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#TagMe for Murder by Sarah E. Burr

#TagMe for Murder by Sarah E. Burr Series: Trending Topic Myteries #2 on April 25th, 2023 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 327 Format: ARC Source: Great Escapes Tours Buy on Amazon Goodreads When murder trends too close to home, social media influencer Coco Cline will have to swipe through a sea of trolls to tag a killer. After cracking her first case, Cordelia “Coco” Cline’s life is finally getting back to normal—or as normal as life can be when you have over three million followers online. With a thriving business, a devoted boyfriend, and her two besties living right up the street, Coco is set to have the most fun summer of her life until Larry and Rosalynn Dunmer move into the condo next door. Coco and her friends do their best to avoid the confrontational duo, but when a party at a swanky new wine bar brings everyone together, things become less than neighborly faster than a celebrity-themed hashtag goes viral. Larry levels some super shady threats toward Coco and her BFF Jasper, which could have dire consequences for their multimedia empires. Just as Coco begins to wonder if she’ll have to spend the rest of the summer looking over […]

Posted May 8, 2023
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The Forgotten Palace by Alexandra Walsh

The Forgotten Palace by Alexandra Walsh Published by Boldwood Books on April 12th, 2023 Genres: Historical Fiction Pages: 365 Format: ARC Source: Boldwood Blog Tours Buy on Amazon Goodreads In an underground labyrinth a lost soul wanders, waiting for revenge, waiting for love… London 1900 Alice Webster has made the worst decision of her life. When her Aunt Agatha offers her the chance to go on a Grand Tour she jumps at the opportunity to get away from the glare of scandal. Heading off to see the world as the century turns, Alice begins to believe her broken heart can be healed, and a chance encounter on a train bound for Paris changes everything. When their journey takes them to a Cretan house thick with history, and the world-famous dig at Knossos, stories from the past begin to echo through Alice’s life. London Present Day Eloise De’Ath is meant to be a grieving widow. But if people knew the truth about her late husband, they’d understand why she can’t even pretend. Needing to escape, Eloise heads to Crete and the house her father-in-law Quinn left her, and slowly Quinn’s home begins to reveal its mysteries. In his office Eloise discovers […]

Posted April 19, 2023
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The Last Message by Catherine Hope

The Last Message by Catherine Hope Published by Headline Review on April 11th, 2023 Genres: Romance Format: ARC Source: Caffeinated PR Buy on Amazon Goodreads A message meant for another. A love meant only for her. If you love Holly Miller’s The Sight of You, Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years and Nicholas Sparks, you won’t want to miss the breathtaking love story of the year that will grip your heart in every way. …………………………………. This year I am sending my last message to you. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to forgive myself, and I will never forget you, but I have to find a way to let you go. When Lizzie is woken in the night by a text message clearly not meant for her, she is intrigued and haunted by the words she sees. After losing her beloved twin brother, she knows something of grief and the struggle to rebuild a life. Nick, a widower for three years, is haunted by the disappearance and presumed death of his wife. When these two lonely hearts are drawn together, an unexpectedly deep and powerful emotional connection is formed. Perhaps finally this is the chance for both of them […]

Posted April 18, 2023
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Madame Pommery – Creator of Brut Champagne by Rebecca Rosenberg

Madame Pommery – Creator of Brut Champagne by Rebecca Rosenberg Series: Champagne Widows Published by Lion Heart Publishing on March 21, 2023 Genres: Historical Fiction Pages: 400 Format: ARC Source: The History Quill Book Club Buy on Amazon Goodreads A Champagne Widows Novel Champagne, France, 1860. Madame Pommery, an etiquette teacher and orphanage founder, loses her husband and is forced to support her family. With no experience, the forty-year-old widow decides to make champagne. Her unique vision is to change it from a sweet dessert beverage to a dry, crisp wine to be enjoyed anytime. When champagne makers refuse to teach her their craft, she forges ahead on her own and secretly begins the excavation of champagne caves under the Reims city dump. Soon after, her son and her entire crew are conscripted to fight the Franco-Prussian war, leaving Madame Pommery alone to struggle with her champagne dreams. After Napoleon and a hundred thousand French troops are captured, the Prussians invaded France, and Prussian General Frederick Franz occupies Madame Pommery’s house as his army headquarters. Undaunted, Pommery uses her secret wine caves to hide the Francs-Tireurs, resistance fighters for France, while she plans to build a spectacular castle winery above […]

Posted March 31, 2023
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Blog Tour & Review: Murder in Post Script by Mary Winters

Murder in Post Script by Mary Winters Series: A Lady of Letters Mystery #1 Published by Berkley Books on March 28, 2023 Genres: Mystery Pages: 320 Format: ARC Source: Great Escapes Tours Buy on Amazon Goodreads When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess Amelia Amesbury, who secretly pens the popular Lady Agony column, has no choice but to investigate in this first book in a charming new historical mystery series. Amelia Amesbury—widow, mother, and countess—has a secret. Amelia writes for a London penny paper, doling out advice on fashion, relationships, and manners under the pen name Lady Agony. But when a lady’s maid writes Amelia to ask for advice when she believes her mistress has been murdered—and then ends up a victim herself—Amelia is determined to solve the case. With the help of her best friend and a handsome marquis, Amelia begins to piece together the puzzle, but as each new thread of inquiry ends with a different suspect, the investigation grows ever more daunting. From London’s docks and ballrooms to grand country houses, Amelia tracks a killer, putting her reputation—and her life—on the line. Murder in Postscript (A Lady of Letters Mystery) […]

Posted March 30, 2023
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The Time Trials by Jon & Dayna McConnell

The Time Trials by John McConnell Series: The Time Trials #1 Published by Tiny Fox Press on September 21, 2021 Genres: Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Young Adult Pages: 358 Format: ARC Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads After the deaths of his parents in a horrific car accident — one that he considers his own fault — Walkman-toting, guitar-playing Finn Mallory would do anything to turn back time…to press “rewind.” When he’s admitted on full scholarship to an elite boarding school, things get more complicated: he becomes an “Unfortunate” in a sea of rich kids whose shoes cost more than his late parents made in a week. An invitation to a boring-sounding history club changes everything, as this team does much more than research and field trips. Well….they do take field trips. Just not the kind you’re thinking. For Finn, the present was already enough to deal with, but now he finds that he also must reckon with the past, in more ways than one. Who doesn’t remember High School and Clubbing? No, I’m not talking about the type of clubbing where you stuff your bedding with make-believe clothing and pillows and then sneak out of the window to […]

Posted March 20, 2023
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Review & Guest Post: Bakeries an Buffoonery by Elizabeth Pantley

Bakeries and Buffoonery by Elizabeth Pantley Series: Magical Mystery Book Club #4 on February 15th, 2023 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 310 Format: ARC Source: Great Escapes Tours Buy on Amazon Goodreads It’s a magical book club! When this group chooses a book, magic happens. The mystery comes to life, and they find themselves part of the story. To exit the book and get back home, they need to solve the mystery and reach The End. This time, the club chooses a book called The Great Cake Rivalry, because, well … cake! They read the back cover and it’s unanimous. So off they go into another grand adventure into a town aptly named Frosting. Frosting is a rural town in an idyllic setting. The people live quiet lives most of the year. But in the spring, things change. The Annual Cake Competition becomes the focus of every man, woman, and child. They take this competition seriously. The cakes are spectacular. The festival is fabulous. For a week there are contests featuring all kinds of cakes. The people of the community become official tasters and vote for the winning cakes in each category. The grand finale is a display of finely decorated […]

Posted February 27, 2023
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Spy by Murray Sinclair

F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Spy by Murray Sinclair Published by Eclectic Books on February 15th, 2023 Genres: Historical Fiction Pages: 248 Format: ARC Source: Reedsy Discovery Buy on Amazon Goodreads Did you know that, in the Spring of 1940, the once famous author F. Scott Fitzgerald was recruited by an agent of the French Resistance to assassinate the premier of Vichy France? Fitzgerald had hijacked the “Jazz Age” and made it his own in the Roaring 20s, but now a struggling, impecunious alcoholic, his only real comforts are multiple Coca-Colas and the elusive embrace of his paramour, gossip columnist Sheilah Graham. Hemingway has become the real ticket, making the big money, but when our narrator Henri Duval, a double agent for the Vichy government and the French Resistance, surfaces in Hollywood at the legendary Garden of Allah hotel on Sunset Boulevard across the street from the star-studded Schwab’s Pharmacy, he hatches a harebrained scheme that might just change the entire course of history and restore Fitzgerald to his rightful position on the top of the literary heap. As we peruse Duval’s secret correspondence to his colleague in Washington D.C., we eavesdrop on wild nights with the Marx Brothers, intrigues engineered […]

Posted February 15, 2023
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In the Frame by Lyn Farrell

In the Frame by Lyn Farrell Series: Rosedale Investigations #3 on January 10th, 2023 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 218 Format: ARC Source: Great Escapes Tours Buy on Amazon Goodreads Rosedale Investigations team has two cases this time: a missing woman and a client who wants a provenance created for an antique painting. The missing woman dies in an accident but the team doubts it was accidental. Researching the century-old painting reveals that it’s considered cursed and then it’s stolen. Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Camel Press (January 10, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 218 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 168492037X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1684920372 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B8Q11WG2 Greetings you guys! You will never believe what happened to me. I was a real Wednesday’s Child and woe is me. I completely forgot about this book and the tour. Can you believe that. Luckily we have the best tour host ever and Lori quickly helped to make a plan. Through a very hectic week, we’ve managed to squeeze this book in and it was a welcome escape from reality. It took a bit of time to get all the characters in line as this is the 3rd instalment of […]

Posted February 11, 2023
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Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle by Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran

Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle by Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran Series: Murder, She Wrote #56 Published by Berkley Books on January 3rd, 2023 Genres: Mystery Pages: 304 Format: ARC Source: Great Escapes Tours Buy on Amazon Goodreads A trip to Northern Ireland becomes unexpectedly grim for Jessica Fletcher in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series. Jessica Fletcher is quick to accept an invitation to replace a speaker who couldn’t attend a Book Festival in Belfast, Ireland. When her Cabot Cove neighbor Maeve O’Bannon hears about the trip, she asks Jessica to deliver some paintings to her family in the village of Bushmills. Happy to extend her travels and see more of the Irish countryside, Jessica agrees. The festival goes off without a hitch, and it seems like Jessica is in for a relaxing vacation. But then Maeve’s cousin Michael is discovered dead under suspicious circumstances. Jessica finds herself once again in the midst of a murder investigation, and she’ll have to dig into the O’Bannon family’s secrets to unmask the killer. Greetings you guys! Welcome to our stop on the blog tour for the 56th instalment of the Murder She Wrote series. […]

Posted January 21, 2023
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