand tradition of Western mysteries of such authors as Tony Hillerman and his daughter, Anne Hillerman. Appropriately, Hearts of the...

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Book Review: Angel in the Fog by TJ Turner

Book Review: Angel in the Fog by TJ Turner

Turner's historical fiction novel, Angel in the Fog, is the third in his alternate history series in which Lincoln was not assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. I enjoyed the historical content, the suspense, and the action. Having read the first two in the series...

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Interview: Karen Hugg, author of The Forgetting Flower

Interview: Karen Hugg, author of The Forgetting Flower

Today, Karen Hugg joins me for an interview. I loved her new book, The Forgetting Flower, that seamlessly joins elements of thrillers/mysteries and botany. Karen writes literary mysteries and thrillers inspired by plants. Her stories are set in worlds where plants,...

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Book Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Book Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

I was intrigued by the book cover and the blurb about The Bookish Life of Nina Hill released by Berkley on July 9, 2019. Nina is an introvert who suffers from situational anxiety. To compensate, she tends to stick to a well-documented routine. She has good friends and...

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Book Review: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Book Review: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Angie Kim’s debut novel is a genre-breaking combination of courtroom drama, thriller, mystery, and family drama. Kim deftly blends these myriad elements, a cast of complex characters, and a fascinating plot.  Miracle Creek starts—literally—with a bang as a...

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Philadelphia as It Appears in A Different Kind of Fire

Philadelphia as It Appears in A Different Kind of Fire

Map of Philadelphia When eighteen-year-old Ruby Schmidt defies her parents and her childhood beau and leaves Texas so she can attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, she has no idea what she's getting into. From the moment she disembarks from...

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Book Review: De-Extinction: A Quick Immersion

Book Review: De-Extinction: A Quick Immersion

De-Extinction: A Quick Immersion by Carles Lalueza-Fox is a short book but packed with fascinating facts and tidbits. There are few better placed to discuss de-extinction than Lalueza-Fox as he is one of the pioneers of the field of ancient DNA and has seen the field...

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Enter My Summer is Art Giveaway!

Enter My Summer is Art Giveaway!

One grand prize winner will receive a signed paperback copy of A Different Kind of Fire, a handmade beaded velvet bookmark, and a fiery book bag. Enter via the widget below or click here.Ends at Midnight/CT on July 25th. No purchase necessary. Good luck, and have fun!...

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Introducing Truly, Texas from A Different Kind of Fire

Introducing Truly, Texas from A Different Kind of Fire

I was born and raised in Big Spring, Texas with time off for moving throughout the western United States as my father, an itinerant well-logging engineer, followed oil wells from state to state. Most of my family stayed in West Texas and ranched near Big Spring or...

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Interview: Daniela Petrova, author of Her Daughter’s Mother

Interview: Daniela Petrova, author of Her Daughter’s Mother

Today I'm excited to talk with Daniela Petrova, author of the new thriller, Her Mother's Daughter. Daniela grew up behind the Iron Curtain in Sofia, Bulgaria. After the fall of Communism, she moved to New York where she cleaned apartments while taking English classes...

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Book Review: Her Daughter’s Mother by Daniela Petrova

Book Review: Her Daughter’s Mother by Daniela Petrova

As a woman and a physician who’s undergone a fertility work-up, I was very interested in reading Her Daughter’s Mother by Daniela Petrova. Little did I know I was getting myself into a psychological thriller. Entranced, I stayed up until four a.m. to finish the book...

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