Sinister Sort by L.M. Harper Publisher: Self-published Genre: Cozy Mystery, Contemporary Rating: 4 stars Reviewed by Snowdrop Miranda Vincent thought East Syracuse was the perfect place to sort out her life. A host of friends, both old and new, welcomed Miranda back to the town where she grew up. She landed a job in the mail room at Crane Community College and the perfect apartment. Life is starting to look up for Miranda except for one major issue. Her new coworker, Hadley Mitchell, thought Miranda’s new job should have been hers and Hadley aims to cancel Miranda’s stamp. When Hadley turns ..read more

My First Birding Adventure – North America by Elya Baird Publisher: Self-Published Genre: Middle Grade (8 – 12 y.o.), Non-Fiction, Contemporary Rating: 5 Stars Reviewed by Astilbe Bring the world of birding indoors with My First Birding Adventure-North America! My First Birding Adventure- North America was designed to replicate the outdoor birding experience. When outdoors, bird enthusiasts will go to various locations in nature, look for birds, and identify the birds they find using their field guide. This book brings the world of birding indoors as readers flip through nature scenes, searc ..read more

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. A randomly drawn winner will receive a $25 Amazon/BN gift card. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. What are your favorite TV shows? I love, love, love Schitt’s Creek and Ted Lasso. I’m not a big laugh-out-loud type of person, but those two shows can certainly get me going. Game of Thrones is also the only other series I’ve watched entirely. I usually get bored. I also like government conspiracy shows like Reacher and Jack Ryan. I don’t watch TV very often. If I have free time, I’m reading ..read more

Flock This by Jayce Carter Publisher: Totally Bound Genre: Contemporary, Erotic Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rating: 3 stars Reviewed by Moonflower Trouble doesn’ t find me— I go looking for it. I’ve been rejected all my life— always too loud, too messy, too much. I thought joining the spirit world— full of vampires, werewolves and magical beings living alongside humans— would change that, but as an anomaly without a clan, I’m more unwelcome than ever. Instead of power and sexy trysts with hot immortals, I end up working as a courier just to survive. I got turned into a crow shifter and all I got ..read more

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. The author will award a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. A Day in My Life My average day has changed a lot in the last eleven months. Last May, after a little more than a quarter century in front of the classroom, I retired from teaching and took up fiction writing full time. At least, that was the original intention. As often happens, life tends to have other plans, and for the first nine months of my retirement I had to focus on takin ..read more

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Fox Hounds by Lia Connor Publisher: Changeling Press Genre: Contemporary, Erotic Romance, Paranormal Rating: 3 stars Reviewed by Fern Foxy Lady… Reyna’s a skilled thief and the lightest-fingered pickpocket around. Several professionals would love to have her on their side, if only to be able to keep an eye on her. What they don’t know is that Reyna’s nickname isn’t just fantasy — she’s a shapeshifting fox and as clever and wily as they come. No one can catch her if she doesn’t want to be caught, and so far no one’s come close to winning her over. Not, that is, until the hounds pick up her tr ..read more

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Kirsten Weiss will award a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. The Hardest Part of Writing… The hardest part about writing is what comes afterward. And I’m not talking about the editing. Unless you hit Steven King or Nora Roberts status, authors today need to do some heavy lifting when it comes to book promotion. Even when I was published through a big NY house, most of the marketing was on me. That’s even more true when I indie publish a mystery ..read more

If the Fates Allow: A Short Story by Rainbow Rowell Publisher: Self-Published, Amazon Original Stories Genre: Contemporary, Romance Rating: 3 Stars Reviewed by Dicentra Social distancing came easily to Reagan. Maybe a little too easily. She’s always liked people better from afar. But Reagan doesn’t want her grandpa to be alone for Christmas this year—he’s already spent too much time on his own in 2020. So she heads back to her hometown with a dish of holiday Jell-O salad, hoping they can have a little normalcy. Hoping it will be safe… She isn’t expecting to run into the boy next door. Mason ..read more