Title: Magic To The Bone Series: Allie Beckstrom, Book #1 Author: Devon Monk My Rating: ★★★☆☆ Allie would rather moonlight as a Hound than accept the family fortune – and the strings that come with it. All magic use has costs — hers include migraines and memory loss. She finds a boy dying from a…

Title: An Invitation To Murder Series: Lady Katherine Regency Matchmaker, Book #1 Author: Leighann Dobbs My Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: Lady Katherine only has one week to catch the Pink Ribbon Killer. Not only to stop the killing but also to prove her skills at detection to her father and win her dowry and independence. There’s only…

The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Henna House by Nomi Eve My rating: 4 of 5 stars Henna House, by Nomi Eve, is a captivating coming of age story, centering on the life of a young Jewish girl named Adela, born and raised in Yemen. The reader joins Adela’s life in 1920, a time when the Jewish children are under threat…

A Brew to a Kill by Cleo Coyle My rating: 5 of 5 stars Once again I am sharing my thoughts on a Coffeehouse Mystery book; this time it is book number 11: A Brew To A Kill.

I realize that it is already late January, however, I have been wanting to do a quick post covering the books I read in 2017, and I just now have the time to sit and write it. The year of 2017, wasn’t my best year as far as quantity of books goes, but quality is…

Murder by Mocha by Cleo Coyle My rating: 4 of 5 stars Murder by Mocha is the 10th book in the Coffeehouse Mystery series written by Cleo Coyle, the pseudonym for the husband and wife writing team of Alice and Marc Cerasini. The series first caught my eye at my local library, when I spotted…

The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Everyone has lost something or someone at some point in their life. Sometimes the loss is small, like misplacing your keys. Other times the loss is great, like losing your great grandma’s locket. While some items may be found again, others…

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Have you heard the saying: “never judge a book by its cover”? As a self proclaimed bibliophile, I take this saying seriously, both in its literal meaning and in the philosophical sense. However, in the case of The Curious Charms…