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B is for…

B is for …. Beaches or Bones.

“B” is very popular for the True Crime and Murder Mystery genres; bones, bodies, Black Dahlia. Those are my favorites so… I have a few.

Black is also very popular, just in my collection alone there is Black Hawk Down, The Black Dahlia, Black Rose, Black Hills, and The Black Book.

As you can see, I like to purchase used books. They have so much character to them and I like to imagine all the places they have been. Which ones were loved and which were mistreated. I scour thrift stores, yard sales, and libraries for my finds. The only new books I have are ones that have been given to me.

Which do you prefer, new or used?

A is for…

A is for …. Amber of course 😁!

I am in love with #alphastack! Started by @puellalegit and when I saw the first posts on IG it looked so fun and I knew I wanted to join in! Pretty much any challenge that involves my books, you can count me in!

First up, of course is the letter “A”. I did avoid many titles that just started with A xx, for example A Rose For Her Grave. There was more on my shelves than I thought there would be. A couple are missing as I have loaned them out. One of my favs being A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton! I love to share my favorite books with others.

This is a pretty fair representation of my style. Historical Fiction, True Crime, Romance, Thriller, I love them all!

I can’t wait to keep this going! Stay tuned for more!

Book 10: Georgia

True Crime –

“Follow Ann Rule inside the twisting case of Bart Corbin, the Atlanta dentist and “handsome twin” tied to two murders nearly two decades apart. With a successful practice and an upscale suburban home, Bart Corbin appeared to share an idyllic life with his pretty wife, Jennifer, and their two young sons. But there were secrets – including an affair of Bart’s that drove Jenn to look for love in the internet – that would prove deadly on the December morning Jenn was found with with a single gunshot wound to her head. Police suspected suicide, but a relentless county investigator dug deeper to find a shattering revelation from Bart Corbin’s past: a former girlfriend whose death from a gunshot wound was also ruled a suicide…. The chilling discovery would soon ensnare the remorseless killer behind both tragic deaths: Bart Corbin.”

Book Review – Fabier Investigations

Fabier Investigations (Fabier Investigations #1-6)

Fabier Investigations by Jason R. Hemmings

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Romantic Mystery, PI Detective

Case 1: After the Rain – A woman hires Alex Fabier to find out who is trying to kill her. Sam is the owner of a boutique that is in financial troubles. A woman comes up in the investigation that has ties to Alex’s past and the death of his wife. Jade’s background unveils that she and Sam were best friends in college. Is his client the innocent woman Alex thinks she is? In attempts to keep Sam out of harms way, he takes her to Savannah, the Smokey Mountains, the Bahamas, and France, however at every turn Jade is one step ahead of them. Nothing will stand in Jade’s way of what she is after, not even murder. Can Alex put a stop to her before she causes any more tragedy?

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Book 9: Florida

“Fabier Investigations is a stylish and glamorous private detective series, set in lavish locations, with intriguing cases, splashed with romance, mystery and bittersweet themes. Alex Fabier runs a small business named Fabier Investigations, based in South Beach, Miami, Florida, which he opened after the death of his wife Kate, many years ago. This new collection offers all six stories from the successful series including After The Rain, Shadow Of An Angel, Rendezvous, The Girl From Yesterday, East Of The Sun and Desire For Diamonds.”

February Reading Recap

3 Books

778 pages

Average Rating 3.7

The Shadow Priest 🌟🌟🌟🌟

The Event 🌟🌟🌟🌟

She’ll Never Tell 🌟🌟🌟

Not that great at all of a month. Still on task for my year end goal however super diasppointed. I will throw out a couple excuses for myself:

1. February is a short month 😊

2. I got a puppy. 🐕 Now let me tell you that you don’t have much time for relaxing and reading when you are chasing around a ball of fur, trying to keep it from peeing on the floor.😵

No earth shattering reads this month just good, solid, entertaining ones.

I want to thank D.C. Alexander and Michael Carlin with Uncorking a Story for providing me a couple copies.

Did you have any books this month that blew your mind?

Is it Vacation time yet?

Reading this snippet from Fabier Investigations makes me fantasize about vacation. Can it just be time yet? I want the ocean breeze in my face and the smell of salty sea and tropical flowers. Almost time, 39 days and counting, so close but not soon enough.

Our winter here in Idaho has not been that bad, but I am so ready for it to be over and for the sun to come out. I’m ready for a break. I’m ready to wash away all the stresses of life and soak in the relaxing rays of paradise. Nothing to worry about except what to pick from the restaurant and what book to read next.

Anybody have vacation plans this year?

Book Review – She’ll Never Tell

She’ll Never Tell (Albany Beach Trilogy #1)

She’ll Never Tell by Hunter Morgan

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Suspense Thriller, Romantic Mystery

Marcy Edmond was in a horrible car accident that left her in a coma for 6 months. When she awakes she discovers that plastic surgeons have had to reconstruct her face and she has lost over 60 pounds. Transforming her from the ugly duckling she once had been into a beautiful swan she always wanted to be. In her small town, everyone knows of Marcy’s miraculous recovery but she is not used to all the attention.
When Marcy returns home she finds that her twin sister has moved in with her family and has been helping to take care of her kids while she was in her coma. While she knows that she should be grateful to her sister, there is just something nagging her about it, something she doesn’t like about it.
Marcy is struggling with her transition back in to her old life, one that she was missable in before the accident. Now, she is a whole new person, she could start over. Is that what she really wants?

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Book 8: Delaware

Marcy was in a horricle car accident that left her in a coma for 6 months. When she awakes she discovers that plastic surgeons had to reconstruct her face and she is now 60 lbs lighter. Transforming her from ugly duckling into a swan. But someone else has been watching Marcy’s transformation.

“The Bloodsucker walks up the beach, unnoticed by the Swan and her husband. It’s as though he’s invisible. They see him but they don’t see him. If they make eye contact, he just smiles. Waves. No one knows who is he is because everyone knows who he is. That’s the best part about it. Marcy knows him, just as Patty did.”

The Bloodsucker is surprised that Marcy has turned out to be so beautiful. She is perfect. “Exactly the kind of woman he loves to kill….”

Book Review – The Event

The Event by Tori Shannon

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Adult Romance, Erotica

“Last year I held an exhibition of my work at this gallery. The show was entitled Love on the Rocks and it featured a number of works depicting couples at the end stages of their relationships (that should give you a pretty good sense of where my head was at that time). “
“That night was the night I gave in to the devil, the night when my carnal desires overcame me and I threw myself at the guy I’d been fantasizing over for months. Never before had something so wrong felt so right, but that one act led to the end of everything.”

After 20 years, Libby and Terry Gardener’s marriage has hit its breaking point, climaxing with “The Event”. The moment that Libby made the conscious decision to step out on her marriage. A year after The Event, Libby reflects back on how they got to that point.

“I accept the fact that while my husband crafted the coffin, I hammered the nails into it.”

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