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  • August Reading Recap

    Ad/PR. In August I read cozy mysteries, horrors, fantasy, historical mysteries, and cozy/paranormal fantasy. I read about deadly deception and manipulation, about blurred boundaries between fiction and reality, about goblins, trolls, werevolves, vampires and witches, spunky young adventurers and clever retirees. Emoji Guide🤗 = cozy💖 = romantic😱 = scary💡 = thought provoking💥 = action packed😂…

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  • Ad/PR. Are you a fan of cozy fantasy? If you are, I recommend Grimoires Gone Wild by Cleo Frost and Tides Wait for No Witch by Natalie Summers, two cozy fantasy novels I’ve had the pleasure of reading recently. If you’re not sure if cozy fantasy is for you, both of these have prequel novellas…

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  • Two cozy mystery novellas featuring a group of sleuths. In Memories and Mementos four female amateur sleuths investigate the local retirement home, in An Invitation to Mystery a collection of amateur and professional sleuths take on a decades old cold case. Memories and Mementos Book 1 in the Button Club series. “For a group of…

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  • She could have made herself small and unthreatening. She could have hovered over people’s shoulders like a pet or a children’s toy, as was the fashion among older shipminds. But she’d lived through a war, an uprising and a famine, and she was done with diminishing herself to spare the feelings of others. The Shadow’s…

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  • “A sinister hooded figure who smells like spring flowers? Oh, Simon, this case is shaping up to be delightfully absurd.” Lady Margot is overseeing the preparations for the annual Midsummer Garden Party at Blackwell Manor when the body of the head gardener, Edwin Thistlewood is found among the rosebushes. Despite the warnings from Inspector Simon…

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  • When someone loves you properly, dear, they don’t try to improve you. They just try to see you. Emma Winters loves her job as a physical therapist at Boston Memorial, treating her patients with kindness, humour and empathy. She is spirited, easy-going and vivacious, traits that are appreciated by her friends, family and colleagues, but…

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  • A fun, introspective novella detailing the thoughts, feelings and fears of an introvert who not only has to go to an office party but, even worse, has to give a speech at said function. As an introvert myself, I feel seen and validated by the thought that there are other people out there who are…

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  • A prequel to One is the Deadliest Number, book 1 in the Purrs and Personality Types series. Constance has been widowed and discovered that her husband was cheating on her. Walking home from his funeral in the rain, she encounters a cat on the street who seems to have an injured paw. Desperate to help,…

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