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Standoff by Patricia Bradley (with giveaway)

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The Natchez Trace National Parkway stretches 444 miles from Nashville to Natchez, the oldest town on the Mississippi River. It’s the perfect road for a relaxed pleasure drive. Unfortunately for park ranger Luke Fereday, lately it’s being used to move drugs. Sent to Natchez to infiltrate the organization at the center of the drug ring, Luke arrives too late to a stakeout and discovers the body of his friend, park ranger John Danvers.

John’s daughter Brooke is determined to investigate her father’s murder, but things are more complicated than they first appear, and Brooke soon finds herself the target …

First Line Friday: Jen Turano’s Storing Up Trouble (with giveaway)

Here’s to another First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books. Today I’m featuring the first line from Jen Turano’s newly released historical rom-com, Storing Up Trouble, whose characters are wonderfully named – as always with a Turano novel – Miss Beatrix Waterbury and Mr Norman Nesbitt. That has me smiling already! It’s an opposite attracts romance with an impulsive suffragette and a serious man of science and order. No doubt together they will end up in some form of mischief, desired or not!

Enjoy the first line and be sure to enter the giveaway below…and don’t forget to …

Cover Art & Book News: Indie & Small Press Victorian and Regency Romance

As you know, I discovered the joys of Mimi Matthew’s Victorian and Regency romances late last year and have indulged in all of her books since. They are beautifully penned with gorgeous historical detail and the romance is divine! Mimi’s books have put me back in the mood of stories written in these eras and it has been wonderful to find Shadow Mountain Publishing are also purveyors of fine period fiction with their line, Proper Romance. You may recall they are the publishers of Julianne Donaldson’s Edenbrooke that made a big splash nearly ten years ago.

As for these stories, …

Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish by Bethany Turner

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Celebrity chef Maxwell Cavanagh is known for many things: his multiple Michelin stars, his top-rated Culinary Channel show To the Max, and most of all his horrible temper. Hadley Beckett, host of the Culinary Channel’s other top-rated show, At Home with Hadley, is beloved for her Southern charm and for making her viewers feel like family.

When Max experiences a very public temper tantrum, he’s sent packing to get his life in order. When he returns, career in shambles, his only chance to get back on TV and in the public’s good graces is to work alongside Hadley.

As …

Flight Risk by Cara Putman

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Savannah Daniels has worked hard to build her law practice, to surround herself with good friends, and to be the loyal aunt her troubled niece can always count on. But since her ex-husband’s betrayal, she has trouble trusting anyone.

Jett Glover’s father committed suicide over a false newspaper report that ruined his reputation. Now a fierce champion of truth, Jett is writing the story of his journalism career—an international sex-trafficking exposé that will bring down a celebrity baseball player and the men closest to him, including Savannah’s ex-husband.

When Jett’s story breaks, tragedy ensues. Then a commercial airline crashes, …

Character Spotlight: Josi S. Kilpack’s Sabrina & Harry

Rakes and Roses is my first book by Josi S. Kilpack, but it won’t be my last! It is the third standalone Mayfield Family Romance, so I’m excited to read the other Mayfield stories. A wonderful Regency romance with a twist – the heroine is a woman of great strength and integrity, and the hero is the one in need of rescuing. It’s a terrific tale that fans of Mimi Matthews, Julie Klassen, and Jane Austen will love, and one I highly recommend. I’m delighted Josi is sharing an insight into Lady Sabrina and Harry Stillman in today’s character spotlight. …