Tina B.
Flawed human, okayest mom, depression fighter, and lover of coffee. Singing, reading, and baking keep me mostly sane.
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Book Review: Spiral by Jacqueline Levine
Media Type: Ebook Title: Spiral *Series: Spiral Series #1 Author: Jacqueline Levine Publisher: Self Pages: ebook, 289 Release Date: September 9, 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours —————— Content Screening: Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers that enjoy gossip magazines and celebrity stories Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Still reeling from his mother’s new marriage and all the step-family baggage that came with it, Jack Hansen thinks his Christmas Eve dinner can’t get any worse. When his step-sisters’ famous cousin, Cherie Belle, walks into the room, he discovers he was dead wrong. The beautiful starlet is anything but America’s sweetheart, and her mean-streak knows no…
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Book Review: Behind the Stars by Leigh Talbert Moore
This wonderful book releases today so get your copy now! Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Behind the Stars Author: Leigh Talbert Moore Publisher: Self Pages: ebook, 287 Release Date: December 31, 2014 Source: Author ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers that enjoy sci-fi and normal girls who become heroes. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Prentiss Puckett is certain of three things: -Graduation is two weeks away. -Summer only gets hotter in south Mississippi. -She’s getting a job with air-conditioning. She did not expect to be kidnapped walking to work. And she never expected to become a hero. If you haven’t picked up the…
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Book Review: The Life Intended by Kristin Harmel
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Life Intended Author: Kristin Harmel Publisher: Gallery Books Pages: ebook, 368 Release Date: December 30, 2014 Source: Netgalley ——————————————- Genre: Women’s Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of heartfelt stories that believe in dreams Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes After her husband’s sudden death over ten years ago, Kate Waithman never expected to be lucky enough to find another love of her life. But now she’s planning her second walk down the aisle to a perfectly nice man. So why isn’t she more excited? At first, Kate blames her lack of sleep on stress. But when she starts seeing Patrick, her…
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Book Review: Written on Her Heart by Paige Rion
Media Type: Ebook Title: Written on Her Heart Series: Callaway Cove Book 1 Author: Paige Rion Publisher: Self Pages: ebook, 263 Release Date: April 14, 2014 Source: Netgalley ——————————————- Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of romance Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Andi Callaway has dreamed of becoming a published author her entire life. Ford Delaney has always wanted nothing more than to escape his past. An opportunity of a lifetime. This is what Andi finds when she returns home to Callaway Cove on summer break. A chance to work for her literary idol Ford Delaney is up for grabs, and she’s willing to risk everything—her boyfriend,…
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Book Review & GIveaway: One Song Away by Molli Moran
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: One Song Away Author: Molli Moran Publisher: Self Pages: ebook, 200 Release Date: December 1, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————- Content Screening: Intended for mature audiences 18+ Genre: Romance/New Adult HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of hometown love stories Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes She needs a fill-in boyfriend. He needs a favor. It’s the perfect, no-strings arrangement until they both realize it’s too real… Sophie-Claire Wright’s life is like a bad country song on repeat. She keeps running into her cheating ex, her songwriting career isn’t taking off, and her roommate just kicked her out of their apartment. With nothing to lose, she…
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Book Review: Facial by Jeff Strand
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Facial Author: Jeff Strand Publisher: DarkFuse Pages: ebook; 86 Release Date: December 16, 2014 Source: Netgalley —————————————– Content Screening: Violence and Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dark humor and aren’t afraid of a little gore. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Greg has just killed the man he hired to kill one of his wife’s many lovers. He’s now got a dead body in his office. Carlton, Greg’s brother, desperately needs a dead body. It’s kind of related to the lion corpse that he found in his basement. This is the normal part of the story. From Jeff Strand,…
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Guest Post: There’s Something About Bim by Michael Jasper
Happy release day to the wonderful Michael Jasper! In celebration of his new release Finders, Inc., we get some insights into the world of Bim- one of the characters. Check it out! My latest novel, Finders, Inc., is the first book in what I hope will be a long series of mystery novels (with a hint of the paranormal) set in the small town of Boone, North Carolina tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The name of the series is “The Finder Team,” and the team is made up of an eclectic group of forty-somethings, all of whom bring…
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Book Review: Finders, Inc by Michael Jasper
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Finders, Inc. Series: The Finder Team Book 1 Author: Michael Jasper Publisher: UnWrecked Press Pages: ebook; 204 Release Date: December 9, 2014 Source: Author/Publisher —————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good characters with some unusual research tactics. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Sometimes those who can’t be found just might not be lost… Finders, Inc. co-founders Hank Johnson and Bim Mayer have spent the past two decades successfully solving mysteries and—almost miraculously, thanks to Bim’s special skills—finding missing people in and around the remote mountain town of Boone, North Carolina. Until now. Their most recent case deals with…
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Book Spotlight: Reflections by Jena Baxter
It’s time for another book spotlight! Today in the spotlight we have Jena Baxter and her book Reflections. When Juliette has a domestic servant beaten for pursuing a young man above her station, she finds herself cursed by a witch to live in a world behind her own mirror. She is unable to leave except on the first night of a full moon. Juliette is forced to seek what food and shelter the new world provides with the help of a unicorn, a man who is half bear, and a centaur. Together they struggle to survive against lions, wolves, and…
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Book Review: The Shape of My Heart by Ann Aguirre
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Shape of My Heart Series: 2B Trilogy- Book 3 Author: Ann Aguirre Publisher: Harlequin HQN Pages: ebook, 352 Release Date: November 25, 2014 Source: Netgalley ——————————————- Content Screening: Intended for mature audiences 18+ Genre: Romance/New Adult HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of characters that grow and learn Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Some people wait decades to meet their soul mate. Courtney Kaufman suspects she met hers in high school—only to lose him at seventeen. Since then, Courtney’s social life has been a series of meaningless encounters, though she’s made a few close friends along the way. Especially her roommate, Max Cooper, who oozes damaged…