My Feature Articles
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Lights Out by Natalie Walters
Lights Out is the first book in the SNAP Agency Series. Here is my review: MY REVIEW Lights Out is the first book in the series and we get to know Brynn Taylor and Jack Hudson. Both with history. For readers who like to actually breathe between chapters, this romantic suspense is engaging while keeping your heart rate at a steady pace. Dealing with National security and presidential safety all the puzzle pieces slowly fall into place to give an engaging story while we get to know this cast of characters. I really hope we get to read Kekoa’s story next. If you read this book, you’ll see why.…
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Book Birthday Bash and Giveaway
I can’t believe that it has been almost a year since A PROMISE TO KEEP was released out into the wild. Little did I know it would be going out in a pandemic year. We’ve got some celebrating to do! First, I want to say THANK YOU to all of those who read and left a review of A Promise to Keep. I am so thankful! I have some friends, bloggers, and fellow authors who are helping me celebrate. You can hop over to their posts all week for interviews, fun content, and shenanigans. To get us warmed up for the giveaway is fellow author, Carol Underhill, on her FRIDAY…
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Marriage, Melodies and Rewritten Conclusions
Seriously, I have been a fan of V. Joy Palmer’s work from the time I read her first book in this delightful trilogy, so I was delighted to review this one. I mean look at that gorgeous cover! Don’t let the pretty covers fool you! These books are gold, so full of depth and meaning as well as pop culture references and humor. I finished this delightful book last night and closed it with a happy sigh. MY REVIEW First, let me say that Palmer’s voice is one of the most delightful and refreshing voices to emerge in the publishing industry. Her characters are well-rounded, loveable (well except the…
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My Top 5 Reads of 2020
My top reads of 2020 all have one thing in common. They blew me away. There were so many I enjoyed, but these really touched me in some way. In no particular order….or really, in the order in which I read them to be honest….here are my TOP READS for 2020 so far. Disclaimer, I have a few books on my To-Be-Read pile so this list might grow by the end of the year. However, this is it so far. Amazon.com Before I Called You Mine – Nicole Deese Absolutely stunningly beautifully written. See for yourself. READ MY REVIEW HERE The Water Keeper – Charles Martin When I found…
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Full Circle Moment 2020
On September 28th, 2020, my husband and I celebrated 21 years since we left the country of our birth, South Africa, to start a new life in Canada. We landed in Toronto, Ontario, and began all the things immigrants have to do, like learning to drive on the other side of the road. Memories I remember taking photographs of the first snow flurry and of the squirrels in the yard, like a real noobie. Those were the days when shoveling snow was fun. Now, not so much. We got to carve our first ever pumpkin. Yes, we were like kids. Back then, everything was new and unfamiliar. I wrote a…
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If You’d Have Told Me a Year Ago…
Welcome to the LAST STOP on the SUMMER LOVING BLOG TOUR! I hope you’ve had a great time following each featured author’s post? If not, you can go back to the main page and catch up on the previous posts. Make sure you take that fun Quiz too. Find it HERE Be sure to enter the tour-wide giveaway at the end of this post, (winner will be announced on July 3) — but before you scroll down….I’m closing out with some thoughts. IF YOU’D HAVE TOLD TOLD ME A YEAR AGO… If you told me a year ago that the kitchen scale my husband had bought me the previous Christmas…
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Summer Loving Blog Tour is a Multi-author Tour and Giveaway
Welcome to our Summer Loving Blog Tour, hosted by me, featuring multiple authors. JUNE 22 – July 2 Each author has contributed toward the GRAND prize package which will be given away. One winner will receive a prize package consisting of e-books, a print copy and some lovely goodies. More about that, and how to enter to win later on. Each day one author will be hosting a blog stop. There you can enter to win the grand prize, but before we get to the amazing schedule, FIRST, allow me to introduce you to our crew: June 22: Ann Brodeur Post: The Sweet Side – Sweet Traditions of…
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10 Things I’ve Learned About Writing with Humor
We can all agree that we can do without more stress and struggles in our lives. Ain’t nobody got time for more sorrow, more angst, and more horror. I think life has enough of that, I mean, just open up a news tab and you can get your fill. Humor is a survival technique we all need to embrace. I write with a dab of humor. (Okay maybe more than a dab.) After all, if we can’t laugh at ourselves, then where is the joy in that? As a reader, I want to escape into a book and have an adventure. I want to feel like The Hobbit leaving the…
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Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish by Bethany Turner
You guys! This is hands down my favorite Bethany Turner book. Here’s why: MY REVIEW If it wasn’t for the fact that I had to actually sleep at night, I would have read this gem in one sitting, literally. And bathroom breaks were had at the speed of light so I could get back to reading. Tea was made with the book in one hand. You get the picture. Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish is now officially my favorite book from Bethany Turner. Her character arc of Maxwell Cavanagh is so convincing that in the first chapters of the book I was convinced he couldn’t possibly be the hero of…
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The Water Keeper by Charles Martin
Oh My goodness! WHAT JUST HAPPENED? I finished The Water Keeper by Charles Martin today and I’m blown away. I would have finished it last night if it wasn’t for the fact that at midnight my hubby suggested I stop reading in bed so he could sleep, so I reluctantly deferred reading the last 10% of the book until this morning! Not sure if I can put it all into any sort of coherent words, but I’ll try. Here’s my Review: MY REVIEW The Water Keeper is a masterpiece. There are strong themes of Water and Word in this book and it all reflects the power of love. This is…
