by Victoria Tait (Author) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin Amateur sleuth, Dotty Sayers is developing quite nicely as an expert on antiques. She’s been employed by Akeman’s Antiques since her military husband died a short time ago. Her knowledge of valuable antiques, even antiquities, is growing from experience and the classes she’s taken. But her knowledge…
Melody Carlson (Author), Cecily White (Narrator), Vision Audiobooks LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin The Christmas Joy Ride is another light, fun, heart-warming Christmas story by Melody Carlson. Thirty-something Miranda’s elderly neighbor, Joy (born on Christmas), wants to make one more trip in her RV down Route 66. She has sold her home in Chicago and is heading…
Melody Carlson (Author), Cecily White (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin The Christmas Blessing is another feel-good Christmas story by excellent writer, Melody Carlson. There is a sad beginning, a time of desperation, struggle, and loss when it feels like there’s no hope, and then a wonderful last-minute reprieve. This writer surely knows how to…
Melody Carlson (Author), Emily Durante (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin This is a feel-good, hopeful story that I loved. A sweet romance about a young widow, Wendy Harper, and her son returning to the cottage by the sea in Maine, where she spent idyllic summers with her grandparents. Now, it is hers, by inheritance,…
Re-blogged from Melissa’s Mochas, Mysteries, and Meows. on November 11, 2022 Mudpie was very excited to have the opportunity to interview Earl Grey, the feline star of this series. We hope you enjoy meeting him! Welcome, Earl Grey! Thank you so much for chatting with me today. Could you start by telling us a…
by Heidi Gray McGill ©Author Heidi Gray McGill 2022 Reviews do more than encourage authors, yet writing a review can be daunting. Many people prefer not to leave one because they may not feel they write well enough or know what to say. If you fall into that category…here’s a fun way to make it…
by Grace Livingston Hill (Author), Susan O’Malley (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Originally published in 1900 by Grace Livingston Hill and recorded in this century, A DAILY RATE has a timeless message of love for God and others shown in selfless service. It Is a story of a young girl who depends on…
by Melody Carlson (Author), Caitlin Kelly (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin CHRISTMAS AT HARRINGTON’S is a sweet, honest, feel-good book about an unfairly convicted woman, just released from her time in prison for a crime she didn’t do, facing a sometimes unforgiving world. Beaten down and nearly broke Lena Markham arrives into a town…
Tom Phillips (Author), James Fouhey (Narrator), Blackstone Publishing (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Tom Phillips has an amazing imagination for thinking up plots and twists and cliffhangers and laugh out loud characters. And James Fouhey has just as much imagination in voicing all the wacky characters Tom Phillips creates! From a young boy (John, our red-headed hero, who…
Do you like to read Cozy Mysteries set in the United Kingdom? Read about Hannah Dennison who writes the Vicky Hill series (cub reporter covering Obituary news, but looking for a headliner), the Island Sisters series (trying to make a secluded Hotel work on a quirky, tiny island off Cornwall), and the Honeychurch Hall series…
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