• Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    The One About Kissing: A Guest Post by Romily Bernard

    Yesterday I posted a review of Romily Bernard’s Find Me, and gushed about how awesome it was! Today I’m lucky enough to have the author herself on the blog! You know what I love about books? Good romance. You know what I love about romance? Kissing. So without further ado, here’s a guest post from Romily….all about kissing. *** The One About Kissing      Is there anything better than a kiss scene? It’s so much more satisfying than a fight scene or a chase scene although it can leave you just as pumped. I do wish they weren’t so…

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    Book Review: Find Me

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Find Me Author: Romily Bernard Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: Hardcover; 307 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher / Blog Tour ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy chilling mysteries wrapped up in real life events. Add it on: Goodreads / BD / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes “Find Me.” These are the words written on Tessa Waye’s diary. The diary that ends up with Wick Tate. But Tessa’s just been found . . . dead. Wick has the right computer-hacking skills for the job,…

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    Book Review: Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Confessions #1)

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Confessions of a Murder Suspect    *Series: Confessions #1 Author: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: Paperback; 372 Release Date: September 24, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mystery stories, especially as written in James Patterson’s signature style. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family…

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    Book Review: The Silent Deal

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Silent Deal    *Series: The Card Game #1 Author: Levi Stack Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 358 Release Date: May 2, 2013 Source: Author —————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy bold, vivid male characters and rollicking action. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Viktor and Romulus, two peasant boys, dig too deep into their town’s strange past, they awaken the wrath of a mysterious overlord. As the blood brothers struggle to survive, their search for answers takes them through gambling…

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    Book Review: Noah’s Rainy Day (Liv Bergen Mysteries #4)

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Noah’s Rainy Day    *Series: Liv Bergen Mysteries #4 Author: Sandra Brannan Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press Pages: Paperback; 392 Release Date: September 3, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have been following along with this series, or those who love a great mystery! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N From birth, Noah Hogarty has lived with severe cerebral palsy. He is nearly blind, unable to speak, and cannot run, walk, or crawl. Yet his mind works just as well…

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    Book Review: Craven Place

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Craven Place Author: Richard Wright Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: June 22, 2013 Source: Author ———————————————- Genre: Horror / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with plenty of twists and turns to keep them guessing. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The author. The psychic. The vagrant. The hack. An invitation to a crumbling cottage in the lonely wilds. The legend of the witch who haunts it still. A disappearance from a locked room and the rising, ancient power that may be…

  • Book Blitzes/Promo Posts

    Mystery Girl Giveaway

    You may have seen my earlier review of Mystery Girl. This book was so different from what I’ve read before, but I liked it! Slightly noir, slightly mystery and all awesome.  You can check out the review here.  When Sam Kornberg’s wife, Lala, walks out on him, he’s an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic Solar Lonsky, a private eye who might be an eccentric and morbid genius or just a morbidly obese madman. It’s a simple tail job,…

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    Book Review: Mystery Girl

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Mystery  Girl Author: David Gordon Publisher: New Harvest Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: July 16, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Genre: Mystery / Noir HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with a noir flair, and don’t mind a bit of flowery language. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Sam Kornberg’s wife, Lala, walks out on him, he’s an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic…

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    Book Review: The Family That Stays Together

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Family That Stays Together    *Series: Sister Nun Mystery #2 Author: Deborah Plummer Bussey Publisher: Half Dozen Publications Pages: Paperback; 278 Release Date: July 5, 2013 Source: JKS Communications —————————————————- Genre: Cozy Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow moving, cozy mysteries. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon When a television celebrity becomes suspect in the murder of her ex-fiancé, sister sleuths Kathy and Tina rally to support their family friend. Soon they end up in trouble. Will family ties be strong enough to protect…

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    Book Review: The Skeleton Key (Code Busters Club #1)

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Secret of the Skeleton Key    *Series: The Code Busters Club #1 Author: Penny Warner Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: September 13, 2011 Source: Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love mysteries and solving fun puzzles! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. may be really different, but they all share one thing in common: they love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much, they have their own…