Foul play at the festival When her family’s winery becomes one of the sponsors at the Lost Pines Food and Wine Festival, Elise Beckett’s spirits soar at the chance to help with their booth. But as the festival gets underway, her cheerful mood turns sour when rival vintner Divia Larson… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye is where I share the books I’ve got my acquisitive eye on: the ones I’m really excited about and hope to read and perhaps add to the hoard. I also link to “Waiting On” Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Cover links take you… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Characters That Would Have Sat at My Lunch Table. I wasn’t terribly popular in elementary and middle school; I was bookish and introverted and not very athletic. I spent… Read more »
Cakes have gone way beyond the simple round, two-layer frosted cake we all associate with birthdays. These days, cake-making has become an art, and cake-makers vie to create the most beautiful or astounding cakes. A fair number of them are inspired by books. There are children’s book cakes: Alice in… Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme hosted by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. Last weekend… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. I missed doing a News & Notes post last week due to unavoidable circumstances (i.e., moving our daughter into college!)… Read more »
Description: With her husband, amateur-sleuth the Honorable Barnaby Adair, decidedly eccentric fashionable matron Penelope Adair is attending the premier event opening the haut ton’s Season when a body is discovered in the gardens. A lady has been struck down with a finial from the terrace balustrade. Her family is present,… Read more »
The Homecoming by Robyn Carr Series: Thunder Point #6 Published by Harlequin MIRA on 2014-08-26 Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance Pages: 352 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Wanderer, The Newcomer, The Hero, The Chance, The Promise, One Wish, A New Hope, Wildest Dreams… Read more »
Memory Zero by Keri Arthur Series: Spook Squad #1 Published by Dell on 2014-08-26 Genres: Paranormal mystery, Urban Fantasy Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Generation 18, Penumbra Also by this author: Generation 18, Penumbra For Sam Ryan, life began at age fourteen. She… Read more »
To Die Fur by Dixie Lyle Series: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot #2 Published by St. Martin’s Press on 8/26/14 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Paranormal mystery Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Taste Fur Murder, Marked Fur Murder Also by this author: A Taste… Read more »
