In My Mailbox: Week of August 11

Secrets of a Spiritual Guru by Tamara Lee DorrisTitle: Secrets of a Spiritual Guru

Author: Tamara Lee Dorris

Received: CLP Blog Tours

Synopsis:

Meet Melissa Murphy: wine-drinking real estate agent who finds herself “accidentally” assuming the role of a spiritual blogger when her boyfriend leaves her for his yoga teacher. Can she keep her role secret while trying to win her man back? If the lying doesn’t kill her, the poses might!

Profound insight on human nature delivered in what seems like a yoga book (it’s not), a real estate book (no way), but instead is a woman’s fiction, humor tale that will keep readers smiling and longing for more.

Last Diner Standing by Terri L. AustinTitle: Last Diner Standing

Author: Terri L Austin

Received: CLP Blog Tours

Synopsis: Rose Strickland is having a blue Christmas. Her friend is arrested for attempted murder, her sexy bad guy crush is marked by a hit man, and her boss is locked in an epic smackdown with a rival diner. Determined to save those she loves, Rose embarks on an investigation more tangled than a box of last year’s tree lights. With her eclectic gang at the ready, Rose stumbles across dead bodies, ex-cons, chop shops, jealous girlfriends, jilted lovers, and a gaggle of strippers in a battle for freedom she might not survive.

Part of the Henery Press Mystery Series Collection, if you like one, you’ll probably like them all! Last Diner Standing is the second book in the Rose Strickland humorous mystery series. Bonus: Includes book club discussion questions.

Sophie's Encore by Nicky WellsTitle: Sophie’s Encore

Author: Nicky Wells

Received: Nicky Wells

Synopsis: Her rock star is waiting in the wings, but will he get a second chance?

It’s all change for Sophie Jones—only this time, there is more at stake than just her happiness.

Rock star extraordinaire, Dan Hunter, has been her patient and caring friend through the highs and lows since her wedding day, but now he figures it is time for her to start over. By stealth, the rock singer draws Sophie into the behind-the-scenes work for his band’s latest album. Through the days and weeks spent together at the mixing desk, Sophie discovers whole new horizons for her life, yet before she can even begin to explore them, she faces the very real threat of losing her rock star for good.

Join Sophie and Dan in Sophie’s Encore to find out how their journey will end…

The Carolyne Letters by Abigail B. CalkinTitle: The Carolyne Letters

Author: Abigail B. Calkin

Synopsis: Amelia, a young American woman studying abroad, falls in love with the wrong man in 1964 Scotland. When their ill-fated affair results in a shocking pregnancy, Amelia is faced with three life-changing choices: give up the child for adoption, have an abortion or raise the child. In a creative journal style, The Carolyne Letters follows Amelia as she makes all three decisions.

Desperately Seeking Heaven by Jill SteeplesTitle: Desperately Seeking Heaven

Author: Jill Steeples

Received: Jill Steeples

Synopsis: Love always comes when you least expect it, at least that’s what PA Alice Fletcher tells herself as she looks forward to another Friday night of trash telly and wine-for-one. But what happens when the unexpected is daytime TV crush Jimmy Mack, and he’s sitting on your couch watching the news…of the accident that claimed his life? Soon, Alice finds her ordered life turned upside down by helping Jimmy right the wrongs of his life so he can cross over to the ‘other side.’ But most unexpected of all is Alice’s growing realisation that her gorgeous ghost has taken up residence in her heart as well as in her home.