Review: Mumpreneur on Fire by Estelle Keeber

Like many mom’s the decision to stay home or return to work was agonizing. It was a topic of discussion in our house for months after my little boy was born. Like many mom’s I returned to work after 3 months maternity leave but it was awful.

So much so, that my husband and I made some sacrifices so I could eventually stay home full time. It’s hard only having one income and I often find myself wondering how other mom’s do it.

I am personally not crafty so cottage industries are out for me, and I am terrible at selling things so direct sales are also out. I am always curious how other moms manage.

When I was approached to review MUMPRENEUR ON FIRE, I was intrigued. I don’t read a lot of non0fiction so this was something a little on the new side for me.  Continue reading “Review: Mumpreneur on Fire by Estelle Keeber”

Review: Whispers Beyond the Veil (A Change of Fortune Mystery #1) by Jessica Estevao

This was definitely my year of DNF books. I did not start out this year thinking I would have so many, but when I put down The Gunslinger earlier this year, something happened to me.

I suddenly felt like it was ok to put books down that I wasn’t enjoying rather than suffer through something I was not interested in.

So here we are with year another book that I DNF this year and I was shocked when this one went back to the library earlier than expected.

This should have been a book that I had great things to say about. I was willing to give it a few chapters to try and see if it improved but for me, it didn’t improve fast enough to justify continuing.

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Review: Death Below Stairs (Kat Holloway Mysteries #1) by Jennifer Ashley

This book kept hoping up all over my Twitter feed and I had my eye on it for so long. I had been searching for something a little different from the usual high society murder mystery series.

And this looked like the perfect combo, cook from a big house tuned sleuth…sounds intriguing. So I was thrilled when I got the chance to review an early copy!

Highly sought-after young cook Kat Holloway takes a position in a Mayfair mansion and soon finds herself immersed in the odd household of Lord Rankin. Kat is unbothered by the family’s eccentricities as long as they stay away from her kitchen, but trouble finds its way below stairs when her young Irish assistant is murdered.

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Special Feature: Release Day of Calling Time, Book #1 The Razor Series by K A Sands

Today is the day! It’s the release day of Calling Time, Book #1 The Razor Series by K A Sands! 

Genre – Romantic Suspense


Cover Design – K A Sands


Blurb

Life can change in a split second, a minute moment, an infinite hour.
For Laura Hamilton, her split second lasted 2,880 minutes. 48 hours to be exact. She barely escaped with her life. With a body full of scars and a heart full of hurt, the twenty-nine-year old clothes designer spent the following eight years clouded with grief, believing herself to be too broken to ever see the beauty in her surroundings again.
After a last-ditch attempt to scrape some semblance of her pieces together goes disastrously wrong, Laura’s pushed pin guides her to the sleepy village of Beaufort. No longer content to hide behind her sister, or languish in the depths of her sorrow, she finds a measure of peace among paranoia and fear, carving out an existence she is almost comfortable with.
Laura inadvertently catches the eye of the enigmatic hotelier and newcomer, Lucca Rinaldi. For the first time, her heart begins the slow trip towards letting another man into her life. Passion and pain go hand in hand when the couple finally meet.
Little does she know that Lucca’s history is not so far in the past as he thinks. His troubled affairs follow hot on his heels, bringing scorn and hate back into her fold. When their pasts collide with explosive consequences, Laura’s bitter memories threaten to pull her under when a walking nightmare crashes back into her life, bringing terror along for the ride.
The seconds are counting down – but who gets to call time?
*Please note – suitable for 18+ only due to adult/graphic themes and possible trigger content.

Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36281308-calling-time

 

Buy Links

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077J2M57P
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B077J2M57P
Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B077J2M57P
Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B077J2M57P

 

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Taylor by K A Sands (Free Prequel to The Razer Series)Genre – Romantic SuspenseCover Design – K A Sands


Blurb 

After eight long years of running, Taylor Hamilton has had enough of looking over her shoulder.
Tired and emotionally spent, she comes face to face with her past. Walking away had never been her intention. But how can she come back to the man whose heart she broke, right along with her own?
Can Taylor find the home she so desperately craves, without putting those around her at risk?
Can she come home again to the man who promised her forever?

Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36137856-taylor
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075LPZ15P
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075LPZ15P
Universal Link: https://www.books2read.com/u/bQBKod

Author Bio

K A Sands is an exciting new author who has a passion for reading and more often than not, can be found with her nose stuck in a book. She loves angsty, dark reads but is not averse to the fun, light hearted side either. Typically, a romance reader, of most genres/sub genres, she loves reading a debut herself. Her passion for written words goes back to her childhood and she has always dreamed of writing and telling the world her stories.
Not quite a stay at home mum, K A Sands has a busy life which she shares with her husband of twenty-two years and her little monkey boy. Her adult children have flown the coop already, but still manage to come home for ‘mama’s lasagne.’
Avid eater of mayonnaise and chips, anti-get fitter, lover of cheesy music and a fierce advocate of things close to her heart. She enjoys photoshop and would love to be a whiz using it… maybe one day. She has a bucket list as long as her arm, which includes sky diving and visiting Cambodia. Travelling the world sounds appealing too. Her favourite vacation would be lots of sun, sea and sand.
Great believer in second chances, insta-love (because her love is a product of that), fairy tales and monsters… K A Sands just wants to write all the words for you.

Find me here

You can email me @ kasandsauthor@gmail.com

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Review: The Villainous Viscount Or The Curse Of The Venns by Lucinda Elliot

This is a new author for me and frankly I only agreed to read this novel because of the tag line: “An appreciative satire of the cliches of classical Gothic”.

I love Gothic romances. I lived for Gothic romances as a little girl and as I’ve gotten older I cannot tell you how much I love them. It’s embarrassing.

So how could I pass up this book about Gothic romances? I couldn’t!

When Clarissa Greendale inherits the fortune of disreputable uncle she hardly knows, she does not expect to find herself forced into marriage with an aristocratic fortune hunter and wild, brawling, debauched social outcast.

Not only that, but her name featured some way down on the list of eligible heiresses he planned to court. Still,Clarinda has always found Harley Venn set off the most unmaidenly tinglings in her; that is one consolation…
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