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Excerpt: Rogues & Kings (Tales of Robin Hood #2) by Charlene Newcomb

The year is 1216 and civil war rages in England. King John ravages the countryside against rebellious barons and a French invasion. Unbeknownst to him, his newest squire, Richard, is in fact the son of a man the king would hang without a second thought. A man the common folk call Robin Hood.

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2 days ago

Shadow of Wings (Dragon Claimed #1) by Ellie Pond

My reclusive billionaire bosses have a secret. They're dragon shifters from another realm. And they didn't just hire me to catalog rare art. They hired me because I might be their fated mate.

Merissa

3 days ago

Showcase, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: ZigZag Girl by Ruth Knafo Setton

ZIGZAG GIRL is a noir-tinged feminist thriller where The Prestige meets Knives Out in Atlantic City's haunted magic underworld. When magician Lucy Moon finds her best friend murdered inside the infamous sawing box that killed a performer decades ago—a black rose in her mouth, the same signature from Lucy's buried past—she's thrust into a deadly game of deception. To unmask a killer who knows her secrets, Lucy must navigate shadowy criminal networks, confront an unsolved 1940s

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4 days ago

Spotlight: The Green Baize Door (A Marie Chevalier Mystery, #1) by Eleanor Birney

In the fashionable mansions on Chestnut Hill, a simple green baize door separates the masters’ world from the servants’. That door is thrown wide when an elderly housekeeper is found brutally murdered on the first day of the new century. Marie Chevalier, the housekeeper’s poor but ambitious granddaughter, and James Lett, the mansion owner’s kind but indolent son, suspect the killer is connected to one of their families—but which one?

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5 days ago

Spotlight: Little Harbour (Scandinavian Comfort #1) by Sophia Soames

This is a story about life and death, because there was never anyone else for Jens. He had been with Sofie almost all his life, from the day they met at school when they were fifteen, until the day she took her final breath against his chest. She was always everything to him. As he was to her. He never doubted that. Not for a minute.

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6 days ago

Guest Post & #Giveaway: Diversion (Probation Case Files #3) by Cindy Goyette

Phoenix probation officer Casey Carson could use a change of scenery to clear her head and make some major life decisions. When the opportunity arises to take on a side job wrangling juvenile delinquents on a wilderness adventure for a diversion program, she's skeptical. But she wants to support her cousin, a counselor. The extra cash in her pocket sweetens the deal.

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Mar 6

Review: A Theory in Vienna by Heidi Gallacher

‘I bring to light a truth, which was unknown for many centuries with direful results for the human race.’ – Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis. Imagine you’d discovered something. Something that could save hundreds of thousands of lives. But they wouldn’t let you tell anyone. Wouldn’t it drive you mad?

Merissa

Mar 5

Showcase & #Giveaway: That Other Family by Lis Angus

Julie Walker thought she knew her life: three teenagers, a husband, and her job at the Ottawa library. But when a stranger confronts her with a shocking claim about her late father, everything she believed about her family is thrown into question. At first she struggles to know what to believe. But once the truth is revealed, a series of unsettling incidents escalate into real danger: her family has become the target of someone with resources she cannot match and few limits

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Mar 4

Exclusive Excerpt: Still Waters, Deep (Between Hill and Sea) by Morgan Sheppard

In the shadowed water of Llyn Du, hydrologist Talise Calder comes searching for scientific truth—and finds a man shaped from water, memory, and an ancient sorrow. When a red thread of fate binds them together, a quiet, aching love begins to surface.

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Mar 3

Guest Post & Excerpt: Eyes to Deceit (The Company Files #4) by Gabriel Valjan

1953. The Company is orchestrating the overthrow of Iran’s elected leader—an operation cloaked in propaganda and alliances. In Rome, Walker is stationed with Leslie, former M16 and now Company agent, and tasked to coordinate efforts between the US and UK. But when resources on the ground become a liability, Walker is forced to make a difficult decision—one that threatens to unravel what’s left of his conscience.

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Mar 2

Spirit Out of Balance (The Guardians #5) by Tessa McFionn

Broken and dangerously so. Why did he find her now, when he can’t protect her? Centuries spent as the hero, vanished in one horrific, sickening twist. Now Guardian Warrior Mathias Blanchett must call on his fractured strength to save the tormented woman who calls to his spirit from enemies bent on their destruction. But will it be enough?

Merissa

Feb 27

Excerpt: One Fine Voice by Rebecca Langston-George

All her life, Esther Hopkins has been told she has a mighty fine voice. Still, she can't believe her luck when just days after moving to town, she's invited to sing a solo at the 1923 Independence Day picnic. But the group sponsoring the picnic is not the benevolent fraternal order they claim to be. Worse, they've recruited her father, the town's freshly ordained Baptist minister, to become their chaplain.

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Feb 27

Ten Books That Mean Something To Me - Debbie

My topic this month was supposed to be ten books that mean something to me, but since it’s my sister’s birthday this week, I asked her for 5 books. Her list comes after mine.

Debbie

Feb 26

Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: A Murder of Furies (An Ancient Crete Mystery #3) by Eleanor Kuhns

When Tinos, the High Priestess's consort, asks Martis to search for his missing daughter, Martis becomes involved in the dangerous politics between Crete and Egypt. A young Egyptian prince is courting Hele, the High Priestess's daughter, despite her persistent refusals. And despite the lobbying by Hele's brother, Khoranos, who seeks the Cretan throne with Egypt's help.

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Feb 26

Furious Angels (The Order of the Senary #4) by L.D. Rose

Kasen Knight believed he could save the world. Now he’s barely surviving. The vampire war rages on, but the hybrids in New York City are rapidly losing ground. As the Senary’s healer, Kasen is drowning in death and bloodshed. The only thing driving him to carry on is his beloved mate and their unborn child. When the man responsible for his tortured past discovers Kasen has a baby on the way, the threat to all he holds dear has him grappling to keep his beast in check. Kasen

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Feb 25

Excerpt: Circus Bim Bom: A Cold War Adventure by Cliff Lovette

When the first privately owned Soviet circus arrived in America in 1990, as the Soviet Empire unraveled, its elite performers hoped to build cultural bridges through spectacular shows. Instead, this prestigious troupe faced a perilous journey through Cold War America.

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Feb 24

Excerpt & #Giveaway: Rhythm and Design (Rhythm and Design series #1) by Long Temple

Claire Baldwin is used to building beauty from structure—dreaming in blueprints, raised among silver spoons and Ivy League expectations. Focused, brilliant, and untouchable, love was never part of the plan. Until one almost-mistake in her youth taught her the price of giving too much to someone who offered too little.

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Feb 23

Guest Post: The Deserter: A Tale of the Foreign Legion by Wayne Turmel

Gil Vincente is a Boer War veteran, broken and adrift on the rough streets of Marseille. Desperate, he seeks discipline and renewed purpose in the unforgiving ranks of the French Foreign Legion. At first, he finds it, but not for long. When a treacherous soldier frames him for murder, it forces the new legionnaire to run for his life.

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Feb 20

Excerpt: Secrets in the Woods by Susan D. Levitte

On October 8, 1871, fire turned night into a living hell. While Chicago's blaze claimed the headlines, a fiercer and more devastating inferno swept across Wisconsin's Green Bay peninsula-obliterating farms, forests, and families in its path.

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Feb 19

Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Winter's Season by R.J. Koreto

In 1817 London, Before the Police, There Was Captain Winter. In 1817 London, before the police existed, Captain Winter is the city’s only hope against murder and deceit. This gripping historical crime thriller blends war-born cunning, high-society intrigue, and shadowy investigations in a world where every secret could be deadly.

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Feb 18