Books Reviewed by T @ Traveling With T

Parchment and Old Lace by Laura Childs

parchment and old lace by laura childs

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

Parchment and Old Lace

Carmela is having a lovely night with the man that puts the va-va-voom in her heartbeat- Detective Edgar Babcock. A nice dinner, a walk home with moonlight and romance in the air- well, life doesn’t get much sweeter for Carmela.

Until…

Screams are heard from the cemetery as Edgar and Carmela walk by. Edgar races off to find out what is happening and Carmela is close behind. The cemetery on a normal day is spooky enough- but at night, it’s off the charts spooky. Especially when Carmela discovers who was screaming…. Continue reading →

Blood Red by Wendi Corsi Staub

Blood Red by Wendi S

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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

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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

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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 →

The Girl Without A Name by Sandra Block

the girl without a name by sandra block

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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 →

Charm City by Laura Lippman

charm city

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

Charm City

Summary from Goodreads:

Reporter-turned-P.I. Tess Monaghan loves every inch of her native Baltimore–a quirky city where baseball reigns, and homicide seems to be the second most popular sport. Business tycoon “Wink” Wynkowski wants to change all of that by bringing pro-basketball back to town–a laudable mission that’s greeted with widespread cheers . . . and a muckraking front page expose of his past in the Baltimore Beacon-Light. The “Blight’s” surprised editors are sure they killed the piece. Instead, the piece kills Wynkowski, who’s discovered asphyxiated in his garage with his car’s engine running. Now the paper wants former newshound Tess to track down the rogue computer hacker whose prank took a human life. But there’s more than cyber-crime involved here–and Tess is about to discover firsthand that trying to stay alive in Charm City is murder these days.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

I am SO late to the game of the awesomeness that Laura Lippman is, it’s not even funny. Having read her last 2 Tess Monaghan books, AFTER I’M GONE and HUSH HUSH (along with a couple of her stand-alones), when William Morrow offered review copies of some of her earlier books, I jumped at the chance.  Continue reading →

Moonlight on Butternut Lake by Mary McNear

Moonlight on Butternut lake by mary mcnear

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Moonlight on Butternut Lake

Reid Ford is a difficult man lately. At one point in life, he was haunted by the need to succeed- to be the best businessman ever. Now, he’s haunted by the accident that nearly took his life and determined to run off every aide that is assigned the task of caring for him.

Mila Jones knows about difficulty. Her past is littered with objects of difficulty. A neglectful mom. A love that promised so much- but delivered so little. When Mila sees an opportunity to escape- she runs and soon becomes the aide to Reid Ford- a man who just wants to be left alone. Continue reading →

Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron

Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron

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Plantation Shudders

Summary from Goodreads:

Check in for some Southern hospitality in Plantation Shudders, the Cajun Country series debut from Ellen Byron.

It’s the end of the summer and Prodigal Daughter Maggie Crozat has returned home to her family’s plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. The Crozats have an inn full of guests for the local food festival–elderly honeymooners, the Cajun Cuties, a mysterious stranger from Texas, a couple of hipster lovebirds, and a trio of Georgia frat boys. But when the elderly couple keels over dead within minutes of each other–one from very unnatural causes– Maggie and the others suddenly become suspects in a murder.

With the help of Bo Durand, the town’s handsome new detective, Maggie must investigate to clear her name while holding the family business together at the same time. And the deeper she digs, the more she wonders: are all of the guests really there for a vacation or do they have ulterior motives? Decades-old secrets and stunning revelations abound in Ellen Byron’s charming cozy debut, Plantation Shudders.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

Cozy mysteries are a book type that are close to my heart. I find them to be filled with great characters that I look forward to seeing again and again.  Continue reading →

Season of Salt and Honey by Hannah Tunnicliffe

Season of Salt and Honey

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Season of Salt and Honey

Frankie Caputo thought she had life in the palm of her hand. She was going to marry Alex and live life forever with the man she loves more than anything in the world.

Fate, though, has other plans.

After Alex’s untimely death, Frankie does not know what she wants- but she knows that she cannot deal with her large Italian family, grieving along with her, checking on her to make sure she’s eating.

Frankie needs alone time and she goes to the one place that she can go- a place that is not filled with the daily reminders of Alex and the life that was tragically cut short. Frankie heads to the cabin, the Gardner family cabin. Continue reading →

The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

the scam

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The Scam

Nick Fox ( who might be earning the title of “somewhat reformed con man”) and Kate O’Hare are back together in THE SCAM.

The caper is crazy, and there is a high air of danger for all involved and yet- the unlikely duo of Nick and Kate make each book work.

Their target: Evan Trace who is running a money laundering scheme through his casino. Evan is just a tad bit crazy- and is very attracted to Kate- especially when he sees her in action. Continue reading →