Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore Author Update – Caroline Clemens, M.C. V. Egan and Judy Penz Sheluk

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The first of the author updates is for Caroline Clements with a great review for her romantic novel Into the Vines that was first promoted here early last year. About the book Into the Vines is a n…

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C.T. Collier – Planted – PROMO Blitz

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Cozy Mystery
Date Published: June 2016
Publisher: Asdee Press
It’s Monday of spring break when Professor Lyssa Pennington’s backyard garden project unearths a loaded revolver. With no record of violence at their address and no related cold case, the Tompkins Falls police have no interest. But the Penningtons and a friend with the State Police believe there’s a body somewhere. Whose? Where? And who pulled the trigger?
 
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Lyssa sobbed and punched her pillow and finally fell deeply asleep.
Sometime after midnight, a hand rose from the hole in the center of the garden, found her in the guest room, and grabbed her by the throat.
She bolted upright and sucked air with noisy gasps. Stroking her throat, she scanned every corner of the room. She was alone.
White window curtains fluttered as the heat came on. She studied the lacy pattern traced on the linen panels by the streetlamp as it shone through the branches of a tree.
Her breathing eased, and her hand slid instinctively lower, to her breastbone, where she massaged with soothing pressure. Her newfound calm brought awareness. She wasn’t alone.
Death was in the room with her. 
 
 

 

C. T. Collier was born to solve logic puzzles, wear tweed, and drink Earl Grey tea. Her professional experience in cutthroat high tech and backstabbing higher education gave her endless opportunity to study intrigue. Add to that her longtime love of mysteries, and it’s no wonder she writes academic mysteries that draw inspiration from traditional whodunits. Her setting: entirely fictional, Tompkins College is no college and every college, and Tompkins Falls, is a blend of several Finger Lakes towns, including her hometown, Seneca Falls, NY (AKA Bedford Falls from It’s a Wonderful Life).
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Jimmy Newell – A Bronx Boy’s Tale – PROMO Blitz

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Family, Relationships, memoir
A Bronx Boy’s Tale details the life of the author as he witnessed the major historical events on the 1960’s and 1970’s. Although it was a time of social upheaval and strife, Jimmy’s family, friends and the Beautiful Bronx all made the experience glorious.
It is a lesson to us in modern times who despair about the state of things. Family, friends, and having a strong community in which to thrive can supersede any perceived threat from a world thought to be mad.
 

 

 

 

 

A Bronx Boy’s Tale AuthorJimmy Newell has a degree in law as well as a Masters in History. But, more than that, Jimmy grew up in the Bronx and wishes to share that with you and to make you see that you probably had a similar experience wherever you may have come of age.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Review: “Death of a Sculptor in in Hue, Shape and Color” by MCV Egan

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I WOKE UP TO FIND THIS! Talk about starting a FABULOUS new day !

I’m a big fan of MCV Egan ever since reading her historical novel The Bridge of Deaths.  I was lucky enough to meet the author in Prague a few years ago, and found her to be a wonderful woman…

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Cover Reveal: Fake Fiancée by Ilsa Madden-Mills

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Fake Fiancée is a new standalone romance from Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Ilsa Madden-Mills releasing February 6th! Meet Max Kent & Add Fake Fiancée  to your TBR:   Blurb A new …

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Keanu Reeves in “Chain Reaction”!

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Hello! Welcome to Miss TaffeytheChamp’s Blog! Are any of you familiar with one of Keanu Reeves’ action films entitled, “Chain Reaction”? If not, I happen to be familiar with it, and I would like to…

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JEWLER’S MARK

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I thoroughly enjoyed this read. Feisty Spirited Latinas; Gigi and Lou (Lourdes) are the best kind of lifelong friends. The kind that get each other in trouble. Gigi in pursue of a deeper understanding with a recently acquired belief in Karma and Lou the insatiable gossip complement each other in THE JEWLER’S MARK in a fun and believable manner.
An international array of characters in set in Miami is a page turning adventure through the world or Russian organized crime, Cuban diamond dealers and averse Ukrainians. All of the characters have a defined and interesting purpose.
Love, crime, murder and a wide variety of foods develop into a most enjoyable read.

 

Jeweler's Mark (Love & Diamonds Mystery)

Jeweler’s Mark by R.V. Reyes

My rating: 5 of 5 stars ☆☆☆☆☆

Gigi Santos, wedding ring designer and diamond appraiser, is looking forward to her ten-year high school reunion. She is trying to be a better, less gossipy person, but Lourdes, her BFF since forever, has not matured past teenage pettiness. Cover boy-handsome Detective Carlos Garcia comes into the picture to investigate a year-old burglary at Gigi’s jewelry business. They flirt, and sparks fly. Gigi is sure she will have him on her arm as her reunion date. That is, until her BFF becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the reunion’s organizer. Gigi knows Lourdes is innocent and she is determined to prove it. When Gigi’s sleuthing puts her and the people she loves in danger, Detective Garcia tries to keep her out of harm’s way. But she wants a date, not a hero. Will Gigi and Carlos dance under the Miami moonlight? Or will fake diamond rings send them all to jail? Find out in the first of the Love and Diamonds mysteries.

Historical Saturday Review: “The Love of Geli Raubal” by Brenda Squires #LlandeiloLitFest

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Berlin, 1932. Max Dienst has returned to the city he last knew as a student. He has been asked to cover the elections to the Reichstag. A colleague on the paper mentions the case of Geli Raubal, a …

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Time travelling in #literature and #history – Jasper Fforde and Jodi Taylor at the #LlandeiloLitFest

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One of the highlights of the forthcoming Hwyl Llandeilo Lit Fest will be a joint session between Jasper Fforde and Jodi Taylor. Follow the time-travelling disaster magnets of St Mary’s from t…

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Do you have a social platform

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Do you consider your writing a business? If so do you have a social platform to go with it? Is it important to you to start one? I feel it is. Why this topic for the week? I have quite a few writer…

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