Review of “Hostile Takeover” by Shane Kuhn

Amazon/Barnes &Nobles/IndieBound/Goodreads Synopsis, Taken from Simon Schuster Product Detail Page: Professional assassin John Lago faces off against his deadliest adversary yet—his wife—in Hostile Takeover, the exciting sequel to Shane Kuhn’s bestselling debut The Intern’s Handbook, which the New York Post called “a sexy, darkly comic thriller.” At the end of The Intern’s Handbook, John tracks…

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Review of New Suicide Squad Vol 1.: Pure Insanity by Sean Ryan & Jeremy Roberts

Amazon/Barnes &Nobles/Goodreads Review Written by: Jessica C. The New Suicide Squad Vol 1: Pure Insanity tells the story of the revamped Suicide Squad of the New 52 featuring the original team members: Black Manta, Harley Quinn, and Deadshot along with two new members Joker’s Daughter and Deathstroke. The graphic novel covers the explanation of the task…

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Review & Giveaway for “Eight Hundred Grapes” by Laura Dava

Amazon/Barnes &Nobles/IndieBound Synopsis (Taken from the Publisher’s Website) There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide…. Growing up on her family’s Sonoma vineyard, Georgia Ford learned some important secrets. The secret number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine: eight hundred. The secret ingredient in her mother’s lasagna: chocolate. The secret…

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Tea Time at Reverie: Sanctuary T’s Serenity Herbal Tea

Not everyone considers herbal teas to be… well, teas. But whether it’s rooibos, honeybush, or other goodies, you can’t deny that an herbal blend infuses hot water the same way that black, green, oolong, and white teas do. Plus, some of my favorite teas happen to be herbals. 😉 We’ve been happy to include such…

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ThrillerFest 2015 Report: An Invigorating Convention for Writers of all Kinds

Now the following may be construed as an ad, but if you’re a writer of any kind, Thrillerfest is quite simply a fantastic, invigorating place for professional writers, writers that are just starting, writers that are going through a creative drought and need an inspiriting boost of good energy. Having attended this well-organized event now…

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Sascha Arango’s “The Truth and Other Lies” Blog Tour

Amazon/Barnes & Noble/IndieBound/Goodreads THE TRUTH AND OTHER LIES by Sascha Arango Synopsis: Dark, witty, and suspenseful, this literary crime thriller reminiscent of The Dinner and The Silent Wife follows a famous author whose wife—the brains behind his success—meets an untimely death, leaving him to deal with the consequences. On the surface, Henry Hayden seems like someone you could like, or…

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Review of Stephen Hunter’s “I,Ripper,” Including Literary Tea Recommendation &Special Giveaway

CONTEST ALERT: We are giving away one complimentary copy of the following book, Details can be found below, as to how to enter for your chance to win a copy of this smashing, heart-pounding thriller, I, Ripper, featuring the iconic Jack-the-Ripper. Amazon/Barnes& Nobles/Simon Schuster/IndieBound/Goodreads The electrifying new thriller from New York Times bestseller Stephen Hunter takes you…

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What is your contradictory read? July is #ContradictoryReader Month.

We all have books that we have read in private, and even worse, we may harbor a secret love for them. These books may have elicited taboo emotions, even though they are apparently contrary reads that don’t quite mesh with what we are traditionally thought to enjoy.  Personally, I have no such shame because I…

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Review of Felix J. Palma’s “Map of Chaos” & Literary Tea Recommendation

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads/IndieBound Release Date: June 30, 2015 Synopsis (Provided by the Publisher, Atria Books): Award-winning author Félix J. Palma will once again plummet you to the depths of his daring and adventurous imagination with THE MAP OF CHAOS (Atria Books; $27.00; June 30, 2015), the grand finale to the Victorian trilogy The Washington…

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