Month: January 2020

Book Review - The Third To Die by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan @HarlequinBooks @HQNBooks #BookReview #BlogTour #thriller

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to Justine and publisher Harlequin Books for my spot on this Blog Tour. This book was so, so good. I loved everything about it. It was the first book in the FBI investigative team, the Mobile Response Team with FBI Agent Mattias Costa at the helm. A young woman was found murdered, an … Continue reading Book Review - The Third To Die by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan @HarlequinBooks @HQNBooks #BookReview #BlogTour #thriller

Book Review - Snapshot by Stephen Edger @StephenEdger #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Happy Publication Day!! Stephen Edger is one brilliant author, and I am a complete fan of his books. Though this was the second of his books for me, I have bought his other titles. I can't resist his books, it seems. Hannah lost her husband John a year back due to a home invasion and … Continue reading Book Review - Snapshot by Stephen Edger @StephenEdger #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

Book Review - The Leaving Party by Lesley Sanderson @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Bookouture for my spot on this Blog Tour. 2 POV and 2 friends and the dark secrets between them was the premise of this book. Lena and Ava were two best friends since school. Something happened in a party attended by them which cast a dark shadow even in the present … Continue reading Book Review - The Leaving Party by Lesley Sanderson @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #suspense

Book Review - The Body in the Snow by Nick Louth @NickLouth @canelo_co #BookReview #BookBlogger #policeprocedural

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

A strong police procedural A skull smashed in the snow found by the trainee cop Kirsty who tried to maintain the crime scene with ingenious methods until DCI Craig Gillard came to the scene. The team started their investigation. My first book by author Nick Louth, though it was the fourth in the series, was … Continue reading Book Review - The Body in the Snow by Nick Louth @NickLouth @canelo_co #BookReview #BookBlogger #policeprocedural

Book Review - Rules of Murder by Rob Sinclair @RSinclairAuthor @canelo_co @HeraBooks #BookReview #BookBlogger #policeprocedural

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

DI Dani Stephens was back, bigger and bolder from before. The author Rob Sinclair put her in all kinds of twists, and she came up fighting. She never gave up even when her twin brother, the serial killer, tried to get closer to her from the prison. A murder and a kidnapping got Dani and … Continue reading Book Review - Rules of Murder by Rob Sinclair @RSinclairAuthor @canelo_co @HeraBooks #BookReview #BookBlogger #policeprocedural

Book Review - The Nowhere Girl by Nicole Trope @nicoletrope @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Bookouture for my spot on this Blog Tour. Ah, a book with feels and thrills. Molly was writing a book on abused children. She apparently had a happy childhood, but had visions of being shut in a cupboard. Alice had escaped an abusive childhood, now had loving husband and kids. But … Continue reading Book Review - The Nowhere Girl by Nicole Trope @nicoletrope @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #suspense

Book Review - Snowball by Gregory Bastianelli @gregorybastien @flametreepress #BookReview #BookBlogger #horror

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

I love me a good scare... And this was a chiller of a story. A group of people were stranded in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. And strange things happened. They decided to join a strange couple on their RV... Soon stores about worst winters were told when they realized it was not serendipity but … Continue reading Book Review - Snowball by Gregory Bastianelli @gregorybastien @flametreepress #BookReview #BookBlogger #horror

Cover Reveal - Knock Knock by Chris Merritt @DrCJMerritt @bookouture ##CoverReveal #BookBlogger #thriller

by Shalini, posted in Book Spotlight, Cover Reveal

Many thanks to publisher Bookouture for my spot on this Cover Reveal. Natasha Mayston wasn’t expecting anyone to knock on her door so late at night and she has no idea that the face staring back at her is the last one she’ll ever see… As Detective Dan Lockhart is called to a wealthy London … Continue reading Cover Reveal - Knock Knock by Chris Merritt @DrCJMerritt @bookouture ##CoverReveal #BookBlogger #thriller

Book Review - Won’t You Save Me by Wendy Dranfield @WendyDranfield @RubyFiction @ChocLituk #BookReview #BookBlogger #policeprocedural

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Happy Publication Day!! This was one wicked tale with so many subplots that I was quite unsure how the author would link them up. Man, she did it quite seamlessly. I have to talk about the first scene in the book. WHAM!! It hit me so hard that I had to dance with glee at … Continue reading Book Review - Won’t You Save Me by Wendy Dranfield @WendyDranfield @RubyFiction @ChocLituk #BookReview #BookBlogger #policeprocedural

Book Review - Hunter’s Blood by Val Penny @valeriepenny @rararesources #BookReview #BlogTour #policeprocedural

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to Rachel and Rachel's Random Resources for my spot on this Blog Tour. A police procedural which had the hunter at the helm. My first book by the author Val Penny, I was quite enamored by DI Hunter Wilson and well taken aback at the way the author had enmeshed all the plot … Continue reading Book Review - Hunter’s Blood by Val Penny @valeriepenny @rararesources #BookReview #BlogTour #policeprocedural

Book Review - The Perfect Sister by Sheryl Browne @SherylBrowne @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Bookouture for my spot on this Blog Tour. Sheryl Browne wrote a twisted, quite a familiar tale, which was enjoyable purely on the basis of the author's words. I was sure she was one of the authors who had dark synaptic brain waves when she sat down to write. Claire had … Continue reading Book Review - The Perfect Sister by Sheryl Browne @SherylBrowne @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #suspense

Book Review - The Forgotten Wife by Emma Robinson @emmarobinsonuk @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #contemporary

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Bookouture for my spot on this Blog Tour. OMG. OMG. OMG. The author made me cry. I still had a book hangover when I started writing this review. There was still a lingering lump in my throat all through the day. There are books which leave their wispy trails around you … Continue reading Book Review - The Forgotten Wife by Emma Robinson @emmarobinsonuk @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #contemporary

Book Review - The Family Next Door by Fiona Cummins @FionaAnnCummins @KensingtonBooks #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Happy Publication Day!! This was one creepy read which took me unawares. A serial killer in a quiet neighborhood called the Dollmaker who had claimed the fifth victim. A family trying to patch up their broken family bought a new house in the same area. The cops trying to get to the murderer. Add to … Continue reading Book Review - The Family Next Door by Fiona Cummins @FionaAnnCummins @KensingtonBooks #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

Book Review - Moonlight Kisses at Willow Tree Hall by Alison Sherlock @AlisonSherlock @Aria_Fiction #BookReview #BlogTour #contemporary

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Aria for my spot on this Blog Tour. A cute second chance romance where the Willow Tree Hall and the author's words charmed the young sweethearts to fall in love with each other again years later. Or had the love never gone? Lily had the worst day where she lost her … Continue reading Book Review - Moonlight Kisses at Willow Tree Hall by Alison Sherlock @AlisonSherlock @Aria_Fiction #BookReview #BlogTour #contemporary

Cover Reveal - Frozen Stiff Drink by James J Cudney @jamescudney4 @NextChapterPB #NextChapterPub #CoverReveal #BookBlogger #murdermystery

by Shalini, posted in Book Spotlight, Cover Reveal

Digital Reads Blog Tours proudly presents the Cover Reveal of author James J Cudney, Frozen Stiff Drink Check it out.... It's way 👇 A winter blizzard barrels toward Wharton County with a vengeance. Madam Zenya predicted the raging storm would change the course of Kellan’s life, but the famed seer never could’ve prepared him for … Continue reading Cover Reveal - Frozen Stiff Drink by James J Cudney @jamescudney4 @NextChapterPB #NextChapterPub #CoverReveal #BookBlogger #murdermystery

Audiobook Review - Don’t Tell Teacher by Suzy K Quinn @suzykquinn #AudiobookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

This review is dedicated to Jonetta whose love for audiobooks inspired me and helped me persevere when I would have otherwise given up. She is a brilliant blogger and reviewer. Her posts are varied. Check her out here I chose this audiobook as I was recommended Imogen Church as the narrator. Lizzie Riley, newly divorced … Continue reading Audiobook Review - Don’t Tell Teacher by Suzy K Quinn @suzykquinn #AudiobookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

Book Review - The Liar’s Daughter by Claire Allan @ClaireAllan @AvonBooksUK #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Whoa, quite a different read involving a dead father, a daughter and step-daughter bound together in secrets. Joe was supposed to be an upstanding citizen. He died. Police marked it unnatural and both the daughter's seemed shocked. But were they really? My third book by author Claire Allen, I was quite taken aback at the … Continue reading Book Review - The Liar’s Daughter by Claire Allan @ClaireAllan @AvonBooksUK #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

Book Review - Her Secret Past by Kerry Watts @Denmanisfab @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #policeprocedural

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Bookouture for my spot on this Blog Tour. I had always thought that author Kerry Watts wrote a police procedural with a heart. But this book was more than that. It was brilliant, a complete thriller, which compelled me to read the book from beginning to end in a single sitting. … Continue reading Book Review - Her Secret Past by Kerry Watts @Denmanisfab @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #policeprocedural

Book Review - Convictions by Caro Land @CazEngland @Bloodhoundbook #BookReview #BookBlast #thriller

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Bloodhound Books for my spot on this Book Blast. This was an interesting read filled with legal and personal drama with Natalie right in the center of it all. A failed relationship and an ill mother brought Natalie back home where she was offered a job in her old office. The … Continue reading Book Review - Convictions by Caro Land @CazEngland @Bloodhoundbook #BookReview #BookBlast #thriller

Book Review - Secret Remains by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush @JGDornbush @crookedlanebks #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

A great roller-coaster ride of a book that had me excited from the first page to last. I knew not what I was getting into when I started this, but to be a coroner had been one of my wishes years ago. With much gusto, I started reading. Emily had come home after being estranged … Continue reading Book Review - Secret Remains by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush @JGDornbush @crookedlanebks #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

Book Review - Watch Over Me by Jane Renshaw @damppebbles #BookReview #BlogTour #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to Emma and Damp Pebbles Blog Tours for my spot on this Blog Tour. This was a slow burner suspense where things came to the zenith only in the last 70%. The shocks were plentiful, and that made reading enthralling. Flora wanted to be a mother and life was beautiful when Beckie was … Continue reading Book Review - Watch Over Me by Jane Renshaw @damppebbles #BookReview #BlogTour #suspense

Book Review - The Lyme Regis Murders by Andrew Segal @damppebbles #BookReview #BlogTour #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to Emma and Damp Pebbles Blog Tours for my spot on this Blog Tour. A difficult book to review. Murders of 3 kids, complicated weird characters, a police chief who took the easy way, a private investigator with vices and complex love life, and an explosive end made this a different read. Goldcrest, … Continue reading Book Review - The Lyme Regis Murders by Andrew Segal @damppebbles #BookReview #BlogTour #suspense

Book Review - A Riviera Retreat by Jennifer Bohnet @jenniewriter @BoldwoodBooks #BookReview #BlogTour #contemporary

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Boldwood Books for my spot on this Blog Tour. This was a sweet read which calmed my mind. The descriptions were detailed and the women warm hearted. Amy ran a creative retreat, she chose 3 women from the competition and invited them to the retreat on a holiday. Vicky, Chelsea, and … Continue reading Book Review - A Riviera Retreat by Jennifer Bohnet @jenniewriter @BoldwoodBooks #BookReview #BlogTour #contemporary

Book Review - The 24-Hour Café by Libby Page @LibbyPageWrites @orionbooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #BookReview #BlogTour #contemporary

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to Tracy Fenton and Compulsive Readers for my spot on this Blog Tour. A beautiful book which provided me shelter in its pages for a few hours just like the Café allowed weary travelers of life to rest in its warm interiors. This was about Stella's Café which was run day to day … Continue reading Book Review - The 24-Hour Café by Libby Page @LibbyPageWrites @orionbooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #BookReview #BlogTour #contemporary

Book Review - The Cockatoo from Timbuktu by William AE Ford @williamaeford #BookReview #BookBlogger #ChildrensBooks

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

A book with beautiful illustrations and prose which were rhythmic and lyrical, so well suited for children of age 3+ Kian was the cockatoo in a zoo who wanted to go back home to his mum and dad in Timbuktu. He planned well and one day, he escaped. But he didn't know the way back … Continue reading Book Review - The Cockatoo from Timbuktu by William AE Ford @williamaeford #BookReview #BookBlogger #ChildrensBooks

Cover Reveal - The Celestial Assignment by Theresa Braun @TBraun_Author @RRBookTours1 #BookBlogger #fantasy #BookBlitz

by Shalini, posted in Book Spotlight, Cover Reveal

Theresa Braun has a new short story coming out called, The Celestial Assignment. Here's a sneak peek at the cover, and an excerpt from the book! The Celestial Assignment Expected Publication Date: February 14th, 2020 Genre: Short Story/ Urban Fantasy/ Paranormal After a sudden death, Will, a misguided angel, is tasked with protecting a baby … Continue reading Cover Reveal - The Celestial Assignment by Theresa Braun @TBraun_Author @RRBookTours1 #BookBlogger #fantasy #BookBlitz

Book Review - Her Daughter’s Cry by M. M. Chouinard @m_m_chouinard @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #thriller

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Bookouture for my spot on this Blog Tour. This was a police procedural, but I would say it was a perfect thriller. A woman came crashing out of the woods with a lost memory. She was placed in a secure facility until a man came in search of her. From there … Continue reading Book Review - Her Daughter’s Cry by M. M. Chouinard @m_m_chouinard @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #thriller

Book Review - My One Month Marriage by Shari Low @sharilow @BoldwoodBooks #BookReview #BlogTour #contemporary

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Boldwood Books for my spot on this Blog Tour. I've always thought author Shari Low is brilliant. JUST. BLOODY. BRILLIANT. I loved everything about this book. “I just need to know...which one of you slept with my husband?” 4 sisters Zoé, Yvie, Marion, and Verity. Zoe was married a month ago, … Continue reading Book Review - My One Month Marriage by Shari Low @sharilow @BoldwoodBooks #BookReview #BlogTour #contemporary

Book Review - I Could Be You by Sheila Bugler @sheilab10 @canelo_co @polesofie #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Happy Publication Day!! Many thanks to Sophie Eminson and publisher Canelo for the approval. I was in a sad, sad mood. I heard a knock Me: Go away... I am sad Stranger: Come on, open up. Just a little bit... Me: I don't wanna Stranger: I have come to your kindle. Just read a page.. … Continue reading Book Review - I Could Be You by Sheila Bugler @sheilab10 @canelo_co @polesofie #BookReview #BookBlogger #suspense

Book Review - Tell Me Lies by Ed James @EdJamesAuthor @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #thriller

by Shalini, posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Many thanks to publisher Bookouture for my spot on this Blog Tour. What the freak!! This was one book which started with a bang, the kidnapping of a Senator's children and drugging his wife and ended up with FBI Agent Max Carter finding the truth including the skeletons in the cupboards. My first book by … Continue reading Book Review - Tell Me Lies by Ed James @EdJamesAuthor @bookouture #BookReview #BooksOnTour #thriller