What does an FBI Special Agent, a Chicago detective, a Rwandan Priest, and a Finnish national all have in common? Sounds like the beginning of a joke. It’s not. Rather, it’s the premise behind the entertaining mystery Rogue the Durum by Stephen J. Kolbe. When a social network executive is found stabbed to death and […]
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The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven
Historical romance readers will adore this medieval French fantasy by Jennifer Ivy Walker. This story is about a tragic love triangle that ends with the most intriguing hook. Young Princess Issylte poses a threat to her new stepmother, Queen Morag. The queen takes an instant dislike of the young girl who stands in her way […]
Frankie’s Fishy Feelings
By Kimberly Monaghan on February 1, 2024 in Books 4 Fun, Books 4 Health, Books 4 Kids, Uplifting Books
This book was written by a high school student, Quincy Kaden. When she was twelve, she went to her first therapy session which helped Ms. Kaden discover the “fishy feeling” she’d been battling for so long was called anxiety. She believed she was alone in this battle. As she grew older and learned more about […]
A Christmas Miracle for the Frosty Marquess
Author Sally Forbes paints a lovely picture in this story about two lost souls bound by matrimony, who find that love truly can blossom in the most unexpected places. In this regency romance, the kind and gentle Lady Clara Bennett is betrothed to Julian Hawthorne, the Marquess of Silverstone. Ever since his mother’s passing, life […]
Santa’s Wish Fulfilled
Christmastime is filled with some bad memories for Roz Henry. Last year, she lost her boyfriend and her job, then her beloved grandfather fell ill. She’d returned to her small East-Coast hometown of Dickens. There she runs into her old high school flame Cooper Brown. In time their second chance romance blossoms but what started […]
Out Of the Darkness: Book One in the Courageous Series
This historical novel by David A. Jacinto is a journey into the soul—both the author’s and the readers’. Pulling from his family history and deep research into the mid-nineteenth century coal mining industry, Jacinto spins a riveting tale of rags to riches that centers on family and traditions. Tom Wright enters the coal mines at […]
Katie’s Gamble
This is the first book in the Gamblers and Gunslingers series by Kara O’Neal. The setting bounces between Louisiana and Texas in 1833 when gunslingers, gamblers, cowboys, and cattle rustlers challenged the small homesteads popping up in the American southwest. In one small town, Echols, Texas, a young woman beholden to her orphaned siblings and […]
Just One Date: Billionaire Barons of Texas
Looking for your next contemporary poor girl (or working girl) rich guy romantic meet-cute? Then grab your copy of Just One Date by Chris Keniston. In the first of her Billionaire Barons of Texas series, fate brings two lonely and career-minded people together in a setting that screams luxe, romance, and seduction. This contemporary romance […]
How to Protect a Princess
The first in the bodyguard series “Wilde Ways: Gone Rouge,” How to Protect a Princess brings together two conflicting characters in a suspenseful, romantic read. You’ll adore the stunning covers and heart pounding read in the three books collective by Cynthia Eden. Juliet Laurent has her mother to thank for a chance at living a […]
I Did It For You
Talk about a mind-bender. This new suspense by author Amy Engel swiftly draws you in to one mystery layered upon another. A small-town thriller with a unique spin on how guilt can be a disturbing bedfellow. When Greer Dunning decides to take an extended break from her school counseling job in Chicago, she doesn’t go […]