Sunday, September 30, 2018

APPLE PIE WITH A SIDE OF MURDER by Meredith Potts


Title:  APPLE PIE WITH A SIDE OF MURDER
Series:  Daley Buzz Cozy Mysteries #3
Author:  Meredith Potts
Narrator:  Lisa Beacom
Length:  3 hours 42 mins.
Audible Release Date: 03.13.2018
Publisher:  Meredith Potts
Publish Date:   07.28.2017
Category /Genre:  Cozy Mysteries
Recommended for:  12+ due to content
Listenability:  OK  or  NSFW
Received from:  Meredith Potts (as an Audible gifted copy)
Date completed: 05.04.18

Description from the publisher:
When coffee shop manager and amateur sleuth Sabrina Daley discovers that murder is on the menu at her favorite restaurant, she sets out to bring the guilty party to justice.

As Sabrina begins investigating, she quickly realizes that catching the killer will not be as easy as pie. Between a jaded spouse, an affair gone wrong, a spoiled daughter, a bitter employee, and a fired busboy, there's no shortage of suspects or motives to go around.  But was the first murder just an appetizer?  Has the killer planned an even deadlier main course?

Pick up your copy of Apple Pie With a Side of Murder right now to find out.
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APPLE PIE with a SIDE of MURDER is the third book in the Daley Buzz Cozy Mysteries.  While each will probably stand on its own, it’s probably best to read each in the order of release.

Wow!  The mystery behind the lights in the old Waterstones Estate has been solved.  It’s sad, but believable and relevant.  Still we don’t know what happened to Sabrina’s sister or the mystery behind the invite-only men-only meetings at the old banquet hall.

I loved the list of suspects and the possibilities of why each could be the villain. 

This is a quick and light, easy to read cozy mystery. 

Narration:  Lisa Beacom continues to read this series with her pleasant voice, though I continue to want to find the button to slow her down.  Take a breath!  It’s okay if it’s four hours instead of three and a half.  I have started listening at work instead of in the car because it makes me nervous to listen to the speed chattering when I’m driving.

Note:  while I was given this book as a gifted audiobook copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Daley Buzz Cozy Mysteries:
3.      Apple Pie with a Side of Murder
4.      Lemon Bars with a Side of Murder
5.      Cookies with a Side of Murder
6.      Halloween Candy with a Side of Murder
7.      Christmas Cookies with a Side of Murder
8.      Gelato with a Side of Murder
9.      Chocolate Cake with a Side of Murder
10.  Cupcakes with a Side of Murder
Also from Meredith Potts:
·         College Can Be Murder
·         Deadpan Murder
·         Killer Amnesia
·         The Last Frontier of Murder
·         Murder in Happy Creek
Hope Hadley Cozy Mysteries:
1.      Fame is a Killer
4.      Drowning in Deceit
6.      Killer Injustice
7.      Murder of a Restaurant Critic
8.      Murder of a Movie Producer
9.      Killer Holiday Office Party
10.  Murder Hits Close to Home
Treasure Cove Mysteries:
1.      Murder and Layer Cake
2.      Murder and Chocolate Cake
3.      Murder and Citrus Cream Cake
4.      Murder and Cherry Cake

 











Saturday, September 29, 2018

WILD by Adriane Leigh


Title:  WILD
Series:  Wild #1
Author:  Adriane Leigh
Publisher:  Adriane Leigh Books
Publish Date:   12.11.2013
Genre:  Erotic Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sex, language, and violence
Grammar/editing:  A – near perfect
Received from:  Adriane Leigh (as an ARC gifted copy)
Blog Tour by:  Love Between the Sheets
Date completed: 12.16.2013
Goodreads link:  Wild

Description from the publisher:
An independent woman, a controlling man, and one wild one-night stand…

Kat Kennedy moved to the rugged coast of Maine to start a new life, but encountered much more than she bargained for in dark, dangerous, and seductive Lane Wild.

Desire and temptation smolder before she succumbs to her darkest fantasies with the captivating stranger. She doesn't expect to see him again after an explosive one-night stand leaves her breathless and craving more, but just like lightning in the darkness, he shows up in her life at the most unpredictable moments.

A sensual game of cat and mouse ensues before the attraction between them reaches a fever pitch—the magnetism combustible, the sexual tension nearly unbearable—and Kat finally abandons inhibition and explores the cunning, selfish, and sexual side of a world she's never known.

They have the perfect non-relationship—passion-fueled nights with no strings attached—until life gets real and the past and present collide in a dangerous storm of lust and obsession.
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Kat Kennedy is on the run from an unnamed danger.  Finding comfort in the small seaside town of Rock Island, Maine, she finally relaxes.  She doesn't want attachments, no relationships, and she won't share information about her past.  She soon finds out that a one-night stand in a small town cannot remain anonymous when she keeps bumping into the sex-god found after a long evening in the local bar.  Wild doesn't do relationships either.  He has his reasons.  Together they explore nights of passion, until their pasts catch up with them and threaten everything.

The swear jar is overflowing, but not a single word was extraneous.  Every f*ck was right where it needed to be.   

Mr. Lane Wild, call me Wild, is alpha male to the nth degree, but that doesn't mean Kat is a walking, talking doormat.  I love how she meets him head-on and lets him know where the line is….until he moves the line.  The give and take between them evolves naturally.  There were times when I wondered why Kat would react as she did, but that is part of her mysterious background.

This book was a quick erotic escape from reality.  I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series, RIDGE, about Lane's brother.  He needs to explain why he did what he did and what happened after…!

There is a whole song list for this book, available on Spotify.  One song you will need to know by the end of this book:  YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

 Wild series:
1.      Wild
2.      Ridge       
3.      Slade
Also from Adriane Leigh:
Lace Series:
1.      Steel and Lace
2.      Whiskey and Lace
3.      Rapture and Lace
4.      Precious Lace
Mourning Series:
1.      The Mourning After
2.      Light in Mourning