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 The Stepmother

She’ll do anything to protect her family…

Libby Curtis never wanted children, until she met Nathan, a gorgeous widower with two young children. Now ten years later she can’t imagine her life without Sam and Sienna – she’d do anything for her precious kids. Anything….

So when a missing teenager is found lying on the side of the road, Libby’s first thoughts are for her own kids. Are they safe? Are they home?

What Libby doesn’t expect is for her children to be involved in the girl’s disappearance. But when she discovers an item in her stepson's car linked to the victim Libby’s fears increase.

She can't believe that the sweet boy she's raised could do something like that. But if not Sam….who?

Libby must discover the truth before her family is ripped apart. But someone is determined to make sure their secrets stay hidden - even if the consequences are deadly...

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Amanda Ashby and Sally Rigby are a crime writing partnership. Both authors live in New Zealand, have been friends for eighteen years and agree about everything (except musicals). They decided to collaborate on a psychological thriller which they then entered into a competition, run by Boldwood, and which they won!

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Death By Theft
Abigail Keam
Publication date: October 30th 2023
Genres: Adult, Cozy Mystery

Josiah is happy for her pals Lady Elsmere and Shaneika Mary Todd when broodmare Jean Harlow gives birth to a male foal sired by Comanche. The owners of both horses have high hopes the foal will become a stakes winner—maybe even win the Kentucky Derby. The foal has a broad chest, indicating significant lung capacity—important for winning races, but just like his daddy, the foal is ebony with a bad attitude.

Josiah and Shaneika visit dam Jean Harlow early one morning and are shocked to find the prized foal is missing. They frantically search Lady Elsmere’s and Josiah’s farms without success. It’s urgent they find the foal fast as he is not yet weaned and is too young to be separated from his mother. Who would snatch the feisty foal from his mother’s care? And equally important, why?

Death By A HoneyBee
Death By Drowning
Death By Bridle
Death By Bourbon
Death By Lotto
Death by Chocolate
Death by Haunting
Death By Derby
Death By Design
Death By Malice
Death By Drama
Death By Stalking
Death By Deceit
Death By Magic
Death By Shock
Death By Chance
Death By Poison
Death By Greed
Death By Theft
Death By Betrayal

AWARDS
2010 Gold Medal Award from Readers’ Favorite for Death By A HoneyBee: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery
2011 Gold Medal Award from Readers’ Favorite for Death By Drowning: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery
2011 USA BOOK NEWS-Best Books List of 2011 as a Finalist for Death By Drowning: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery
2011 USA BOOK NEWS-Best Books List of 2011 as a Finalist for Death By A HoneyBee: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery 2017 Finalist from Readers’ Favorite for Death By Design: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery
2019 Honorable Mention from Readers’ Favorite for Death By Stalking: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery
2019 Murder Under A Blue Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery voted top ten mystery reads by Kings River Life Magazine
2020 Finalist from Readers’ Favorite for Murder Under A Blue Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery
2020 Imadjinn Award for Best Mystery for Death By Stalking
2022 Finalist in Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Historical Category – Murder Under A Full Moon
2022 Finalist the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical Category – Murder Under A New Moon
2022 Death By Chance: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Cozy Mystery

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EXCERPT:

Excited, I entered the nursery barn with Shaneika Mary Todd leading the way. It was still very early, and the mares were with their offspring in their stalls, quietly munching on hay. They would be let out when the grass had dried. However, kicking and neighing erupted from one stall.

Shaneika shot me a worried look. “That’s Jean Harlow. I know her cry.”

We both rushed to the stall. “What’s wrong?” I asked, seeing Shaneika’s alarmed facial expression.

Shaneika swung open the stall door and pushed a nervous Jean Harlow out of the way.

I grabbed the mare’s halter and led her out into the barn aisle. She was jumpy and hard to handle, so I shouted for aid. “Can someone help us, please?”

Shaneika ran out of the stall and began checking the others frantically.

“What is wrong?” I asked again, handing Jean Harlow over to a nursery groom who led the horse back into her stall.

Shaneika screamed, “WHAT’S WRONG? WHAT’S WRONG? THE FOAL IS MISSING. THAT’S WHAT IS WRONG!”

Author Bio:

Abigail Keam is an award-winning and Amazon best-selling author who writes the Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series about a Southern beekeeper turned amateur female sleuth. Besides loving history, Kentucky bourbon and chocolate, Abigail loves honeybees and for many years made her living by selling honey at a farmers’ market like her protagonist, Josiah Reynolds. She is an award-winning beekeeper who has won many honey awards at the Kentucky State Fair including the Barbara Horn Award, which is given to beekeepers who rate a perfect 100 in a honey competition.

Miss Abigail has taken her knowledge of beekeeping to create a fictional beekeeping protagonist, Josiah Reynolds, who solves mysteries in the Bluegrass. While Miss Abigail’s novels are for enjoyment, she discusses the importance of a local sustainable food economy and land management for honeybees and other creatures.

She currently lives on the Kentucky River in a metal house with her husband and various critters. She still has honeybees.

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Zoe just wanted to help. Now she may have a killer in her home.

 

Zoe is happily married to Ethan until the day a 13-year-old boy shows up on their doorstep. He says his name is Micah and that Ethan is his father. Distressed because his mother is missing, Micah has come to them for help.

 

Ethan is wary – he didn’t know anything about Micah - but kind-hearted Zoe feels she can’t possibly turn her back on the boy. She welcomes him into their home and does her best to make him part of the family.

 

But there’s something off about Micah.

He lies constantly, creeps silently around the house and towers over Zoe, observing her every move. And his growing bond with Anna, Zoe’s young daughter, feels all wrong.

 

So when his mother's body is found and the police start looking for the murderer, Zoe realizes something terrible…

 

He might already be in her home.

 

The Better Mother – the stunning psychological thriller from the best-selling author of Her Husband’s Secret.

 

Emily Shiner always dreamed of becoming an author but first served her time as a banker and a teacher. After a lifetime of devouring stacks of thrillers, she decided to try her hand at writing them herself. Now she gets to live out her dream of writing novels and sharing her stories with people around the world. She lives in the Appalachian Mountains and loves hiking with her husband, daughter, and their two dogs.

 

 

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The Better Mother

Written By Emily Shiner

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank Emily Shiner, Inkubator Books and Zooloo’s Book Tours for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review. 

WOW!!! Emily Shiner you are on a role this year girl!! You completely outdo yourself with every book that you write! Your latest psychological thriller The Better Mother is totally addicting that once you start it you can’t put it down!! It is an extremely fast paced, suspenseful, thrilling, nail biting with twists you won’t see coming! It is a book that you will want to put on your tbr list!

Anna was the cutest little 3 year old ever! She instantly had me smiling and cracking up laughing. She was just the sweetest ever! Definitely stole the show! 

I too would be in total utter shock if some boy showed up out of the blue claiming to be your husband’s son!! So many questions that needed answers of who, why, and more importantly where was his Mother?! Oh this storyline was creepy and perfect for this time of year!

Emily threw a massive curveball into the dramatic climax that was just jaw dropping! I never ever saw that coming! 

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His Assistant’s New York Awakening
Emmy Grayson
Published by: Harlequin Presents
Publication date: October 24th 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Will the CEO be able to resist when she lays her passion on the boardroom table? Find out in this steamy office romance from Emmy Grayson.

He’s utterly off-limits…
and the only man she’s ever wanted!

Temporary assistant Evolet Grey has precisely the skills and experience to help Damon Bradford win the biggest contract in his company’s history. But she’s also maddeningly attractive and testing the iron grip the Manhattan CEO always has on his self-control…

Putting her needs first has never come easily to innocent Evolet. But she can barely think straight in her new boss’s presence! She’d be putting everything on the line by revealing the powerful attraction Damon has awoken, but would walking away from it be the biggest risk of all?

From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.

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EXCERPT:

The music slid over Damon Bradford’s skin like a lover’s caress. He sipped his cocktail, the smooth taste of gin lingering on his tongue. Better to focus on that then the slow, languid heat spreading through his veins as he watched her.

The cellist.

Music had never been an important part of his life. He knew the difference between classical and rock, paid hefty sums for bands and singers to perform at the various functions he hosted throughout the year. But the actual music had always been background noise.

Whereas this…the rich, somber notes of her solo rising and falling with perfect precision, the languid tempo encouraging listeners to slow down, to forget the demands of life for just a moment…

It was unlike anything he’d ever heard before.

Just like the woman behind the cello was unlike anyone he had ever encountered before.

Author Bio:

Emmy's interest in romance can be traced back to her love of Nancy Drew books, when she tried to solve the mysteries of her favorite detective while rereading the romantic chapters with Ned Nickerson. Fast-forward a few years when she discovered a worn copy of "A Rose in Winter" by Kathleen Woodiwiss on her mother's bookshelf, and she was hooked. Over 20 years later, Harlequin Presents made her dream come true by offering her a contract for her first book.

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A Patch of Romance
J.C. Valentine
(A Coffee Break Mystery, #4)
Publication date: October 25th 2023
Genres: Adult, Mystery, Romance

Callie’s status as a single mom is about to end when she meets up with local dad, Scott Prince, at the pumpkin patch. Love is definitely in the air…or is that just pumpkin spice? Either way, Callie is about to embark on a seriously satisfying journey. That is, until the mystery knocker comes knocking. Is it just a Halloween prank, or is someone trying to send her a message—the deadly kind?

As Callie and Scott traverse the dating life with one another and ring in the holidays with the hope of uniting them all as one big, patchwork family, the lingering question of who keeps knocking and what they want looms in the shadows, waiting to be answered. Will Callie and Scott reveal the truth behind the eerie knocking before something it’s too late? And will they ever get their happily ever after?

Follow Callie and Scott’s journey from wary strangers to soulmates in this feel-good holiday romance. With a friends-to-lovers romance, family bonding moments, cozy Christmas traditions, and a found family trope, this wholesome love story will get you in the holiday spirit. Curl up with a mug of hot cocoa and let the magic of the season bring this unlikely pair together one knock at a time.

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EXCERPT:

“Okay, you wild banshees, costumes are ready to go!” I called up the stairs. Instantly, I heard the pounding of little feet as Lily and Ethan raced down the stairs, with Lily predictably in the lead, eager to transform into their Halloween alter-egos.

“Beware the Headless Horseman!” Lily cried, tossing her hooded cape dramatically over her grinning face. Next to her, Ethan was assembling his white boxy Minecraft costume, complete with pixelated foam sword.

I knelt down and made the final adjustments, securing Ethan’s headpiece and Lily’s belt, then ushered them toward the door. “Let’s hit those sidewalks before all the good candy is gone!” I declared.

It was still light outside when we stepped out onto the porch. Ghosts, superheroes, princesses, and witches were already parading up and down the street as families got the trick-or-treating underway. The crisp air twinkled with magic and excitement as neighbors called out compliments on costumes, and I inhaled the heavenly, smoky scent of burning wood that several people were using to keep warm as they passed out candy.

We weren’t far into our route when I heard rapid footsteps approaching. Lily and Ethan’s faces lit up as Scott and his son came into view dressed in matching blow-up dinosaur costumes. I couldn’t help laughing as I watched their giant dino heads bobble to and fro as they swished toward us.

“Hey, guys!” Scott greeted, slightly out of breath. Since our pumpkin carving hangout, we’d been planning for the kids to do Halloween night trick-or-treating together too. I was relieved he was making it easy for me to take this second opportunity with no strings attached.

“Dad, can we go show Ms. Molly our costumes?” Lily asked eagerly.

I nodded indulgently, enjoying seeing my kids having a good time. After waiting a few moments for Lily, Ethan, and Stanley to run up the walkway to show off their costumes to their principal, we began a slow, easy walk from house to house, stealing pieces of candy here and there, as the kids ran back and forth down driveways and bonded with each other more.

Author Bio:

J.C. Valentine is the USA Today and International bestselling author of the Night Calls and Wayward Fighters Series and the Forbidden Trilogy. Her vivid imagination and love of words and romance had her penning her own romance stories from an early age, which, despite being poorly edited and written longhand, she forced friends and family members to read. No, she isn't sorry.

Living in the Northwest, she has three amazing children and far too many pets. Among the many hats she wears, J.C. is an entrepreneur. Having graduated with honors, she holds a Bachelor's in English and when she isn't writing, you can find her editing for fellow authors.

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The Day After the Party: A totally gripping page-turner

 

The perfect birthday or the perfect nightmare?

Katelyn smiles around at her husband and friends, gathered to celebrate her thirty-sixth birthday in their beautiful home decorated with fairy lights. But the next day Katelyn wakes up shaken and terrified in a hospital bed…

She doesn’t remember the sweet taste of birthday cake icing, or how angry her best friend was at midnight, or the terrible things her husband said. She doesn’t remember the party at all.

When she asks her husband what happened the night of the party he says ‘nothing’. But her blood runs cold at the way his voice lilts slightly. The way it always does when he is lying.

Did someone at the party harm her?
What is her husband hiding?
Or did Katelyn herself do something terrible?

Only one thing is certain. Nobody can be trusted. And if Katelyn’s memories of the party do come back, it will tear them all apart…

This brilliantly addictive read about dark secrets our loved ones keep from us is perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Sally Hepworth.

Buy link: https://geni.us/B0CFLL3WLNsocial 

Nicole Trope went to university to study Law but realised the error of her ways when she did very badly on her first law essay because-as her professor pointed out- 'It's not meant to be a story.' She studied teaching instead and used her holidays to work on her writing career and complete a Masters' degree in Children's Literature.

The idea for her first published novel, The Boy under the Table, was so scary that it took a year for her to find the courage to write the emotional story. She went on to publish a further five novels in Australia before joining Bookouture in 2019. She is a USA Today and Amazon bestseller in the USA, UK, AUS and CAN.

She lives in Sydney with her husband and three children.

 

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Facebook: @NicoleTrope

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The Day After The Party 

Written By Nicole Trope

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank Nicole Trope, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review!

WOW!!!! Reading The Day After The Party was like watching a prime time soap opera in my mind!! Nicole Trope really packed on the drama thick with this one! It is not your average psychological thriller, it is way more dark and twisted. 

I can’t imagine what Katelyn was going through emotionally, mentally and even physically waking up in an unknown location with no memory of anything that had happened at the party! Like Katelyn I too needed to know what happened at the party! 

What I loved most about this book was the education Nicole gave to her readers about transient global amnesia. I found the topic very interesting and how it played a role in The Day After The Party. 

So many of these characters rubbed me the wrong way to the point that I was screaming at my Kindle! But with every book there is someone you don’t care for and others you like. My favorites were Harper, Katelyn and Toby! 

#BlogTour #HerLastLie #JSLark #BloodHound #RachelRandomResources

 

 Her Last Lie

Guilt. Motherhood. Murder.

When the body of Jen’s teenage son, Eli, is found at the edge of a lake, her shock and grief are overwhelming. She feels guilty because she wasn’t at home the night he was killed.

As the police investigation intensifies, and her son’s estranged father reappears in her life, Jen hides a secret, while yearning to know what really happened.

Soon she begins to wonder if her son’s friends are hiding something. And after she learns that Eli had a girlfriend it becomes more and more difficult to separate the truth from the lies…Did her son have a secret life she knew nothing about?

And can she unlock the truth about what happened to Eli on that fateful night before someone else gets hurt?

Praise for J. S. Lark:

“Dark, deceptive and utterly delicious.” —Louise Douglas, author of The Secrets Between Us

“Engrossing . . . [A] psychological thriller that will leave you stunned and satisfied.” —Lisa Regan, USA Today–bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series

 

Purchase Links

Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CGF41BD1

Amazon USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGF41BD1

Jane is a coffee, chocolate and red wine lover, and a late-night writer of compelling, passionate, and emotionally charged fiction. The kindle bestselling author of The Twins and The Secret Couple...

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Her Last Lie

Written By J.S. Lark

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank J.S. Lark, Bloodhound Books and Rachel’s Random Resources for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review!

Ohh Her Last Lie by J.S. Lark needs to be on the top of your TBR list!! It is everything that I crave in a good psychological thriller and then some! It was fast paced, addicting, heartbreaking, thrilling, suspenseful, and so many wicked twists and turns your head will be spinning!

J.S. 's prologue was the shortest prologue I have ever read to get me hooked into Her Last Lie. However, It worked!! I was hooked and needed to know where she was going with this. I was able to get my answer later in the book.

Oh my heart just broke for Jennifer learning the news about her son dying! I can’t imagine what she was going through! I too would be in denial!! How do you then tell your younger son that his older brother has passed! I totally wanted to hop into the book and give them both a hug! 

Her Last Lie’s storyline went into so many directions! Some incredibly important topics that were touched on. Infact, in one of the scenes I felt like I was right there! She was so descriptive and detailed. It was one of the harder scenes to read in the book. 

This book would be a great addition to your book club discussion. Infact, J.S. Prepared some questions at the back of the book for her readers. 

 

#BookReview #Excerpt #AKindofHush #JoDeeNeatherly #ImaginaryLit

 

A Kind of Hush examines how life is seldom a tidy affair exploring whether there is a gray

 area between right and wrong. The Mackie family, after enduring an unthinkable tragedy with

 the death of their young son, finally moved toward a new life until one June day while enjoying

 an outing at a nearby rugged park, their lives again turned upside down. A plunge off a shale cliff

 left one parent dead and the other solely responsible for their teenage daughter and seven-year-

 old son. Was this an accident or something more heinous, and if so whodunnit and whydunit?

 The heart of the novel centers on how each survivor deals with the circumstances and subsequent

 revelations surrounding the incident while a mantle of ambiguity – a kind of hush – hangs

 between them like a live grenade without its pin.

 Advanced praise, Diane Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review and included on

 Donovan’s Bookshelf Recommended Reading:

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Midwest Book Review:

http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/jul_21.htm#dianedonovan

Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jodee-neathery/a-kind-of-hush/ Self-Publishing Review magazine (SPR) https://www.selfpublishingreview.com/?s-A+Kind+of+Hush

Readers Favorite 5-star review: https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/a-kind-of-hush

Book Viral Review: https://bookviralreviews.com/book-reviews/literary-fiction/new-literary-fiction-novels/

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Chick Lit Café Review: 

https://chicklitcafe.com/?s=A+Kind+of+Hush+

Amy Shannon of Bookshelf Reviews. 5 Stars, “Tragedy and Triumph Can Blur The Line.” 

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Fiction Café Book Club Facebook Group: Author of the Week” feature. https://www.facebook.com/JoDee315Neathery/videos/2766578723641078/

Oct/Nov/December issue of De Mode Magazine on-line and print featured in Books and Authors segment – Ten Must Reads for Fall – Interview, Links to purchase.

Reedsy Discovery Program: 5 Star Review, posted by Laura Hartman on Goodreads and Amazon. “A Kind of Hush is one of the best books I have read this year. I could not put this book down.”

https://www.reedsy.com/author/jodee-neathery

https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/a-kind-of-hush-jodee-neathery#review

Grace Jackson, independent reviewer:

Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4423828827

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/106919625154892/posts/119951593851695/

Independent Reviewer: Lydia Efobi, LinkedIn connection review posted: https://tinyurl.com/3apy9234

Tapnet.com guest post: https://www.tapnet.com/a-kind-of-hush-jodee-neathery posted on Twitter & Facebook pages.

Sassy 5-star Reviews: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaNFRnoi_y

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East Texas author, JoDee Neathery, has written two award-winning novels, Life in a Box, published 2017, and A Kind of Hush released July 2021. Both have won the International Firebird Book Awards for literary fiction and were awarded Readers’ Favorite 5-Star designations. A Kind of Hush received critical acclaim as one of five finalists in the highly contested mystery category of the 16th annual 2022 National Indie Excellence Awards, the 2022 Silver Medal Winner, Readers’ Favorite Annual International Book Awards, Literary Fiction, and was a shortlisted finalist in the 11th annual 2022 Millennium Book Awards and Winner in the literary fiction category

Her journey to publication followed an unconventional path void of author credentials, but with the encouragement of her book club, a passion for the written word, a vivid imagination, a sense of humor, and a story to tell she plucked a few personalities off the family tree and Life in a Box debuted asking the question, how much would you sacrifice to hide a secret. “One of those all too rare literary gems.” Midwest Book Review and a 5-Star review posted on Amazon UK offered this assessment, “There is an understated audacity to her style of writing which I find quite spellbinding.”

  A Kind of Hush was born in the middle of the night when the first sentence, the ending, and a profile of a young boy appeared. “I didn’t know the whole story but knew Gabriel Edward Mackie had to be in whatever I wrote next.” Praise followed. “This family drama is steeped in suspense, but its likeable cast of characters is its main draw,” Kirkus Reviews. “Witty, warm, uplifting, and utterly heartbreaking.” Book Viral Review. “Poignant and emotionally rich.” Book View Gold Medallion. “Intelligent, crisp prose.” The Prairies Book Review.

JoDee chairs her community book club, is writing another novel, Dust in the Wind, and contributes a light-hearted look at life with her byline, Back Porch Musings, to a local newspaper. Books are available through Amazon, https://jodeeneathery.com, IngramSpark.com, Smashwords.com, Apple.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Kobobooks.com, Walmart.com, Target.com as well as Texas indie bookstores in Malakoff, Lubbock, San Antonio, Houston.

2022 SILVER MEDAL WINNER, READERS’ FAVORITE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, Literary Fiction

https://www.readersfavorite.com/2022-award-contest-winners.htm#a-kind-of-hush

 

2022 WINNER INTERNATIONAL FIREBIRD BOOK AWARDS, Literary Fiction

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2022 FINALIST, NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS, Mystery

www.indieexcellence.com

2022 MILLENNIUM BOOK AWARDS SHORTLISTED CANDIDATE AND CATEGORY WINNER, Literary Fiction

https://bookviralreviews.com/2022-millennium-book-award-winners/?fbclid=1wAR3DktWPmEuWErKhMKFsOg_rgMyxwR9K95x3AFOF1KloKYYm9ZH-yB_r0sQ

Press releases announcing awards sent to Dallas, Tyler, Athens, The Monitor, Corsicana, Ennis news outlets

Publication Date: July 2021

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WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT JODEE NEATHRY’S WRITING:

“JoDee’s writing is vivid, lyrical and has the capability of placing you in the time and setting of the story. Her characters become part of your life.” Dauphin Island Book Club

“JoDee has a very clever way of grabbing the reader’s attention with a unique style of presentation as she writes from the heart.” Retired educator & avid reader

“JoDee has a special knack for putting readers right in the moment.” Amazon reviewer

“I admire her ability to string words together. Her writing is lyrical taking readers on a journey full of twists and turns.” Avid Reader & Multiple book club member

“Incredibly lyrical. Lovely, yet powerful. The character development creates friends you want to keep forever in your circle.” Book Club Chairman

“Characters so clearly defined you will not forget them.” Author

“Ms. Neathery’s detailed and vivid descriptions have the reader feeling as if they’re in the midst of every conversation and setting.” Author

“JoDee Neathery is a writer who understands how we should embrace the wisdom of generations of those who have come before us.” Editor, Women’s magazine

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

“She writes as a painter paints. A work of art.” Amazon Reviewer

“Couldn’t put it down. Kept me up past my bedtime.” Amazon Reviewer

“Loved the characters and the way she pulled you into the scenes.” Amazon Reviewer

“Tragedy and triumph can blur the line.” Amazon & Goodreads Reviewer

“Story telling at its best. Lyrical and almost magical at times.” Amazon Reviewer

“Engaging. Flows nicely. Well-written and plotted.” Amazon Vine Voice Reviewer

“Even after you put it down you are still thinking about it.” Amazon Reviewer

“Story is well-written and filled with thrilling descriptive writing.” Amazon Reviewer

Excerpt

Chapter 1

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

BUFFALO, NEW YORK. Gabriel Mackie had just celebrated his fourth birthday the first time he visited the whisper room, a windowless enclave with lavender walls brimming with daydreams, obscured from reality. All he knew for certain was that his older brother, Griff, nicknamed Boo, was gone. His bedroom at the end of the long hallway had been transformed into a guest room with ecru lace duvets instead of the blue and white pinstriped spreads covering the twin beds. Vanished were his toy box and New York Yankee American League pennants that had plastered the walls, replaced by paintings of water lilies and wheat fields. A stray tear trickled down Gabe’s cheek when he remembered Boo’s curly blonde hair and how he snorted when he laughed. Silence is deafening and the Mackie household screamed heartbreak.

Tree branches dipped in the wind tossing shadows across the windows heralding a tempest gathering force. Matt sipped his coffee and thumbed through last night’s restaurant receipts. Summer, lost in her on own thoughts, mindlessly poured herself a refill with one hand while twirling a strand of hair with the other. Gabe tiptoed to the kitchen doorway, jumping back when he heard his mother slam her fist on the counter. 

“It’s Willa’s fault Griff is gone,” her voice stringent and tight. “Tickling him while he sucked on a gumball, for God’s sake. I trusted her to take care of him for fifteen minutes—fifteen damn minutes—while I picked up Gabe from a birthday party. He couldn’t find his shoes . . . I would have been home sooner and maybe . . . I love my daughter, but . . . She knew to call 911 in an emergency . . . Why the hell didn’t she?”

Matt shook his head. “Summer come on . . . you’ve got to quit blaming her,” his voice rising an octave in frustration. “You’re as responsible as Willa.”

Summer turned her back to her husband shielding the wounds caused by his words.

“I shouldn’t have said that,” regret echoed in his apology. “I’m so sorry . . . Please, we don’t need to be playing this blame game. . . .”

“I guess it’s too much to ask for you to understand what I’m going through, Matt. What part of my daughter killing our son don’t you get?”

“Honey, you’re overreacting. . . .”

They both turned as Gabe scampered into the room dragging a stuffed elephant by its trunk. “Mommy, did Willa find where Boo’s hiding? Quackers and me wanna play next . . . you count to ten and say ready-or-not, here I come . . . okay?”

A Kind of Hush 

Written By JoDee Neathery

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank JoDee Neathery for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review. 

WOW!! JoDee Neathery blew me away with her latest A Kind Of Hush! This book was fast paced, heart wrenching, intensely suspenseful, lots of twists and turns, and totally addicting. This is one book that once you start you won’t want to put down. 

I was all smiles when I saw that A Kind Of Hush was set in Buffalo, NY. This is my hometown where I was born, raised and still live. JoDee referenced many prominent locations, sports teams, political figures and even famous OJ Simpson! She also educated her readers on some of Buffalo’s history. Some even I didn’t know about. 

Instantly, my heartstrings were pulled tightly meeting 4 year old Gabriel! He was my favorite character of them all as he was the sweetest! My heart broke for all that he lost within this book. 

JoDee brings up some very important issues and life lessons in A Kind Of Hush. 

A Kind Of Hush is incredibly well written that will have you on the edge of your comfy chair. It is one book you must add to your TBR list!