Reviews

Welcome to Murder Week

Book Review Welcome to Murder Week by Karen DukessCozy Mystery | Fiction ★★★★★ Cozy mysteries are a go-to, relaxing read for me. So, give me a story about a faux murder mystery set in a small English village, and I’m all in. But what I didn’t expect was the beautifully layered emotional elements of this […]

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Every Hour Until Then

Book Review Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle MeyerHistorical Fiction | Romance | Time Travel | Christian Fiction | Mystery ★★★★★ The time has come for one of my most anticipated reads of 2025 — Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer — to hit shelves. And let me tell you, this did not disappoint.

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Death at a Highland Wedding + Giveaway!

Book Review Death at a Highland WeddingMystery | Historical Fiction | Time Travel Death at a Highland Wedding is the fourth installment in New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s gripping Rip Through Time Novels, and we are so excited to have teamed up with the publisher to offer a hardcover giveaway of this novel! Giveaway details and

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The Amalfi Curse

Book Review The Amalfi Curse by Sarah PennerFantasy | Historical Fiction | Fiction | Magical Realism From the bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary comes another historical dual-timeline novel featuring powerful women, an incredible setting, and a dash of magic. When Harper Collins Canada reached out to see if I’d be interested in an advance

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The Last Secret Agent

Book Review The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourMemoir | WWII | Non-Fiction From 1941 to 1944, four hundred and seventy SOE agents were sent to France to participate in clandestine work such as sabotage, espionage, and reconnaissance. Approximately forty of those agents were female, one of whom was Pippa Latour. Having kept her WWII

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The Potting Shed Murder

Book Review The Potting Shed Murder by Paula SuttonCozy Mystery When it comes to cozy mysteries, there is no setting better suited than that of an English village in the country. In the first of a new series by Paula Sutton, The Potting Shed Murder gives us all the quintessential elements of the genre with

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Detective Aunty

Book Review Detective Aunty by Uzma JalaluddinMystery | Cozy When Kausar Khan’s daughter Sana calls to say she’s been arrested for murder, Kausar packs her bags and heads to Toronto for the first time in twenty years. A widow with a keen eye for observation and sharp intuition skills, Kausar is determined to help her

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The Love Haters

Book Review The Love Haters by Katherine CenterRomance | Fiction | Contemporary If you ask me to recommend a romance, chances are I’ll pass you a Katherine Center novel. Contemporary romance is never a go-to genre for me but Center is the one author whose new releases I will eagerly keep an eye out for.

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All the Perfect Days

Book Review All the Perfect Days by Michael ThompsonAdult Fiction | Magical Realism It’s been a long time since I’ve devoured a book in a single sitting, but this magical realism novel was just the read to break that streak! Charlie Knight is a small-town doctor with a plan to escape. He dreams of something

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The Mother Next Door

Book Review The Mother Next Door by Andrea Dunlop and Mike WeberNonfiction | True Crime | Memoir No bond is more sacred than that between a mother and child. And no one is more sympathetic than a mother whose child faces a life-threatening illness. But what if the mother is the cause of the illness?

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