Yearly Archives: 2020

SWAINS LOCK (The River Trilogy, book 1)by Edward A. Stabler

“…I fear I have been killed because of what happened today at Swains Lock.”

So begins the dried-out note that Vin Illick finds while scavenging planks from an abandoned shed near the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It’s signed by canal-hand Lee Fisher and dated 1924. Vin reads on:

“I may be buried along with the others at the base of three joined sycamores… one tree leads to the money, the second leads to the killers and the third leads to the dead. In your search for me you may find the truth. Be careful you don’t share my fate.”

Vin should be finishing his software consulting project and looking for a full-time job — that was the plan when he and his fiancee Nicky relocated to Maryland so she could start work as a veterinarian. But to Nicky’s chagrin, Vin becomes determined to find Lee Fisher’s joined sycamores. Was Lee killed and buried along with the others? What about the money? And what happened at Swains Lock?

Following threads in the note, Vin finds fresh clues that seem intended for him. His investigation turns life-threatening in the woods, and he suspects a young widow associated with two accidental deaths is stalking his search. As Vin closes in on the sycamores, his obsession with “Lee Fisher’s truth” may cost him his relationship with Nicky, but calling it off may cost him his life. Because the past that Vin pursues is also pursuing him, and a confrontation with destiny and vengeance awaits him at Swains Lock.

Happy and You Know Itby Laura Hankin

“For fans of Sex and the City and The Nanny Diaries comes this juicy story…that would make even the most meticulously Drybar-ed hair curl.”–Good Housekeeping

As seen in The Washington Post • Good Housekeeping • theSkimm • Good Morning America • ABC News • Book of the Month • Belletrist • OK! Magazine • Betches • Newsweek • Parade • New York Post Best Book of the Week

A dark, witty page-turner about a struggling young musician who takes a job singing for a playgroup of overprivileged babies and their effortlessly cool moms, only to find herself pulled into their glamorous lives and dangerous secrets….

After her former band shot to superstardom without her, Claire reluctantly agrees to a gig as a playgroup musician for wealthy infants on New York's Park Avenue. Claire is surprised to discover that she is smitten with her new employers, a welcoming clique of wellness addicts with impossibly shiny hair, who whirl from juice cleanse to overpriced miracle vitamins to spin class with limitless energy.

There is perfect hostess Whitney who is on the brink of social-media stardom and just needs to find a way to keep her flawless life from falling apart. Caustically funny, recent stay-at-home mom Amara who is struggling to embrace her new identity. And old money, veteran mom Gwen who never misses an opportunity to dole out parenting advice. But as Claire grows closer to the stylish women who pay her bills, she uncovers secrets and betrayals that no amount of activated charcoal can fix.

Filled with humor and shocking twists, Happy and You Know It is a brilliant take on motherhood – exposing it as yet another way for society to pass judgment on women – while also exploring the baffling magnetism of curated social-media lives that are designed to make us feel unworthy. But, ultimately, this dazzling novel celebrates the unlikely bonds that form, and the power that can be unlocked, when a group of very different women is thrown together when each is at her most vulnerable.

All That Ails You: The Adventures of a Canine Caregiverby Mark J. Asher

OVER 400 FIVE STAR REVIEWS

Every dog deserves a forever home and after being given up several times, Wrigley has finally found his. The smart, good-natured dog now spends his days at SunRidge Assisted Living, comforting and doting on forty-five seniors. Wrigley has free run of the place–going where he senses he’s needed–but his preferred spot is beside his favorite resident, Marjorie Thompson.

All is well until a curmudgeon named Walter Kepsen moves in across the hall from Marjorie. Walter can’t stand Wrigley, or anything else for that matter. But something dramatic is about to happen that will shake SunRidge and make the old man see the house dog in a very different light. Told in Wrigley’s voice, All That Ails You is an endearing story about the power of a dog’s love when we need it most.

“The reader won’t easily forget hard-working Wrigley, a dog who gives his whole heart to bringing out the best in people.”
–Susan Wilson, author of New York Times bestseller One Good Dog

Déjà Deadby Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Claire Baskerville is a sixty-something American who finds herself alone in Paris when her husband is brutally murdered.Reeling from the devastating secrets he left behind, Claire only knows she can’t move forward until she finds out the truth behind who killed her husband.But the killer is determined to make sure she never leaves Paris alive.

Recklessby Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Mia Kazmaroff is able to tell the story behind any object simply by touch, which comes in handy when her Atlanta police detective brother is murdered. Mia reaches out to his partner Jack Burton to find the killer while they attempt to ignore the sparks flying from their undeniable mutual attraction.

Down & Dirtyby Ali Parker & J. H. Croix

Dive into a whole new world of deception, love and family with Shameless Southern Nights, a new contemporary romance series from USA Today Bestselling Authors J.H. Croix & Ali Parker

A small town can hide many secrets. It can also expose every secret you have.

I’ve spent almost my entire life in Cypress Creek. My family was once a pillar of the community, but times have changed – for the worse.

One look at Marie Nix, and I’m determined to have her. She’s everything I want and then some. She may be too pure for me, but I can’t help myself.

Unfortunately, like me and our small town, she has skeletons in her closet. Her past isn’t staying in the shadows.

Regardless of the things she’s done, once I have a taste of life with her, all I want is more.

Even if it puts me face to face with the threats surrounding her, I’ll do whatever I have to in order to make her mine.

Jamielynn: To know you is to love youby Fatima Myerson

Jamielynn. Her pretty face and artistic abilities hide the fact that she felt she was unworthy of being loved by any man. She had made up her mind that if she focused on her recognized artistic talents, she would be able to enjoy her life to a large extent. She was unusually talented at chess and photography and enjoyed when people admired and envied her talents. She never thought that any man could find her attractive. She was fat!

Unable to find lucrative work as a photography, she got a certificate as a kake-up artist. Her jobs so far, had been assistant to photographers doing makeup on clients and whatever the phtographer needed.
Until she met the “Brad Pitt double,” handsome, thirty-year old heir to the billionaire reql estate family. When Roger Templeton hired her as a makeup artist her life changed. He introduced her to the biggest and most respected agency in Hollywood. She instantly increased her income to a upper middleclass standard. But she nver dreamed that this unexpected meeting would bring her love, respect and a new understanding and appreciation for her “adorable curves.”