Category Archives: Bookouture

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten New-to-Me Authors in 2022

Posted on January 24, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Check out upcoming Top Ten themes on Jana’s blog and go here to see what others have on their Top Ten Tuesday lists! I … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: The Innocent Wife (Detective Josie Quinn #16) by Lisa Regan

Posted on December 16, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Description: Candles are lit and their rich vanilla scent twists its way through the cabin. The table is set for a romantic anniversary dinner with fresh roses dropping crimson petals on crisp white linen. But the woman seated at the … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Murder in an Irish Castle (Lady Eleanor Swift #12) by Verity Bright

Posted on November 30, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: Irish whiskey, rolling green hills, a traditional Christmas feast and… a murder? Lady Swift will need the luck of the Irish to survive this holiday season! Christmas, 1923. Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather unexpected invitation to the village … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Murder at St. Saviour’s by Merryn Allingham

Posted on November 26, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: Bookshop owner and amateur detective Flora Steele teams up with handsome crime writer Jack Carrington to unravel a curious murder in the village of Abbeymead! Sussex, 1956: When Flora and her partner-in-crime-solving, Jack, arrive at the charming church of St Saviour’s the … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Innocent Wife (Detective Josie Quinn #16) by Lisa Regan

Posted on November 23, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme that highlights books soon to be released, the ones we’re excited about but haven’t read yet. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings, and was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine. Y’all can check out all of this week’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Mystery at Southwood School (Eve Mallow #9) by Clare Chase

Posted on November 15, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

About the book: Eve Mallow’s going back to school! But when a former student is murdered, Eve must discover who taught her a deadly lesson… Eve Mallow is delighted when she’s asked to cater Founders’ Day at Southwood School. It’s the … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Their Final Cry (Detective Harlow Durant #3) by Dea Poirier

Posted on October 19, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: As the sheet was pulled away, Harlow started to get a picture of her victim. Looking down at her alabaster skin, flowing blonde hair and striking cheekbones, it was not hard to see why she was known as the sweetheart of this … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: A Death at Neptune Cove (Jemima Jago Mystery #4) by Emma Jameson

Posted on September 29, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: A birthday beach party gone wrong, buried treasure and… a dead body? This might be Jemima Jago’s most baffling case yet! When Jem knocks on the door of an isolated cottage overlooking beautiful Neptune Cove, she’s hoping for help fixing … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Death Among the Diamonds by Fliss Chester

Posted on September 21, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

I’m delighted to help kick off the blog tour for Death Among the Diamonds by Fliss Chester! This is the first in her Cressida Fawcett series, and it is a treat. Synopsis: Everyone in 1920s London knows the Honourable Cressida … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: My Name is Ona Judge by Suzette D. Harrison

Posted on September 12, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

I’m on the blog tour for My Name is Ona Judge, out now from Bookouture. I haven’t quite finished reading, so my review isn’t up yet. But in the meantime, I’ve got an excerpt to share, courtesy of the publisher! … Continue reading →

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