Set in St. Helena, California, Hallie Welch is at a crossroads. Her Grandmother has just died, and now she has inherited the gardening business. She's also drinking a lot at her favorite winery. When Julian Vos, a professor, returns to town, it brings up memories for...
Book Review: ‘Murder Served Neat: A Cocktails And Catering Mystery’ By Michelle Hillen Klump
It's the German Lodge's Fourth of July celebration in Highlands, Texas, and for Samantha Warren it's another chance to showcase her drink specials and catering company. There's a lot of tension this year because parts of the land owned by the German club has been...
Book Review: ‘Shadow State: A Novel’ By Frank Bennett
Former Army Ranger Rafe Hendrix is at a loss these days. He saved the President's wife, but lost his little girl in the process. His wife left him, and took their two-year-old son. He moves to Fort Stockton, TX, and begins a new isolated life, when he meets a new...
Book Review: ‘Best Served Hot: A Novel’ By Amanda Elliot
Julie has a day job, but her real passion is posting food reviews from trendy restaurants she goes to at night (even if she can't afford them). At a food festival, the fun begins when she runs into Bennett Wright, the new food critic for one of New York's top papers....
Book Review: ‘The Last Kingdom: A Cotton Malone Novel’ By Steve Berry
King Ludwig II of Bavaria was taken off the crown in 1886 and soon after died mysteriously. Before he died, he was on the lookout for a new kingdom and reportedly signed a deed giving him a new land. The deed has been missing all these years. Many have searched for it...
Book Review: ‘Miss Aldridge Regrets: A Novel’ By Louise Hare
In London in 1936 and the life of Miss Lena Aldridge is about to take a dramatic change. She's 26 years old and is a mixed race woman and a singer in a nightclub. A mysterious man, Charlie Bacon, approaches her and tells her he works for a Broadway producer, who knew...
Book Review: ‘Finlay Donovan Jumps The Gun: A Novel’ By Elle Cusimano
Finlay Donovan has a lot of issues going on as the third novel in the series begins. She has to do re-writes to her novel, pay off a loan shark that Vero, he nanny and good friend owes money to, and figure out who EasyClean is for Russian mob boss Felix Zhirov, before...
Book Review: ‘Not Your Ex’s Hexes: A Novel’ By April Asher
The follow-up to Not The Witch You Wed is another fun, witch novel, filled with magic, supernatural creatures, love and hot sex. This novel centers around sister Rose Maxwell, who is at a loss for what she wants to do. She can't seem to keep a job, and she is no...
Book Review: ‘A Killing Of Innocents: Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novel’ By Deborah Crombie
The 19th novel in the series is another winner. Sasha Johnson, who is training to become a doctor, is stabbed as she walks across Russell Square, and Duncan Kincaid is in charge of the case. This also brings Gemma into the action, as she's been out of work, staying...
Book Review: ‘The Cliff’s Edge: A Bess Crawford Novel’ By Charles Todd
WW1 is over, and Bess Crawford isn't sure what she will do next. Then she gets a letter from her cousin Melinda needing a nurse to help out her friend, Lady Beatrice, who is having surgery, and will need a nurse in Yorkshire. Bess agrees to go and talk to her, but...



