Susan Mallery continues to write books that draw me in from page one, making me instantly feel at home in the world and with the characters she’s created. Her latest stand alone novel, California Girls, is no exception, and I dove right in and devoured the lives of three sisters who were all dumped […]
Usually a character who is utterly despicable and seemingly unredeemable is the villain, not the main character. In A.F. Brady’s suspense novel Once a Liar, cut-throat defense attorney Peter Caine is such a horrible person throughout this book that I couldn’t believe that anyone would put up with him. But I could not […]
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’ve got a real treat for you today: the cover of Helena Hunting’s upcoming installment in the Shacking Up series. St. Martin’s Paperbacks and I are thrilled to also bring you an exclusive excerpt from the book. I really love Helena Hunting’s writing, and I hope you do too! NOTE: This is an unedited excerpt […]
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 […]