Blog Tour: The Redeeming Power of Brain Surgery: A Suspense, Novel

Title: The Redeeming Power of Brain Surgery: A Suspense Novel

Author: Paul Flower
Publisher: Scribe Publishing Company
Publication Date: June 1, 2013
Pages: 250
ISBN: 978-0985956271
Genre: Susepense

Format: Paperback, eBook (.mobi / Kindle), PDF

Jesse Tieter, M.D. has carefully constructed the ideal life. But lately, neither his Chicago-based neurology practice nor his wife and son are enough to suppress the memories that have haunted him since he was a little boy. He can’t stop thinking about that summer day in 1967 when his father died.
So Jesse is heading back. Back to the town and the place where a long-repressed horror occurred. Back to make sure his twin keeps the family’s secret buried.
But what will he uncover along the way?

 

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Paul Flower is an author, advertising copywriter/creative director and a journalist.
He has written and produced award-winning advertising for print, radio, television, outdoor, the Web––really, just about every medium––for business-to-consumer and business-to-business accounts.
His news features have appeared in regional and national magazines. His first novel, “The Redeeming Power of Brain Surgery,” was published in June 2013 by Scribe Publishing. Visit Paul’s website at paulflower.net.

Connect with Paul:
Author Website: paulflower.net

Author Page / Publisher Website: http://scribe-publishing.com/brain/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulflower.writer

Twitter: https://twitter.com/flowerpaul

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7137509.Paul_Flower

Tour Dates: April 1-30

Wednesday, April 1

Readalot – Book Spotlight

Thursday, April 2

The Writer’s Life – Author Interview

Friday, April 3

The Book Rack – Book Spotlight

Monday, April 6

Undercover Book Reviews – Book Review

Tuesday, April 7

A.E. Albert: A Writer’s Blog – Character Interview

Wednesday, April 8

As The Page Turns – Author Interview

Thursday, April 9

Beyond The Books – Book Spotlight

Friday, April 10

Deal Sharing Aunt – Book Review

Monday, April 13

Literarily Speaking – Book Spotlight

Tuesday, April 14

Book Readers – Book Spotlight

Straight From The Author’s Mouth – Author Interview

Wednesday, April 15

The Story Behind The Book – Author Guest Post

Thursday, April 16

Read My First Chapter – Book Spotlight

Friday, April 17

3 Partners in Shopping: Nana, Mommy, and Sissy Too! – Book Review

Monday, April 20

Quirky Book Reviews – Book Review

Tuesday, April 21

Fiction Zeal – Book Spotlight

Wednesday, April 22

The Literary Nook – Book Spotlight

Thursday, April 23

Pimp That Character – Character Interview

Friday, April 24

My Life, Loves and Passion – Book Spotlight

Monday, April 27

CBY Book Club – Character Interview

Tuesday, April 28

Terry’s Book Reviews, News and Author Interviews – Book Review

Jersey Girl Book Reviews – Book Review

Wednesday, April 29

PUYB Book Club – Book Spotlight

Thursday, April 30

A Little Bit of R&R – Book Spotlight

The Literature Exchange – Book Spotlight

 

A Ghostly Grave: A Ghostly Southern Mystery by Tonya Kappes

There's a ghost on the loose—and a fox in the henhouse

Four years ago, the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home put Chicken Teater in the ground. Now undertaker Emma Lee Raines is digging him back up. The whole scene is bad for business, especially with her granny running for mayor and a big festival setting up in town. But ever since Emma Lee started seeing ghosts, Chicken's been pestering her to figure out who killed him.

With her handsome boyfriend, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, busy getting new forensics on the old corpse, Emma Lee has time to look into her first suspect. Chicken's widow may be a former Miss Kentucky, but the love of his life was another beauty queen: Lady Cluckington, his prize-winning hen. Was Mrs. Teater the jealous type? Chicken seems to think so. Something's definitely rotten in Sleepy Hollow—and Emma Lee just prays it's not her luck.

Print Length: 288 pages

Publisher: Witness (March 31, 2015)

Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers

Language: English

ASIN: B00LEYI436

My review: A Ghostly Grave: A Ghostly Southern Mystery  by Tonya Kappes

4 STARS

This is book two in the A Ghostly Southern Mystery.  I have read both books and have enjoyed them.
A Ghostly Grave starts by digging up a grave.  They know he was murdered four years ago because his ghost Chicken  Teater told Emma Lee he was poisoned.

Emma Lee runs her family business, the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home  with her older sister.  Emma is the undertaker. After a head injury Emma sees ghosts of murder victims.  Her family think she is crazy.  Her boyfriend believes her.

Sheriff Jack Henry Ross is now investigating the death of Chicken.  He wants Emma to stop investigating and just tell him what Chicken says.

Chicken Teater was married to a former Miss Kentucky.  He enters his chicken Lady Cluckington into contests and doted more on her than his wife. If his wife wants to inherit from Chicken she has to keep Lady Cluckington well and continue to enter her in contests.

Emma can not stop investigating Chicken's death.  Especially with Chicken always going with her and telling her stuff.

This has lots of humor, drama, mystery and action.  With a small town southern  flavor of characters.
I would read more from Tonya in the future.

I was given this ebook to read from Harper Collins and agreed to give honest review of A Ghostly Grave.

Part Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates

           ISBN9780373779598            

• Price7.99
• CurrencyUSD
• EditionMass Market Paperback

Description

A onetime bad girl comes home to small-town Oregon in the first in a sexy, heartfelt new series from USA TODAY bestselling author Maisey Yates

Sadie Miller isn't expecting any welcome-home parades on her return to Copper Ridge. Least of all from part-time rancher, full-time lawman Eli Garrett. The straitlaced, impossibly hot deputy sheriff glares at her as if she's the same teenage hoodlum who fled town ten years ago. But running from her demons has brought Sadie full circle, ready to make a commitment at last. Not to a man, but to a bed-and-breakfast. On Garrett land. Okay, so her plan has a tiny flaw…

Eli works too hard to let a blonde ball of trouble mess up his town. But keeping an eye on Sadie makes it tough to keep his hands off her. And if she's so wrong for him, why does being with her feel so right?

 

My review: Part Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates

 

2 STARS

 

This was not for me.  I liked the characters and want to read more about them.  But there is so much sex in this book.  If you took those scenes out it would only be a short story.

 

This deals a lot with abuse by parents and mates.  Sadie Miller saw her father abuse her mother and she learned to not let people to close to her.  She never stays in a place too long and never looks back.

Now for the first time she has come back to a place she had lived before.

 

The Garrett family also was abused, but mostly by being left alone. Eli and Conner took care of the ranch and their little sister after their mother left them and their father became a drunk.

Eli became wanting to protect everyone.  He is a deputy Sheriff.  He never plans on marrying.  He is always in control.

 

The setting is in Oregon a small town on the coast.

 

I was given this ebook to read by Net Galley and Harlequin.  In return I agreed to give honest review in return.

This Heart of Mine by Brenda Novak (Whiskey Creek #8)

Description

Series: Whiskey Creek Novels

Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages

Publisher: Mira (March 31, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0778316726

ISBN-13: 978-0778316725

www.BrendaNovak.com

First love. Second chance?

As the daughter of a hoarder, Phoenix Fuller had a tough childhood. So when the handsome, popular Riley Stinson became her boyfriend in high school, she finally felt as though she had something to be proud of. Phoenix was desperate not to lose him—especially once she found out she was pregnant. Yes, she might have acted a bit obsessive when he broke up with her. But she did not run down the girl he started dating next.

Unfortunately, there was no way to prove her innocence. Now, after serving her time in prison, Phoenix has been released. All she wants to do is return to Whiskey Creek and get to know her son. But Jacob's father isn't exactly welcoming.

Riley doesn't trust Phoenix, doesn't want her in Jacob's life. He is, however, ready to find someone to love. And he wants a good mother for his son. He has no idea that he's about to find both!

 

 

My review: This Heart of Mine by Brenda Novak

 

4 STARS

 

I wondered if I would like Phoenix as much as I would because of how everyone talked about her in past books of Whiskey Creek.  I did like her. She was human and willing to sacrifice for her son.  She had a lot of pride. She spent 17 years in prison for a murder she says she did not do it.

 

Phoenix Fuller is back home in Whiskey Creek. She lives on the property of her mom in a trailer. She was pregnant when she was 18 and convicted of murder. Her mother is over weight and a hoarder. She does not get out of her house.

 

Riley Stinson was a contractor.  He raised his son by himself.  He believed that Phoenix murdered his girl friend 17 years ago because she was jealous.  At times I did not like him much. But he did trust his parents when he was 18.

 

Jacob is glad that his mom is out of prison he wants to have a relationship with her.  He is a baseball player for his high school team.

 

This is the #8 book of Whiskey Creek series.  Deals with a big group of friends from high school that they are still close friends and meet each Friday for coffee.

 

There is a lot of drama, a couple of love scenes and makes for a good story.

 

I was given this ebook to read from Net Galley and Harlequin.  In return I agreed to give a honest review of This Heart of Mine.

 

First Time in Forever by Sarah Morgan (Puffin Island, #1)

Windswept, isolated and ruggedly beautiful, Puffin Island is a haven for day-trippers and daydreamers alike. But this charming community has a way of bringing people together in the most unexpected ways…

It's been a summer of firsts for Emily Donovan. From becoming a stand-in mom to her niece Lizzy to arriving on Puffin Island, her life has become virtually unrecognizable. Between desperately safeguarding Lizzy and her overwhelming fear of the ocean—which surrounds her everywhere she goes!—Emily has lost count of the number of "just breathe" pep talks she's given herself. And that's before charismatic local yacht club owner Ryan Cooper kisses her…

Ryan knows all about secrets. And it's clear that newcomer Emily—with her haunted eyes and the little girl she won't let out of her sight—is hiding from something besides the crazy chemistry between them. So Ryan decides he's going to make it his personal mission to help her unwind and enjoy the sparks! But can Puffin Island work its magic on Emily and get her to take the biggest leap of trust of all—putting her heart in someone else's hands?

ISBN9780373785049

Price7.99

CurrencyUSD

EditionMass Market Paperback

My review: First Time in Forever by Sarah Morgan

4 stars

I loved Puffin Island.  What a community!  I want to visit it again real soon.   The characters I want to see more of them and don't want to wait.  It is charming, fun and deals with some real issues. There are a couple of love scenes that I skimmed over.

Emily Donovan is single and has a real fear of water.  She has gone through a lot of changes in the past month.  She is scared, panicking at all of a sudden to have to mother her six year old niece.  Emily had never met before.  Emily is staying at her best friend's cottage on Puffin island.

Emily, Brittany and Skylar have been best friends for ten years.  They have promised to be there for each other.  They are closer than sisters.

Lizzy is a cute six year old.  Her mother just died.  She is afraid of cameraman,   She is being hunted by reporters.

Ryan Cooper is planning on being single for life.  He does not date single mothers.  He is asked to check up on Emily and help her.  He realizes that she is scared right away and wants to know why.
Ryan has returned back home to Puffin and opened a business.

I liked how Emily is slowly changing and working to get over her fears for Lizzy's sake.  How she sees a need in someone else life and she steps in to make a difference.

I will be waiting for the next two books of the series.
I was given this ebook to read by Net Galley and Harlequin.  In return I agreed to give First Time in Forever a honest review.
 

Blog tour: ‘The Olive Tree’by Christine Layton Graham, Joan Layton Merrell, Carol Layton Ogden

About the book:
Savor a unique scriptural experience with this beautiful book that combines text adapted from Jacob 5 with stunning artwork and calligraphy. A gorgeous addition to any LDS home, it will enhance your understanding of the exquisite symbolism in this significant story.

• Hardcover: 36 pages
• Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media (March 10, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1462116302
• ISBN-13: 978-1462116300

 

 

My review: The Olive Tree’ by Christine Layton Graham, Joan Layton Merrell, Carol Layton Ogden

 

5 STARS

 

I received a PDF file of this book to read and I love the artwork, the calligraphy of it.  It probably is more beautiful in a book.

 

The Olive Tree is taken from the scriptures in the Book of Mormon Jacob:5.  They have made the story come alive with the pictures.  To help you understand the symbolism of the story.

 

I would love to have the book in my home.  I would even like some of the pictures for my wall they are so beautiful.

 

Three sisters got together to bring this book to life, One is the writer, one a artist and one did the calligraphy of the book and together they made one beautiful book and story of The Olive Tree come alive.

 

This would make a great gift for anyone.  Mother's Day is coming up soon.

 

I was given this ebook to read by Cedar Fort Publishing and in return agreed to give a honest review and be part of The Olive Tree blog tour.

 

 

 

 

The Olive Tree” blog tour schedule:

March 20: Little Red Reads
March 21: Pearls of Great Worth
March 22:
March 23: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
March 24: Mel’s Shelves
March 25: Reidhead Randomness
March 26: Eternal Principles Simplified
March 27: Heidi Reads
March 28: JoAnn Arnold
March 29: Wishful Endings • Jorie Loves a Story
March 30: Readalot
March 31:
April 1:
April 2:

Blog Tour : Garden of Death by Chrystle Fiedler Giveaway

 

 

 

 

Garden of Death:

A Natural Remedies Mystery
Series: A Natural Remedies Mystery (Book 3)
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Pocket Books (March 24, 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-1476748917
E-Book ASIN: B00LD1OTJS


Synopsis:

PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF?
Murder is unearthed when an outspoken surgeon turns up dead in Willow McQuade’s medicinal herb garden.

When a local doctor is found dead in Willow McQuade’s medicinal garden, she must find the killer to clear her boyfriend’s name in this third clever book in the Natural Remedies Mystery series.

Dr. Willow McQuade, owner of Nature’s Way Market & Café, has put the finishing touches on a new medicinal plant garden for Greenport’s annual Maritime Festival and is ready for the festivities to begin. But it’s not all flowers and sunshine at the grand opening, when Willow discovers the body of another contestant, Dr. Charles White, face down in her garden.

Willow’s hunky boyfriend, Jackson Spade, immediately becomes a suspect due to a recent fight with Dr. White. Willow knows she has to remedy the situation, but it won’t be easy with the other applicants’ vendettas and vandals wrecking her garden at every turn. And when she finds buried treasure in her garden that just might belong to the legendary Captain Kidd, the stakes become even higher. Was Dr. White searching for that treasure? Did someone kill him to get to it first? With the help of Jackson and her eccentric ex-boyfriend, Willow follows the clues to uncover the truth that someone wants buried…

But can she dig up enough evidence before she becomes the killer’s next victim?

About This Author

I love natural remedies and I’ve been using them for as long as I can remember. When I was growing up, my mother practiced natural cures such as tea bag baths for sunburn, homeopathic remedies for colds and allergies, arnica oil for sprains and bruises and, of course, chicken soup with garlic was always a staple.

My interest in natural remedies continued after I graduated from Boston University with a degree in communications and subsequently dabbled in various vocations including advertising and television production in Hollywood. In 1998 I moved back to my hometown, Greenport, NY and set up my own writing business. I’d always wanted to be my own boss and write full-time.

My focus was, and is, health, and in particular alternative medicine which includes natural remedies. As a freelance journalist, I’ve written about natural cures for Natural Health, Mother Earth Living, Spirituality & Health, and Vegetarian Times, as for over five years I was the Good Nature columnist for Remedy magazine.

You can see my writing work here: https://chrystlefiedler.contently.com

 

Author Links

• Links to your webpage: www.chrystlefiedler.com
• Blog: http://chrystlefiedler.com/blog/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chrystle-Fiedler-Mystery-Author/297115840304756
• Twitter:@ChrystleFiedler
• GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/wwwgoodreadscomChrystle_Fiedler

Purchase Links
Amazon  B&N

 

 

My review: Garden of Death by Chrystle Fiedler

 

4 stars

 

This is exciting mystery.  Murder, pirate treasure and romance.  Lots of suspects,  don't know who to trust. It is a clean read. Makes me want to go and visit the festival and see Nature's Way Market & Café.

Willow McQuade has got her medicinal garden ready to open.   Nature’s Way Market & Café is owned by Willow. Her boyfriend is Jackson Spade.

The lot that she put her garden in was next door to her business.  For some reason she won the right to own the land.  Which made her a lot of enemies that wanted that property but lost the bid.

When checking the garden for the first tour she finds a dead body in the garden. Dr. Charles White.  He accused her the night before of cheating to get the property.  Willow's boyfriend becomes the main suspect.

Willow has solved other cases of murder this past year.  Her ex-boyfriend Simon and others want her to solve this one.  The detectives don't like her and her friends.

People are trying to shut her Garden down and calling it a Garden of Death.  Really bitter and angry results it causes.

Someone is looking for things in the garden at night.  They even find some treasure in the garden but the cops don't listen to her.

In front of each chapter is a medical herb that she likes and tells what it has been used for in the past. It is interesting and a good start to find out about the plants.

I like Willow and her friends.  I want to read the first two books of the series now.

I was given Garden of Death to read so that I could give a honest review and be part of Garden of Death book tour.

Giveaway: Ebook Garden of Death by Chrystle Fiedler

starts 3/27 and ends 4/1.  To enter leave a comment with your name and email below.  I have had winners in the past who don't leave email so I cant contact them.  Winner will have two days to respond.

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
March 18 – Shelley’s Book Case – Review, Guest Post, Giveaway
March 19 – Melina’s Book Blog – Review, Guest Post, Giveaway
March 20 – deal sharing aunt – Review
March 21 – Girl Lost In a Book – Review, Giveaway
March 22 – Griperang’s Bookmarks – Guest Post, Giveaway
March 23 – dru’s book musings – Guest Post, Giveaway
March 24 – Marie’s Cozy Corner – Review
March 25 – Lilac Reviews – Interview, Giveaway
March 26 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – Review, Guest Post, Giveaway
March 27 – Chloe Gets A Clue – Interview
March 28 – readalot – Review, Giveaway
March 29 – Babs Book Bistro – Review, Giveaway
March 30 – Mochas, Mysteries and Meows – Interview, Giveaway
March 31 – Brooke Blogs – Review, Giveaway
 

The McKinleys...Where Mystery and Romance Meet (Books 1-3) (McKinley Mysteries) by Carolyn Arnold

The McKinleys...where mystery and romance meet. From bestselling author, Carolyn Arnold, comes Sean and Sara McKinley.

The McKinley Mystery Series combines romance, mystery, humor, and adventure. They are free of foul language and graphic violence.

Enjoy this boxed set, which includes the first three McKinley Mysteries: The Day Job is Murder (An introductory short story, approximately 13,000 words.) Vacation is Murder (A novella, approximately 26,000 words.) Money is Murder (A novella, approximately 28,000 words.) ˃˃˃ THE DAY JOB IS MURDER

For Sean McKinley, working in Albany PD Homicide is great except for one thing--he's in love with his partner Sara Cain. And even though she feels the same way about him, she convinced him they should just remain friends. Two years later, nothing has changed.

Yet, during the course of a murder investigation, when Sean finds out an old friend has died, it results in something that has the potential to change his life--and Sara's--forever.

It goes to prove one unexpected act of kindness has the power to ripple throughout the years and bring happiness...even when The Day Job is Murder.

˃˃˃ VACATION IS MURDER

There's only so much relaxation two former detectives can handle--even if they're on their honeymoon. With their recent fall into money, Sean and Sara McKinley should be living it up, enjoying the sun and beaches of Cancun. But heading into their third week they've had just about enough lying around.

When the husband of a couple they've befriended is kidnapped and held for ransom, it has the McKinleys putting their experience to use. As they set out in the unfamiliar landscape of paradise, the investigation will have them risking their lives to stop a killer.

˃˃˃ MONEY IS MURDER

Old Man Quinn left Sean more than his billions--he left him a murder to solve.

Inside the chest given to him from the executor of Quinn's Will, Sean finds a key and implicit instructions that the contents are for his eyes only. After Sean discovers where the key fits, he finds another letter--Quinn wants a closed case reopened, and Sean is shocked to learn who the victim was.

As Sean and his wife, Sara, uncover clues, it leads them from the back rooms of Quinn's corporation to the streets of New York City, but they will stop at nothing to get to the truth.

 

My review: The McKinleys...Where Mystery and Romance Meet (Books 1-3) (McKinley Mysteries) by Carolyn Arnold

4 STARS

This is the first three books in the McKinley Mysteries.  I had read the new book and liked it so much I went and bought these.  Now I am on the 4 book of the series.

In the first book Sean McKinley and Sara are partners and cops.  They love each other  but agree to not date so they can remain partners.  Sean was left something in the will of a kindly man.  He did not know that the guy had billions  and left everything to Sean.

Sean and Sara McKinley have quit there job and got married.  They were on a honeymoon in Mexico.  They met new friends and one of them is kidnapped.  Sean and 'Sara get involved.

In the third book they are home from there honeymoon and find a letter asking them to solve his late daughter's murder.  Quin had left Sean billions so they went up to New York and look into Cindy's suicide.

These are likeable characters.  It would be fun to have the whole world open to you.  Sean and Sara keep finding themselves involved in solving crimes. These are shorter novellas. Clean reads.

The setting is from New York to Mexico. They are a good pace.

Blog Tour Granny Snows A Sneak by Julie Seedorf GIVEAWAY ebook

Granny Snows A Sneak
(Fuchsia, Minnesota Book 3)
Cozy Mystery
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Cozy Cat Press (November 6, 2014)
ISBN-13: 978-1939816559
E-Book ASIN: B00PSYBB3S



Synopsis:

Granny may be retired as Fuchsia, Minnesota’s one-woman undercover sleuth for the Fuchsia Police Department, but that doesn’t mean she still doesn’t need a trusty weapon. Her weapon of choice? A pink snow shovel. When Granny runs over a dead body with her snowmobile, she unwittingly sets off a chain of events that involves mislabeled corpses, empty graves, and stolen money––lots of it! Who’s at the bottom of this years old crime? Granny has an idea, but she has little time to investigate, when in just days she’s scheduled to marry the love of her life, Franklin Gatsby, in a post-Christmas ceremony. So, Granny decides to enlist the help of her friends and neighbors. Add in Christmas holiday excitement and the arrival of Granny’s family, who are all there for her wedding, and mayhem ensues. Of course, Granny can always count on her many furry friends to provide her with moral support, but it’s quite possible that Granny––that is, Hermiony Vidalia Criony Fiddlestadt––has a secret or two of her own, which may very well be revealed as GRANNY SNOWS A SNEAK.

 

About This Author

Author Julie Seedorf is a columnist, author and dreamer. She lived her live as a wife and mom, experiencing various careers including that of computer technician, retiring from her computer repair business in January of 2014 to follow her dream and transition to that of full-time writer.

 Beside her Fuchsia, Minnesota Series, she is the author of the Granny’s In Trouble Series bringing mystery to the life of young readers along with sharing who Granny is under the wrinkles, so her grandchildren will always know that Granny can be forever young. Her column Something About Nothing, is written with the idea that under the nothings we all talk about there is a hidden something waiting to get out.

Julie is a longtime Minnesota resident who shares the tough Minnesota winters with her Granny character. Outside of writing she likes to read,  try new hobbies and scurries to keep up with her social media. She lives with her husband and has two shysters of her own, Borris and Natasha. Her favorite moments are those she spends with her friends and family, especially her grandchildren.

 
Author  Links
http://julieseedorf.com
http://sprinklednotes.com
http://www.facebook.com/julie.seedorf.author
http://www.facebook.com/grannyfromfuchsiaminnesota
@julieseedorf
Purchase Links
Amazon B&N

 

My review: Granny Snows A Sneak by Julie Seedorf

 

4 STARS

 

This is a hoot. Granny is at it again.  This cozy mystery if full of twists, surprises, animals and weddings.  I needed a laugh today.  This is a clean read.

 

Granny is the main character.  She is going to get married the day after Christmas to Franklin Gatsby.

She keeps secrets from everyone.  She lies and goes her own way.  She has dogs, cats & a goat.  They roam between her house and Franklin's house.

 

There are lots of new characters in this third book.  One is her new neighbor Silas.  He is retired and has secrets of his own.  Granny does not pull the wool over his eyes much.  She is fighting with him and he with her.

 

A snow storm as snuck and Silas barges into Granny's basement to the secret door that is no longer secret to the underground street.  It is open now with shops having doors open to it too.  So Granny decides to go to town to. She comes back on a snowmobile with Silas on the back with her. and crashes in her yard and they find a dead body.

 

Franklin wants Granny to mind her own business and let her son the detective figure out what is going on.

 

I liked the story but did not like the ending. What did Granny see?  I did not guess who the bad guys were and why they were doing all that they were doing?

 

I would like to visit Fuchsia, Minnesota in the summer time.  It is a fun town with lots of crooks and crime and feisty seniors.

 

I was given this ebook to read and in return agreed to give honest review and be part of Granny Snows A Sneak Blog Tour.

Giveaway;  1 ebook of Granny Snows A Sneak by Julie Seedorf

contests starts 3/27 and 3nds 4/4 2015.  To enter leave a comment with name and email so I can contact the winner.  Winner will have two days to respond to email.
 

Tour Participants
March 23 – Babs Book Bistro – Guest Post
March 24 – Community Bookstop – Review
March 25 – Tea and A Book – Review, Interview
March 26 – deal sharing aunt – Guest Post
March 27 – readalot – Review, Giveaway
March 28 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – Guest Post
March 29 – LibriAmoriMiei – Review
March 30 – Back Porchervations – Review
March 31 – Christa Reads and Writes – Review
April 1 – EditingPen – Interview, Giveaway
April 2 – Celebrating Authors – Spotlight
April 3 – A Blue Million Books – Interview
April 4 – Brooke Blogs –  Review, Guest Post

Blog tour: Summer Campaign by Carla Kelly

About the book:
Miss Onyx Hamilton is about to make what everyone agrees is a perfect marriage—until handsome Major Jack Beresford comes galloping into her life. But with his fortune and connections, Onyx knows he’d never ask for her hand, would he? New and longtime fans alike will relish this delightful romance from Carla Kelly. Charming, sweet, and full of fun, it’s simply impossible to stop reading.

File Size: 695 KB

Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited

Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc. (March 10, 2015)

Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.

Language: English

ASIN: B00U9STNT2

About the author:
Carla Kelly is a veteran of the New York and international publishing world. The author of more than thirty novels and novellas for Donald I. Fine Co., Signet, and Harlequin, Carla is the recipient of two Rita Awards (think Oscars for romance writing) from Romance Writers of America and two Spur Awards (think Oscars for western fiction) from Western Writers of America. She is also a recipient of a Whitney Award for Borrowed Light and My Loving Vigil Keeping.







My review: Summer Campaign by Carla Kelly

4 stars

This is a good clean regency romance.  I liked the characters, liked the banter, lots of drama.  Dealing with PTSD but they did not call it that, drug use, about judging others by their birth.  It is good at keeping my attention.

Miss Onyx Hamilton had a good life till her adoptive father died.  She was not accepted by the rest of her family. She is sweet , smart, and kind.  She is engaged to marry a man of the cloth.

Onyx is in a coach to go and set up her future home when she was being robbed and worst when she is rescued.
Major Jack Beresford is on his way home after being away four years to war in Spain. He takes a hand rescuing  Onyx. He is wounded. Onyx than rescues him.

I like Jack and Onyx together they are struggling with different issues but get along really well and enjoy there make believe life.

The setting takes place in England during the Regency era.

I was given this ebook to read by Cedar Fort Publishing.  In return I agree to give a honest review of Summer Campaign and be part of its blog tour.


Summer Campaign” blog tour schedule:
March 18: Babs Book Bistro
March 19: Lisa is a Bookworm • Books and Benches
March 20:
March 21:
March 22: Inklings and Notions
March 23: Katie’s Clean Book Collection
March 24: Heidi Reads
March 25: A Book a Day
March 26: Readalot
March 27:
March 28:
March 29:
March 30:
March 31: Mel’s Shelves • Getting Your Read On
April 1: Lydia May Creates
April 2:
April 3:
April 4:
April 5:
April 6: The Perfect Beginnings
April 7: Wishful Endings • Jorie Loves a Story

Blog tour: ‘A Mother’s Greatest Gift’ by Heidi Poelman

About the book:
You don’t need to be an expert to be a good mom; you just need the Lord’s help. Learn how to seek out the best parenting Guide—the Holy Ghost—in this insightful and inspiring book. With personal stories, research, and interviews, this is every mother’s must-read handbook for finding answers and keeping the Spirit in her home.

Paperback: 176 pages

Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media (March 10, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1462116051

ISBN-13: 978-1462116058

About the author:
Heidi Poelman was born in Provo, Utah. She lived in North Carolina, San Diego, London, and Mexico before planting her roots firmly back in the Beehive State. Heidi received her degrees in communication from Brigham Young University (BA) and Wake Forest University (MA). Her experience includes working in public relations for high-tech companies, helping college students fight global poverty, teaching families about nutritious food storage options, writing stories for children, and her favorite post as full-time Mom. Heidi is the author of A is for Abinadi: An Alphabet Book of Scripture Heroes as well as several stories published in The Friend magazine. Her biggest fans are her husband and three children.






My review: A Mother’s Greatest Gift’ by Heidi Poelman

5 STARS

This is a inspired book for all who are raising children.  To share important lessons from mothers when they have felt the spirit guiding them to protect there children, to teach there children important life lessons, to inspire mothers, grandmothers in the future.

This is full of real life stories that mothers have shared.  It brought memories of examples I had bringing up my own children, some good ones and some areas I need to work on.

I love the feeling I got from reading this book.  The love of families, the important of raising children and teaching them. To help them make good choices, to give them skills for the future.

I am glad that I had the opportunity to read this book by Heidi Poelman. I would like to read more books from her in the future.

I am glad that Cedar Fort Publishing gave me this ebook to read so that I could give a honest review of A Mother's Greatest Gift and be part of its blog tour.


A Mother’s Greatest Gift” blog tour schedule:
March 24: Team Hoopes
March 25: Readalot
March 26:
March 27: I Love to Read and Review Books
March 28:
March 29:
March 30: Little Red Reads
March 31: Remembering Women
April 1: Diony George
April 2:
April 3: Inklings and Notions
April 4:
April 5: Jorie Loves a Story
April 6: Reidhead Randomness

The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice by Waverly Curtis

"A whole lot of fun!" --Seattle Times
"I have the body of a Chihuahua, but the mind of a master sleuth." Aspiring P.I. Geri Sullivan's new case has got her talking Chihuahua, Pepe, hot under the collar. Wealthy widow Lucille Carpenter left her entire fortune to her beloved dogs, and someone is trying to poison them. Anyone who would hurt a perro is lower than a cucaracha in Pepe's book. But when Geri and Pepe investigate, they discover that it's not just the coddled canines who are in danger. Now there are human targets too. At the lavish Carpenter manor, Pepe digs for clues among the pampered pooches, bitter relatives, suspicious staff, and larcenous lawyers. But there's only one diminutive detective smart enough to save the day--and the dogs…

Series: A Barking Detective Mystery (Book 4)

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages

Publisher: Kensington (December 2, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1617730629

ISBN-13: 978-1617730627

My review: The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice by Waverly Curtis

4 STARS

The Chihuahua Always Sniff Twice is the fourth book of the Barking Detective Mystery.  It is the first one I have read.  I would love to go and read the other books in the series.

This is a cute story. The Chihuahua Pepe talks but only to P.I. Geri Sullivan his partner owner.  Some scenes will have you laughing out loud especially the bus chases.

Geri Sullivan is the main character.  She is learning how to be a PI. Geri has a cat and Pepe. Lots of people think she is kind of crazy because  she talks to Pepe and she hears him too.

Pepe is a talking Chihuahua who is working as a detective too. Pepe talks tough like he is a alpha dog but actions are different.  Pepe also falls in love. Pepe is very bossy to Geri.

Wealthy widow Lucille Carpenter  died and left her money to her dogs.  Now her kids want to break the will. Someone is trying to kill the dogs.

Geri is sent in to find who is trying to kill the dog.  But there is a couple of murders are happening.  Her boss is going behind her back and is being mysterious.

The setting is in Washington during in lavender festival.

I was given this ebook by Net Galley and Kensington Books to read.  So I can give an honest review of The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice.                                            

Boardwalk Antiques Shop by Julie Wright, Melanie Jacobson & Heather B. Moore (A Tangerine Street Romance)

Boardwalk Antiques Shop by Julie Wright, Melanie Jacobson & Heather B. Moore 
A Tangerine Street Romance
Clean Romance

315 Pages

ebook,

Published January 12th 2015 by Mirror Press

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ISBN13

9781941145364

edition language

English

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A Tangerine Street Romance

Welcome to Tangerine Street

Tangerine Street is a must-see tourist stop with a colorful mix of one-of-a-kind boutiques, unique restaurants, eclectic museums, quaint bookstores, and renowned bed-and-breakfasts. The Boardwalk Antiques Shop is an exclusive shop where every antique has a story, and each story possesses the gift to match true love. The customer who buys an antique also buys its story and soon discovers that its story unites the past with the present, creating an unexpected romantic future…

“Where Every Antique has a Story”

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: Jennifer is newest owner of The Boardwalk Antiques Shop, inherited from her aunt. When Jennifer arrives in Seashell Beach, her first priority is to meet with a realtor to sell the place. She laughs out loud when she discovers the realtor’s name is Mr. Studly. But the more Jennifer gets to know Paul Studly, the more she finds reasons to stay and run the antiques shop herself.

SOLVING FOR X: Abbie is only a little bit obsessed with antiques, okay, a lot. So when Holden, an out-of-town business executive, tries to purchase the tin soldiers that Abbie’s had her eye on, Abbie refuses to back down. The antiques shop owner issues a challenge: whoever comes up with the best story for wanting the soldiers, will become the new owner. Abbie isn’t about to let some fancy executive beat her out, no matter how charming he is.

A STITCH IN TIME: When Cate learns that antiques dealer Henry Lancaster has purchased the sewing machine left to her by her grandmother, Cate is determined to get it back. What she isn’t counting on is that Henry has just as much claim as Cate. And it doesn’t help that Henry is good-looking and apparently single. Getting to know Henry becomes an unexpected surprise, sending her life into a sudden detour.

Other books in the Tangerine Street Romance series: The Fortune Café. Books can be read in any order.

My review: Boardwalk Antiques Shop by Julie Wright, Melanie Jacobson & Heather B. Moore
4 stars
This is the second book in A Tangerine Street Romance.  It follows The Fortune Café.  The Fortune Café was visited in the stories but just casual.

There are three stories by three different authors.  There is plenty of drama, romance and characters that I liked.  They were  pretty clean stories.  Some mild swearing.  I can't decide what stories I like better.

The setting is a small California beach community.  They all have a love of old things like Antiques.  In fact a few fights for the same antiques.

There is plenty of humor and laughter in the stories.  There is also some sad times too.  Dealing with lost of loved ones and what they were left.

Based on these  stories I would read more books from Julie Wright, Melanie Jacobson and Heather B. Moore.

I liked Boardwalk Antiques.

I was given this ebook to read by the authors.  In return I agreed to give a honest review of it.