Adele Parks is a new-to-me author, and I enjoyed her domestic suspense novel, I Invited Her In. Thirty-eight-year old Mel is happily married with three children, living a contented life in suburban England with her husband and working in a shop. But when an old college friend that she’d lost contact with suddenly […]
Susan Mallery is one of my favorite authors. She’s my go-to for romantic books filled with realistic, diverse women on the verge of making BIG changes in their lives. I’m thrilled to bring you an excerpt from Susan Mallery’s latest stand alone novel, California Girls. From the description, I can’t wait to dig in to read all […]
I really enjoyed C.J. Tudor’s debut dark mystery/thriller, The Chalk Man, and I eagerly opened the pages of her new stand alone novel The Hiding Place. Like her earlier novel, The Hiding Place is dark, gritty, and full of flawed characters trying to live their lives–and not being that successful at it. Joe […]
I took a little break from reading and blogging to end 2018, to refresh my batteries from the stresses of a busy work schedule along with a very full home life with nightly martial arts commitments for both my son and I. The stresses haven’t exactly gone away with a government shutdown (where I’m […]
I’ve been a big fan of Helena Hunting’s books for many years, and to celebrate the mass market paperback release of Shacking Up, St. Martin’s Press and I are thrilled to bring you an excerpt from the book. CHAPTER 3 SCREW YOU, AWESOME KISSER RUBY I eat an entire Listerine PocketPak on the subway […]
If you’ve been around Bewitched Bookworms for a while, then you know that I love thrillers and mysteries. Adele Parks has a new book coming out in February, and I can’t wait to dig into what looks like a dark, thrilling book where your friends are your enemies. Follow the tour with excerpts at each […]
I’ve been a big fan of Marie Force’s Fatal series for a while now, and the latest book, Fatal Invasion delivers everything I expect from this series: danger, intrigue, fast-paced action filled with Sam’s snark and Freddie’s choir boy goodness, and great romance to offset the often dark tone from the crimes throughout the book. […]
On the spectrum of dog people or cat people, I’ve always been a cat person. Growing up with a fiesty Calico named Dresden that lived until the ripe old age of twenty-three and kept my mother company long after I’d moved out and gotten married to another cat person. There was no question about someday […]
With three people on the road across America for very different reasons, historical thriller November Road is a gripping novel set during the time of the JFK assassination. Charlotte has had enough of her simple life in Oklahoma, married to an alcoholic that treats her and her daughters well, but she can’t be more than […]
Having really enjoyed Nicole Baart’s previous book, Little Broken Things, I was eager to read her next novel. I devoured You Were Always Mine in one day, and I was immersed in this family drama/murder mystery. School teacher Jessica and family practitioner Evan have been separated for several months, sharing custody of their older biological […]
Fall has been a great time for several fabulous suspense and thrillers to come out, and Lisa Unger’s latest Under My Skin is my first taste of a work by this author, and I really enjoyed her writing. When Poppy’s husband Jack was brutally murdered while on an early morning jog in a park in New York […]
Historical fiction can be a bit hit or miss for me, and I was glad to see that The Impossible Girl hit all of the right notes in capturing the dark, gritty despair of Victorian mid-1800s New York City. In 1830, a wealthy young woman has been shunned by her family since she’s become […]
Thrillers and suspense are my favorite, and psychological suspense hold a special place in my heart. When the Lights Go Out is haunting, tense at times, beautiful, and heartbreaking throughout, and it certainly held my attention throughout the entire book. Told from two points of view in different times: twenty-ish year-old Jesse in present day, who has […]