Happy Friday, book buddies! Today we have a small town romance, an unusual cozy mystery and a ghostly Gothic paperback giveaway. Hope you find something you love! â¤ď¸
All of Me by Heatherly Bell
A midwife returns to her small hometown with a secret.
From a bestselling author, a feel-good, sweet romantic comedy involving a midwife with a secret, a hot doctor, and a reunion a long time coming. No shortage of small-town shenanigans, including a matchmaking aunt, and a town far too involved in the outcome of this second-chance, first love romance.
âSweet and tender, Heatherly Bell writes romance that will capture your heart.â ~ Marina Adair, New York Times bestselling author
âHeatherly Bellâs sweet, warm romances are the perfect escape.â ~ Jamie Farrell/Pippa Grant, USA Today bestselling author.
Small-town shenanigans? Sold. Especially with the words âsecretâ and âfeel-goodâ in the description. This one looks like a nice break from the everyday. I got mine, and you can find it here.
Law, Fully, Dead by Joanna Campbell Slan
THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY DIVORCEâŚYOURS AND THE JERKâS.
In this case, thereâs Clancyâs side and then thereâs the JERK âs side. Of course, Kiki sides with Clancy because theyâre BFFs (Best Friends Forever). As for the JERK, well, the poor guy canât make up his mind. The JERK has left and come back to Clancy once before. Now heâs fed up with his young girlfriend and wants to come back to Clancy yet again. Or does he?
Then JERK drives over a bridge in a low-lying area known for flash floods. Wouldnât you know itâhis car is swept away and heâs found unconscious. As he lies in his hospital bed fighting for his life, Clancy and his girlfriend are waging warfare, and it ainât pretty. One secret after another tumbles out.
Kiki is there for Clancy to lean on, but Kiki has problems of her own. Another divorce has her attention, as does the corpse Kiki finds in a car.
Kikiâs hunky husband is dealing with police department problems. Her bi-racial son is being picked on. Her daughterâs Hebrew tutor is decidedly against mixed marriages. And Kiki needs to hire more help at her store, Time in a Bottle.
If you love clean books (no graphic sex or violence) with a touch of crafts, a lot of female friendship, rescue animals galore, a pinch of family drama, plus a heroine youâll want as a BEST FRIEND, youâll love Kiki Lowenstein.
Okay, I admit it: I picked this one because it was in the cozy mystery section, and has such a gorgeous cover. (I have a thing for hummingbirds.) Then I read the description and thought, âWait, how is this is a cozy mystery?â Hm. Okay, Iâm intrigued. If you feel the same way, you can find your copy here.
Goodreads Giveaway â print copy: The Third Wife of Faraday House by B.R. Myers
The Edgar Awardâwinning author of A Dreadful Splendor blends mystery and spooky thrills with friendship and romance in this delicious love letter to Gothic fiction, featuring two brides who must band together to unravel the ghostly secrets at the heart of a crumbling island manor.
âTil death do us partâŚ
November 1816: Restless but naĂŻve Emeline Fitzpatrick is desperate to escape her stifling life in foggy Halifax. Her guardian is lining up repugnant suitors, but Emeline has her eyes set on a handsome lieutenant in the British navy. She just needs to persuade him to propose, or her one chance at happiness will be gone forever.
But when Emelineâs hopes end in scandal, she finds herself with only one suitor left: the wealthy and enigmatic Captain Graves. Having already lost two wives to tragic circumstances, the unfortunate widower is seeking a new companion in his cloistered seaside manor, Faraday House. Or at least that is what Emeline had been told, because when she arrives, she is horrified to discover that the second Mrs. Graves, Georgina, has not yet died.
Emeline is only certain of two things: something ghastly is afoot at Faraday House, and no one is going to save her. She will have to rely on her own courage, her burgeoning bond with the ill but strong-willed Georgina, and the aid of a handsome reverend with a mysterious past to unravel the secrets at the heart of the manor and forge her own destiny.
The giveaway ends on Friday, March 29. Enter here to win a print copy of this book on Goodreads. You can also preorder it on Amazon here.
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Hugs and Happy Reading,
Misha