Book Review – The Curse of Sara Douroux

The Curse of Sara Douroux by C.A. Wittman

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Horror Thriller

“What must her life be like, I often wonder, living as a human.”

Sara Douroux lives on the island of Maui with her elderly adoptive parents. She doesn’t remember anything of her childhood or of coming to live in Hawaii. She can remember a year ago she got very sick, so sick she almost died. Her parents are set in the old ways, no doctors, no telephone, and very private, Sara is not allowed to have friends. A letter comes in the mail one day to her parents and they tell Sara that four cousins will be coming to stay with them for a month.
Not long after, four pale white young children arrive. They are so sick that they can barely walk or talk but Sara is told that under no circumstances is she to feed them. As soon as the children arrive, strange occurrences start to happen. The children seem to be growing daily, even through they never eat. Locals begin to see a pale white woman watching them at night. Sara knows that things are not right but her parents refuse to tell her the truth about their visitors or her. As a group of local kids start to investigate, they reveal a terrible danger and Sara may be the key to saving the whole valley.

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March Recap

3 Books

1,122 pages

Average Rating 3.7

Fabier Investigations 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Too Late to Say Goodbye 🌟🌟🌟🌟

The Curse of Sara Douroux 🌟🌟🌟

Some how March is over already.  I hope you all had a better reading month than I did.  I was only able to finish 3, and no 5 🌟 for the 2nd month in a row. 

As most of us have been ordered to Stay Home and Stay Safe, I was hoping to be able to use that as an opportunity to get some much needed reading done.  But that is not what I was able to do, clearly.  I already work from home so that hasn’t changed.  I was more worried about how my family was doing with everything going on.  So I spent a lot more time on the phone talking and facetimeing with them instead. 

The puppy is still requiring a lot of time and attention as expected and we also rescued two juvenile redfoot tortoises (we already had 3, so up to 5 now 😳).  I am hoping that soon our lives will return to normal a bit, for my sanity’s sake.

I am very thankful to James R. Hemmings and C.A.Wittman forproviding me with copies of their books to read and review.

My Littles – Trevor, Newt, and Queenie
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Book 11:  Hawaii

“A gothic tale of horror, secrets, and an unimaginable past…”

On the island of Maui, Sara lives with her adoptive elder parents who are very set in the old ways.  She lives a very secluded life, no telephone, not able to make frieends.  Then one day 4 mysterious “cousins” arrive to live with them for a month.  She is told by her parents that under no circumstances is she to feed them.

“Something wicked, something dark has Sara’s family in its grip.  An insidious terror will soon sweep through the small valley where Sara lives, threatening the lives of her neighbors.  In a race to discover the truth of who her cousins really are, Sara forms a tenuous friendship with an unlikely pair:  Jenny, a shy newcomer to the island, and Sunami, a tomboyish local girl.  As the girls discover a chilling truth, they realize to their horror that time is running out and some secrets should never be disturbed.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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?

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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….”

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Book 7: Connecticut

Libby reflects on “The Event”, what she refers to as the death of her marriage which occurred 12 months prior.  “I accept the fact that while my husband crafted the coffin, I hammered the nails into it.”  After taking several workshops on self awareness, Libby creates a written record on what she has learned about herself and potentially help others spot troubles that may creep into a marriage before it’s too late. 

“This is an uncensored account of The Event; if vivid descriptions of sexual acts are offensive to you, put this down right now and turn to a less graphic resource for help”

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