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The Memory House by Rachel Hauck

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The Memory House by Rachel Hauck was such a sweet story.  I have read several other books by this author and I think this one might be my favorite one.  Beck bugged me right from the start and even as she grew and changed through the book, she always just bugged me.  I felt bad for the things that she had lived through, but she is just one of those characters that seemed to get under my skin for some reason.  I liked Bruno right from the first moment he was introduced to us.  I also loved getting to know Everleigh as I was reading as well.  I really enjoy books that jump between time period as you are reading because it always holds my interest and at times make me feel like I am reading 2 books at one time.  All in all, I really did enjoy this book and I was sad to say goodbye to the characters because I fell in love with this story even though I couldn’t stand Beck.

About The Book

When Beck Holiday lost her father in the North Tower on 9/11, she also lost her memories of him. Eighteen years later, she’s a tough New York City cop burdened with a damaging secret, suspended for misconduct, and struggling to get her life in order. Meanwhile a mysterious letter arrives informing her she’s inherited a house along Florida’s northern coast, and what she discovers there will change her life forever. Matters of the heart only become more complicated when she runs into handsome Bruno Endicott, a driven sports agent who fondly recalls the connection they shared as teenagers. But Beck doesn’t remember that, either.

Decades earlier, widow Everleigh Applegate lives a steady, uneventful life with her widowed mother after a tornado ripped through Waco, Texas, and destroyed her new, young married life. When she runs into old high school friend Don Callahan, she begins to yearn for change. Yet no matter how much she longs to love again, she is hindered by a secret she can never share.

Fifty years separate the women but through the power of love and miracle of faith, they each find healing in a beautiful Victorian known affectionately as The Memory House.

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About The Author

Rachel Hauck is an award winning, New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journalbestselling author.

Her book The Wedding Dress was named Inspirational Novel of the Year by Romantic Times Book Reviews. She is a double RITA finalist, and a Christy and Carol Award Winner.

Her book, Once Upon A Prince, first in the Royal Wedding Series, was filmed for an Original Hallmark movie.

Rachel has been awarded the prestigious Career Achievement Award for her body of original work by Romantic Times Book Reviews.

A member of the Executive Board for American Christian Fiction Writers, she teaches workshops and leads worship at the annual conference. She is a past Mentor of The Year.

At home, she’s a wife, writer, worship leader and works out at the gym semi-enthusiastically.

A graduate of Ohio State University (Go Bucks!) with a degree in Journalism, she’s a former sorority girl and a devoted Ohio State football fan. Her bucket list is to stand on the sidelines with Ryan Day.

She lives in sunny central Florida with her husband and ornery cat.

For more information, visit http://www.rachelhauck.com, Facebook (@rachelhauck), Twitter (@RachelHauck) and Instagram (@rachelhauck).

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And Every Word Is True by Gary McAvoy

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And Every Word Is True by Gary McAvoy was a hard book for me to get through.  I know it was because I haven’t read “In Cold Blood” so I don’t know any of the back story or what that book was about, so I found this book hard for me to understand and get into because I have no idea what that book was about.  He did give a brief synopsis about what it was about, but I did wish that I read that book first. It too me so time to get through this book because I really had to pay attention, so I didn’t get confused or lost as I was reading.  I am going to read the other book and then re-read this book so that it will all make more sense for me.  This book left me wanting to read “In Cold Blood” but it also made me want to look more into the original case because true crime is one of the things that I have loved more and more each year.  If you have read the original book I am sure you would love this book because to really left me wondering what were they trying to hide and I will re-read this book later when I know more of the back story.

About The Book

Genre: True Crime, Memoir
Published by: Literati Editions
Publication Date: March 4, 2019
Number of Pages: 310
ISBN: 978-0-9908376-0-2 (HB); 978-0-9908376-1-9 (PB)
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Truman Capote’s bestselling book “In Cold Blood” has captivated worldwide audiences for over fifty years. It is a gripping story about the consequences of a trivial robbery gone terribly wrong in a remote village of western Kansas.

But what if robbery was not the motive at all, but something more sinister? And why would the Kansas Bureau of Investigation press the Attorney General to launch a ruthless four-year legal battle to prevent fresh details of the State’s most famous crime from being made public, so many years after the case had been solved?

Based on stunning new details discovered in the personal journals and archives of former KBI Director Harold Nye—and corroborated by letters written by Richard Hickock, one of the killers on Death Row—And Every Word Is True meticulously lays out a vivid and startling new view of the investigation, one that will keep readers on the edge of their seats as they pick up where Capote left off. Even readers new to the story will find themselves drawn into a spellbinding forensic investigation that reads like a thriller, adding new perspectives to the classic tale of an iconic American crime.

Sixty years after news of the 1959 Clutter murders took the world stage, And Every Word Is True pulls back the curtain for a suspenseful encore to the true story of “In Cold Blood.”

About The Author

Gary McAvoy is a veteran technology executive, entrepreneur, and lifelong writer. For several years he was also a literary media escort in Seattle, during which time he worked with hundreds of authors promoting their books—most notably Dr. Jane Goodall, with whom Gary later collaborated on “Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating” (Hachette, 2005).

Gary is also a professional collector of rare literary manuscripts and historical letters and books, a passion that sparked the intriguing discoveries leading up to his latest book, And Every Word Is True (Literati Editions, March 2019), a revealing look at startling new disclosures about the investigation surrounding the 1959 Clutter family murders, heinous crimes chillingly portrayed in Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood.” And Every Word Is True pulls back the curtain for a suspenseful encore to Capote’s classic tale, adding new perspectives to an iconic American crime.

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Book Blast: Fahrenheit by Leigh Lennon

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Author Leigh Lennon is back with the second installment in The Power of Three series. Fans of K. Webster’s THE GLUE and the COMPLICATED HEART DUET by Ashley Jade will devour this slightly suspenseful MMF romance. FAHRENHEIT features deep connections with a hint of humor where for these lost souls—the magic number is three.
About Tombstones
Title: Fahrenheit
Author: Leigh Lennon
Release Date: 3/31/2019
Publisher: Self-published
Series: The Power of Three, book #2
Genres: MMF – Contemporary romance
Cover Designer: Najla Qamber
Word Count: 76,000
 
Synopsis:
The Red Head
Growing up in foster care, I never had a family I could call my own. I’d finally found my place in this world. The only problem, it was in the arms of not one, but two men. Two distinctly different men I’d never be able to choose between.

 

The Doctor

 

Finally, I’d found the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. We were deeply in love. There was only one catch. She loved another, too. A surprising compromise was thrown my way.  We’d share her, in a committed relationship. But, sharing wasn’t my style. Until that was, I started to long for him just as much as I did her.

 

The Fireman

 

My redhead seductress had laid claim to my heart, along with the good doctor. He denied loving me but I would catch him watching me, with the same hunger in his eyes as he had for the woman we loved. They are both mine, he just didn’t know it yet.

 

 
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Growing up with Andrew, he’d always known what he wanted. He’d come out and confirmed his sexuality after telling us he was dating the neighbor boy next door. It wasn’t a big deal. With my sister, it was the same way. I’d suspected early on. She was proud of her sexuality, and my parents wrapped their arms around her in support. In my world, you loved one or the other, not both. And I loved women, and it would be that way until the day I took my last breath.
 
But why did Levi’s challenges and innuendos affect me so much?
 
As we laid with Red in the middle of us, Levi’s fingers were only mere centimeters from my shoulders when he had said, “You have a bigger bed than me, so that’ll be a little more comfortable.” Yeah, never thought that much about the California King my brother left me, until now. He made yet another wonderful point.
 
I had a reply on the tip of my tongue when Red beckoned us. “Um, guys, we can talk HGTV and home décor another time. You both caused me so many fucking orgasms, this girl needs her sleep. Unless you want to fuck me again.”
 
With Red on her stomach, I was able to look over her naked body and straight at the bare chest of Levi. It was strange. With Red’s soft curves, it was the opposite of what drew me in with the fireman. His chiseled chest scattered with light hair caused my heart to pitter patter for him. I don’t pitter patter for anyone. What the hell.  
 
“Like what you see, Doc?”
 
Fuck, I did like what I saw, but how the hell could I answer it. I rolled over, covering up the blankets. “Night, LT.”
 
I thought it was over until a calloused hand hit my hip bone. “Night to you, too, Doc.” Well, shit, even in his touch, I couldn’t deny what was beginning between us.

 

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Death at the Dakota by Trudy Genova

Marni Graff writes two award-winning mystery series: The Nora Tierney English Mysteries and The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries. She teaches writing workshops and mentors the Writers Read program, and is Managing Editor of Bridle Path Press. 
 
 
 
Graff also writes the crime review blog Auntie M Writes, http://www.auntiemwrites.com.

 

Nurse Trudy Genova is making plans to take her relationship to NYPD detective Ned O’Malley to the next level, when she lands a gig as medical consultant on a film shoot at the famed Dakota apartment building in Manhattan, which John Lennon once called home. Then star Monica Kiley goes missing, a cast member turns up dead, and it appears Trudy might be next. Meanwhile Ned tackles a mysterious murder case in which the victim is burned beyond recognition. When his investigations lead him back to the Dakota, Trudy finds herself wondering: how can she fall in love if she can’t even survive?

 

Readers of Death Unscripted, the first book in the Trudy Genova Manhattan Mystery series, will find the same pleasures in this sequel: fast pacing, engaging characters, twists and turns on the way to a satisfying close. Once again M.K. Graff reveals her talents in crafting this delightful mix of amateur sleuth and police procedural.

 

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Part procedural, part cozy, Death at the Dakota is a well-crafted and highly entertaining mystery.- Bruce Robert Coffin, #1 bestselling author of the Detective Byron mysteries.   
 
I fell in love — not only with co-protagonists, Trudy and Ned, the richly detailed and historic setting of The Dakota, and the unique cast of characters, but with the unusual plot of Death at the Dakota. Sherry Harris, Agatha Award nominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries
 
 
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Cover Reveal: Tombstones by KC Enders

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About Tombstones


Title: Tombstones
Author: KC Enders
Release:  April 15, 2019
Publisher: Self-published
Series: Beekman Hills #3
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Word Count: 62,000
Cover Designer: Alora Kate, Cover Kraze

 

Synopsis:
No strings. No mess. No complications.
It was supposed to be just a month of fun.
But two blue lines have them both considering a future that neither of them knew they wanted.

 

KATE BEARD
Kindergarten teacher.
Tequila connoisseur.
Expert in finding Mr. WRONG.
Ever since Kate discovered the man she thought she’d marry macking on his boyfriend, she has had nothing but bad luck in love.
What she needs is a fresh start.
When MURPHY and his damn LAW drop the perfect man right in front of her, it’s just her luck that he’s only there temporarily.

 

WYATT JACKSON
Captain, Special Forces.
Confirmed bachelor.
In the running for uncle of the year.
One month stateside to enjoy top-shelf tequila, lose himself in a gorgeous woman, an to try and forget the desert.

 

What he needed was a reset. What he got, was a sassy southern woman hellbent on bringing him to his knees.  

 

Neither thought they’d find forever between tragedy and tombstones.

 

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Karin is a New York Girl living in a Midwest world. A connoisseur of great words, fine bourbon, and strong coffee, she’s married to the love of her life who is also her best friend. The mother of two grown men, she is proud to say that they can cook and clean up after themselves, and always open doors for the ladies (you’re welcome, world). Even though her boys no longer live at home, the big dogs she’s rescued have taken up their empty space.

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The Blue Fin by Raymond Lee Hegstad

 

Alaskan action -adventure, danger, romance After some summer employment? Alaska seemed like a nice place for adventure and easy work. As “Stream Guard for Alaska Fish and Game the job looked great. 
 
Fifteen men lost in the last five years did not frighten these two adventurous souls.They soon learn why living 250 miles and among Alaska’s wildlife could be hazardous to human life. Two visiting young ladies adds a bit of fun, but at a price…what could go wrong? 
 
Want an Alaskan adventure…try this one!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Raymond Hegsted was Born in Juneau, Alaska and raised by a truck driving Dad. Joined the Army on voluntary draft and served with 4th infantry Regimental Intelligence and Reconnaissance reaching the rank of corporal.
 
He spent time living and working in Italy where he also got the chance to travel to many other European countries. After returning to America he helped develop a computerized scheduling system for the Oklahoma Scheduling Department.
 
After ten years of marriage ended in divorce he was sent to Ohio to head up corporate scheduling. Here he married second wife, Dr. Glena Louise Hegstad (A Montessori teacher). He then took early retirement, started and managed 5 different Montessori Daycare Schools (three of them in Flagstaff, Arizona under the name of The GlenMar Corporation).
 

Raymond wrote his first book at the age of sixty-one.  His wife got her Doctorate in education and he wrote books. He love writing! One of the reasons he decided to write was “I got tired of seeing ever one else on TV; I was vicariously living their life and not my own. Everyone had a story…share yours.” He and his wife and have enjoyed many years with their four+one children…one child adopted them. They have been happily married for many years.

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Within two hours the four man tent was in place and the fire pit was set up. The gas cans were safely stored in the woods but away from overhead branches. The skiff line had to be restrung because it wfas too weathered. This time when the men said, “You’re on your own”, there was no fear. Eric had figured it out: if anyone came for him it would be ‘him or them’. Eric was determined to be the last man standing.

   The barge’s skiff headed for Mickey’s campsite and got there just about the time that the barge was leaving the bay.  Eric put down his twenty-five power binoculars and started to fix the evening meal of canned corned beef with hard tack, followed by a square of Hershey bar held in the mouth while smoking. The nightly sea breeze was headed for the land. For now, it was a warm breeze but would soon turn cool. Eric raised his binoculars to the north and watched a shadowy figure moving next to the small campfire.  He wanted to talk to Mickey but the radios for the bay were not yet available.

  It was well past midnight before the two friends decided to let their campfires die.  With the fires no longer competing with the moon and the stars, it was a world of blacks and grays. The retreating tide offered a rhythm that could have been used to conduct a symphonic orchestra.  Softly, the ocean washed the beach of the daily activities. It cleaned the rocks, took back any wood that was still loose, and stranded any sea life that did not yield to the sea’s demand to come back home. The trees were gigantic columns that seemed to neither protect nor defend anything except the insomniac creatures of the night: hunting…and being hunted.

 

 

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