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Book Review: The Beyond Now Device by Mark Hollock
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Beyond Now Device Author: Mark Hollock Publisher: Mark Hollock Pages: Ebook; 338 Release Date: January 15, 2018 Source: Author —————————————— Genre: Speculative Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books that really explore our place in time and space. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon We are all fated to die and the earth will continue to circle the sun. Of this, we can be sure. Yet when four people sharing an apartment happen upon a device that transports them three weeks into the future, they care less about…
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Book Review: Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Sleeping Beauties Authors: Stephen King, Owen King Publisher: Scribner Pages: Hardcover; 702 Release Date: September 26, 2017 Source: Library Borrow ——————————————— Genre: Horror, Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mildly dystopian story, set in a small town. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, and the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral…
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Guest Post: R.J. Corgan – The Character in the Flaw
Good morning everyone, and happy Wednesday! You’ve made it through half the week, so congratulations on that! Hopefully I can keep the content flowing, and give you some distraction to help you get through the day. In my opinion, today’s guest post definitely fits that bill. R.J. Corgan is here, talking about his characters in Cold Flood. I think you’ll enjoy this! For geologist Kea Wright, when a volcano erupts under an ice cap, it isn’t just a good time, it’s a living. Camped at the base of an icecap in southeast Iceland, geologist Kea Wright and her team are…
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Book Review: The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Cleaner of Chartres Author: Salley Vickers Publisher: Viking Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: June 27, 2013 Source: NetGalley ————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow moving historical fiction that has a very psychology heavy bend. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N From the author of Miss Garnet’s Angel, a story of the redemptive power of love and community in the famous French cathedral town There is something very special about Agnès Morel. A quiet presence in the small French town of Chartres,…
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Book Review: Love Hack by Kimberly Dean
Media Type: Ebook Title: Love Hack Author: Kimberly Dean Publisher: Independent Pages: 180 Release Date: March 8, 2018 Source: PUYB/Author ——————————————- Genre: Romantic Suspense HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy steamy fun and a bit of suspense Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Security analyst Spencer Weiler is excited when he lands a job at Afire Industries. The responsibility is daunting, but nowhere near as exhilarating as working with Josie Johnson, the pretty program manager in charge. Spencer lusts after her, but knows that she only sees him as a work friend. He needs to make himself over if he’s going to have a shot…
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Book Review: Sunburn by Laura Lippman
Media Type: Print Book Title: Sunburn Author: Laura Lippman Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: February 20, 2018 Source: Harper Collins / TLC Book Tours —————————————————- Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of a mystery/thriller that features well made characters and plenty of tension! Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble A Bustle, Entertainment Weekly and PopSugar Most Anticipated Book of 2018. “Every time Laura Lippman comes out with a new book, I get chills because I know I am back in the hands of the master. She is…
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Book Review: Girl Unknown by Karen Perry
Media Type: Print Book Title: Girl Unknown Author: Karen Perry Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: February 6, 2018 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ———————————————– Genre: Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy thrillers that are slow burns. Add it on: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Goodreads How quickly could the family we have created for ourselves unravel—and how far will we go to protect it? David and Caroline Connolly are swimming successfully through their marriage’s middle years—raising two children; overseeing care for David’s ailing mother; leaning into their careers, both…
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Book Review: Cake At Midnight by Jessie L. Star
Title: Cake At Midnight Author: Jessie L. Star Publisher: Pocket Star Pages: Ebook; 464 Release Date: January 15, 2017 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————– Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweet, foodie romances with just enough drama to make them compulsively readable. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In this deliciously sweet foodie romance, a twenty-something pastry chef falls out of sync with her old childhood crush and falls into the arms of the quiet but charming boy next door. Giovanna, Zoë, and Declan have always been a trio—their…
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Book Review: The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Wicked City Author: Beatriz Williams Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: December 26, 2017 Source: HarperCollins / TLC Book Tours —————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Genre: Historical Fiction Recommended to: Readers who are fans of Beatriz Williams and enjoy reading dual-narrated and dual-time period stories. Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble In the first book of a breathtaking new trilogy by bestselling author Beatriz Williams, two generations of women are brought together inside a Greenwich Village apartment —a flapper hiding an extraordinary past, and a…
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Guest Post: Child Maltreatment and Futuristic Technologies by Robert Eggleton
Hello everyone, and happy Thursday before a holiday weekend! I know that I’ve been scarce lately, and Tina has been taking on more than her fair share of posts, but I wanted to pop back in before the new year with a very important post. Robert Eggleton, author of Rarity from the Hollow is here with a guest post that is just as poignant as his book. As an advocate for the prevention of child abuse, Eggleton uses his authorial platform as a means of both entertaining and informing his readers. I can’t think of a better way to get this…