The Reading Frenzy

Sunday, December 27, 2020

It Was Merry

You all know we were not very Merry this Christmas but leave it to a little bundle of fur to make our day/

She brought a little joy on Christmas morning

Friday, December 18, 2020

Happy Holidays from my house to yours

This has been a challenging year for us all and an especially somber one for mine having just lost our oldest daughter to cancer on December 9th. She was an bright spirit and would want us to keep the spirit of the season alive. I'm trying.

I hope you all have a
Merry Christmas Happy Kwanzaa Happy Chanukah

Be happy, be safe, be kind, keep the faith and take comfort in knowing that we will get through this.

Just around the corner is a blank slate and a new start in 2021

Happy New Year

I'll be taking a break this year from now until The New Year

See you all in 2021!!!

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

#GIVEAWAY Showcase The Museum of Forgotten Memories by Anstey Harris a Simon&Schuster release

Today I'm so excited to bring you this showcase of The Museum of Forgotten Memories, my apologies that my review isn't ready yet but those who know me know that I just lost my oldest daughter to cancer so my life was turned upside down. But let me assure you all that from what I've read so far this needs to be on every literary fiction lovers list. Simon & Schuster is also sponsoring a #Giveaway, details below.
Enjoy!

ISBN-13: 978198216896
Publisher: Gallery Books
Release Date: 11-3-2020
Length: 336 pp
Buy It: Amazon/ B&N/IndieBound

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Overview:

“Moving.” —Booklist (starred review)

At Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World, where the animals never age but time takes its toll, one woman must find the courage to overcome the greatest loss of her life.

Four years after her husband Richard’s death, Cate Morris is let go from her teaching job and unable to pay rent on the London flat she shares with her son, Leo. With nowhere else to turn, they pack up and venture to Richard’s ancestral Victorian museum in the small town of Crouch-on-Sea.

Despite growing pains and a grouchy caretaker, Cate begins to fall in love with the quirky taxidermy exhibits and sprawling grounds, and she makes it her mission to revive them. But threats from both inside and outside the museum derail her plans and send her spiraling into self-doubt.

As Cate becomes more invested in Hatters, she must finally confront the reality of Richard’s death—and the role she played in it—in order to reimagine her future. Perfect for fans of Katherine Center and Evvie Drake Starts Over.

Giveaway is for one print copy of
The Museum of Forgotten Memories
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Showcase Secret Nights with a Cowboy Interview with Caitlin Crews

Today I'm so happy to be featuring my old pal Caitlin Crews with an interview about her new novel, debut in a new series Secret Nights With a Cowboy.
Enjoy!

ISBN-13: 9781250625496
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 12-01-2020
Length: 400pp
Kittredge Ranch #1
Buy It: Amazon/ B&N/ IndieBound

ADD TO: GOODREADS

Overview:

USA Today bestseller Caitlin Crews returns to Cold River, CO, and cowboys, with an emotional second chance romance in Secret Nights with a Cowboy, the stunning first installment in her new Kittredge Ranch series.

A man holding on...

Riley Kittredge has always known exactly what he wanted. His land, his horses. His woman. He met and married Rae Trujillo far too young, and their young love combusted right after they said their vows. But their passion has never managed to burn itself out. Yet when Rae shows this time, it's not a night of pleasure she demands, but a divorce.

A woman letting go...

Rae should have moved on a long time ago. She knows she and Riley just don't work. They might make great lovers, but that doesn't make a marriage. And now Rae wants a new life, complete with a baby. But when her husband offers to be a father, to give her the family she's always secretly desired, she and Riley will both have to face demons from their past—and choose love over fear at last.

“Loaded with charming characters [and] wit….will win the heart of any romance fan.”—

#GIVEAWAY Meet Isabel Puddles Interview with author M.V. Byrne Kensington Publishing

Today I'm so excited to be featuring M.V. Byrne today on the blog, this talented tv writer decided to try his hand at fiction and he shared some inside info about the book, the series and himself. And I'm happy to say that his publisher Kensington is sponsoring a #Giveaway Details below. I can't wait to read this and I know after you read all about it you'll want it too!
Enjoy!

ISBN-13: 9781496728326
Publisher: Kensington
Release Date: 11-24-2020
Length: 336pp
Mitten State Mystery #1
Buy It: Kensington

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Overview:

The only thing widow Isabel Puddles loves as much as her hometown of Gull Harbor on the shores of Lake Michigan is cozying up to a good mystery—but she never expected to be caught in the middle of one . . .

To the tourists and summer residents, Kentwater County is a picturesque community of small-town charm, fruitful farmland, and gorgeous freshwater beaches. To middle-aged widow Isabel Puddles, it’s where she enjoys breakfast every morning at a local café with her childhood best friend and spends her evenings cozying up with a good book and her devoted Jack Terrier, Jackpot. In between, Isabel makes ends meet through a variety of trades—preserving pickles, baking pies, working the counter at her cousin’s hardware shop, and occasionally helping “fix-up” the hair of corpses at the local funeral parlor.

When Isabel discovers a two-inch nail embedded in the skull of Earl Jonasson, it seems the octogenarian may not have died of a stroke. His son is quickly arrested when his alibi doesn’t check out. But Isabel has known Earl Jr. since they were kids and can’t believe he’d murder his own father, regardless of his financial difficulties. As gossip about Earl Sr.’s land and insurance policy money starts to spread around the county, Isabel finds herself conducting her own investigation to clear her friend’s name. But real detective work isn’t like what she sees on TV, and she’s meeting dangerous suspects who don’t like Isabel poking around in their business . . .

Giveaway is for one print copy of
Meet Isabel Puddles
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#GIVEAWAY #HoHoHoHarlequinHolidayExtravaganza Until Next Year

Well another successful Harlequin Holiday bash is in the books and I want to send out a HUGE Thank You to Harlequin for literally pulling this year's fest out of the ditch. Thank you to all the HQN authors who have contributed every year with guest posts, holiday traditions that are special to them and personal messages they shared, rest assured this will happen again next year. And to my readers and blogger friends thank you for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed the offerings.

This has been a stressful year for all and my heart goes out to everyone who lost a loved one, friend or an acquaintance to this dastardly virus. Just remember that it's darkest just before the dawn and there is hope and help on the horizon.

You've got until Sunday December 13th to enter the #Giveaway

Merry Christmas Happy Holidays and Happy New Year

Here's hoping 2021 is the best year yet!