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Thursday, September 21, 2023

RELEASE DAY: Honey Mead Murder by Dahlia Donovan


Honey, mead, and death threats.

Title: Honey Mead Murder
Series: Honey Bear Cosy Mysteries, #1
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: September 21, 2023
Publisher: Tangled Tree Publishing
Cover Designer: BookSmith Design

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George Bernard Sheth loves his pug and his bees. People? Not so much. He spends his days in his garden and with his beehives. Since moving to Dufftown, Scotland, several years earlier, all the honey he produces goes to a local mead brewer he’s had a crush on. 

Murphy Baird loves the entire process of brewing from start to finish. He particularly likes spending time with his honey provider. All of his mead is served at the pub attached to his brewery. 

With the help of meddling friends, the two have been plodding their way towards a first date. However, it all goes pear-shaped when a customer dies under suspicious circumstances in the middle of a mead tasting. Murphy soon finds himself in the crosshairs of a police inquiry almost immediately. 

They find themselves in the middle of a burgeoning romance while navigating a confusing murder mystery. 

Can they avoid death threats and arrest long enough to make it to their first date? 

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Who is Murphy? What is his profession? Who is Teagen, and how does he know Murphy? How do the men know Seth, Buzz, Sarah, and more? What does Seth do for a living? What does he sell or provide to others? I appreciated that Ms. Donovan puts people who are not your average people into her books. Her neurotypical diversity in her stories makes them fun to read. Especially with the mysteries! Who dies in this one? What happened that killed the person? Who-dun-it is the next question that must be answered. I could not put this story down. I did not particularly like Ella, Graeme, and others. Loathsome people they were. Oh my gosh, the murder, the investigation, the side sleuthing, and the ending of this who-dun-it had me reading until I was finished in just a couple of hours. I could not put the book down until I knew! Enjoy the read. I cannot wait for the next book in the series!



Dahlia Donovan wrote her first romance series after a crazy dream about shifters and damsels in distress.  Dahlia is an autistic who prefers irreverent humour and unconventional characters.  She has found great happiness with her husband, her tiny dog Bacon, and her collection of books and video games.   

Dahlia has worked over the years as a teacher, insurance adjuster, and even had a brief stint as the pianist in a band–very brief, like three weeks. She uses her experiences as a TCK travelling around the world during the first twenty-years of her life to add spice to her stories.


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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

RELEASE DAY: The Glovemaker's Daughter by Shari J. Ryan

THE GLOVEMAKER'S DAUGHTER

by Shari J. Ryan

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Release Date: September 18, 2023

Genre: Historical fiction
Trope: World War II

Synopsis

Paris, 1943. German soldiers drag me out onto the cobbled street and push me towards the waiting truck. I force myself to face forward as tears stream down my cheeks. If I look back, they’ll know. I can’t let them find my little girl…

Raya bends over a delicate glove in her beloved shop under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. It’s the only place she still feels safe. When the Nazis snatched control of Paris, Raya knew she had to fight to protect the few things she had left. And so far, her support of the resistance has gone undetected.

But now, the door bangs open and three German soldiers lunge towards her. Raya’s blood turns to ice. Hauled onto the street, she struggles against their rough hands as they accuse her of organizing meetings in the tunnels below her shop.

Raya can think only of her baby daughter Amalia, hidden beneath the shop’s front desk. She has a heart-wrenching choice to make. Reveal Amalia’s existence and risk her life, or leave her behind and pray someone protects her. It’s the hardest decision she’s ever faced…

Transported to Ravensbruck concentration camp, every day is a desperate battle for survival. The only thing that keeps Raya going is the thought of being reunited with her blue-eyed, innocent baby girl.

But in the darkest of places, is the power of a mother’s love enough to keep Raya alive until she can see her daughter again?


An unputdownable and totally heartbreaking World War Two page-turner about sacrifice, the powerful and unbreakable love of a mother, and a glimmer of hope amongst the never-ending darkness of war. Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Nightingale and The Choice will be gripped.

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Shari J. Ryan is USA Today bestselling author. She lives in Massachusetts with her wicked awesome husband, and two wild sons who fill her life with non-stop comedy.

With a life full of love, writing, drawing, TV binging, reading, and Starbucks, Shari is living her best life.

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