Waterbury Winter By Linda Henley

 

Barnaby Brown has had enough of freezing winters, insurmountable debt, a dead-end job, and his solitary life as a young widower with no one but his beloved parrot Popsicle. He yearns to move to California and reawaken his long-lost early life as an artist. But new troubles come in threes. His ancient car crashes into a snowbank. Popsicle escapes through a window carelessly left open. 

A New York gallery owner offers to represent Barnaby’s paintings—but is he on the up-and-up? All of it serves to shock Barnaby into confronting how low he has sunk, and he vows—again and again—to change. He has a few obstacles, starting with his heavy drinking and long-term neglect of his ancestral home. As he takes steps toward a better life, he re-discovers the value of old friendships and latent talents seen in new light, and finds the courage to consider a second chance at love. Rejoining the mainstream of life presents several startling mysteries he must unravel, with a few mortifying but enlightening stumbles.

 A heart-warming novel about ordinary people reclaiming their dormant potential, Waterbury Winter celebrates the restorative value of art and the joy to be found in keeping promises. 

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Linda Stewart Henley is an English-born American who moved to the United States at sixteen. She is a graduate of Newcomb College of Tulane University in New Orleans. She currently lives with her husband in Anacortes, Washington. 

Becoming Herself By Maureen Reid

 What if … you were told you won’t be accepted because you don’t sound like everyone else… you want more choices than your world offers… you love a man you can never have … you need to reconnect with the land you left behind? That is Margaret’s story. Becoming Herself is the tale of a woman’s road to self-discovery in the first half of the 20th century. It is as current as today’s headlines. On her first day in America, seven-year old Maggie Clancy is placed in an orphanage by her grieving widowed father. She is told that from now on she will be called Margaret. Maggie will no longer exist. She will have to forge her own path in this new world of upstate New York. Her lovely singing voice provides her the needed entry. In an era when she loses the corset and gains the right to vote, Margaret struggles with balancing the roles of wife and mother with her longing to do even more with her life. She’s a witness to the prejudices experienced by Irish immigrants and to Americans questioning the patriotism of their German-Americans neighbors during WWI. Despite that, she hopes and believes that man’s inhumanity to man will lessen when women make their voices heard. Margaret embraces the changes and challenges of a world that’s experiencing airplanes in the skies, radios in the parlor and women beginning to assert their independence inside and outside the home. Margaret yearns to find the Maggie who’s been lost by returning to Ireland, the land of her birth. In Becoming Herself, Margaret shares her dreams, conflicts, and never-to-be-told secrets. It is the story of a woman searching to become all she is capable of being. 

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Amazon.com: Becoming Herself: 9781949864236: Reid, Maureen: Books

Unknown Assailant By J. L. Doucette

 Dr. Pepper Hunt and Detective Beau Antelope team up again to investigate a tragic murder/suicide in a prominent ranch family in the small town of Farson, Wyoming. As they explore events leading up to the night of the disturbing crime they are drawn into the dark heart of a troubled family touched by a legacy of trauma. 

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Unknown Assailant: A Dr. Pepper Hunt Mystery (A Dr. Pepper Hunt Mystery, 3): Doucette, J.L.: 9781647422196: Amazon.com: Books

J.L.Doucette's suspenseful first novel won the 6th Annual Beverly Hills Book Award for Mystery in 2017, the Silver Award from Independent Press for Mystery, and was a finalist in the Next Generation Book Awards. She creates fictional characters with depth and complexity that the reader can relate to easily. She lived in rural Wyoming where she encountered the stoic nature of people living small towns and on the Wind River Reservation.8 thrillers you will devour this summer. Buzzfeed & ten thrillers for fans of Gillian Flynn. 

Bloody Growth By Vincent Wallace

 

Alexander Stern continued growing his companies when an unexpected turn in his life set him on track to acquire a company he never thought about, but also facing risks he never saw coming. Alexander's success with Alliance, Adagio and his new projects gained him a powerful and unscrupulous enemy, Angelo Moretti. Along with his partners, spies, and gangsters, Angelo complicates Alexander's life while pursuing the same business interests, pushing him into a dangerous and challenging situation.

His relationship with Alliance's North American partners had changed drastically. Still, Alexander and Christopher Mattis, the wealthy businessman from Nashville, managed to work it out to benefit their plans and friendship. Notwithstanding, Alexander could pay an expensive toll against his values and tranquility, allowing him to learn that not every business success is worth it and making him and his wife Gabrielle finally decide on a life-change goal they had been dreaming of a long time. 

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Amazon.com: Bloody Growth (Alexander Stern): 9798479948268: Wallace, Vincent J.: Books

Vincent J. Wallace has lived in Mexico, the United States, and the Dominican Republic, and has visited many cities around the world. This international background and his 27-year career in the financial sector have given him many experiences that will become material for financial-crime thrillers ... because some stories, including ones about criminals, have to be told!

Vincent started writing many years ago, but it wasn't until 2020 that he decided to take his hobby to the next level. Now he alternates his role as an active securities market executive with his new career as a writer of novels. He is an Associate Member of the International Thriller Writers organization.

Deadly Wealth is his first novel and Bloody Growth is the sequel in the Alexander Stern series. He is busy writing his next novel.

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Madness By Paityn Parque

Death is not an escape.

One night Ezra Adkins is brutally murdered in her own home. As she was dying, she expects to wake up in the afterworld.

She was wrong.

She loses consciousness and awakens into a horrific game of kill or be killed. Players can be killed an infinite number of times, but the only permanent way out of the game is their actual death by suicide.

Players in the game ruthlessly hunt each other for points, while others kill for fun. Most players have given up on finding an escape from the game and spiral into insanity, killing without reason.

It’s mayhem.

Ezra soon learns who to trust and who to hunt down. But as she falls deeper into the game, she starts to lose herself as the bodies pile up. The line blurs between what she’s always known to be right and wrong.

Metal will clash. Blood will spill. Minds will break. And before it’s too late, Ezra must find an escape from the game before she becomes the real enemy. 

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 Madness (Engine's Game): Parque, Paityn E.: 9798454896164: Amazon.com: Books

Paityn Parque lives in Puyallup, Washington, where she spends most of her time gaming and writing. She plays competitive volleyball actively, and when she’s not practicing, she finds time for her friends and family. She lives with her older sister, an idiotic dog, and her parents. Only 15-years-old, Madness is her first novel published. She wants to continue her career in writing and hopes that you’ll stick around to see her grow.

Questions? You can contact her at: Paityn.Parque@gmail.com

The Billonaire's Secret By Meghann Whistler

 He’s a billionaire hiding a devastating diagnosis. She’ll do whatever it takes to help her sick, matchmaking mom. A freak accident throws them together, but will his big secret tear them apart?

When Ryan Lawson’s business partners force him to go on a wilderness retreat to come to terms with a shocking diagnosis, the last thing on Ryan’s mind is romance. But when he’s stranded in the woods with a sweet young event planner, all thoughts of business take a back seat to her girl-next-door appeal.

Fresh off a bad breakup, Zara Georgopoulos comes to Vermont to help her terminally ill mom work through her bucket list—not fall in love with a man who’s the exact opposite of her usual type. But when Ryan starts working his way into her heart with his kindness and generosity, she needs to make a decision: Trust the biotech billionaire not to walk all over her, or go back to guarding her heart.

Stuck in the wilds of Vermont, they forge a tenuous connection. When Ryan finally shares the truth about his illness, will it bring them closer together . . . or shatter Zara’s trust in him for good?

Inspired by 2 Corinthians 12:9, The Billionaire’s Secret is a sweet inspirational romance with a swoony hero, LOTS of entertaining banter, and a strong Christian message. Order your copy today! 

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The Billionaire's Secret: A Christian Romance (Sweet Boston Billionaires): Whistler, Meghann: 9781737730408: Amazon.com: Books

Meghann Whistler writes sweet Christian romance novels that WON’T make your grandmother blush.

Her debut novel, FALLING FOR THE INNKEEPER, was named one of “Six Sensational 2020 Debut Series Romances” by the American Library Association’s Booklist Reader, and was a finalist for the 2021 Book Buyers Best Award.

Her latest book, THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECRET, was a #1 bestseller and #1 Hot New Release across multiple categories on Amazon.com, including Christian Romance, Christian Women’s Fiction, and Contemporary Religious Fiction, among others.

Before settling down with her rocket scientist husband and raising three rambunctious boys, Meghann earned a B.A. in English from Amherst College and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College.

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Operation Joktan By Amir Tsarfati GIVEAWAY!

 

“It was the perfect day—until the gunfire.”

Nir Tavor is an Israeli secret service operative turned talented Mossad agent.

Nicole le Roux is a model with a hidden skill.

A terrorist attack brings them together, and then work forces them apart—until they’re unexpectedly called back into each other’s lives.

But there’s no time for romance. As violent radicals threaten chaos across the Middle East, the two must work together to stop these extremists, pooling Nicole’s knack for technology and Nir’s adeptness with on-the-ground missions. Each heart-racing step of their operation gets them closer to the truth—and closer to danger.

In this thrilling first book in a new series, authors Amir Tsarfati and Steve Yohn draw on true events as well as tactical insights Amir learned from his time in the Israeli Defense Forces. For believers in God’s life-changing promises, Operation Joktan is a suspense-filled page-turner that illuminates the blessing Israel is to the world. 

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Operation Joktan (A Nir Tavor Mossad Thriller): Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn: 9780736985208: Amazon.com: Books

Amir Tsarfati is a native Israeli and former major in the Israeli Defense Forces. He is the founder and president of Behold Israel—a nonprofit ministry that provides Bible teaching through tours, conferences, and social media. It also provides unique access to news and information about Israel from a biblical and prophetic standpoint. Amir is married with four children, and resides in Northern Israel

Midnight, Christmas Eve By Andy Clapp

 

Christmas Eve. Two cups of hot cocoa. Two high school friends . . .
and a promise made, never to be broken.

While in their junior year of high school, Brady Jameson and Sarah Ashford have a chance encounter on a park bench during the magical, thinly veiled hours of Christmas Eve. From there, a special bond and friendship develop between them. Then, a promise is made: if unmarried after graduating college, they will return to the bench on Christmas Eve and begin their lives together.

Over the years, Brady keeps his promise. Sarah, however, never shows, even though Brady knows she’s not married. Friends insist Brady “let her go,” but Brady made a promise to Sarah and Sarah owns his heart. And so, each year, he waits at the bench holding two cups of hot cocoa. Will Sarah ever return to the bench? Will she ever know how much Brady has always loved her? 

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Amazon.com: Midnight, Christmas Eve: 9781645262978: Clapp, Andy: Books

Andy Clapp is an award-winning author and pastor. A graduate of the University of Mount Olive, he has served in ministry for twenty years. His love for Christmas leads him to capture the majesty of the season. He loves storytelling and teaching biblical principles in new ways. With a pastor's heart, he longs to bring others into a deeper walk with Jesus.

Love is By Kim Sorrelle

 

Engage with a love that transcends social experiments and leads to a radically transformed life

"Love is patient, love is kind, love is . . ." The words are so familiar they almost lack meaning, a Christianese version of "live, laugh, love." Even non-Christians are familiar with the Love Chapter of 1 Corinthians, read at weddings, painted on decorative signs, and preached regularly from the pulpit. But what happens when these verses are taken seriously? What would it take for someone to live out the Love Chapter as literally as possible?

That was the question Kim Sorrelle set out to answer during her yearlong experiment. Using 1 Corinthians 13 as a road map, she focused on one phrase at a time, seeking to understand its true meaning and how it could motivate every daily action. And she didn't just look at the best-known parts of the passage but also the ones we don't think too deeply about: love does not boast, does not dishonor others, doesn't keep a record of wrongs, and more.

In her attempts to live the Love Chapter to the letter, Kim journeyed all the way to Haiti, where she met people who both tested and displayed love to its limits. From irritating employees to sexist short-term missionaries to curse-wielding women to the profoundly kind nuns, her encounters are filled with rueful self-reflection and comical commentary, as well as a new understanding of the nuances and power of true love in action.

Kim's transformation into someone who truly loves like Jesus will challenge readers to think more deeply about how they can manifest love in their own lives and will reveal the power of Christlike devotion that is unwearied and humble, contented and forgiving. Above all, her exploration is an incredible encounter with the filling, strengthening love of God--a love that truly never fails. 

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Amazon.com: Love Is: A Yearlong Experiment in Living Out 1 Corinthians 13 Love: 9780825446740: Sorrelle, Kim: Books

Kim Sorrelle is the author of two books, Cry Until You Laugh,” about her journey through the cancer jungle and Love Is, a year-long experiment to discover the true meaning of love.

She is an entrepreneur, director of a humanitarian organization, and lover of all people.

Her kids and their spouses are entrepreneurs, a humanitarian organization director, NASA engineer, NASA administrator, MD/Ph.D., and a Funeral Director. She gives all of the credit of having birthed gainfully employed taxpayers to her late husband.

Kim thinks that her eleven grandkids are the bomb and will someday solve issues like social injustice, food insecurity, and sock eating dryers. Kim loves to travel anywhere and meet new people everywhere. And along the way, she is learning to live love.

Deadly Connection By Kathy Harris

 Will they uncover the secrets between them before it becomes deadly?

After fending off a would-be abductor, 27-year-old singer-songwriter Hannah Cassidy hides behind a car in the half-empty parking lot behind Pancake Pantry in Nashville. From there, she watches in horror as her attacker grabs another woman and pushes her into a nearby car. Within seconds, the vehicle speeds away.

TBI Special Agent Jake Matheson may have planned a quiet day off and a date with Shannon―the only name her online profile revealed―for an introductory lunch, but after pulling into a parking space on 21st Avenue South, he hears a scream. He races to the back of the building and finds a frightened young woman bent forward and gasping for breath.

Thrown together by uncanny circumstances and driven by the whys and what-ifs of secrets yet to be revealed, Hannah and Jake set out to find the connection between them before it becomes deadly. 

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Deadly Connection (Deadly Secrets): Harris, Kathy: 9781563095344: Amazon.com: Books

Kathy Harris is an author by way of a divine detour into the Nashville entertainment business. She graduated with a Communications degree from Southern Illinois University and has spent the past several decades employed as a marketing director in the Nashville music industry.

She has contributed to a number of anthologies. Her first novel released in 2012. Her latest, Deadly Connection, releases in October 2021. Kathy regularly interviews literary and music guests on her blog at www.divinedetour.com. Visit her website at www.kathyharrisbooks.com and/or follow her on Facebook (facebook.com/KathyHarrisAuthor), Twitter (@divinedetour), and Instagram (@kathyharris_author).

My Thoughts...

I get so excited when a package with Harris' latest book comes. I don't plan anything for a few hours so that I can get a way. I start reading and read until the very last page.

What's even better is that I am nuts about books, but my second love is music, so this is the best of both worlds.

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The Mary Reader received this book from the publisher for review. A favorable review was not required, and all views expressed are our own.

Christmas At Sugar Sand Inn By Leigh Duncan

Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with best friends Michelle, Reggie, Nina and Erin for a second chance at all life has to offer.

Welcome to Christmas at the Sugar Sand Inn! Michelle and her friends have replaced the welcome sign on the front gate with one that reads “Closed for the Holidays.” The four women deserve a little break after spending the summer working nonstop to convert the house Michelle inherited from her birth mother into an inn. The past three months they’ve definitely been thrilled—and maybe a little overwhelmed—by the influx of guests who have alternately charmed and confounded them. Now with a wedding in the works, it’s no wonder the four friends need some time to kick back, help themselves to a glass of the inn’s signature cocktail and enjoy the warm winter breezes that blow off the Gulf.

Of course, no holiday would be complete without a few problems. A tight housing market makes it difficult for Erin and her fiancé to find a house to rent. Meanwhile Michelle, Reggie and Nina prepare a very special surprise for the newlyweds. Unexpected arrivals complicate matters, and soon every room of the “closed” inn is filled to overflowing. Despite the challenges, laughter rings throughout the halls, and good smells drift from the kitchen, where Chef Nina and her team whip up holiday treats and one very special wedding cake.

Join Nina, Michelle, Reggie and Erin as they enjoy the new lives they’ve built in Sugar Sand Beach, where fresh opportunities for life, love and happiness are as limitless as the blue Florida skies. 

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Christmas At Sugar Sand Inn: Clean and Wholesome Contemporary Women’s Fiction: Duncan, Leigh: 9781944258337: Amazon.com: Books

Leigh Duncan is the award-winning author of more than two dozen novels, novellas and short stories. In 2017, she was thrilled when Hallmark Publishing chose her as the lead author for their brand new line of romances and cozy mysteries.Her first Hallmark book, Journey Back to Christmas, debuted on the Hallmark Home & Family show in October of that year. Since then, she has written 5 books for Hallmark, including the ever-popular Heart's Landing series, which Southern Living Magazine included in its list of "The Best Hallmark Summer Books."

A National Readers’ Choice Award winner and a Publisher's Weekly Bestselling Author, Leigh lives on Central Florida's East Coast where she writes sweet women’s fiction and heartwarming, contemporary romance with a dash of Southern sass.

Leigh loves to stay in touch with readers through social media. Find her at https://facebook.com/LeighDuncanBooks, or visit her website at https://leighduncan.com.

My Thoughts...

I love all of Duncan's books, but this series was the best. I love the friendships and the Inn at the beach it was just a dream series. I am a little bit sad to see this series come to an end but I am guessing that Duncan has something just as fantastic and this series coming next.

You should grab this sweet series.

The Mary Reader received this book from the publisher for review. A favorable review was not required, and all views expressed are our own.

Christmas Cookies Mysteries Inspired by The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Cookies Album

 Everybody loves Christmas … and mysteries. And now the two of them have been combined. We hope you’ll enjoy this fun little project revisiting the Christmas Cookies CD. — Joe Bonsall, The Oak Ridge Boys

Christmas is magical and includes many traditions like decorating the tree, giving gifts, baking cookies … and murder and mayhem?!?! Join in the fun this season and create a new holiday tradition with mysteries from more than a baker’s dozen of award winning authors—all inspired by the songs of The Oak Ridge Boys' Christmas Cookies CD.

Hark the Herald Angels Sing—Patricia Bradley
Ollie Bramlett—Joseph S. Bonsall
From Love to Love—Lisa Preston
Away in a Manger —Beth Pugh
Aunt Elvira’s Jewels (aka Hay Baby)—D. L. Havlin
Little Annie’s Christmas Wish—Christine Clemetson
I’ll be Home for Christmas—Don Bruns
Blessed Be the Day of Our Savior’s Birth—Kathy Harris
Jingle Bells Murder All the Way—Kelly Irvin
Ordinary Days—Delores Topliff
Uncle Luther Made the Stuffing—Vanessa M. Knight
Back to Tennessee—Danielle M Haas
The Warmest Night of the Year—Kaye D. Schmitz
O, Come All Ye Faithful— M.M. Chouinard
O Come All Ye Faithful (Reprise)—Mindy Steele

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Amazon.com: Christmas Cookies Mysteries: An Anthology Inspired by The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Cookies Album: 9781953290908: Bradley, Patricia: Books

Kathy Harris is an author by way of a divine detour into the Nashville entertainment business. She graduated with a Communications degree from Southern Illinois University and has spent the past several decades employed as a marketing director in the Nashville music industry.

She has contributed to a number of anthologies. Her first novel released in 2012. Her latest, Deadly Connection, releases in October 2021. Kathy regularly interviews literary and music guests on her blog at www.divinedetour.com. Visit her website at www.kathyharrisbooks.com and/or follow her on Facebook (facebook.com/KathyHarrisAuthor), Twitter (@divinedetour), and Instagram (@kathyharris_author).

My Thoughts...

This was such a fun read. I absolutely loved Kelly Irvin's novella Murder All the Way and Kathy Harris novella Blessed Be the Day of Our Savior's Birth the best out of the whole book. You have to grab a copy of this one and it would make a fantastic gift.

Your Words Your World By Louise Belanger

 

Vincent J. Wallace has lived in Mexico, the United States, and the Dominican Republic, and has visited many cities around the world. This international background and his 27-year career in the financial sector have given him many experiences that will become material for financial-crime thrillers ... because some stories, including ones about criminals, have to be told!

Vincent started writing many years ago, but it wasn't until 2020 that he decided to take his hobby to the next level. Now he alternates his role as an active securities market executive with his new career as a writer of novels. He is an Associate Member of the International Thriller Writers organization.

Deadly Wealth is his first novel and Bloody Growth is the sequel in the Alexander Stern series. He is busy writing his next novel.

Follow him at www.vincentjwallace.com and social media!

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I am a Canadian poet and the author of Your Words and my new release: Your Words Your World.

Both books are beautiful and inspiring poems complemented by nature photographs.

I started writing poetry in the spring of 2020. Pouring my emotions on paper, describing beautiful scenery and stories that came to life in my head was quite new to me. With the encouragement and help from many friends, my dream became a reality.

I invite you to visit my website at https://www.louisebelangerauthor.com/

Crazy Like A Fox By Melinda Metz GIVEAWAY!

 

Return to the charming mountain town of Fox Crossing, Maine—where nature lovers are welcome, the locals are friendly, and a single glimpse of a legendary fox can change your life forever...

Most people think The Fox is just a folk tale, designed to lure tourists to their quiet little town on the Appalachian Trail. But kindergarten teacher Lillian Smith is hoping the stories of the white-earred, white-pawed vixen—who brings luck and love to those who see her—are all true. After a chance sighting of the fabled fox, Lillian hopes her hiker boyfriend Owen will finally propose. Instead, he publicly dumps her, claiming she’s not adventurous enough. Lillian’s determined to prove him wrong. But she sure could use some of that foxy magic to win him back...

Luckily, Lillian is not alone. She has her good friend Gavin, the local boot camp worker who agrees to help her reinvent herself—even though he thinks she’s fine the way she is. Then there are the townsfolk who also claim to have caught glimpses of The Fox: an offbeat musician with a downbeat career, a not-so-fortunate couple who’ve forgotten just how lucky they are, and a playwright whose life needs a second act. But if the fox legend is true, things always have a way of working out—for those crazy enough to keep believing...

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO LIVE HERE.

BUT IT HELPS…IF YOU’RE CRAZY LIKE A FOX! 

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Amazon.com: Crazy like a Fox (A Fox Crossing, Maine Novel): 9781496728111: Metz, Melinda: Books

Melinda Metz grew up in San Jose, California. People sometimes ask if she knows the way there. She kinda does, but she has an off-kilter sense of direction, so to be confident of arriving, it's better to consult some kind of navigational device.

Her mother tried to teach her to read in kindergarten, but Melinda had no interest. She also had no interest in learning to write her name. (FYI, when Melinda was in kindergarten it was all about finger-painting, play time, and naps.) Eventually, she mastered both and even majored in English at San Jose State University.

After college, Melinda moved to Manhattan to seek her fortune, which involved learning to identify fruits and vegetables while working at a grocery store,

making $2.73 working backstage for an off-off Broadway play (her part of the box-office profits), and editing books.

Melinda and the lovely and talented Laura J. Burns pretty much became unofficial writing partners when they were editors at the same company. They teamed up to brainstorm story ideas, and at some point their brains fused in some key places. Later they worked on the Roswell High book series, Laura developing and editing the series, Melinda writing.

That series led to Melinda and Laura, now an official writing team, writing two TV pilots, moving to L.A. to work on the Roswell TV show, and briefly living in Toronto while on the writing staff of 1-800-Missing. They both continue to write books, together and separately.

Laura and Melinda have a new book in the works, a young adult thriller that includes: adventure! heiroglyphics! globe-trotting! paranormal artifacts!

Melinda's first adult book, Talk to the Paw, is coming out in February 2018 from Kensington. It's a romance with a cat playing matchmaker. Everybody say awww.

Her six-book S.M.A.R.T.S. series is out now. The middle-grade mysteries focuses on the kids in a makerspace club, and includes lots of science facts. (Melinda minored in Biology. Weird, huh?)

Melinda has never regretted learning to read and write her name. 

This is a fun read. I hope that you get a chance to pick up a copy.

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A Scoundrel of Her Own By Stacy Reid

Lady Ophelia Darby exists in two worlds. In one, she is the impudent, willful daughter of a powerful marquess and darling of the ton. In the other, she moves through the underworld’s shadows as songstress Lady Starlight, protected only by the notoriously wealthy scoundrel Devlin Byrne. But when she stumbles upon her beloved father’s darkest secrets, the line between her two worlds quickly blurs. Now she needs the help of the one man a lady should never trust.

Devlin Byrne stands on the edge of London society, knowing he will never be accepted. No one else knows that his obscene wealth and ruthlessness aren’t without purpose. Or that his purpose has golden-brown eyes that shimmer with mischief, the palest of skin, and a lush mouth that beckons to be kissed, and deeply. But having Ophelia is only the beginning of Devlin’s plans.

It’s undeniable that Devlin Byrne is a dangerous temptation―but just as Ophelia begins to trust him, maybe even fall for him, she discovers she’s not the only one with secrets. And his would lead her down more than just the path of scandal… 

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A Scoundrel of Her Own (The Sinful Wallflowers, 3): Reid, Stacy: 9781640637689: Amazon.com: Books 

 USA Today Bestselling author Stacy Reid writes sensual Historical and Paranormal Romances and is the published author of over twenty books. Her debut novella The Duke’s Shotgun Wedding was a 2015 HOLT Award of Merit recipient in the Romance Novella category, and her bestselling Wedded by Scandal series is recommended as Top picks at Night Owl Reviews, Fresh Fiction Reviews, and The Romance Reviews.

Stacy lives a lot in the worlds she creates and actively speaks to her characters (aloud). She has a warrior way “Never give up on dreams!” When she’s not writing, Stacy spends a copious amount of time binge-watching series like The Walking Dead, Altered Carbon, Rise of the Phoenixes, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom, and playing video games with her love. She also has a weakness for ice cream and will have it as her main course.

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Broken People By Rachel Thompson

 

Long before the #MeToo movement, Rachel Thompson started sharing what it was like to grow up and live with the constant trauma of childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and other sexual crimes in her award-winning memoirs, Broken Pieces and Broken Places.

Broken People is the third book in this series, where she continues to explore, through hard-hitting essays and lyrical poetry, the difficulties and joys of navigating relationships, healing, and love in an environment not always conducive to survivors.

If you're a survivor or know one, you need this book.

I write what scares me. I tell uncomfortable truths.

I want other survivors of rape and sexual assault to know

they’re not alone.

I’ll be the voice.

I am the voice.

Healing is possible. Every survivor must find their own healing path.

This is mine.

Broken People is a book of courage, resilience, and overcoming challenges Rachel faced as a survivor. Through her three books Broken Pieces, Broken Places, and Broken People, Rachel has courageously shared her truth and the journey of her life. It’s not all rosy and pretty and that’s the beauty of these books. They represent the truth of a survivor, a mother, an empowered person who was made to believe she has no charge in her life but challenged that, and emerged on the other side. These books have not only allowed her to openly share her experiences, they also provide hope, guidance, and a way forward for girls and women who feel they have no hope left in them.

Dr. Shruti Kapoor, Founder, Sayfty Trust

This third book in her Broken series, Broken People is both heart-wrenching in its honesty, and hope-filled in its commitment to recovery. Through her beautiful, gently scribed work, Rachel shows the destruction that sexual abuse causes, and also the hope and strength that is conceived in the healing process. She speaks to you, the reader, like a warm friend who is by your side. For survivors, Rachel’s voice is that of a wise older sister, looking out for you and comforting you when you feel alone with all the carnage that sexual trauma can leave in its wake. 

Site: http://RachelintheOC.com

Twitter: @RachelintheOC

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RachelThompsonauthor

Rachel Thompson is the author of seven books: Broken People, just released in September 2021; Broken Places (2017 Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non- Fiction First in Category Winner and a 5-Star Readers Favorite Winner); the multi-award-winning and bestselling Broken Pieces and Broken Places; the multi-award-winning BadRedhead Media 30-Day Book Marketing Challenge, The BadRedhead Media SEO Guide for Authors, as well as two additional humor books, A Walk In The Snark and Mancode: Exposed.

She's also currently finishing up the next BadRedhead Media book, the 30-Day Twitter Challenge, and several other guides for writers.

Rachel founded BadRedhead Media in 2011, creating effective social media and book marketing campaigns for authors. Her articles appear regularly in The Huffington Post, IndieReader, FeminineCollective, BookMachine, BookWorks, and is a popular writer on several top publications on Medium.

Not just an advocate for sexual abuse survivors, Rachel is the creator and founder of the blog-sharing hashtag phenomenon #MondayBlogs, the weekly live Twitter chat #SexAbuseChat, (Tuesdays, 10 am pst), and #BookMarketingChat (Wednesdays 6 pm pst) to help writers learn how to market their work.

She hates walks in the rain, running out of coffee, and coconut. A single mom, Rachel lives in California (with her two kids and two cats) where she daydreams about Thor. And sleep. 

My Thoughts...

This one is not for everyone but if you have suffered abuse or know someone that has this would be a useful tool.

It was an interesting read.

The Mary Reader received this book from the publisher for review. A favorable review was not required and all views expressed are our own.