Category: Mystery

Review: Salted Caramel Sorcery by H.Y. Hanna

Salted Caramel Sorcery (Bewitched by Chocolate #7) by H.Y. Hanna My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: The autumn equinox is here, and Caitlyn Le Fey is excited by the upcoming masquerade ball to celebrate the festival of Mabon. Not only is it a chance to dress up in glamorous costumes, but—with the Widow Mags catering—the villagers might finally put their prejudices aside and appreciate the delicious treats from her grandmother’s chocolate shop. What’s more, with the dreamy music and romantic dancing, Caitlyn might even get her first kiss with the […]

Posted September 6, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Counted Corpse by A.C.F Bookens

Counted Corpse (Stitches In Crime #4) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: The truth shall set her free, but not if someone wants her dead first. Business has been good for historian Paisley Sutton, but when she goes into her own church parish house to salvage some of the early 20th century fixtures before the building is demolished, she uncovers far more than vintage cabinets. Once the women from church hear about the secrets Paisley is uncovering, they are bound and determined to reveal the truth and unmask […]

Posted August 31, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Poison in the Pines by R.L. Syme

Poison in the Pines (The Vangie Vale Mysteries #3) by R.L. Syme My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Just when Vangie Vale’s life was getting back to normal… …after a murder that rocked her little Rocky Mountain tourist town, she found herself in the middle of another murder… as the chief suspect. Vangie stood shocked on the side of the curb as the sheriff stretched yellow crime scene tape around the front of her new bakery. Wouldn’t this make a lovely headline in next week’s paper: Local Pastor Poisons Parishioner With […]

Posted August 25, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: What We May Be by Layla Reyne

What We May Be by Layla Reyne My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Romantic Suspense Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Polyamory, MMF Blurb: What we were… Sean found love once, with his college roommate, Trevor, and Trevor’s best friend, Charlotte. The missing piece, Sean made it possible for Trevor and Charlotte to find love too. But then Sean left and took the love with him. What we are… Now an FBI agent, Sean is back in town, ten years later, to investigate a murder. A case that pits him against his ex-lovers—Charlotte, a local detective, and Trevor, a literature professor […]

Posted August 16, 2021 by Lola in Contemporary, Mystery, Review, Romance, Suspense / 4 Comments

Review: The Ghost Camper’s Tall Tales by Elizabeth Pantley

The Ghost Camper’s Tall Tales (Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic #3) by Elizabeth Pantley My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A magic mirror. An enchanted world. A mysterious story-telling ghost. A hilarious, perpetually annoyed witch. A smart, sassy cat. A mystery of finding a dead body . . . of someone who was already dead. Visit Destiny Falls and escape to a great time. A mysterious old man keeps popping up to tell Hayden a series of tall tales. Who is he? And is he actually glowing? Are his stories […]

Posted August 2, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: A Glimmer of a Clue by Daryl Wood Gerber

A Glimmer of a Clue (A Fairy Garden Mystery #2) by Daryl Wood Gerber My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Courtney Kelly has a shop full of delights, a cat named Pixie, a green thumb—and a magical touch when it comes to garden design. But in Carmel-by-the-Sea, things aren’t all sweetness and fairy lights . . . When Courtney’s friend Wanda gets into a ponytail-pulling wrestling match in public with a nasty local art critic, Courtney stops the fight with the help of a garden hose. But Lana Lamar has a […]

Posted July 12, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Sprinkles and Sea Serpents by Danielle Garrett

Sprinkles and Sea Serpents (Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries #1) by Danielle Garrett Narrated by Amanda Ronconi My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: They say you can’t go home again. . .oh, if only that were true. Thanks to a series of unfortunate events – and one backstabbing frenemy – home is exactly where I’m headed. back to Winterspell Lake, the small community in Eastern Washington where magic runs rampant and humans are outlawed. Faster than you can say hocus pocus I’m unpacking my bags and settling into the guest room […]

Posted July 6, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 5 Comments