Cookies and Clairvoyance

In Bailey Cates's Cookies and Clairvoyance, the 8th installment in the Magical Bakery culinary cozy mystery series, this enticing caper would make you seek your teeth into this chilling novel. For Katie Lightfoot, she's not your ordinary baker. She's half-witch and half-Native American and have been endowed by two magical forces as her gift as a lightwitch. And when Kensington Bosworth stopped by her bakery, she paid a closer look on him. Later on, word had it that Randy Post, a local fireman had been arrested for his murder. And it's up to her and her coven of lightwitches to find out who's the real murder. While she's planning her wedding to Declan, a fireman who had a leprechaunic gift of his own, and building her dream home, she became the police's consultant on everything paranormal and magical in Bosworth's murder. She interviewed everyone who became close to him and everything that might be important to him to help her solve the case. But when she tried a spell to pinpoint the murder, someone threw a monkeywrench at her with an anti-magic spell of their own. She would do everything in her power to get her magic back and solve the mystery at the same time.

This was a great culinary mystery that has a hint of magic in it. I did care for Katie and how she dealt with wedding planning and working at the bakery while learning her craft. I did love how she was a bit diverse by being half-witch and half-Native American with a dollop of magical gifts. I've thought Declan was a hot piece of Irish eyecandy. I loved the location and the mesmerizing scenic settings in Savannah for the backdrop. This would make you intrigued and spellbound with non-stop action, plenty of spicy suspense, a scoop of drama, and lots of mystery on every page.

Will you check out Cookies and Clairvoyance today?

The Escape Room

In Megan Goldin's The Escape Room, this chilling thriller will leave you hooked and at the edge of the seat. It all started when Sara Hall landed a job with Stanhope and Sons, an investment banking firm, a dream job straight out from college in NYC. As the new girl, people treated her differently until she fast-learned the ropes in no time. Between her rise on the ladder of success, she had to deal with her parents' health issues and a new potential love interest. Things were up and up for her. For Vincent, Sylvie, Jules and Sam, they were stuck in an elevator for an escape-room team building for the firm.  Pretty soon, they're trapped and feeling the heat, when new clues shook things up when secrets and lies come out into the open and turn each other. For the past five years, everything was fine for Sara, when one of their co-workers Lucy died from a "suicide" and later her mother died in a "hit-and-run." It was up to Sara to put the pieces together and discovered what Lucy left behind for her to find in hidden clues. When she told this to her boss, Vincent, he denied everything. Things took a drastic turn for her when her co-workers didn't give her the time of day and harsh deadlines, and ruining things for her. And later, it landed her being fired, losing everything including her mother's death. But revenge is better served cold when Sara concocted the perfect plan behind the schemes to leave them in the cold, looking for answers, until she would have the better revenge after all in a shocking ending.

This thriller is the perfect one that emulates revenge in the best way. I did care for Sara and how she sought revenge for herself and for Lucy Marshall, a fellow coworker, and even for Lucy's mother too. I loved how she dealt with such hardships and a ton of drama, even when she "faked" her own death to get even in the best possible way. I thought Vincent and company had gotten what they had deserved in the end. I loved the various locations set in NYC and Chicago and even in the Caribbean in the end and the lovely settings for every scene. This would have you rooting for Sara all the way with non-stop drama, action, suspense, and plenty of intrigue to keep you fascinated to the end.

Will you be there to see how it unfolds in the Escape Room today?

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A Nice Cup of Tea

In Celia Imrie's A Nice Cup of Tea, the third installment in the Nice cozy mystery series, this newest installment would send you traveling to France and some parts of London England. It all started with five retired ex-pat friends who chipped in and brought a divine French restaurant in Bellevue-sur-Mer. But they're having trouble making ends meet with not enough customers to keep their business afloat on the French Riviera waters. Sooner or later, they would have to deal with closing shop and taking the next offer from someone to take it off their hands. For Theresa, she has to deal with a stalker who's obsessed with her, while her granddaughter Chloe is missing and presumed to have runaway with her high school boyfriend. For Sally, she came across two old friends from her acting days and then landed a plum job to star in a movie in Monte Carlo.  While all of this is going on, they needed more customers to save their business. But when troublesome danger lurks ahead, they would deal with a difficult situation in a life-and-death matter in the end.

This was a nice installment in the cozy mystery that's set in rustic France and in part of London. I did care for Sally, Theresa and their three other friends, and how they would manage to try to keep their business alive. I did feel sorry for Sally who had to deal with her daughter and her acting career, while Theresa dealt with a stalker and helping her daughter find her granddaughter Chloe. They were some good humorous tidbits of humor interwoven to keep you in suspense with non-stop drama, action,  suspense, and intrigue. I did feel that the recipes aren't needed, since this isn't a culinary cozy that featured the French food in the story. And the post-script isn't really needed either.

Will you stop by for a nice cup of tea and enjoy this story?

Rogue Most Wanted

In Janna MacGregor's Rogue Most Wanted, the 5th installment in the Cavensham Heiresses Historical Romance series, this wonderful love story would sweep you off your feet like an enchanted fairy tale. For Theodora "Thea" Worth, she's been known as Lady Eanruig from Ladykyrk Manor in Northumberland ever since her grandfather died. But seven years after his death, she kept to herself and managed the mansion until Lord Ferr-Coby challenged her title as the true heir for the estate. And she would need to prove her claim or marry someone in front of the House of Privileges. For Lord William Cavensham, he's been broken-hearted for a decade when he proposed to his third cousin Avalon and was jilted from her. Ever since then, he'd been unlucky in love and paid more attention to do manorial work for his family. But when his Aunt Stella proposed that he should marry to benefit them both, he said no. But later, he came her friend and true confident when they revealed their heartful woes to one another. Slowly but surely, he and his family helped her prepare to enter society and for the committee meeting, even by setting her up with three friends to better suit her and her needs. But he became smitten with her and fell head over heels with her, claiming hers as her own. But she's looking to marry for love and not for convenience, even when she put up a fake proposal to show the London ton she's ready to do battle for her title. At the committee meeting, she failed short and lost the match, when she has no choice but to return home and accept Ferr-Coby's next marriage proposal. Even though it had broken his heart, she would do anything to salvage the pieces and look for the second charter. If and when she finds it, she would reclaim what's hers and find her true fairytale ending she had ever dreamed of and hoped for.

This was an excellent and beautiful well-written historical romance novel that it brought tears to my ends in the end. I cared for Thea and how she had felt unloved from her grandfather and took care of his estate after his death. I loved how she followed her heart and became Will's friend to trust and rely on him for his needs. I also adored Will and his family on how they became there for her and enveloped her to join their fold. I loved how he was there for her and how to managed to find a true match with Thea. I loved the London settings and the mesmerizing locations around England with vivid scenes in great details.  This would make your heart sway and swoon with non-stop suspense, action, drama, and plenty of tear-jerking romance on every page.

Will you be swept away and read Rogue Most Wanted today?

The Truth Behind the Lie

In Sara Lövestam's The Truth Behind the Lie, this gripping thriller will have you at the edge of your seat. It all started when Kouplan, an Iranian refuge living and hiding in Sweden, answered a strange ad who needed assistance from a PI. That's when he met Pernilla, a mother who said her six-year-old daughter Julia is missing, who doesn't want the Swedish police's help. From there, Kouplan asked her questions about the date of Julia's abduction and some background history in her life and Julia's. From there, Kouplan looks for clues all over Sweden to see if he could find her before it's too late. Since he's been living off the grid, he uses all his resources to help find Julia and if she was abducted by a child smuggling ring or not. Inside-out, he covers all his bases and tracks down anybody who might know about Pernilla and Julia's life including a priest named Thor. As he digs deeper into Pernilla's world and Julia's birth, something doesn't make sense to her. Was it a figment of her imagination or was she telling the truth? Kouplan has to find the answer before it might be too late to save either one of them in the end.

This was an intriguing thriller that's set in Sweden. The locations were so visual and mesmerizing with the scenic settings in every place and town. I did care about Kouplan on how he would solve this mystery and by staying under the radar. He would do anything to survive and to make ends meet. I loved it how his character is diverse and how he's a refuge in another country. I also cared about Pernilla and how her story spiraled out of control when Kouplan needed to divide fact from fiction, truth from the lies.  This would have you hooked on every page with non-stop drama, plenty of fiction, lots of suspense, and bits of mystery interwoven into the story line.

Will you be there to help Kouplan solve this case in The Truth Behind the Lie today?

Fool's Puzzle

In Earlene Fowler's Fool's Puzzle, the first installment in the Benni Harper cozy mystery series, this debut would keep you in suspense and care for the characters. Albenia "Benni" Harper is a widow and missing the love of her life. When she works at a museum for the craft show, she discovers the dead body of one of her closest friends. It had left her rattled and shaken to see her friend Marla died. While she did some snooping around, she ran into the new sheriff in town, Gabriel Ortiz, who gave Benni a hard time. While she couldn't think of anyone who would harm Marla, she had to deal with her cousin Rita and track her down to locate her for her aunt. Though she goes toe to toe with Ortiz, she ran into some interesting information that might have to do with her husband's death and her former in-law's ranching business. As she learned new information, she discovered a second dead body, someone else who worked for the museum. While Benni looks to connect the dots between the two murders, she gets closer to the truth on what's been going on behind the scenes and who was responsible for her husband's death. Behind the secrets and lies, she comes face to face with the culprit to find out why and deals things her way in an intense climax.

This was a great debut to the Benni Harper cozy mystery series. I did like Benni's name, which I found unusual and interesting. I did care for her and on how she dealt with so much going on from family life to what happened to work. I thought she was something else and someone we can root for. I've found Ortiz a pretty interesting character and a possible new love interest for Benni after they kissed toward the end. I did love the rural locations and crisp scenic settings in the Arkansas area for the series. This has plenty of action, a hint of suspense, lots of drama, and great sparks of mystery from start to finish.

Will you be there on Benni's side in Fool's Puzzle today?

The Search

In Christiane Heggan's The Search, this compelling romantic suspense will keep you hooked from the first page to the last. Sydney Cooper is an ADA in Philadelphia, working on a complex case in the courtroom. But when her best friend Lilly Gilmore requests to meet her in New Jersey, she drives them and watches Lily being kidnapped right before her eyes. Now the search is on to find her. But life became complicated, when Jake Sloan, a former Vet and an New Orleans oil rigger, comes into her neighborhood and deals with his former buddy from the Army, Victor Van Heusen, who's a known arms dealer who wants to blow things up. And he has to work with the FBI to get to him.. And he's also one of the same people in one of  Syd's cases. As Jake gets closer to her, they learn that they might be spied on by one of Victor's men. While Syd deals with her ex and Lilly's ex and other people who might want to harm her, she uncovers a lot of secrets, lies, and deception to get to the truth even if  she's in harm's way. And in the end, it's a fight for the fittest to get answers and solve the great mystery of them all.

This was a gripping and mind-blowing romantic suspense that hit all the right notes to keep you hooked from start to finish. I cared for Syd on what she had to do to find her best friend. I liked her spirit and how she took charge of her life. I also cared for Jake and how he wanted to mend fences with his sick father and look for a change. I also liked how he cared for Ted and for Syd too. I loved the dual locations of Philly and New Jersey which had gripping scenic settings on every page. This would keep you hooked with plenty of explosive suspense, red-hot drama, plenty of sizzling romance, and lots of intrigue to keep you guessing on every page.

Will you be there to help Sydney find Lilly in The Search today?