Category: Review

Review: A Disguise to Die For by Diane Vallere

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book. A Disguise to Die For (Costume Shop Mystery #1) by Diane Vallere Blurb: Someone is dressed to kill in the debut Costume Shop Mystery from the […]

Posted March 26, 2016 by Lola in My To-Be Read List, Mystery, Review / 20 Comments

Review: A Heart Stuck On Hope by Jennie Jones

A Heart Stuck On Hope (A Dollar For a Dream #1) by Jennie Jones Blurb: Move to the country for $1 a week. Dulili is suffering a people drought. Over the years more people have moved away than have arrived to stay in this old New South Wales farming town, and now only a handful of young families and elderly residents are left. The locals put a plan into action to entice newcomers: offering the town’s empty houses to newcomers from anywhere in Australia. Who could resist renting a beautiful homestead for a dollar a week? There’s nothing left for […]

Posted March 23, 2016 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 12 Comments

Review: The Daydreamer Detective by SJ Pajonas

The Daydreamer Detective (Miso Cozy Mysteries #1) by S.J. Pajonas Blurb: Luck? Forget it. Mei Yamagawa is fresh out of it. She’s just been downsized from her 3rd job in five years and her bank account is dry. Now, to keep her head above water, she must leave Tokyo and move back to her rural Japanese hometown. And there’s nothing worse than having to face your old rivals and ex-boyfriends as a failure while starting life over as a farm girl. But when her best friend’s father is murdered, and her best friend is named the main suspect, Mei turns […]

Posted March 21, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review, Romance / 12 Comments

Review: Murder on a Silver Platter by Shawn Reilly Simmons

Murder on a Silver Platter (Red Carpet Mystery #1) by Shawn Reilly Simmons Blurb: Penelope Sutherland and her Red Carpet Catering company just got their big break as the on-set caterer for an upcoming blockbuster. But when she discovers a dead body outside her house, Penelope finds herself in hot water. Things start to boil over when serious accidents threaten the lives of the cast and crew. And when the film’s star, who happens to be Penelope’s best friend, is poisoned, the entire production is nearly shut down. Threats and accusations send Penelope out of the frying pan and into […]

Posted March 19, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Shards of Murder by Cheryl Hollon

Shards of Murder (A Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery #2) by Cheryl Hollon Blurb: When a glass-making competition turns deadly, glass shop owner Savannah Webb must search for a window into a criminal’s mind… As the new proprietor of Webb’s Glass Shop, Savannah has been appointed to fill her late father’s shoes as a judge for the Spinnaker Arts Festival, held in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. With her innovative glass works, the clear winner is Megan Loyola, a student of Savannah’s former mentor. But when Megan doesn’t show up to accept her $25,000 award, rumors start flying. And when Savannah discovers […]

Posted March 15, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 12 Comments

Review: March by Audrey Carlan

March (Calendar Girl #3) by Audrey Carlan Blurb; A fiancée. I’m going to Chicago to pretend to be some Italian Stallion’s future wife. Why a massive hunk, boxer, and rich restaurateur needs a fake bride is beyond me. Then again, I’m not paid to know why. I’m paid $100,000 to be his escort, or in this case, the woman he’s supposedly “going” to marry. The moment I met Antony “Tony” Fasano, I thought I might have lost my ability to breathe. In my twenty four years of life, I’d not seen anything like him. Clad only in a small towel […]

Posted March 9, 2016 by Lola in Erotica, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong

City of the Lost (Casey Duncan #1) by Kelley Armstrong Blurb; Welcome to Rockton: a secret town cut off from the rest of the world. If you need a place to hide, this is the perfect place to start again. There’s just one catch. You can’t leave. Even if there’s a killer on the loose. Detective Casey Duncan has a dark past, and it’s about to catch up with her. When her best friend Diana is attacked by an abusive ex, the two women realise they have to disappear, fast. Diana’s heard of a hidden town that’s so remote it’s […]

Posted March 1, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 24 Comments