THE REASON IS YOU by Sharla Lovelace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BLURB: Anything but normal… Dani Shane just wants her daughter to have what she never did—a normal life. But “normal” leaves the equation when sixteen-year old Riley is found talking to Dani’s only friend, Alex—who has been dead for forty years. In the small river town of Bethany, Dani never fit in. […]

The Tale of Mally Biddle by M.L. LeGette When Mally Biddle agreed to spy upon the King of Lenzar and his overbearing knights she knew she was heading into danger. She didn’t know she’d find a family unlike any other. Posing as a servant in Bosc Castle, Mally serves tea and tends fires for the most dangerous men in the […]

PROMO Bathing, Beauties, Booze, and Bullets By Ellen Collier NEW ADULT Jazz Age Mystery Date Published:May 5, 2013 Add to Goodreads Synopsis: It’s 1927 in Galveston, Texas—the “Sin City of the Southwest.” Jasmine (“Jazz”) Cross is an ambitious 21-year-old society reporter for the Galveston Gazette who tries to be taken seriously by the good-old-boy staff, but the editors only assign […]

Welcome to the “Super Grad” giveaway event sponsored by Tip Hero, featuring some awesome bloggers. Now that we’re in the middle of graduation season, we thought a giveaway would be a great way to celebrate. I have been out of the graduation loop for so many years that I often forget about this season.  The only thing that really reminds me […]

Read more about this book here. Defiant Heart by Marty Steere My rating: 5 of 5 stars Let me begin by saying that it takes a special book to make me lose all track of time, and this is one of those books.  As a book reviewer, I sometimes find myself spending too much time figuring out how much more […]

With summer coming upon us, it is possible that you or someone you know is on the lookout for wedding accessories.  So often people tend to concentrate on the bride, but there are things the groom needs, too.  It is imperative to find quality men’s wedding rings in addition to everything else you need.  It is worthwhile to spend a little more […]

I am so glad that I got the chance to review Aveeno Active Naturals Positively Radiant Intensive Night Cream in conjunction with Influenster.  They agreed to send me this product in exchange for my honest review, and that is what I am sharing with my wonderful readers. First of all, here is some background information on this great product:  The […]

And welcome to another edition of the Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop–end May 13 at 9 P.M. Pacific time.  I am going with my typical–a small mystery box of books.  This is open to U.S. only.  And this is a giveaway hop.  So be sure to hop along and enter to win even more books! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Love him or hate him, on this date in 1953, Tony Blair was born.  He served as UK’s prime minster from 1997 to 2007. He is one of two modern-day  UK prime ministers that I know by name. For more information: http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/tony-blair.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair http://www.tonyblairoffice.org/pages/biography/

About Sandy Appleyard This is Sandy’s fourth self-published book and her second novel. Her first romantic mystery, Blessed and Betrayed was received very well by readers and reviewers and was given an average of 4.25 stars on Goodreads and Amazon.  Sandy wrote her first two books, which are memoirs, while her children were infants. The Message in Dad’s Bottle is about her father, who […]