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Book Review: Mystery Girl
Media Type: Ebook Title: Mystery Girl Author: David Gordon Publisher: New Harvest Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: July 16, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Genre: Mystery / Noir HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with a noir flair, and don’t mind a bit of flowery language. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Sam Kornberg’s wife, Lala, walks out on him, he’s an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic…
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Book Review: Infinityglass (Hourglass #3)
Media Type: Print Book Title: Infinityglass *Series: Hourglass #3 Author: Myra McEntire Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: August 6, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have loved this series and are waiting to see what happens! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The stakes have risen even higher in this third book in the Hourglass series. The Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its members — many of them teenagers -have uncanny abilities…
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Book Review: Ashes on the Waves
Media Type: Print Book Title: Ashes on the Waves Author: Mary Lindsey Publisher: Philomel/Penguin Pages: Hardcover; 373 Release Date: June 27, 2013 Source: Library ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dark books, with romance. Also, Edgar Allen Poe references! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Liam MacGregor is cursed. Haunted by the wails of fantastical Bean Sidhes and labeled a demon by the villagers of Dòchas, Liam has accepted that things will never get better for him—until a wealthy heiress named Annabel Leighton arrives on…
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Book Review: The Family That Stays Together
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Family That Stays Together *Series: Sister Nun Mystery #2 Author: Deborah Plummer Bussey Publisher: Half Dozen Publications Pages: Paperback; 278 Release Date: July 5, 2013 Source: JKS Communications —————————————————- Genre: Cozy Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow moving, cozy mysteries. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon When a television celebrity becomes suspect in the murder of her ex-fiancé, sister sleuths Kathy and Tina rally to support their family friend. Soon they end up in trouble. Will family ties be strong enough to protect…
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Book Review: Escape From Eden
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Escape From Eden Author: Elisa Nader Publisher: Merit Press Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: August 18, 2013 Source: Publisher —————————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a haunting read dealing with a cult mindset. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Since the age of ten, Mia has lived under the iron fist of the fundamentalist preacher who lured her mother away to join his fanatical family of followers. In Edenton, a supposed “Garden of Eden” deep in the South American…
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Book Review: Quarantine: The Loners
Media Type: Print Book Title: Quarantine: The Loners *Series: Quarantine #1 Author: Lex Thomas Publisher: EgmontUSA Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: July 10, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love reads like Lord of the Flies and Gone. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And…
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Book Review: Big Girl Panties
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Big Girl Panties Author: Stephanie Evanovich Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: July 9, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————– Genre: Women’s Fiction / Romance HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy vibrant female leads and a slow build up of romance Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N They say that big girls don’t cry. But when the chips are down and the dip is gone, what can you do? Pull up your BIG GIRL PANTIES and change your life. Holly Brennan didn’t expect to…
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Book Review: Shudder (Stitch Trilogy #2)
Media Type: Ebook Title: Shudder *Series: Stitch Trilogy #2 Author: Samantha Durante Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 348 Release Date: June 15, 2013 Source: Author —————————————————— Content Screening: Adult Language; Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who fell in love with the first in the series, Stitch. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N It’s only been three days, and already everything is different. Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa’s life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her…
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Book Review: Love Him or Leave Him
Media Type: Ebook Title: Love Him or Leave Him *Series: Small Town, Big Dreams #2 Author: Sara Daniel Publisher: Entangled: Bliss Pages: Ebook; 224 Release Date: July 8, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————————– Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of sweet romance novels with great characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sometimes dreams are where you least expect them Connor O’Malley and Becca Sanders were once high school sweethearts, ripped apart by rumors in the small town of Kortville, Illinois. Connor left to join the military, and Becca stayed,…
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Book Review: A Brand New Ending
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Brand New Ending Author: S.A. Rolls Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 532 Release Date: April 9, 2013 Source: Author / Promotional Tour ———————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence; Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy contemporary fiction with a bit of a twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N “Phoenix Harper never imagined her life would come to this: A life not worth living anymore. After a failed suicide attempt, Phoenix is sent to be observed at a local psychiatric hospital. There she meets Braeden Harris,…