• Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    My Mother’s Secret

    My Mother’s Secret is about family relationships and healing and the triumph of love over everything else. My Mother’s Secret ‘They told me he died, but I never believed them. I’d have known,’ she says, her voice little more than a whisper and her eyes searching mine. ‘A mother would know if her child died, wouldn’t she?’ The phone call comes in the middle of the night, rousing Danni from her safe, warm bed. The police have found her mother Diana wandering miles from her house, confused and lost. Danni races to her mother’s side – and as usual, Diana doesn’t seem to want her there. But when…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    No Pity In Death

    No Pity In Death is the second book from the Anne Collin’s Mystery Series by Helen Starbuck. Last week, I reviewed the first of these – The Mad Hatter’s Son. My review of the third book, The Burden of Hate will follow over the next few days. No Pity In Death Book Title: No Pity in Death (An Annie Collins Mystery #2) by Helen StarbuckCategory:  Adult Fiction (18+), 249 pagesGenre:  MysteryPublisher:  Routt Street PressContent Rating: R. Two explicit sex scenes, profanity, medical scenes. Book Description Struggling to put her life back together after almost being murdered, operating room nurse Annie Collins agrees to help homicide Detective…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    The Other Mothers

    I’ve heard of M.M. Chouinard’s books particularly the Detective Jo Fournier series of which The Other Mothers is Book #4. Since I hadn’t read her books before, I didn’t know what to expect. I did not plan on being blown away as I was though! The Other Mothers It’s a crisp spring morning when the small-town community around Briar Ridge Elementary School is shattered by devastating news. Bright and shy five-year-old Nicole has disappeared at playtime. Nicole’s mother, Gia, is lost in her grief. On the same day her baby girl vanished, Gia found out she was pregnant with the sister Nicole…