OK, I'm a sucker for cozy mysteries.
When I was growing up my mother loved watching Diagnosis Murder, Murder She Wrote, Matlock and Father Dowling. So it is easy to see where my love for this genre has come from.
I love that Hallmark plays these shows, as well as Monk, which is one of my very favorite shows, along with Psych. Oh how I miss good mysteries that weren't all cops and detectives all the time.
I started watching some of the new movies that Hallmark is doing. Some are quite good and others, well they are pretty bad.
I like Lori Loughlin's Garage Sale Mysteries. I really wish there were more books to the series that this set of movies is based on.
I'm up in the air with the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, cos I really dislike Candace Cameron Bure.
Then there's Murder She Baked, which is based on the awesome Joanne Fluke novels feature the character Hannah Swenson. I could go one for hours about how bad these are. I've read most of the books and everything about the casting is off, as well as The Cookie Jar. I can't even watch these, they are so painful. (Well at least to anyone that has read the books)
I think I like the shows that don't have a series of books attached to them, because like movies the books are always better.
What's your favorite Hallmark Mystery?
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Blurb Blitz: Tales of Yosemite
Tales
of Yosemite
by
Jonathan Williams
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GENRE:
Fiction
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BLURB:
A
land of vast beauty and constant change, Yosemite National Park never
ceases to amaze and inspire its visitors. And fiction writer Jonathan
Williams, an avid camper and fan, is no exception. In four charming
short stories, he captures the Park’s diverse landscape and unique
wilderness, using it as backdrop in all its glory to tell his tales.
“The
Condor Suit” tells the story of Tim whose life-long dreams of
flying prompts him to move to a small town in the foothills of the
Sierra to pursue his quest: building a bird suit and flying into the
Park. In “Dog Lake,” a young boy on a Yosemite camping trip falls
into the lake and disappears, only to discover another world lurking
beneath its surface, and the lake magically comes to life. “The
Rescue” tells the story of a hiker, and the unusual relationship he
forms with a bear and her cub in the park. And with “The Old Man in
the Sierra,” visitors in Yosemite National Park encounter a strange
man leaving them wondering if he is the Park’s notorious mystery
man? Does he exist, or is he the stuff of everyone’s imagination,
and simply part legend, part ghost?
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EXCERPTS:
Condor
Suit:"Tim
was about twenty four miles into the flight and passing the main Park
entrance when he noticed something strange. His vision became
clearer, and things became brighter."
Dog Lake:"Nathan found himself in a large empty room surrounded by water. He carefully touched one of the glass walls, and his fingerprints smeared."The Rescue:"Instinctively, I made as much noise as possible, and blew my whistle but the mountain lion continued toward me."The Old Man and the Sierra:"The Old Man stood drenched, his outback hat offering little protection. His eyes closed, he faced the gales, the rain striking his weathered face, and he opened his mouth to the downpour."
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Jonathan
Williams has worked in Information Technology for over twenty years.
He has spent most of his career working in the Financial and
Pharmaceutical \ Biotech sectors. He specializes in Database
Management Systems.
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GIVEAWAY
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Jonathan
Williams will be awarding a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GCto a
randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Goddess Fish Promotions Blurb Blitz: Her Leading Man
Her
Leading Man
by
Maggie Dallen
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GENRE:
Historical Romance
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BLURB:
An
avid knitter and manager of a yarn store in New York City, Caitlyn
finds herself at loose ends after getting dumped by her long-time,
live-in boyfriend. What better way to move on then to find a man like
the old-school movie stars that she dreams about? But her first
attempt at online dating is a disaster. Especially when the date
turns out to be the new renter of a room in her apartment.
Wall
Street powerhouse Ben needs a place to crash while his condo is being
renovated. Love is the last thing on his mind since he’s just
getting over a breakup. But he can’t resist a challenge, especially
one like his prim and proper new roommate. A do-gooder with a heart
of gold, Caitlyn is spearheading a fight to save an old theater,
while Ben is working for the developer trying to tear it down. Sparks
will fly, but they may not be enough to ignite big-screen romance . .
.
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EXCERPT:
Ben was
living his worst nightmare. His worst fear come true—he’d gone
and hurt Caitlyn, the one person he never wanted to see in pain.
But she
was standing before him now and pain was clearly written all over her
pretty features. He’d done that. Way to go, asshole.
She was
waiting for him to say something. Anything. But for the life of him,
he couldn’t think of anything to say. Nothing sounded right. His
brain had temporarily shut down along with the rest of his body, and
he stood there in the center of the kitchen like he was
shell-shocked.
Because
he was!
The
L-word. She’d used the L-word. That was all he could think, over
and over, as the paralysis spread. Why would she do that? They
weren’t supposed to feel anything for one another. Friendship,
maybe, but not this. And why the hell would she want a relationship
with him?
Because
she loves you.
No,
because she thinks this is love. Could she really not see how wrong
he was for her? She couldn’t have forgotten about their first date,
not to mention all the other times he’d managed to drive her insane
over the past few weeks.
He
didn’t do real relationships. Not with her, not with anyone. She
knew that. Or he’d thought she’d known that. It was obvious.
They’d spelled out the rules.
A groan
escaped his frozen chest, and he saw Caitlyn flinch as though he’d
struck her. Gregory was right; she was too naïve and too sweet for
this kind of relationship. He should have known she would read more
into it than was there. She was a woman who screamed commitment and
destiny, not fuck buddy and short-lived fling. Of course she would
confuse intimacy with emotions. And that’s all this was. It
explained his
own
confusion, too—why he was so confused over what should be a simple
business deal. Why he was jealous of Mr. Perfect tonight. They’d
both let themselves get carried away. But he at least knew the
difference between this short-term connection and the type of
relationship that Caitlyn wanted and deserved.
He would
destroy her in the long run. How could she not see that?
This was
his fault. He should have seen this coming. He should have
listened
to Gregory and put a stop to it earlier. Hell, he shouldn’t have
started anything in the first place.
But none
of that mattered now. It was too late to turn back the clock and
do the
right thing. He had to make the best of the situation. Caitlyn was
still staring at him with impossibly wide eyes, tears threatening to
spill.
He
couldn’t think of any way to make this right. What would Gregory
do? Oh hell, what would Cary Grant do? They would never have gotten
themselves into this situation. He was on his own.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Maggie
Dallen is a huge fan of happily-ever-afters. She writes contemporary
and YA romance and has been known to rewrite the endings to classic
love stories to ensure that they end on a happy note. In Maggie's
version, Ingrid Bergman does not get on the plane. She lives in
Northern California and works at a yarn store to support her knitting
addiction.
Author
Links:
Website:
http://www.maggiedallen.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maggie-Dallen/871611042878073
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Mag_Dallen
Buy the
book:
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