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Fragments of Fear (Carrie Stuart Parks) – Review + Giveaway

Stolen art. A New Mexico archaeological dig. An abandoned dog. And a secret that’s worth killing for.

Evelyn McTavish’s world came crashing down with the suicide of her fiancé. As she struggles to put her life back together and make a living from her art, she receives a call that her dog is about to be destroyed at the pound. Except she doesn’t own a dog. The shelter is adamant that the microchip embedded in the canine with her name and address makes it hers.

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25 July 2019

Formula of Deception (Carrie Stuart Parks) – Review

  This review is part of TLC’s Book Tour for Formula of Deception. ~ About the Book ~ An artist hiding from an escaped killer uncovers one of World War II’s most dangerous secrets—a secret that desperate men will do anything to keep hidden. After the murder of her twin sister, Murphy Anderson changed her name and appearance and moved to Kodiak, Alaska, to avoid the press and publicity. But when local authorities discover she’s an artist and request her help in drawing a dying man’s memories, she unintentionally ends up in the limelight again—and back in the killer’s crosshairs. The

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30 August 2018

Most Anticipated Books of 2018 – Suspense

Welcome to day three of my Most Anticipated Books of 2018 posts. If you missed days one and two, you can check them out here: Contemporary Settings; Historical Settings. Are you a suspense fan? I am. Danger, mystery, intrigue, action. I love it! And there are some great ones coming up in 2018. Here are my most anticipated: This post contains affiliate links. Click here for full disclosure.

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28 December 2017

Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Want For Christmas

Merry Christmas! Since this is the final Top Ten Tuesday post before Christmas, I thought I’d get in early. 😊 We’re going with a Christmas theme today, too, thanks to the girls at The Broke and the Bookish: Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings. Whenever someone asks me what I’d like for Christmas, I usually um… and ah… and then eventually come up with ‘An Amazon gift card never goes astray’. The trouble then, though, is the agonizing decision over which of the approximately 5,397 books on my TBR I will purchase with said gift card—mostly because, once I have my gift

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19 December 2017

Weekend Book Buzz – 12/13 August 2017

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! I hope your week has been a good one. I know it has been for many of my reader friends who have enjoyed the Christian Fiction Reader’s Retreat in Cincinnati this weekend. But don’t worry if you missed out. There’s plenty of bookish news here to satisfy!

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13 August 2017

Top Ten Tuesday – My Reading Wishlist

It’s Top Ten Tuesday, and today’s topic from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is Ten Things on Our Reading Wishlist. My list today will be generally referring to things I’d like to see more of in Christian fiction, as that is where I pick up most of my books. Well, where to start? 😉

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9 May 2017

Top Ten Tuesday – Things That Will Make Me Want to Review A Book

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! The girls at The Broke and the Bookish have had me going in circles this week as I tried to work out how I would approach this topic. For starters, I have an insatiable appetite for reading. If you say the word book, I’m interested! For me, it’s not a matter of looking for something to read so much as deciding which of the thousands of books on my TBR continent I’ll pick up next.

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18 April 2017