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Pickin’ Tomatoes by J.W. Bull

J.W. Bull is currently on tour with CLP Blog Tours and Pickin’ Tomatoes. This is book after my own heart. The heroine, Maggie Malone, is soon-to-be-divorced and now a single mom. Okay, that’s not me but she also cannot cook (not even a smidge) but bluffed her way through a contest and is now the Chef of Hearts – dating and food columnist for Cooking and Women magazine. Yes! I loved the plot line for this book, and it was not a disappointment!
Maggie is thirty-five (cough,forty,cough) an ex-chef of Lavande Restaurant in Paris (cough,nevercookedbefore,cough) and single (cough,stillmarriednotdivorcedyetwithadaughter,cough). And she had a new job as a columnist for a real magazine! Maggie is thrilled with her good fortunes, and excited to start this new chapter in her life. But will pretending to be someone she’s not really work out in the end for her? And how long can keep she keep up the charade that she is a real chef that has served the Pitt-Jolie clan in Paris?
I loved Pickin’ Tomatoes! So many of Maggie’s kitchen woes have actually happened to me! If you follow my tweets – you understand it’s best that I stay far, far away from the kitchen. Nothing good ever seems to come from it. I absolutely loved the part where Maggie washed the chicken with Palmolive. Why? Because the first time I washed chicken on my own – I literally questioned if I should use soap – no joke! I was rolling on the floor laughing when I read that part. (And no – I skipped the soap that fateful first time!) This was a very-well written novel, humorous and very delightful to read. Sometimes I did wonder how Maggie avoided all the disasters when she was in public versus in her kitchen, but I’m letting that slide because I really loved the book. 5 stars from me!
[Rating: 5]

On Tour: Paula Takes a Risk by Randi M. Sherman

Randi will be on tour July 16-30 with her novel Paula Takes a Risk After thirty-four years of just letting life happen to her, Paula…

Blog Tour Sign Up: November Surprise by Laurel Osterkamp

Laurel will be on tour in October with her chick lit/romance novel November Surprise. Ebook copies can be provided, or Laurel be available for a…

Beauty Review: Too Faced Lash Injection Extreme Thickening, Tube Building …

I was given a sample from Too Faced for their new Lash Injection Mascara, and I was super excited to give it a try. I…

GIVEAWAY: One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf

In her most emotionally charged novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf explores the unspoken events that shape a community, the ties between parents and their children and how the fragile normalcy of our everyday life is so easily shattered.

In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of Broken Branch watches and waits.

Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the town’s children in her hands. Will Thwaite, reluctantly entrusted with the care of his two grandchildren by the daughter who left home years earlier, stands by helplessly and wonders if he has failed his child again. Trapped in her classroom, Evelyn Oliver watches for an opportunity to rescue the children in her care. And thirteen-year-old Augie Baker, already struggling with the aftermath of a terrible accident that has has brought her to Broken Branch, will risk her own safety to protect her little brother.

As tension mounts with each passing minute, the hidden fears and grudges of the small town are revealed as the people of Broken Branch race to uncover the identity of the stranger who holds their children hostage.

Died on the Vine by Joyce Harmon

Died on the Vine by Joyce Harmon follows Cissy Rayborn, tech writer and ammateur mystery sleuth, and her retired husband Jack. The two cross paths with Obadiah Winslow, and he informs Cissy that Jimmy, her first husband who was supposedly shot down and killed in Vietnam, actually survived the crash and is still alive and is currently being held prisoner in a Vietnamese prison. Cissy begins to wonder if he is telling the truth, but before she really even has a chance to question him further, she finds him dead on their property, stabbed by pruning shears. Who could of possibly done it? Could it be her current husband Jack in hopes of silencing the truth? Or, was it someone else? What will Cissy do and what will she believe?

I haven’t read a ton of mystery novels over the years, but I was pretty excited when I read the synopsis for Joyce Harmon’s book. The book was light and fun, and the mystery added a fun suspenseful twist to the plot. I really enjoyed the characters and really enjoyed the dynamic between Cissy, Julie, and Mary and thought they added a lot of spunk to the novel. Overall, very enjoyable. I was entertained throughout and surprised by the suspenseful ending. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a light hearted mystery with some heart.

[Rating: 4/5]

On Tour: Kat Fight by Dina Silver

Dina will be on tour July 16-August 6 with her novel Kat Fight Readers everywhere will revel in this sharp-witted, well-meaning whirlwind in author Dina…

On Tour: Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover …

Denise will be on tour July 16-August 6 with her novel Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons When Rose reports for Fenton County jury duty she…

Blog Tour Sign Up: Sex, Lies & Hot Tubs by Elissa …

If a woman tries to preserve a marriage that has been damaged by infidelity, is she heroic or is she delusional? How many times does her husband have to cheat before she calls it quits? How many times does he have to get caught?

Meet Ellen Dunwell, doting wife, loving mother, high school teacher extaordinaire. She’s worried that her husband, the respected Dr.
Jeffrey Dunwell, wonderful father, great lover, is having another affair. As if that’s not bad enough, her friends don’t understand her, her neighbor’s son is a Peeping Tom, and her angst-ridden teenage daughter is stashing pot in her room and dating a control freak. When Jeffrey suddenly disappears, Ellen nearly slips over the edge.
Instead, she pulls herself together and sets out on a mission to find him—only to get caught up in a web of intrigue and danger, where nothing is as it seems and the stakes are her life.