LET'S GET COZY! PALL IN THE FAMILY: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

 
PALL IN THE FAMILY

 A Family Fortune Mystery
BY DAWN EASTMAN 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

The aptly named Crystal Springs is the destination for tourists seeking psychics, séances, and the promise of contacting the spirit world. In this small western Michigan town, everyone knows the Fortune family. Rose is gifted with tarot card readings. Her sister, Vi, is a self-proclaimed pet psychic. And Rose’s daughter Clyde is...

A cop. A cop on leave from Ann Arbor, more specifically, who’s come home to kooky Crystal Springs to reevaluate her life. Mom and Aunt Vi can’t wait for Clyde to finally embrace her own psychic gifts and join the family business. Clyde would prefer the low-stress lifestyle of a dog walker and the low-key company of her nephew, Seth.

But when a local psychic is killed, leaving behind a traumatized Shih Tzu, it seems to be in the cards for Clyde to get involved. With her old flame Mac leading the investigation, that may prove awkward. Whether she uses her skills as a cop or her long-denied psychic abilities, it’s up to Clyde to divine a killer’s identity before someone else suffers more misfortune.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

When I was ten years old, my two favorite things were climbing trees and reading. As a bonus, I discovered if I combined the two, I could hide from my mother when she wanted me to clean my room. Nancy Drew and I spent many afternoons solving crimes and avoiding chores. Eventually, I moved on to Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, and Stephanie Plum. I improved my housework-dodging ploys.

After many years in Michigan, I now live in Iowa with my husband, son and daughter. When I...m not writing or chauffeuring kids, I keep busy catering to the whims of a bossy bichon-shih tzu mix who wants to rule the world.

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ARE YOU LISTENING? ROSE HARBOR IN BLOOM by DEBBIE MACOMBER: A REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

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BY DEBBIE MACOMBER

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Hailed as “the reigning queen of women’s fiction” (The Sacramento Bee), Debbie Macomber is renowned for her novels of love, friendship, and the promise of fresh starts. Now Macomber returns to the charming Rose Harbor Inn, where each guest finds a second chance and every room comes with an inspiring new view.

Since moving to Cedar Cove, Jo Marie Rose has truly started to feel at home, and her neighbors have become her closest friends. Now it’s springtime, and Jo Marie is eager to finish the most recent addition to her inn. In memory of her late husband, Paul, she has designed a beautiful rose garden for the property and enlisted handyman Mark Taylor to help realize it. She and Mark don’t always see eye-to-eye—and at times he seems far removed—yet deep down, Jo Marie finds great comfort in his company. And while she still seeks a sense of closure, she welcomes her latest guests, who are on their own healing journeys.

Annie Newton arrives in town to orchestrate her grandparents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. While Annie is excited for the festivities, she’s struggling to move on from her broken engagement, and her grandparents themselves seem to be having trouble getting along. Worse, Annie is forced to see Oliver Sutton, with whom she grew up and who has always mercilessly teased her. But the best parties end with a surprise, and Annie is in for the biggest one of all.

High-powered businesswoman Mary Smith, another Rose Harbor Inn guest, has achieved incredible success in her field, yet serious illness has led her to face her sole, lingering regret. Almost nineteen years ago, she ended her relationship with her true love, George Hudson, and now she’s returned to Cedar Cove to make amends.

Compassion and joy await Jo Marie, Annie, and Mary as they make peace with their pasts and look boldly toward their futures. Rose Harbor in Bloom is Debbie Macomber at her heartwarming best.

AN EXCERPT FROM ROSE HARBOR IN BLOOM:
Rose Harbor was in bloom. Purple rhododendrons and red azaleas dotted the property. I stood on the porch, leaning against the thick white post, and looked over the property for my bed-and-breakfast. The Inn at Rose Harbor was beautifully scripted on the wooden sign and was prominently displayed in the front of the yard along with my name, Jo Marie Rose, as proprietor.

I never planned on owning or operating a bed-and-breakfast. But then I never expected to be a widow in my thirties, either. If I’d learned anything in this road called life it’s that it often takes unexpected turns, rerouting us from the very path that had once seemed so right. My friends advised me against purchasing the inn. They felt the move was too drastic: it meant more than just moving and leaving my job; it would mean an entire life change. Many thought I should wait at least a year after losing Paul. But my friends were wrong. I’d found peace at the inn, and somewhat to my surprise, a certain contentment.

Until I purchased the inn, I’d lived in a condo in the heart of downtown Seattle. Because of my job and other responsibilities, I hadn’t had pets, well, other than as a youngster. But shortly after I moved to Cedar Cove I got Rover. In only a few short months, I’d grown especially fond of him; he’d become my shadow, my constant companion. TO FINISH READING THIS EXCERPT, VISIT THE PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE HERE.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Debbie Macomber, the author of Starry Night, Rose Harbor in Bloom, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Starting Now, Angels at the Table, A Turn in the Road, 1105 Yakima Street, Hannah’s List, and Twenty Wishes, is a leading voice in women’s fiction. Eight of her novels have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, with three debuting at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly lists. In 2009 and 2010, Mrs. Miracle and Call Me Mrs. Miracle were Hallmark Channel’s top-watched movies for the year. In 2013, Hallmark Channel produced the original series Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove. She has more than 160 million copies of her books in print worldwide.

SOME OTHER BOOKS BY DEBBIE MACOMBER:

                  

                      

                      

MY THOUGHTS/REVIEW:
In Debbie Macomber’s latest visit to Cedar Cove, she gives readers a glimpse into the lives of her well developed characters while transporting all to the sanctuary that is ROSE HARBOR IN BLOOM. With inspiring new characters, as well as familiar ones from Cedar Cove that fans have come to love over the years, Macomber grabs your interest from the start. That said, ROSE HARBOR IN BLOOM is still a fine stand alone novel and one that will surely inspire readers to check out the other books in this, and the Cedar Cove, series.

The setting of the peaceful town of Cedar Cove is as much a character as the people. Readers will easily create those important mental images in which to place the characters. Set on the coastline with the quaint inns and historic lighthouses, Rose Harbor easily is ready for the characters looking for love whether they know it or not. The rich character studies start with the main protagonist Jo Marie Rose. She is a young widow who has purchased the Inn with hopes of starting a new life after the loss of her husband, Paul. She has a hard time accepting his death especially in that his remains were never recovered while on duty in Afghanistan. She has made new friends in Cedar Cove and all her guests add to that list. Her handy man, Mark Taylor, is an enigma but one that Jo Marie is starting to enjoy, even though he can be ornery a lot of the time. Mark is very private and one can see how he will be part of the series for a long time (we hope) because by the end of the book, we still have many questions about him.

The Inn’s guests in ROSE HARBOR IN BLOOM focus on two women. There is the poignant story of Mary Smith who hasn’t been in the area for over 20 years as she has been busy devoting herself 100% to her career. However, Mary still thinks back to when she fled leaving behind George, the man who loved her enough to propose all those years ago. Memories of this old love comes back in focus when she is diagnosed with cancer, leaving Mary Smith obviously facing many imperative decisions. She is hoping that she might find some closure at Rose Harbor as she faces her illness and these decisions.

Meanwhile Annie Newton arrives to prepare for the celebration of her grandparents’ 50th anniversary. Her grandparents seemed to have that ideal, loving marriage that always gave Annie hope and warm memories. Unfortunately, timing is off as Annie is trying to get over her own broken engagement. When her grandparents appear to be having some issues themselves, she is shocked. Add to that a young man who made fun of her as they were growing up, Oliver Sutton is the last person Annie wants to see with all she has to do and deal with.

How will these three women handle their problems? Will Jo Marie be witness to the outcomes for Mary and Annie but still be left adrift in her own situation? What about Mary’s health and the love from her past? Will either turn out better than we might feel they possibly can? And will Annie not only solve the mystery of her grandparents new attitudes but also find some peace, and maybe romance, for herself?   Macomber’s characters are layered but also well fleshed out, while the writing is effective thus allowing the story to develop naturally. ROSE HARBOR IN BLOOM delivers an emotional yet compelling narrative that keeps readers turning pages, and leaves one eager for the next book in series.
 

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LET'S GET COZY! NO WAY TO KILL A LADY: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

NO WAY TO KILL A LADY

A Blackbird Sisters Mystery

BY NANCY MARTIN

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Not much is going right these days for once rich, now impoverished Nora Blackbird—what with her lover under house arrest and her best friend in the slammer. Then Nora and her sisters receive word of a million-dollar inheritance....

Great-aunt Madeleine Blackbird has died in a volcanic eruption on an Indonesian island and left her fabulous Bucks County estate to the three Blackbird sisters. But when Nora and her scandal-ridden sisters, Libby and Emma, go to claim their windfall, they find the house in decay and all of their aunt’s to-die-for treasures gone. They also find a woman’s body....

Nora feels compelled to seek out the truth, but even with help from her mobster boyfriend, Mick Abruzzo, who provides distractions both dark and delightful, solving this case proves challenging. Relatives are circling to claim a share of Madeleine’s property, the suspect list is growing, and Nora’s wild and wacky sisters are adding one surprise after another. It’s enough to put Nora’s couture undies in a serious twist!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Winner of the 2009 Lifetime Achievement award for mystery writing from Romantic Times magazine, Nancy Martin announces the release of the book book in her Blackbird Sisters mystery series, NO WAY TO KILL A LADY.

Author of 48 pop fiction novels in mystery, suspense, historical and romance genres, Nancy created The Blackbird Sisters in 2002--- mysteries about three impoverished Main Line heiresses who adventure in couture and crime--as if “Agatha Christie had wandered onto the set of Sex and The City.” Nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery of 2002, HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE won the RT award for Best First Mystery and was a finalist for the Daphne DuMaurier Award. Nancy has also written the Roxy Abruzzo mystery series for St. Martin’s Minotaur, FOXY ROXY and STICKY FINGERS.

Nancy lives in Pittsburgh, serves on the board of Sisters in Crime and is a founding member of Pennwriters.

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ARE YOU LISTENING? & SONS: A REVIEW AND GIVE AWAY

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Read by George Newbern

BY DAVID GILBERT

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Who is A. N. Dyer? & Sons is a literary masterwork for readers of The Art of Fielding, The Emperor’s Children, and Wonder Boys—the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide.

The funeral of Charles Henry Topping on Manhattan’s Upper East Side would have been a minor affair (his two-hundred-word obit in The New York Times notwithstanding) but for the presence of one particular mourner: the notoriously reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel Ampersand stands as a classic of American teenage angst. But as Andrew Newbold Dyer delivers the eulogy for his oldest friend, he suffers a breakdown over the life he’s led and the people he’s hurt and the novel that will forever endure as his legacy. He must gather his three sons for the first time in many years—before it’s too late.

So begins a wild, transformative, heartbreaking week, as witnessed by Philip Topping, who, like his late father, finds himself caught up in the swirl of the Dyer family. First there’s son Richard, a struggling screenwriter and father, returning from self-imposed exile in California. In the middle lingers Jamie, settled in Brooklyn after his twenty-year mission of making documentaries about human suffering. And last is Andy, the half brother whose mysterious birth tore the Dyers apart seventeen years ago, now in New York on spring break, determined to lose his virginity before returning to the prestigious New England boarding school that inspired Ampersand. But only when the real purpose of this reunion comes to light do these sons realize just how much is at stake, not only for their father but for themselves and three generations of their family.

In this daring feat of fiction, David Gilbert establishes himself as one of our most original, entertaining, and insightful authors. & Sons is that rarest of treasures: a startlingly imaginative novel about families and how they define us, and the choices we make when faced with our own mortality. 

EXCERPT FROM & SONS:

And there he sat, up front, all alone in the first pew. For those who asked, the ushers confirmed it with a reluctant nod. Yep, that’s him. For those who cared but said nothing, they gave themselves away by staring sideways and pretending to be impressed by the nearby stained glass, as if devotees of Cornelius the Centurion or Godfrey of Bouillon instead of a seventy-nine-year-old writer with gout. Rumor had it he might show. His oldest and dearest friend, Charles Henry Topping, was dead. Funeral on Tuesday at St. James on 71st and Madison. Be respectful. Dress appropriately. See you there. Some of the faithful brought books in hopes of getting them signed, a long shot but who could resist, and by a quarter of eleven the church was almost full. I myself remember watching friends of my father as they walked down that aisle. While they glimpsed the Slocums and the Coopers and over there the Englehards—hello by way of regretful grin—a number of these fellow mourners baffled them. Were those sneakers? Was that a necklace or a tattoo; a hairdo or a hat? It seemed death had an unfortunate bride’s side. Once seated, all and sundry leafed through the program—good paper, nicely engraved—and gauged the running time in their head, which mercifully lacked a communion. There was a universal thrill for the eulogist since the man up front was notoriously private, bordering on reclusive. Excitement spread via church-wide mutter. Thumbs composed emails, texts, status updates, tweets. This New York funeral suddenly constituted a chance cultural event, one of those I-was-there moments, so prized in this city, even if you had known the writer from way back, knew him before he was famous and won all those awards, knew him as a strong ocean swimmer and an epic climber of trees, knew his mother and his father, his stepfather, knew his childhood friends, all of whom knew him as Andy or Andrew rather than the more unknowable A. N. Dyer.

All this happened in mid-March, twelve years ago. TO FINISH READING THIS EXCERPT, VISIT THE PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE HERE.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

David Gilbert is the author of the story collection Remote Feed and the novel The Normals. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, GQ, and Bomb. He lives in New York with his wife and three children.  You can read more about this talented author by visiting his website HERE.

PRAISE FOR & SONS:

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

“Six months from now, Gilbert’s should be among the half-dozen or so names cited by critics and serious readers when they’re asked who produced 2013’s most dazzlingly smart, fully realized works of fiction.”—The Washington Post

“A grand book, even extraordinary.”—Lev Grossman, Time

“If you read only a few books this year, this one should be one of them.”—The Huffington Post

“Clear the sand from your beach-book-overloaded mind for this smart, engrossing saga about a reclusive famous author and his late-life attempt to make amends to the many people he’s let down. Perfect for fans of Jonathan Franzen or Claire Messud.”—Entertainment Weekly

“A contemporary New York variation on The Brothers Karamazov, featuring a J. D. Salinger–like writer in the role of Father, and a protagonist who turns out to be as questionable a tour guide as the notoriously unreliable narrator of Ford Madox Ford’s classic The Good Soldier . . . a big, ambitious book about fathers and sons, Oedipal envy and sibling rivalry, and the dynamics between art and life, talent and virtue. The novel is smart, funny, observant and . . . does a wonderful job of conjuring up its characters’ memories of growing up in New York City in layered, almost Proustian detail.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“When someone uses the term ‘instant classic,’ I typically want to grab him and ask, ‘So this is, what, like the new Great Expectations? You sure about that?’ But David Gilbert’s novel & Sons, seductive and ripe with both comedy and heartbreak, made me reconsider my stance on such a label. . . . This is the book I’d most like to lug from one beach to another for the rest of summer, if only I hadn’t torn through it in two very happy days this spring. . . . Gilbert’s portrait of [New York City] and its literary set is as smart and savage in its way as Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities, half love letter, half indictment, and wholly irresistible.”—NPR

“Gilbert has great narrative gifts and a wonderful eye for the madness of families and the madness of writers. . . . & Sons is a novel that creates an imaginary author who is so real and flawed that the reader feels he understands American literature itself a little better after reading his story.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“Gilbert’s finely wrought prose . . . teems with elaborate word plays and tests the reader’s perceptiveness at every turn.”—Vanity Fair

“[& Sons is] about the emotional bonds between fathers, sons and brothers—the overwhelming love that can’t be adequately expressed and the burden of unspoken expectations. . . . Gilbert is an inventive, emotionally perceptive writer.”—Associated Press 

MY THOUGHTS/REVIEW:
David Gilbert’s & SONS is a sweeping novel based on a famously illusive author and his relationship with his sons…but don’t think & SONS is anything close to that simple. Instead, the narrative will grab you and take you in as you want to know who everyone really is and how things will end; while at the same time you find yourself dreading that final page when the joy of reading & SONS will be over.

Andrew N. Dyer, who is almost 80 years old, wrote a classic in his very first novel, AMPERSAND. It became the novel people continue to discuss, and teach about, long after it was first released all those years ago. With Dyer’s closest friend, Charlie Topping, having recently died, thoughts of his own mortality become relevant. Dyer calls for his sons to come together with him. Richard, the eldest, has come back from drug addiction to be a family man who is trying to make it on his own as a screen writer without the omnipresence of his father’s name overshadowing him.   

Richard’s brother, Jamie, travels the world with the intent of making meaningful films based on other people’s misfortune. However, Jamie eventually realizes, what one is looking for may be right in his own backyard. Lastly is the youngest son of Andrew N. Dyer, Andy, who is still a student in an elite prep school AND half-brother to Richard and Jamie…the result of Dyer’s affair that literally destroyed his family! Facing this crucial time in his life, Dyer hopes to have one more chance to set things right in his own life much as he can do when he writes. The final twist of this mind boggling novel includes Dyer’s former wife also coming into the picture for this last ditch effort and gathering.

Gilbert’s writing flows with sincerity, inspiration, stimulation, and candor. He brings readers into the vibrant, distinctive New York social circles of our time. As he wrote & SONS in second person, readers are privy to all that is happening and in some odd way actually add to the narrative. For we surely must ask, would a story be anything were it not for the readers and their take on the story? Do we all see it the same? Can our wish to see the story turn out a certain way help it to change course with each twist and turn? Just when you think you might have figured out Gilbert’s storyline, things change and are turned upside down and you think how you must now rearrange your own intuitions. & SONS has been highly praised, much deservedly, as you will see when you enter the world of Andrew N. Dyer, thanks to the exquisite work of author David Gilbert.

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LET'S GET COZY! A CUSTOM-FIT CRIME: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

A CUSTOM-FIT CRIME:

A Magical Dressmaking Mystery

BY MELISSA BOURBON

ABOUT THE BOOK:

After a year of hard work in her Texas hometown, Harlow Jane Cassidy’s dreams are finally within reach—if she can just get it all done in time...

Harlow’s designs will be featured in a big magazine spread, but she only has a few days to finalize her collection. Plus she’s busy helping to plan her mother’s upcoming wedding, playing host to her old friend Orphie, and avoiding a competitive Dallas designer set on stealing Harlow’s ideas. Harlow’s making it all work—until someone breaks into Buttons & Bows and the rival designer is found dead.

But when a near miss makes it clear that Orphie could be the next victim, Harlow will have to untangle the threads of evidence if she wants to save her friend, her mother’s wedding, and her business from becoming fashion road kill...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Melissa Bourbon, who sometimes answers to her Latina-by-marriage name Misa Ramirez, gave up teaching middle and high school kids in Northern California to write full-time amidst horses and Longhorns in North Texas. She fantasizes about spending summers writing in quaint, cozy locales, has a love/hate relationship with yoga and chocolate, is devoted to her family, and can’t believe she’s lucky enough to be living the life of her dreams.

She is the author of the Lola Cruz Mystery series with St. Martin’s Minotaur, A Magical Dressmaking Mystery series with NAL, and co-author (with Tonya Kappes) of The Tricked Out Toolbox.

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