Month: September 2015

5 Reads To Put The Ho-Ho-Ho In Your Holiday!

Books For The Holidays

 

I know! I know! It’s just practically the end of September and yet here is a post about holiday reading. I KNOW.

But, it’s happening folks- the holidays are fast approaching, there is only 86 days till Christmas Eve and all that jazz (I’ll refrain from screaming about how many shopping days we have left!)

So, picture this: It’s the holidays and you have a big cup of steaming hot cocoa. The blankets are wrapped around you, maybe the fire is crackling nearby. Possibly there is the scent of freshly baked cookies in the air. When you picture this- what do you picture reading? If it’s a sweet holiday themed book- I’ve got 5 that you should take a gander at (2 I’ve read already and 3 I’m looking to add to my holiday rotation!)

Ready? Let’s check them out shall we………. Continue reading →

Blood Red by Wendi Corsi Staub

Blood Red by Wendi S

Photo Credit: Goodreads

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Blood Red

Rowan is a respected teacher, mother and wife. She lived in Mundy’s Landing with her family. Rowan, in current time, is a picture perfect image.

Her past, though, is less picture perfect.

In her teenage years, Rowan found herself getting in trouble- ranging from small incidents to a bit more- but because of a promise to her parents, she puts her bad-girl ways behind her.

Until…. She meets Rick Walker when Rowan and her family lived in New York. It was a mistake, a mistake that could have cost them their marriage if anyone knew. But no one knows.

Right?

When Rowan is delivered a package one day- she realizes that someone knows about her past and is ready, willing and able to teach her a lesson.

Now, what’s Rowan to do? Continue reading →

Christmas in Mustang Creek by Linda Lael Miller

Christmas in Mustang Creek by Linda L MIller

Photo Credit: Harlequin Books

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Christmas in Mustang Creek

Charlotte Morgan is in need of some Christmas spirit. No one special to share the holidays with. Moving back home to Mustang Creek because her beloved aunt is moving to an assisted living center. Charlotte worries that the holidays will be blue, blue, blue.

As fate would have it, a certain man is moving back to Mustang Creek, as well. A man that Charlotte sparked with in a major way- Jaxon Locke.

With a little help from Aunt Geneva’s friend, Mrs. Klozz, will these 2 see that they are perfect together and that life can be both what they want in Mustang Creek? Continue reading →

Evergreen Springs by RaeAnne Thayne

Evergreen Springs by RaeAnne

Photo Credit: Harlequin Books

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Evergreen Springs

Cole Barrett is not prepared for Christmas. With a very pregnant sister spending time at the house and his 2 children recently suffering a loss- Cole is just trying to keep one foot in front of the other and is not concerned about the Christmas magic.

Until he meets Devin Shaw.

Devin, a doctor at the hospital, meets Cole on a snowy night when his sister arrives at the hospital after a fall has everyone concerned for her and the pregnancy. When Devin sees the 2 little kids, she is reminded of the power of Christmas and how magical it is through their eyes. Continue reading →

{Cover Reveal} Frosted Cowboy by Charlene Ross

Cover reveal

Hi ya folks! Today, I have Charlene Ross’s FROSTED COWBOY all nice and shined up and ready for a COVER REVEAL.

After you grin at the cover- there will be the excerpt to read- so be sure and check it out!

And, you know… if you like the cover- a tweet to Charlene and Velvet Morning Press would be super-appreciated by both parties 🙂

 

3, 2, 1…. Cover Reveal time! Continue reading →

Harlequin Books Wants To Send YOU to the Big Apple!

harlequin books wants to send you to the big apple

 

The Big Apple. Home of Broadway shows. Good food. Times Square. Statue of Liberty and SO much more.

I adore visiting New York City. I couldn’t live there- but a few days there gives me such a heady appreciation for live. I like that I can basically be all the personas I adore: Theater geek, foodie, photo taking tourist!

So, tell me- do you want to go to NYC? Continue reading →

Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman

butchers hill by laura lippman

Photo Credit: William Morrow Pub

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Butchers Hill

Summary from Goodreads:

Tess Monaghan has finally made the move and hung out her shingle as a P.I.-for-hire, complete with an office in Butchers Hill. Maybe it’s not the best address in Baltimore, but you gotta start somewhere, and Tess’s greyhound Esskay has no trouble taking marathon naps anywhere there’s a roof. Then in walks Luther Beale, the notorious vigilante who five years ago shot a boy for vandalizing his car. Just out of prison, he says he wants to make reparations to the kids who witnessed his crime, so he needs Tess to find them. But once she starts snooping, the witnesses start dying. Is the “Butcher of Butchers Hill” at it again? Like it or not, Tess is embroiled in a case that encompasses the powers that-be, a heartless system that has destroyed the lives of children, and a nasty trail of money and lies leading all the way back to Butchers Hill.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

As I stated in my recent review of CHARM CITY, I’m going back in time with Laura Lippman and reading her earlier books. It’s slightly weird, after feeling like I know Tess, to go back and read her beginnings- but it’s a good weird. For the most part. Continue reading →

Hank Phillippi Ryan makes history with her latest win of the Agatha Awards!

hank phillippi ryan 2 agatha

 

Listen, it’s not news that I love me some Hank Phillippi Ryan. I loved THE WRONG GIRL (my introduction to the Jane Ryland series- and have devoured every other book in the series- and *ahem* have a countdown happening to WHAT YOU SEE is released on October 20th!) When I found out she would be at BEA 2014, I stood in line for quite some time to meet her. When I had the opportunity to interview Hank, well- I *jazzed hands* all over the place.

So, Hank and I- we go way back. Continue reading →

The Girl Without A Name by Sandra Block

the girl without a name by sandra block

Photo Credit: Grand Central Pub

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

The Girl Without A Name

Dr. Zoe Goldman is back!

It’s a regular day in the psych ward until a strange case arrives. Stranger than other cases that come in- this one has many of the doctors stumped.

A young African-American girl has arrived in a catatonic state at Zoe’s hospital. With no way to identify her, Zoe is unsure how they are going to identify this girl- unless she wakes up and tells them exactly who she is.

When other treatments prove to not work, Zoe and the doctors begin to think outside the box- and one day, a change is made. She wakes up and says her name is Candy. What happened to Candy? How did she get into the catatonic state? And is Candy truly safe? Continue reading →