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Special Feature: Harbor Island (Sharpe & Donovan #4) by Carla Neggers

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I recently reviewed one of Carla Neggers’s Sharpe & Donovan novel, Declan’s Cross and though I didn’t read some of the other novels in the series, it was an interesting plot with with history, romance, and suspense.

I am looking forward to the novel book in the series, Harbor Island.

In this book, Emma Sharpe finds herself on a wild ride which takes her from Boston, to Ireland, and back across the pond to Maine.

I am thrilled to be able to post this except from this thrilling novel! Please enjoy the excerpt and be sure to add it to your TBR list today!

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Review: The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent (Maggie Hope Mystery #4) by Susan Elia MacNeal

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Maggie Hope has been under the spell of the ‘black dog’ for what seems like an eternity.

Her depression and post traumatic stress are taking over her life.

She can hardly remember what life was like before she became a spy and had her life turned upside down.

She’s been throwing herself into her work as a trainer at an elite spy institute in Scotland, trying to escape the ‘black dog’.

Maggie has nothing to distract her but her work. John Sterling and her are not on speaking terms, her mother faces death at the Tower of London, and as a spy she doesn’t have ‘friends’ that she can talk to either.

Depressed and alone, Maggie knows she needs to start moving on and getting it together but she just isn’t sure how.

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Giveaway: The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett

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Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books!

THE BOOKMAN’S TALE is a former bookseller’s sparkling novel and a delightful exploration of one of literature’s most tantalizing mysteries!

Thanks to the Publisher, I am ecstatic to be able to offer a copy of THE BOOKMAN’S TALE for your enjoyment! Giveaway is for one paperback copy. See the list of other giveaways for multiple chances to win a copy!

Giveaway runs 7/16/14 to 7/23/14

Winners will be announced 7/24/14.

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Review: The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett

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The socially awkward Peter Byerly is an antiquarian book collector who might have just made a huge discovery.

Peter might have just discovered a manuscript–possibly a new Shakespearean manuscript–which needless to say would be priceless!

Peter is in a bad spot, he’s just lost his wife nine months prior to the opening of the novel, and he’s really only ever loved two things…..books and Amanda. So now he’s left with only his books.

Living in America, he decides to leave behind his old life and go live in the country cottage in the English countryside that him and Amanda bought before her death.

Living in the cottage makes Peter somewhat of a recluse. But while flipping through some old books/papers, he finds a portrait of a woman that looks a lot like Amanda…..but the problem is, the portrait was painted 100 years before she was even born! Could it possibly be her? What is her connection to the painting?

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Review: Savage Girl by Jean Zimmerman

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Hugo Delegate sits in jail for a series of murders he may or may not of committed.

He is passionately in love with Bronwyn, the young wild girl who was raised by wolves.

Hugo is from a wealthy family, and after leaving Harvard he joins his family on a railroad trip to the western United States.

It is here that he meets Bronwyn and his family agrees to adopt her.

Upon returning to the East Coast, the Delegate family takes it upon themselves to educate her and present her to high society.

Surprisingly, Bronwyn takes well to her new life, but she does have her own set of motives.

Bronwyn is the toast of the town. She is wildly sought after by many eligible men both young and old, but they all too frequently turn up dead….murdered in a grizzly fashion and in some cases–castrated.

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