KT Book Reviews

It's been a minute since I've read an honest-to-goodness ROMANCE! Where the couple feels true and all-encompassing. There is a thread of mystery and edge that lends itself to the current season, (fall and Halloween) but the true romance... the gentle and thrilling build of tempo and longing. Sigh.... It's bookish perfection. ~Tanja *Originally released in serial format on Kindle Vella back in February.  The complete book is slated for release worldwide, on all platforms and in all formats on October 31, 2023 Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3LQ9dZE Heiress Daphne Ryan is uncertain about spending a week at the sprawling country estate of the family of her sister’s boyfriend. For starters, she doesn’t get along with her sister. Then there’s the fact his family is old, wealthy aristocracy, and Daphne’s from brash, new American money. Mostly, it’s that everyone knows Duncroft House is haunted by the ghost of Dorothy Clifton, a 1920s film star who died there. Deemed an accident...

The absolute best! I know I say this after every Laura Griffin book I read and review, but honestly, Laura Griffin is just that good. Murder and solving violent crimes aside forensic genealogist Rowan Healy and Detective Jack Bruner have become one of my favorite couples. I don’t know what it is or how it happened but the last chapter sharing where Rowan and Jack are in their life, left me with the biggest smile. I don’t know what it is precisely there’s just something about the way Griffin writes that makes me feel comfort in murder. ~Tanja Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3JabzRL From the Cover... Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police cases left her burned out, and she’s shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents. Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career successfully tracking down vicious criminals...

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing for sharing this title with me! Looking for a suspenseful thrill this spooky season? Why not give  The Housemaid by Freida McFadden a go. #QOTD ~ Do you read with the seasons?  Out Now https://amzn.to/46fB79n Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door onl...

My best descriptor is that The Hexologist is a historical, couple's cozy mystery with a big helping of indulgent prose. It's filled with an abundance of terminology and vocabulary play that, at times, became distracting. But on the whole, a very entertaining read. Out Now  https://amzn.to/3PHVsNC The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade to soothe a troubled ghost. Well-acquainted with the weird, they never shy away from a challenging case.   But when they are approached by the royal secretary and told the king pleads to be baked into a cake—going so far as to wedge himself inside a lit oven—the Wilbies soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that could very well see the nation turned on its head. T...

Lay Them To Rest is an incredible read! One that I will be sharing with friends. ~KT Book Reviews Releases October 17th https://amzn.to/46dsoV8 Fans of true crime shows like CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Law and Order know that when it comes to “getting the bad guy” behind bars, your best chance of success boils down to the strength of your evidence—and the forensic science used to obtain it. Beyond the silver screen, forensic science has been used for decades to help solve even the most tough-to-crack cases. In 2018, the accused Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, was finally apprehended after a decades-long investigation thanks to a very recent technique called forensic genealogy, which has since led to the closure of hundreds of cold cases, bringing long-awaited justice to victims and families alike. But when it comes to solving these incredibly difficult cases, forensic genealogy is just the tip of the iceberg—and many readers have no idea just how far down that iceberg goes. ...

One Christmas Morning by Rachel Greenlaw is a modern-day Dickens, perfect to kick off the holiday season. Thoughtful introspection of relationships during a holiday weekend get-together with friends creates the perfect occasion for Eva to reflect and have a good long look at her life and choices with a ghostly assist.  ~KT Book Reviews Releases October 17th https://amzn.to/46dm5B8 Eva has spent the past three years burying herself in her work, trying to forget the heartbreaking events of the Christmas that ripped her world apart. This year, the last thing she wants is to attend her friend’s weekend-long Christmas party. But at her husband James’ insistence, here they are. When Eva—overwhelmed by bittersweet memories—tries to sneak back to London in the middle of the night, she is visited by the ghost of her beloved grandmother. Gran tells Eva that if she doesn’t face her fears head-on and stop shutting out her loved ones, she risks losing them all forever. When Eva wakes on Christ...

Dogs and Christmas. Two of my favorite things! And when you add in the sparkle of Susan Wiggs... well, you get the best settings for holiday reading magic.  5 tail-wagging stars! ~KT Book Reviews Releases October 17th https://amzn.to/3EZUhEh Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rushed their beloved dog Tim to the emergency vet on Christmas eve. The good news: Tim survived after the vet cleared the obstruction--a pair of women’s lace undies. The bad news: the undies were not Brenda’s. A year after the breakup, Brenda has put her life back together. She’s trained for a marathon, is writing a children’s novel, and she’s found purpose and healing as a volunteer with a dog rescue organization in Houston, Texas. The rescue partners with a program in Avalon, New York--a small, snowy town deep in the Catskills. Now Brenda is arranging the transport of rescued dogs from Houston to Avalon—just in time for a merry Christmas with their...

Christmas is all around us. Even if it's only October. Let's get those stocking stuffers ready and dive into one of the best things about the holidays.  The romance of it all! I'm all wrapped up in the holiday spirit with  Christmas at Corgi Cove by Annie England Noblin.  ~KT Book Reviews Releases October 17th https://amzn.to/3ZEwwLs Rosie Reynolds had come to lakeside Corgi Cove as a lost, lonely girl abandoned by her own mother, but there she discovered a true place to call home. She loves her Corgis, Bonnie and Clyde; loves the lakeside life; and loves her aunt and uncle most of all. But when she discovers their struggling inn is about to be bought out by some big city chain, she hatches a plan: to win a contest naming theirs the best Christmas-themed inn in the USA. It's a long shot, but she knows if the whole town pulls together that they can do it. But she didn’t count on Everett St Claire, who emerged from his gleaming, black BMW, straightening his tie and askin...

What a fun romp into the Dark Ones world created by Rachel Van Dyken, I found myself obsessed with these characters.  “This is the part of the story where the hero normally expresses to the villain that everyone always has a choice, but I don’t see a way out of this”   Join me in this party called Darkest Need from 1001 Dark Knight, and feast! Out Now! https://amzn.to/3ROcQ6d I see everything. I feel everything. I watch people fall in love. I watch them burn with hate, anger, rage, and I see the cycle repeat over and over again. I take it on every night I work at Timber, aka Anubis’s bar in downtown Seattle, and then I help the rest of the immortals keep the very intense balance between Heaven and Earth. I see everyone's future but mine, and when I try to look, all I see is darkness, despair, need… Until she walks into my bar with bruises on her face, getting pulled by one of the lesser demons. I do what any good bartender would do… I beat him within an inch of his life and ...

Thank you to @ForeverPublishing for sharing this title with me! Fans of the Ton will be delighted to discover a new series addition to the genre. ~KT Book Reviews Releases October 10th https://amzn.to/3LJFCks Raised in a foundling home and now proprietor of a successful club, Gabriel Cadieux hasn’t ever been welcomed by polite society. But when he discovers he’s the legitimate heir to a dukedom, he must make a choice: accept the debt-ridden title and the trappings of the peerage who shunned him or decline and leave his six rebellious half sisters to fend for themselves. As much as he hates the idea, Gabriel can’t abandon his siblings, even if it means making a deal with the most frustrating—and aggravatingly beautiful—woman he’s ever met. Vivienne Tremeer storms into Cadieux’s club with one thing on her mind: get the loathsome owner to discharge her brother’s gambling debts. So when Gabriel offers her a trade—if she’ll teach his wild sisters the ways of the ton, he’ll clear the notes—...

Hang on to your tinsel cause we're getting wrapped up in a Hallmark movie!  Well, Carmen is and I'm here for all the comedic adventure that surrounds it. The always fun and entertaining Jenny Colgan is back with another story from the Christmas Bookshop. Grab a cuppa and a warm blanket. It's time to kick off the holiday season with a cozy read. ~KT Book Reviews Releases October 10th https://amzn.to/3PAtVh4 Christmas comes early—far too early—to McCredie’s little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It’s summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie’s is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie. After all, who can resist the charmingly narrow historic street with its Victorian grey stone buildings and warmly lit shop windows? Carmen Hogan, the bookshop’s manager, is amused and a bit horrified by the goings-on, but the money the studio is paying is too good to pass up. She uses the little windfall from filming to create new displays and fen...

 Our girl is back and on the case! Truly one of my favorite series in YA. Smart, agile, and cunning in her own right, Enola is making her own path to becoming one of the best detectives around. I can't recommend this series enough! ~KT Book Reviews Out Now https://amzn.to/46bNrY9 In May of 1890, Enola Holmes is finally fully on her own and, no longer hiding from her older brothers Sherlock and Mycroft, attending classes and occasionally pursuing her chosen profession as a scientific perditorian, a finder of lost things and people. Wolcott Balestier, the representative of an American book publisher, arrived in London on a singular mission―to contract with English authors for their latest works. When Balestier disappears on the streets of London one day, his great friend―Rudyard Kipling―bursts into Enola's office looking for help in finding him. Brash and unwilling to hire a young woman, instead he turns to Sherlock Holmes. Convinced that evil has befallen Balestier, at the hand...

Grief affects people in many different ways. Having tools to help guide and maneuver your way through makes it a bit better. If you or someone you know could use a helping hand in handling grief, give Gina Moffa a try. ~KT Book Review   Out Now https://amzn.to/3RLZoQ3 Grief hurts. Whether it’s the death of someone you love, the end of a friendship, a breakup, or an ambiguous loss, grief visits each of us in time. But even though it’s one of our most universal human journeys, grieving isn’t something most of us know how to do. In Moving on Doesn’t Mean Letting Go, Gina Moffa takes an honest look at how grief affects our lives, offering a heartfelt, practical map through the dark terrain of loss—one that aims to shift the pain of your grief even when things feel unpredictable and overwhelming. *Thank you to @gcpbalance for sharing this title with me.  @ginamoffalcsw #MovingOnDoesntMeanLettingGo #GinaMoffa #loveandloss #grief #GCPBalance #GrandCentralPublishing

You guys! I've finally jumped back into my beloved In Death series with book number FIFTY-SEVEN! Can you believe it? Still strong and thrilling after all this time. The powerhouse of mystery, JD Robb, does it again. She's a force and I can't get enough. It's out now, so grab your copy today! ~Tanja   Buy it on Amazon -  https://amzn.to/44Egcva From the Cover... A retired colleague's suspicious death puts Lt. Eve Dallas on the case in Payback in Death, the electrifying new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired Internal Affairs Captain. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes. An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note—Eve's gut says it's a homicide. After all, Greenleaf put a lo...

A grumpy-sunshine romance wrapped in a blanket of snow this holiday season.  Funny, sexy, and a touch of second chance makes this a fun afternoon read. ~KT Book Reviews Out Today! https://amzn.to/45f9oV1 Sorority mom Becca Fairfield is used to guys not taking her seriously. She’s too blond, too quirky, or Just. Too. Much. So she’s ditched dating to focus on her job and a house filled with drama and plenty of tea. Now with the holidays and a major blizzard on her doorstep, Becca has everything she needs to survive the next two weeks on her own. Hot cocoa, plenty of books . . . and the memory of a steamy kiss with a certain sexy, grumposaurus next-door neighbor to keep her warm. Only Becca’s seriously underestimated this Snowpocalypse. So when the power goes out and Harrison Cooper—football coach, master crank, and the guy who acted mega-awkward after said steamy kiss—offers her shelter, it only makes sense to accept. They’ll just be Blizzard Buddies. Hang out, stay safe, and maybe ...

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film. Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera. Surely You Can’t Be Serious is the first-ever oral history of the making of Airplane! by the creators, and of the beginnings of the ZAZ trio (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) – charting the rise of their comedy troupe Kentucky Fried Theater in Madison, Wisconsin all the way to premiere night. The directors explain what drew them to filmmaking and in particular, comedy. With anecdotes, behind the scenes trivia, and never-before-revealed factoids – these titans of comedy filmmaking unpack everything from how they persuaded Peter Graves to be in the movie after he thought the script was a piece of garbage, how Lorna Patterson auditioned...

Get your copy ~  https://amzn.to/3FjUbYx Crush-worthy art to color! Fall in love with the one who will adore you! Crush and Color: Harry Styles is a romantic collection of playful fantasies featuring this honey-voiced heartthrob. Immerse yourself in Harry’s irresistible house of more than 35 completely unique, hand-drawn daydreams. Let him be your knight in shining armor, feel the warmth of a roaring fire by his side, and let your love find cosmic heights as he soars through the universe while you color each of these fantasy pages. Meet the true Harry Styles through pages of lovable knowledge about his life, interests, and career. Cozy up to Harry’s sensual vibe and feel the tingle of creativity with this sugary sweet escape! - Relax and express your artistic side with more than 35 hand-drawn reveries to color - Find out what makes Harry Styles so magnetic with biographical information about his life and work - Color away the day with fanciful visions of your romance or bromance @s...