Tag Archives: Family

Book Review: Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews

Posted on May 23, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Someone in Brooklyn’s Little Caribbean neighborhood has an appetite for murder in Olivia Matthews’ Hard Dough Homicide . Spice Isle Bakery owner Lyndsay Murray is always looking for new ways to grow her family’s business. But she already regrets … Continue reading →

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Book Review, Excerpt, and Blog Tour: The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy #3) by Alka Joshi

Posted on March 27, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Welcome to my stop on the HTP blog tour for The Perfumist of Paris! BOOK SUMMARY:  “A stunning portrait of a woman blossoming into her full power…this is Alka Joshi’s best book yet!” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Excerpt: How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano

Posted on March 22, 2023 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Your next stay-up-all-night thriller, about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends, and what happens when the youngest commits their worst crime yet: falling in love with her mark. Make him want you.Make him love … Continue reading →

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Book Review: In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber

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

Synopsis: From the USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe comes Heather Webber’s next charming novel, In the Middle of Hickory Lane! Emme Wynn has wanted nothing more her whole life than to feel like part of a family. Having grown up … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour and Book Review: Beach Wedding by Michael Ledwidge

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

About the Book: A high-society wedding party stirs up new evidence in an unsolved murder in this thrilling stand-alone from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of James Patterson’s Now You See Her and The Quickie. Hamptons sand… Hamptons money… Hamptons murder… When Terry Rourke … Continue reading →

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Book Excerpt and Blog Tour: Light Years from Home by Mike Chen

Posted on January 25, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

I was delighted to take part in the blog tour for Mike Chen’s We Could Be Heroes last year. So when there was a chance to be on the blog tour for his latest, Light Years from Home, I jumped … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Webber

Posted on November 10, 2021 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

From Goodreads: The Lights of Sugarberry Cove is a charming, delightful story of family, healing, love, and small town Southern charm by USA Today bestselling author Heather Webber. Sadie Way Scott has been avoiding her family and hometown of Sugarberry Cove, Alabama, since … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox

Posted on October 17, 2021 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

From Goodreads: Present Day. After tragedy plunges her into grief and unresolved anger, Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home determined to finally follow her long-denied dream of running Old Depot Grocery alongside her mother and grandmother. But when she … Continue reading →

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