All We Buried: “Interim sheriff Elizabeth “Bet” Rivers has always had one repeat nightmare: a shadowy figure throwing a suspicious object into her hometown lake in Collier, Washington.”

A Cold, Cold World: “The world felt pure. Nature made the location pristine again, hiding the scene from prying eyes.”

FULL SHOWCASE: https://tinyurl.com/3syjwtmw

@elenataylorauthor
@partnersincrimevbt

FULL REVIEW WILL BE ON MAY 31.

If you need a heartwarming, uplifting read, this is it!!

You won‘t want to leave the characters.  5/5

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book.  All opinions are my own

@lorilfoster
@kensingtonbooks
@uplitreads
#giftedbyuplit

“Readers who enjoy dark humor and campy novels like Dial A for Aunties and charming, complex characters like those in Fleabag won‘t want to miss this twisty romp that, like its characters, is not what it‘s pretending to be and will keep readers guessing on every page.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/37c5hrrf

Kate Posey
@penguinrandomhouse

#BIBLIOPHILE
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

Jane the wife, Jane the grieving mother, Jane the planner - Jane, Jane, Jane.  

It's all about her.

After her adopted daughter, Mary, died, Jane was unable to cope with life, and life went on without her, but Jane is back now and needs to be in control again.

https://tinyurl.com/6amnp26z

“Perfect for fans of Emma Straub‘s All Adults Here and Celeste Ng‘s Little Fires Everywhere.

Debut author pens story of friendship and healing between officer and witness

Uhlmann crafted the basis of her debut novel on the story of an officer and a witness mourning together, but with one small secret: the killer is the witness‘s daughter.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/yck5pn49

@karenuhlmann
@booksforwardpr

A girl goes missing and is found dead before the weekend begins, and then another five students go missing from an exclusive school with high-profile parents and a few that aren‘t high profile.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/mkbspj9d

@alexfinlayauthor
@stmartinspress

6/20

Another Hazel Gaynor gem that pulls you right in and warms your heart.

If you loved Auntie Em from the Wizard of Oz. you won‘t want to miss this beautifully written, heartwarming account of her life in Kansas.

There are subtle mentions of the characters and scenes in The Wizard of Oz, and it tells of Auntie Em‘s difficult life through the depression and the dust bowl.

@hazelgaynor
@berkleypub
@berkleyromance
@penguinrandomhouse

#BIBLIOPHILE
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: BIRDS

It is 1941 and we find Roza and Shira hiding in a barn after they fled the city where they lived.

A beautiful, but heart wrenching story. It is a story of bravery and endurance.

https://tinyurl.com/7hd8r9jx

“The Italian Soul is a pilgrimage of the heart, a journey toward change that will allow its readers to approach life with a more contemplative stance and recreate a sense of la dolce vita—the sweet life—wherever they might be.“

Sounds wonderful, doesn‘t it?

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/yx9wn52x

@judithvalente_author
@kayepublicity

“Perfect for fans of Ellie Cosimano‘s Finley Donovan series or the mysteries of Jesse Q. Sutanto or Mia Manansala.

A PROPOSAL TO DIE for is the perfect springtime caper.“

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/yn94273z

@mollyharperauth
@penguinrandomhouse

#BIBLIOPHILE
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

BOOK BASED ON A PAINTING

Set in a dual timeline ranging from 1492, Milan, to Munich during WWII.

We meet Cecilia Gallerani who is the woman in Leonardo Da Vinci‘s “famous portrait Lady with An Ermine.”

Superb storyline and a work of art in itself.

It is a beautiful tribute to artists of the world and to those who fought to preserve it. 5/5

https://tinyurl.com/3zjy4d9w

Stopping by this week?

@mollyharperauth
@judithvalente_author
@alexfinlayauthor
@karenuhlmann
Kate Posey
@elenataylorauthor
@patriciashanaesmith
@penguinrandomhouse
@partnersincrimevbt
@smithpublicity

“The Secret Story of Nazi-Looted Art Being…Re-looted, is a gripping exploration of the complex history of art theft during and after World War II.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/29bt5ehy

Bill Frisco
@stressfreemarketing

“Euphoria meets Colleen Hoover in an original New Adult romance from the beloved authors of the Addicted to You and Calloway Sister series.“

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/2z7sv8t2

@kbmritchie
@penguinrandomhouse

DO NOT MISS READING THIS BOOK!!

Which character is keeping the most secrets in this beautifully written dual timeline read?

The writing and storyline are just pull-you-in amazing.

A marvelous, heartfelt, as well as heartbreaking read with wonderful characters you will love and feel for.

You will not want to put the book down, and you will need tissues at times.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/ye9dnavd

@kellymustianauthor
@Sourcebooks

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#BIBLIOPHILE
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: CIRCUS

WWII.  The circus theme was quite interesting.  I wasn't aware of traveling circuses during that time, but it seems like the perfect way to help keep some of the Jewish community safe and hidden during the Holocaust.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/2c5atk6j

“The second in her humorous, horror-mystery-paranormal Bless Your Heart series—a current nominee for the Bram Stoker Award—which features several generations of the funeral-home-owning Evans women and which CrimeReads named in their Most Anticipated Crime, Horror and Mystery Novels of 2025.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/3hfrafbc

@lindyryanwrites
@kayepublicity

“An intimate account of a daughter‘s coming of age in the face of her father‘s schizophrenic unraveling.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/mrxv8ut9

@natasha_w
@tandemliterary

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DYNAMICDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DUO

Brynn Nelson is suffering from postpartum depression with no help from her husband, then she finds out her husband is accused of murder.

He wouldn‘t do something like that? How can that be?

Lots of tension and a good read even though it got bogged down at times with information from the past. 4/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/8erxrbtj

@juliaspiro
@stmartinspress

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DRINK

Doesn‘t that look refreshing?

Do you need an uplifting read with wonderful characters?

Meet Haidie - she will warm your heart and you will cheer her on as she heads West dressed as a boy to find her father who left them stranded.

Sandra Dallas always gives us a great story.

Enjoy the ride and the fun - remember, it was the Wild West!! 5/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/3hr3mcwj

#sandradallas
@stmartinspress

Happy Pub Day!!

Have YOU read any?

#sandradallas
@juliaspiro
@davisbunnauthor
#davisbunn
#fortunateharbor
@_monica.writes
#monicagarner
#summeroncapemay
@stmartinspress
@kensingtonbooks
@uplitreads
#giftedbyuplit

COVER REVEAL!!

KAREN WHITE
UPLITREADS

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DIFFICULT

“A work of historical fiction, this coming-of-age story took first place in Fiction for the 2024 Pinnacle Award.”

A marvelous debut novel. Do not miss it!!

Friends who have read it couldn‘t put it down!!

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/3drf9rj4

@kensteeleauthor
@yorkshirepublishing

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

PROMPT: DAZZLING

Phoebe always was a girl who loved her books, and she found a husband who also loved his books, but a different kind. Phoebe loved her school books, Jake loved his books about money growing.

Pulls the reader into the high stakes of Wall Street, the power and lives of the wealthy, and reminds us of the saying:   “Money is the root of all evil. “

https://tinyurl.com/2ctcu2ez

“Dive into a tender and warm sapphic love story.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/4ykdrbpc

@bridgetjmorrissey
@penguinrandomhouse

A very busy week of books!!

Have you read any?

@bridgetjmorrissey
@kensteeleauthor
#sandradallas
@juliaspiro
@natasha_w
@lindyryanwrites
@kellymustianauthor
Bill Frisco
@kbmritchie
@penguinrandomhouse
@yorkshirepublishing
@stmartinspress
@minotaur_books
@tandemliterary
@kayepublicity
@sourcebooks
@wunderbookspr

“The Swinging Sixties Mystery Series

After finding herself in the middle of a murder investigation in her last two secretarial jobs, Dot finds the only place that will hire her is her local funeral home.”

FULL SHOWCASE & GIVEAWAY LINK: https://tinyurl.com/mstt89fp

@teresatrent_cozymys
@partnersincrimevbt

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DAUGHTER

A bottle of wine worth $125,000? 

What could make it so valuable and where did it come from?

LOVED the characters - you won‘t be able to put the book down.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4mbm7zmm

“1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor still smolders. And alcoholic private eye Nicholas Bishop wakes up on a hotel room floor with two slugs missing from his .38 revolver.”

FULL SHOWCASE: https://tinyurl.com/2byvrsr3

Stephen G. Eoannou
@partnersincrimevbt

Thank you @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Are YOU joining in the fun for May?

Thank you @savvycarlisle @uplitreads #Savycarlisle

Look at this gorgeous cover, packaging, and swag!!

Review on June 29!!

#giftedbyuplit

FULL REVIEW WILL BE ON JUNE 10.

It‘s a fake!!

Three little words, but words heard by everyone at the exhibit including a reporter.

How could this Picasso painting worth 500 million dollars be a fake?

Find out what happens in this slow-start read that speeds up when some evildoers come on the scene. So don‘t give up too soon.

Art fans and mystery fans will devour this book. 4/5

@katherinereay
Angela Melamud
@harpermusebooks

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DARK

TAHOE DARK continues the tradition of Todd Borg's excellence with his wonderful descriptions and plot lines.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/44c5pume

“Perfect for fans of feel-good mysteries, and readers of The Thursday Murder Club and Killers of a Certain Age, loyal Waxman fans and new readers will adore ONE DEATH AT A TIME‘s unlikely sleuthing duo, clever dialogue, and slew of incredible pop culture references.“

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/2v7h2c8z

@abbiwaxman
@penguinrandomhouse

Thank you to @bookbrowse and @sourcebooks

A book discussion in the @bookbrowse forum will begin on May 29, and a review on my blog and social media will be on June 3.

@julieclark

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DANGER

What a delightful read with delightful characters.

We meet housewives in the 1960s who say they are happy, but are they really?

When the neighborhood women gather together for a book club and read The Feminine Mystique by Betty Frieden, their bonds become stronger and some break out of their roles.

Hurray for these housewives and friendships women make!! 5/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4pu4esua

@mariebostwick
Angela Melamud

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

Set in Italy during WWII at a villa.

Paintings are being stored here for safe keeping.

Will the paintings be safe?

Fans of art history will fall in love with the storyline and hearing the names of artists and paintings. 4/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/35mt5289

@lauramorelliphd
@williammorrowbooks

Happy Pub Day!!

@lauramorelliphd
@mariebostwick
@williammorrowbooks
Angela Melamud

Thank you to Michelle Addo of @kensingtonbooks and @uplitreads

Stop by on May 19 for a review and a giveaway!!

@_monica.writes
#monicagarner
#summeroncapemay
#giftedbyuplit

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DILEMMA

Liv Reese must stay awake or she forgets everything that happened.

She is really in a “dilemma” when she wakes up this time.  

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/zfhk2w2v

“A devoted wife and mother faces the unimaginable as her life crumbles.”

FULL SHOWCASE: https://tinyurl.com/yvhvjeum

Deven Greene
@partnersincrimevbt

How could Hollie have passed by me and gotten out the door? She had on a huge butterfly costume that was hard to miss.

Elizabeth looked everywhere in the school but found nothing.

Sooo...why won‘t she call the police to help with her daughter‘s disappearance?

MY DAUGHTER IS MISSING is brutal and has a lot of violence, but the storyline will keep you reading. 4/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/yf26d78d

@jdkirkbooks
@bookouture

Another bookish week coming up....hope you can stop by.

@jdkirkbooks
Deven Greene
@lauramorelliphd
@mariebostwick
@abbiwaxman
Steve Eoannou
@teresatrent_cozymys
@bookouture
@partnersincrimevbt
@williammorrowbooks
Angelamelamud.com
@penguinrandomhouse

FULL REVIEW WILL BE ON JUNE 6.

A TRUE EVENT. It was part of the Earl Grey Scheme that took place in 1848.

The potato famine sent thousands of young women from Ireland to Australia for a new life.

They were told it was going to be a better life, but was it?

Enjoy the history lesson, the friendships that resulted, the descriptions of beautiful Australia, and especially Kate‘s journey. 5/5

@falvey.patricia
@kensingtonbooks
@uplitreads

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DISH