Showing posts with label contemporary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contemporary. Show all posts
Sunday, January 5, 2025

Tea, Tiramisu, and Tough Guys by Harper Lin

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Franny is contending with another death when a local man is murdered outside a gym. She is bemused to discover that the man who owns the gym...
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Flashpoint by Catherine Coulter

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Characters from previous books return in this one. The first is Lady Elizabeth Palmer. She was caught in a plot that would have killed any n...
Monday, December 30, 2024

The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson

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I had read one or two books by Dickson before and mostly enjoyed them. This one was a little confusing to follow and the plot was a bit melo...
Monday, December 9, 2024

Rich in Your Love by Pippa Grant

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Octavia "Tavi" Lightly is a social media influencer. She's vegan, sugar-free, and exercises regularly. Except, she's a fak...
Saturday, December 7, 2024

Secrets of the Lost Ledgers by C.J. Archer

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Sylvia is starting to understand how to use her magic and that is making her more attuned to other magic. So she is startled to pick up a bo...
Friday, December 6, 2024

The One Who Loves You by Pippa Grant

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Phoebe Lightly's life is turned upside down when her grandmother chokes on dinner and nearly dies. After a minute in hell, Gigi has deci...
Monday, November 25, 2024

The Witch Is Back by Angela M. Sanders

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Reverend Clarence Duffy has died and the town is excited to see inside his house since he had been a shut in for two years. It's called ...
Friday, November 15, 2024

The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan

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Generations ago, a sailing ship lost a treasure off the coast of Nova Scotia. Decades ago, a group of friends found the treasure. Then, it d...
Monday, November 11, 2024

Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala

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It's Corn Festival time in Shady Palms. They have a small-ish town so they have teamed up with nearby Shelbyville. Of course, Brew-ha ha...
Thursday, November 7, 2024

The Dead Letter Delivery by C.J. Archer

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At the end of the last book, Sylvia found a clue to her mother's past. Fairly soon into this book, we have confirmation of her link to M...
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

I Did Something Bad by Pyae Moe Thet War

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Khin Haymar is ecstatic to learn that she's being offered a story about Tyler Tun. She's excited for the job opportunity. The fact t...
Sunday, November 3, 2024

The Untitled Books by C.J. Archer

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Apparently, books that have never been published might be called "untitled." We're told that a few times in this book. We are ...
Saturday, November 2, 2024

Dead Lions by Mick Herron

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Dickie Bow has been out of the game for awhile. But when he sees a familiar face, he follows it off a train and onto a bus. But Dickie doesn...
Friday, November 1, 2024

Irresistible Trouble by Pippa Grant

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Cooper Rock is a baseball god. But his game is in the toilet. His superstition is that he does better when he's having sex. And he hasn...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

The Secret Hook-Up by Pippa Grant

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Both Addie and Duncan have appeared in previous books by Pippa Grant. Addie is the batting coach for the Copper Valley Fireballs, a major le...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling

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Bowen Penhallow is a loner (except for his friend Declan who is, admittedly, a ghost). But he has been having a bit of back and forth with T...
Friday, October 25, 2024

Deja Brew by Celestine Martin

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Sirena is a kitchen witch and she has some strict rules for being a kitchen witch that were passed down by her grandmother. It's those a...
Thursday, October 24, 2024

A Royally Inconvenient Marriage by Pippa Grant

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Peach needs a husband. She lives in Alabama and wants to adopt her sister, Papaya. But the old-timey (and incredibly old) judge seems to thi...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Mystery in the Title by Ian Ferguson; Will Ferguson

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A surprise call has Miranda being offered a role in a fabulous new film with five-times Oscar-nominated Harry Tomlin. She jumps at the chanc...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews

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It's Christmastime but that doesn't mean much to Roman. Usually he gets some time off from being the Black Volhv for Chernobog, God ...