Review: Young Widows Club by: Alexandra Coutts

Title: Young Widows Club Author: Alexandra Coutts Publisher: Macmillan Children's Publishing Group Pages: 203 Fromat: e-book ARC Source: NetGalley Description: First came love, then came marriage, and then... For seventeen-year-old Tam, running off to marry her musician boyfriend is the ideal...

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Review: My Second Life by: Faye Birdie

Title: My Second Life Author: Faye Birdie Publisher:  Usborne Publishing Pages: 278 Format: e-book ARC Source: NetGalley Description: The first time I was born, I was Emma.  I was beautiful. I had everything to live for.  But I died. Now I have been born a second time,...

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Review - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by: Judy Blume

Title: Marbles: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Author: Judy Blume Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pages: 192 Format: Paperback Source: Personal purchase Description: If anyone tried to determine the most common rite of passage for preteen girls in North America, a girl's...

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Review - Stella Descending by: Linn Ullmann

Title: Stella Descending Author: Linn Ullmann Publisher: Pİcador USA Pages: 256 Format: Paperback Source: Received from Turkish publisher for review Description: On a warm night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky games that have defined their ten years together: a balancing...

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Review: A Ghostly Murder by: Tonya Kappes

Title: A Ghostly Murder Author: Tonya Kappes Publisher: Witness Impulse Series: Ghostly Southern Mysteries #4 Pages: 336 Format: Paperback Source: Great Escapes Bk Tour & Publisher Description: Emma Lee Raines knows there's only one cure for a bad case of murder! I told you I was...

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Review: A Ghostly Demise by: Tonya Kappes

Title: A Ghostly Demise Author: Tonya Kappes Publisher: Witness Impulse Series: Ghostly Southern Mystery #3 Pages: 275 Format: Paperback Source: Great Escapes Bk Tour & Publisher Description: The prodigal father returns—but this ghost is no holy spirit When she runs into her friend’s...

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Review - Marbles by: Ellen Forney

Title: Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me Author: Ellen Forney Publisher: Avery Pages: 256 Format: Paperback Source: Personal purchase Description: Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder,...

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Review - The Woman in White by: Wilkie Collins

Title: The Woman in White Author: Wilkie Collins Publisher: Penguin Classics Pages: 672 Format: Paperback Source: Turkish copy received from publisher Description: 'In one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop... There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the...

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Review: Musseled Out by: Barbara Ross

Title: Musseled Out Author: Barbara Ross Publisher: Kensington Series: A Maine Clambake Mystery #3 Pages: 304 Format: e-book ARC Source: NetGalley Description: The busy summer tourist season is winding down in Busman's Harbor, Maine, but Julia Snowden senses trouble simmering for the Snowden...

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Editorial: Update on Paula and kids

Dear everyone, Hello, I am sorry that I have not been on as much as I could have been and need to explain why.  Back in June I my birth family found me through the Post Adoption Unit of the State of New Hampshire.  It was a happy occasion, and I was thrilled to find family I didn’t know I had.  So when it came time for us to move, I decided to stay with my sister, and I had asked them...

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Interview: Kari Lee Townsend Author of Perish In The Palm

What genre do you write? I actually write in several genres. I write mysteries and teen super hero stories under Kari Lee Townsend, and I write romance and women's fiction under Kari Lee Harmon. It keeps me from getting bored ;) How did you come to write mysteries and teen super heroes? I...

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Review: The Diva Steals A Chocolate Kiss by: Krista Davis

Title: The Diva Steals A Chocolate Kiss Author: Krista Davis Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Series: A Domestic Diva Mystery #9 Pages: 304 Format: Nook e-book Source: Purchase Description: Domestic Diva Sophie Winston is in charge of the sweetest event in Old Town this summer. Amore Chocolates is...

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Review: A Geek Girl's Guide to Murder by: Julie Anne Lindsey

Title: A Geek Girl's Guide To Murder Author: Julie Anne Lindsey Publisher: Carina Press Series: Geek Girl Mysteries Format: e-book ARC Source: Book Tour Description: IT manager Mia Connors is up to her tortoiseshell glasses in technical drama when a glitch in the Horseshoe Falls email system...

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Review: Threads of Evidence by: Lea Wait

Title: Threads of Evidence Author: Lea Wait Publisher: Kensington Series: Mainely Needlepoint #2 Pages: 304 Format: e-book ARC Source: Great Escapes Book Tours Description: It's hard to imagine anything bad ever happening in picturesque Haven Harbor, Maine--until a famous face rolls into town...

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Review: In Your Dreams by: Kristan Higgins

Title: In Your Dreams Author: Kristan Higgins Publisher: Harlequin Series: Blue Heron #4 Pages: 480 Format: iBooks e-book Source: Purchase Description: Emmaline Neal needs a date. Just a date—someone to help her get through her ex-fiancé's wedding without losing her mind. But pickings...

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Review: Nikki Blue: Source of Trouble by: Jack Chaucer

Title: Nikki Blue: Source of Trouble Author: Jack Chaucer Publisher:  John Cullen Series: Nikki #2 Format: ARC e-book Source: NetGalley Description: Nicole Janicek has survived being shot, but can she overcome the blues of her early 20s? Nearly four years after foiling a shooting...

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