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Interview with Jennifer Faye (Puppy Love & Snowflake Kisses)

October 31, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Puppy Love & Snowflake Kisses by Jennifer Faye has Belle Sinclair recently adopting a stray puppy. It was love at first snuggle. He is the best Christmas present ever. And yet her holiday happiness goes sideways when she hears a siren and spots flashing lights in her rearview mirror. It seems Sheriff Parker Bishop always seems to be there when she commits traffic violations. But after Belle’s puppy goes missing, she calls the Sheriff …

Interview with Catherine Lloyd (Miss Morton and the Missing Heir)

October 24, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Miss Morton and the Missing Heir by Catherine Lloyd is a great read. The author makes the 1840s Regency/ Victorian era come alive within the compelling mystery and characters. Caroline was the daughter of an earl, but her father gambled away everything, leaving her and her sister at the mercy of relatives. A mother and her son Thomas, the Scuttons, show up and says to Caroline that the son is now claiming that he …

Interview with Margaret Mizushima (Dying Cry)

October 17, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Dying Cry by Margaret Mizushima has action, intrigue and suspense. There is murder, a police investigation, family relationships/dynamics, and some information about veterinarians. The plot begins when the Walker family of Cole, Sophie, Angie, and now Mattie are out snowshoeing and hear a scream. Cole takes the girls back to the resort while Mattie and her K-9 Robo go to investigate. Robo finds a trail and Mattie can see a body at the base …

Interview with Janice Lynn (Falling for His Nashville Nurse)

October 10, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Falling for His Nashville Nurse by Janice Lynn is a story of overcoming past relationship disappointments. This is considered a medical romance where Lynn uses her professional experiences to write a heartfelt story. The heroine, Everleigh Bennett, is determined to focus her energy on her job, her son, and her mother. She swore off romance following her divorce from Bryan who left her and her son soon after she gave birth. That is, until …

Interview with Kate Angelo (Girl Lost)

October 3, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Girl Lost by Kate Angelo is a compelling and gripping story that has redemption, courage, and the power of facing the truth. This is one of those plots where readers will love the good guys and thoroughly hate the bad guys. There is action, arson, murder, kidnappings, and a missing person. The plot opens with Luna Rosati, a CIA counterintelligence officer who had a hard past. After becoming pregnant at sixteen she gave the …

Interview with J. T. Ellison (The Wolves Come at Night and Last Seen)

September 26, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Last Seen by J. T. Ellison is a standalone novel. Her protagonist, Halley James, is not having a good year. She is getting divorced, has lost her job at the forensics lab, and her dad needs emergency surgery after a fall. But the biggest blow is when she discovers her mother died, not in a car accident, but was murdered by her sister. Since she was six years old her dad had lied to …

Interview with Nina Willner (The Boys in the Light)

September 19, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The Boys in the Light by Nina Willner reads like a novel. This non-fiction book is a story of love, family, devotion, loyalty, courage, and the ultimate triumph of good over evil. Eddie, the author’s father, enjoyed the life of growing up in a middle-class neighborhood in Germany, until the Nazis came to power where he and his family experienced growing antisemitism. Eventually Eddie and his father, Siegfried, a WWI hero, were sent to …

Interview with Candace Irving (Blood on the Wire)

September 12, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Blood on the Wire by Candace Irving brings back Kate Holland and her loving furry partner, Ruger. She is a former US Navy Lieutenant who writes the Hidden Valor series, and the Deception Point Military Detective series. Fans of Ruger get a bonus because there is now merchandise available for purchase at https://store.candaceirving.com/collections/hidden-valor-merch-collection The plot of this book has Kate initially investigating the death of a VA psychologist who was brutally stabbed to death. …

Interview with Rhys Bowen (Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure)

September 5, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen is a gripping novel. No matter what book Bowen writes, readers feel they are taking the journey with the characters and are transported into the setting. The descriptions of the town and its residents are very detailed. Readers meet Ellie Endicott in Surrey, England, during 1938. After raising two grown sons and having devoted her entire married life to catering to her husband’s needs, her husband wants …

Interview with Alyssa Maxwell (Murder at Arleigh)

August 29, 2025

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Murder at Arleigh by Alyssa Maxwell highlights high society drama. This suspenseful plot brings back reporter-sleuth Emma Cross Andrews who must decide if the whispered threats and pranks are not so innocent. The book begins with Emma and Derrick Andrews attending the wedding of her cousin Reggie Vanderbilt and heiress Cathleen Neilson at the Bellevue Mansion, Arleigh. Their hosts are a popular couple, Harry and Elizabeth “Bessie” Lehr. But shortly after the wedding Emma …