Review – Winter Of Blood And Miracles by M Guida #mguida #winterofbloodandmiracles

Posted on by

Amazon / KindleUnlimited / Goodreads

MY REVIEW

Winter Of Blood And Miracles is a holiday bonus story for the French Quarter Vampire King series. I love a good vampire story and I don’t read many where a child is born, let alone it being half nephilim and half vampire. I can see why demons would love to get their hands on the child. I was quickly wrapped up in the story, not wanting to stop reading until the last word was read.

I was swept away. Once I started reading, I didn’t want to stop. There were no big surprises in Winter Of Blood And Miracles, but it was a wonderfully written holiday story with some danger thrown in, friends shared, and a happy ever after.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos
4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

I never thought I’d get a miracle.
Not with my past. Not with the blood on my hands. And certainly not with a vampire king as my husband. But against every odd, I’m pregnant.

This child shouldn’t exist—half Nephilim, half vampire. A blend of heaven and darkness. My body can barely handle carrying it, and the supernatural world isn’t ready for what our baby could become.

Especially Balthazar.

The demon has been watching us, waiting. And when he finally strikes, he doesn’t come for me—he comes for our child.

Now the clock is ticking, and the snow-soaked streets of New Orleans run red as we tear the city apart to find who took our baby. I’ve faced monsters before… but nothing like this.

Because this time, I’m not just fighting for my life.
I’m fighting for my family.

Winter of Blood and Miracles is a dark holiday bonus story in the French Quarter Vampire King series—a tale of love, sacrifice, and the lengths a mother and father will go to for the miracle they never thought they’d have.

Dark Holiday Romance
Touch Her and DieG
Found Family
Miracle Baby
Protective Alpha Hero
Fated Mates

  • Genre: Dark Fantasy, Holiday, Horror, Paranormal, Romance, Supernatural, Vampires
  • 199 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Published November 25, 2025
  • Series: French Quarter Vampire King, Book 4

ABOUT M GUIDA

M Guida has always loved fantasy and romance, especially dragons. Growing up, she devoured fantasy books and all kinds of young adult books. And then she found romance and a whole new world opened up to her.

Now as an adult, she fell in love with academy romance and has blended all of her past loves into one compelling series. Dragons, vampires, elves, demons, and shifters all attend Legacy Academy.

When she’s not writing, she lives in the colorful Rocky Mountains with her fur baby, Raven, and enjoys taking her for walks.

Would you like to become a Legacy? Sign up for her mailing list and enter a world of the supernatural. https://geni.us/akJn

You can also join her private Facebook page-Legacy Academy https://geni.us/aksDhUZ You’ll become a legacy and find out about your special power and maybe even find some romance!

MY M GUIDA REVIEWS

  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • Product images are linked/I am an Amazon affiliate.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

Sherry’s Shelves 12.7 – 12.13.25

Posted on by

Hi Everyone. Well, a week of decorating for Christmas and I am done. I love all the lights the most. How about you? What is your favorite thing about Christmas?

Do your hooks look like this?

Of course a repair or two needs to be made.

Eric’s father made the ladders. Aren’t they great? Gotta have a couple Alabama elves. Now, I need to add a Michigan elf or two to the collection. Our ornaments are special ones we have chosen throughout the years. They definitely evoke wonderful memories.

Have a wonderful week.

LAST WEEK ON fundinmental

COMING UP ON fundinmental

  • Sherry’s Shelves
  • Review – Winter Of Blood And Miracles by M Guida
  • Review – Mortuous 28: Ashes Of Civilization by Kevin W K Moore
  • $15 GC – Voices Beyond The Creek by Curt Richards
  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product images are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

Giveaway – A Mysterious Christmas Collection by Michele Pariza Wacek @dollycas #micheleparizawacek

Posted on by

A Mysterious Christmas Collection:
A Charlie Kingsley/Redemption Detective Agency Crossover Christmas Cozy Mystery Anthology
by Michele Pariza Wacek

About A Mysterious Christmas Collection

goodreads badge


A Mysterious Christmas Collection: A Charlie Kingsley/Redemption Detective Agency Crossover Christmas Cozy Mystery Anthology
Cozy Mysteries
Setting – Wisconsin
Publisher: Love-Based Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 19, 2025
Number of Pages: 150
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0FVNJXFQS

In this charming Christmas cozy mystery collection, you get not one but TWO Christmas mysteries–one from the Charlie Kingsley Mystery series (Secret Santa Murder) and one from The Redemption Detective Agency (The Mysterious Case of the Dead Elf).

Even better, the characters in both series will make a crossover appearance in the other mystery.

Here’s a peek of each story:

Secret Santa Murder: A Secret Santa party goes off the rails when a guest is murdered after opening their gift. Can Charlie get to the bottom of who did it in this locked door mystery?

The Mysterious Case of the Dead Elf: Emily and the gang take on a case to help a young mother get over her childhood Christmas trauma. Can they go back in time and solve the mystery of a dead elf to save Christmas before it’s too late?

Includes TWO Christmas cookie family recipes!

The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries

The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries is funny, clean & twisty cozy series takes place in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin. They’re perfect if you enjoy small town cozy mysteries with quirky characters, pets, tea, culinary, a touch of romance, 1990s nostalgia and loads of fun. If you like books by Agatha Christie, Louise Penny and Maddie Day, you’ll love these books.

The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries is a continuing series with books that are standalone and can be read in any order.

The Redemption Detective Agency

A spin off from the Charlie Kingsley Mystery series. This cozy romcom mystery series also takes place in the 1990s and features a fish out of water amateur sleuth, pet detectives, a cast of silver sleuths (some you’ll recognize from the main series), cold cases and a hefty dose of romance. Think The Thursday Murder Club meets Bridget Jones’s Diary, but in small town Wisconsin. Also great for fans for The Golden Girls (if they started solving mysteries), Only Murders in the Building (without a podcast and takes place in Wisconsin) and Murder She Wrote.

All the books are clean, twisty and funny. They can be read in any order but to get the best experience, I would recommend starting with Book 1, The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive.

About Michele Pariza Wacek

A USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author, Michele taught herself to read at 3 years old because she wanted to write stories so badly. It took some time (and some detours) but she does spend much of her time writing stories now. Mystery stories, to be exact. They’re clean and twisty, and range from psychological thrillers to cozies, with a dash of romance and supernatural thrown into the mix. If that wasn’t enough, she posts lots of fun things on her blog, including short stories, puzzles, recipes and more, at MPWNovels.com.

Michele grew up in Wisconsin, (hence why all her books take place there), and still visits regularly, but she herself escaped the cold and now lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona with her husband and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.

When she’s not writing, she’s usually reading, hanging out with her dog, or watching the Food Network and imagining she’s an awesome cook. (Spoiler alert, she’s not. Luckily for the whole family, Mr. PW is in charge of the cooking.)

Author Links

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’s talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product imgaes are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

The Grand Finale – Review – The Sleepy Hollow Incident by P D Alleva @PdallevaAuthor #thesleepyhollowincident

Posted on by

Amazon / Goodreads

MY REVIEW

The Sleepy Hollow Incident IV by P D Alleva picks up where Book III left off. This Gothic horror story needs to be read in order. The eerie atmosphere in the town of Sleep Hollow covers up what lurks underneath. Marc had sacrificed himself to save Lori once, will he be here, at the end, to save her again? I am eager to find out how P D Alleva will wrap it up.

Blood, guts and gore run through the streets, whispers floating on air.

P D Alleva’s writing has the story unfolding in vivid detail. I couldn’t stop reading. Many bodies will fall, and I wonder who will be left when the story is done. And the house? Hmmmmm…Just because the story is over, does that mean that the evil is done? Would you want to visit Sleep Hollow?

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos
4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

The final descent into hell has begun.

Winter thickens over Sleepy Hollow as shadows rise from the soil and the ancient evil behind Marc Saduj’s bargain prepares to claim its throne. A buzzing veil of dread smothers the town. Shops are shuttered, streets abandoned, and whispers in the fog speak of a darkness older than time itself.

Detective Stephen Carver, bloodied but unbroken, stumbles back toward the Hollow after surviving betrayal and near death. Every step draws him closer to the cavern at Patriot’s Park, where the veil between worlds is tearing. Lori Francon, clutching Marc’s cryptic notebook, fights to find the man she loves—though what waits in the crypt may no longer be Marc at all.

Beneath the town, torture and sacrifice fuel the rise of the Man in Black, whose true demonic form now emerges. Ghost demons, covens, and corrupted souls gather as the astral plane cracks open, threatening to unleash Baphomet’s reign on earth.

As Marc confronts the horrifying truth of his bond with the Man in Black, he stands on the knife’s edge between redemption and damnation. Lori must decide how much she is willing to risk—her body, her soul, her very sanity—to pull him back from the abyss.

The battle for Sleepy Hollow is no longer about survival. It is about salvation—or surrendering the world to eternal night.

Gothic, romantic, and unrelenting in its terror, The Sleepy Hollow Book Four concludes PD Alleva’s chilling saga with a storm of forbidden love, supernatural horror, and cosmic dread. Perfect for fans of Anne Rice, Clive Barker, and The Haunting of Hill House, this finale asks one haunting When love itself is a curse, can it also be the cure?

  • Genre: Angels and Demons, Fiction, Gothic, Horror, Parnormal, Romance, Supernatural
  • Kindle Edition
  • Expected publication December 9, 2025 by Chamber Door Publishing LLC
  • Series: The Sleepy Hollow Incident IV

ABOUT P D ALLEVA

P.D. Alleva

I write books, that’s what I do. Horror, scifi, thrillers, fantasy, and sometimes a literary gem. Good ones, crazy ones, fun books, entertaining books, terrifying books that are absolutely insane, books with depth and thrills, and stories that rip out the heart of humanity and tosses it on a slab to be feasted on. Yeah, that’s what I do, I write books. Any questions?

My current projects include: the Pulp Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy series, The Dark Veil: The Rose Vol. III; the horror thriller novella series, Girl on a Mission; the supernatural thriller series, The Hypnotist; and a follow up to Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect, tentatively titled The Sleepy Hollow Incident.

Your free book is waiting. Join the PD Newsletter at https://pdalleva.com and score a free book.


WEBSITE LINKS

MY P D ALLEVA REVIEWS

  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product images are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

Review – Scaring And Daring by Eric Guignard @ericjguignard #kelleyarmstrong #jonathonmaberry #scaringanddaring

Posted on by

Amazon / Goodreads

MY REVIEW

Scaring And Daring is an anthology of short stories that takes something familiar and twists and turns it into something new, by a collection of award winning authors. The target audience may be for children eight to twelve, but can also entertain that child in you.

Do you like fairy tales and folklore? Do you like when someone takes your favorite story and turns it into something fresh? Some familiar tales are Peter Pan, Sherlock Holmes, Jules Verne and others that are sure to entertain. I love short stories. If I only have a few minutes, I can read a story and set the book aside to be resumed later.

Eric Guignard is great at creating collections that can entertain for hours

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos
4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here! 

Get ready for a terrifying spin on some of literature’s most beloved tales—no story is safe! From Captain Hook’s run-in with dark magic to Sherlock Holmes narrowly escaping graveyard spirits to a happily never after for Cinderella, this horror anthology is anything but a bedtime story. In this terrifying new collection for young readers, the best-loved stories from the literary canon are revisited and reimagined with a deadly twist by some of the top authors working in middle grade today. 

Featuring tales from New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Maberry and Kelley Armstrong, Carlos Hernandez, Lisa Morton, Maurice Broaddus, and many others, this collection will haunt you long after you turn the last page. Read on—if you dare!

Created by award-winning editor Eric J. Guignard.

• In “The Hound of the Basking Villas,” a wily girl teams with young Sherlock Holmes to search for a missing boy in a fae-haunted cemetery.

• In “The Boy of La Mancha Rides a Ghost Horse,” a young Don Quixote, along with his stalwart companions, seeks honor and recognition by capturing (before time of his mother’s curfew) a ghost horse that terrorizes all of La Mancha.

• In “Hook and the Hand of Fate,” Captain Hook trades a promise for the return of his hand, but learns that barters cannot be broken in Neverland.

• In “Prince Badi az-Zaman and the Ogress Fattan,” a young prince sets out to find an ogress responsible for mayhem among his people, only to learn not all is as seems.

. . . and more!

  • Genre: Anthology, Childrens, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories
  • 304 pages, Hardcover
  • Published August 12, 2025 by HarperCollins

ABOUT ERIC J GUIGNARD

ERIC J. GUIGNARD is a writer and editor of dark and speculative fiction, operating from the shadowy outskirts of Los Angeles, where he also runs the small press, Dark Moon Books. He’s twice won the Bram Stoker Award (the highest literary award of horror fiction), been a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award, and a multi-nominee of the Pushcart Prize.

He has over one hundred stories and non-fiction author credits appearing in publications around the world. As editor, Eric’s published multiple fiction anthologies, including his most recent, Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror , and A World of Horror , a showcase of international horror short fiction.

He currently publishes the acclaimed series of author primers created to champion modern masters of the dark and macabre, Exploring Dark Short Fiction ( Vol. I: Steve Rasnic Tem ; Vol. II: Kaaron Warren ; Vol. III: Nisi Shawl ; Vol. IV: Jeffrey Ford ; Vol. V: Han Song ; Vol. VI: Ramsey Campbell).

He is also publisher and acquisitions editor for the renowned +Horror Library+ anthology series. Additionally he curates the series, The Horror Writers Association Presents: Haunted Library of Horror Classics through SourceBooks with co-editor Leslie S. Klinger.

His latest books are Last Case at a Baggage Auction ; Doorways to the Deadeye ; and short story collection That Which Grows Wild (Cemetery Dance).

Outside the glamorous and jet-setting world of indie fiction, Eric’s a technical writer and college professor, and he stumbles home each day to a wife, children, dogs, and a terrarium filled with mischievous beetles. Visit Eric at: www.ericjguignard.com, his blog: ericjguignard.blogspot.com, or Twitter: @ericjguignard.

MY ERIC J GUIGNARD REVIEWS

  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product images are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

$10 GC – A Murder On Call by Jes Bogg @goddessfish #jesbogg #amurderoncall

Posted on by


This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Jes Bogg will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.



He only wanted to help. Now he’s being hunted.

When community carer, Baz Bexon, discovers a murder victim at a new client’s home, his life unravels. With unrestricted access to the property, he and his colleagues fall under suspicion.

Determined to clear his name, and wishing to safeguard the disabled occupant he’s employed to assist, Baz turns amateur sleuth on the seedier backstreets of Hull.

But his questioning arouses the interest of a killer. One fixated on revenge…

A Murder On Call is the gripping first novel in the Baz Bexon series. If you enjoy unlikely heroes, break-neck action, and gritty blends of mystery and thriller, dive into Jes Bogg’s debut.


Read an Excerpt

The house remained silent, apart from the background buzz of the central heating.

“I reckon she’s still in bed,” Baz said.

“Yup. Let’s go.” Shell took the lead. When she glanced through the open doorway beside the kitchen, she halted, staring into the darkened room.

“Hey, warn me when you’re gonna do that, would you?” Baz chided, stepping aside so as not to plough into her.

“Oh, crap!” Shell motioned through the door.

Baz followed her gaze. Someone lay on the threshold between the dining room and lounge.

“She’s fallen.” He swallowed.

They hastened to put on their disposable gloves, Shell pausing to turn on the dining room light.

A woman wearing a pink fluffy nightgown and matching slippers was curled on her side, her auburn hair pulled back in a tight bun and a pair of round-lensed spectacles askew on her large, aquiline nose.

Baz crouched beside her and took her hand with care. It chilled his palm.

“Jasmine, can you hear me?” His voice sounded foreign to his ears.

No response.

Pressing his fingertips into the woman’s neck, he felt for a pulse. Nothing.

He held his wrist to her mouth, hoping to feel the faintest tickle of a breath.

Again, nothing.

Pulling aside her robe, he checked for chest movements and froze.

A large kitchen knife protruded from her stomach, sticky blood coating the inside of her gown. He snatched his hand away and leaned back. “She’s dead.”

About the Author:

Jes was born, raised and continues to reside in England’s northern city, Kingston Upon Hull. She lives with her mother, eight-year-old daughter and their Abyssinian cat, Petrie.

Growing up, she was inspired by Point Horror stories, Sweet Valley High and anything by K A Applegate, and as an adult she was gripped by the writers Agatha Christie, Elizabeth Peters, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Lee Child and Scott Mariani.

As an advocate of breastfeeding, Jes volunteers for a local trust, assisting mothers to feed their children, in addition to promoting the benefits of human milk to their relatives. She has also taken on a new role at a nearby gymnastics club, a sport she loves to watch if unable to participate in.

A fair warning—don’t get her talking about ancient Egypt or cats, you’ll never get away.

Throughout her adult life, Jes has always been the one persuaded to produce thank you cards, letters of complaint, résumés, advertisements, and much more for family and friends. The constant excuse being, “You know how to write.”

And so, A Murder on Call was born.

Substack: https://substack.com/@jesbogg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559894321509
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/author_jes_bogg/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Call-Baz-Bexon-Book-ebook/dp/B0FX5ZV2RT/ref=sr_1_1
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Call-Baz-Bexon/dp/1919314113/ref=sr_1_2
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-murder-on-call
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-murder-on-call-jes-bogg/1148566957?ean=9781919314105
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-murder-on-call/id6754258225

Follow the tour and comment. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning. Follow the tour HERE.

  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’s talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product imgaes are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

Up For Preorder – Review – Illusion Of Truth by James L’Etoile @JamesLEtoile #illusionoftruth

Posted on by
ILLUSION OF TRUTH
ILLUSION OF TRUTH
ILLUSION OF TRUTH

 

Amazon / Goodreads

MY REVIEW

I am familiar with James L’Etoile’s name, but I have never read any of his work. His books sound right up my alley, so when I saw Illusion Of Truth and had the time to read it, I grabbed a copy. James does not disappoint.

Detective Emily Hunt is used to running towards danger, so when her boyfriend, also a cop, Brian Connor, is hurt in a church bombing, she will stop at nothing to find who is responsible. She has no idea how deep the conspiracy goes. By choosing to go slow with their relationship, did she lose her chance at happiness? She also has to cope with her mother’s dementia. How long before she doesn’t recognize who Amanda is?

It seems the villain is targeting the police. Why? What grievance could they have that would cause them to go to such extremes? Mystery and danger abound.

James L’Etoile supplies us with a hefty dose of suspects. I looked for the villain through a process of elimination, but he was not on my radar when James finally exposed him. I do love a story that keeps me guessing until the end.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos
4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

Hunter becomes the hunted
Sacramento Detective Emily Hunter is exposed to inhumanity on a daily basis—it’s the unfortunate baggage that comes with police work, and she’s mostly learned how to shoulder the load. But it all turns personal when her fellow cop and boyfriend, Brian Conner, is caught in the blast of a targeted church bombing.
Brian is gravely injured, suffering a traumatic brain injury. But the attacks don’t stop there—soon, more officers come under fire, and Emily searches for a connection. She and her partner, Javier Medina, discover that Brian and the other injured officers share a common past—a past that now has them targeted for payback.
Battling with heartbreak, Emily has to identify who’s responsible for the string of attacks and stop them before there are more casualties. Will Brian ever be the same again? Already grappling with her mother’s progressing Alzheimer’s, Emily can’t bear the thought of losing both of the people she loves most.
Though it feels impossible, Emily must stay focused on finding the criminals who uprooted her life—and making sure that justice is served.
Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter and Michael Connelly
While the novels in the Detective Emily Hunter Mystery Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence
Face of Greed
River of Lies
Illusion of Truth

  • Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Police Procedural
  • 430 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Expected publication January 6, 2026 by Oceanview Publishing

ABOUT JAMES L’ETOILE

James L’Etoile uses his twenty-nine years behind bars as an influence in his award-winning novels, short stories, and screenplays. He is a former associate warden in a maximum-security prison, a hostage negotiator, and director of California’s state parole system. His novels have been shortlisted or awarded the Lefty, Anthony, Silver Falchion, and the Public Safety Writers Award. River of Lies, Served Cold, and Sins of the Father are his most recent novels. Look for Illusion of Truth coming soon.

Find out more at:

www.jamesletoile.com
Prison to the Page Newsletter
Amazon Author Profile
Goodreads
BookBub: @crimewriter
Instagram: @authorjamesletoile
Threads: @authorjamesletoile
X: @JamesLEtoile
Facebook: @AuthorJamesLetoile
BlueSky: @jamesletoile.bsky.social

 

  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product images are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

Review – A Beautiful Couple by Leslie Wolfe @LWNovels #abeautifulcouple

Posted on by

Amazon / KindleUnlimited / Goodreads

MY REVIEW

I only had to crack open one of Leslie Wolfe’s novels and I knew she would be on my must read author list. Her writing fits me so well, she could have been writing her books just for me. If you love suspense that has you holding your breath and peeking between your fingers as you read the words on the ‘printed page’, Leslie Wolfe is for you.

Everyone thinks that Amanda Davis has a perfect life. House, fabulous. Career, successful. Husband, hunkalicious. But, we all know things are not always as they seem. Secrets hide behind closed doors. When Amanda’s husband, Paul kills someone, she is a witness. What do you think happens next? Well, she doesn’t go to the police, and that is her first mistake. She had wanted our of her marriage and now, Paul is refusing to let her go, manipulating her into keeping his secret.

As the story unfolds, Amanda makes more than one mistake and I never saw that happening. Leslie Wolfe writes some of the most wonderful endings, almost impossible to predict and sure to have you saying, WT. Yeah. All good for me…and you.

The short chapters make the book easy and quick to read. The story flows smoothly, like floating down a river on an inner tube, until…wham, bam, thank you ma’am. That sure woke me up. There were some predictable moments, but with the quantity of books out there, that is to be expected. It didn’t stop me from loving and devouring A Beautiful Couple by Leslie Wolfe.

If you are looking for a suspense/thriller author to add to your must read list, look no further.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos
4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

“Leslie Wolfe is a rockstar storyteller. I wanted more – how she managed it I do not think I will ever know. You will feel encouraged. You will think what just happened? Most importantly, you will want to read everything Leslie Wolfe has ever written.” Amazon Reviewer Sderebery ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Her husband killed someone. She’s the only witness.

Amanda Davis has it a beautiful home, a thriving career, and a charismatic husband who is the darling of television news. But when Paul kills someone in a disturbing accident, Amanda’s perfect world shatters. Pulled into a web of manipulation, deceit, and dark secrets, she becomes his unwilling accomplice, trapped in a twisted, dangerous existence that tests the limits of love and loyalty.

As the weight of the secret bears down, Amanda begins to see a side of Paul she’s never known—cold, manipulative, and dangerously unpredictable. His charm fades, replaced by a chilling determination to keep their secret at any cost. The walls are closing in: the police are investigating, strange events unsettle her, and Paul’s behavior grows more menacing by the day.

Trapped and isolated, Amanda realizes she’s not just covering up an accident—she’s become a prisoner in her own life. With her sanity and safety on the line, she must How far will she go to escape the web of lies? And who can she trust when the one person she thought she knew best becomes a threat?

In this gripping, twisty psychological thriller, Amazon Charts and Kindle #1 best-selling author Leslie Wolfe masterfully crafts a tale of chilling deception, dangerous secrets, and the terrifying lengths we go to in order to keep up appearances. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell, and Jeneva Rose, A Beautiful Couple will leave you breathless and questioning everything you thought you knew about love, loyalty, and trust.

  • Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Psychological, Suspense, Thriller
  • 372 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Published December 25, 2024 by Italics Publishing

ABOUT LESLIE WOLFE

Leslie Wolfe is a bestselling author whose novels break the mold of traditional thrillers. She creates unforgettable, brilliant, strong women heroes who deliver fast-paced, satisfying suspense, backed up by extensive background research in technology and psychology.

Leslie released the first novel, Executive, in October 2011. Since then, she has written many more, continuing to break down barriers of traditional thrillers. Her style of fast-paced suspense, backed up by extensive background research in technology and psychology, has made Leslie one of the most read authors in the genre and she has created an array of unforgettable, brilliant and strong women heroes along the way.

A recently released standalone and an addictive, heart-stopping psychological thriller, The Girl You Killed will appeal to fans of The Undoing, The Silent Patient, or Little Fires Everywhere. Reminiscent of the television drama Criminal Minds, her series of books featuring the fierce and relentless FBI Agent Tess Winnett would be of great interest to readers of James Patterson, Melinda Leigh, and David Baldacci crime thrillers. Fans of Kendra Elliot and Robert Dugoni suspenseful mysteries would love the Las Vegas Crime series, featuring the tension-filled relationship between Baxter and Holt. Finally, her Alex Hoffmann series of political and espionage action adventure will enthrall readers of Tom Clancy, Brad Thor, and Lee Child.

Leslie has received much acclaim for her work, including inquiries from Hollywood, and her books offer something that is different and tangible, with readers becoming invested in not only the main characters and plot but also with the ruthless minds of the killers she creates.

A complete list of Leslie’s titles is available at LeslieWolfe.com/books.

Leslie enjoys engaging with readers every day and would love to hear from you. Become an insider: gain early access to previews of Leslie’s new novels.

MY LESLIE WOLFE REVIEWS

  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product images are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

Up For PreOrder – Review – The Flack by Brad Parks @Brad_Parks #theflack

Posted on by

Amazon / Goodreads

MY REVIEW

Journalists existed to search for and tell the truth. PR people existed to manipulate and obfuscate it. They were paid mouthpieces, spin masters, shills. Old school reporters referred to them as flacks.

Curt Hinton was a journalist and he saw the writing on the wall.He was becoming obsolete. Angel offered him an out, to come to work for the same company he worked for, Balco, the Bay Area Logistics Company. Curt’s first day on the job, he finds out his best friend, Angel, was killed. Curt wants answers.

I love a good vigilante story. Of course, in real life, we can’t all seek justice for ourselves. It would be the Wild West all over again. That doesn’t stop me from loving a character that sees wrong and calls out the wrongdoers.

The Flack went to a place I didn’t see coming. Dark and dangerous, Curt doesn’t shy away from doing the right thing. Of course, that puts a target on his back. Curt is naive and I had a little problem with that, but I can’t really talk about it. You’ll have to learn what I’m talking about by reading The Flack yourself.

I loved The Flack. I was drawn into the story early and, as the mystery grew, so did my curiosity. The more I read, the more involved I became. I wondered how Brad Parks would wrap it up. Great job.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos
4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

His final Don’t take the job. Just run.
Curt Hinton and Angel Reddish are like a Hollywood buddy flick come to former college roommates turned lifelong best friends who always have each other’s backs. So when Angel offers Curt the chance to leave his job at a failing newspaper and take a lucrative position as head of corporate communications at Balco, the Bay Area Logistics Company, Curt takes the leap.
Nothing bad can happen with Angel at his side.
That illusion is shattered on Curt’s first day at Balco, when he learns that Angel was killed the night before during a carjacking. Tasked with writing a press release about the crime, Curt quickly discovers the carjacking wasn’t random—it was a targeted attack by professional killers.
Who would murder Angel? And why? The Oakland Police don’t have any answers. Neither does the FBI. As Curt is drawn into the mystery of his best friend’s death, he discovers there are many possible suspects—and that there’s a lot more danger swirling around his new employer than he could have ever imagined.
Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Jodi Picoult

  • Genre: Fiction, Financial, Suspense, Thriller, Vigilante
  • 417 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Expected publication February 3, 2026 by Oceanview Publishing

ABOUT BRAD PARKS

International bestseller author Brad Parks is the only writer to have won the Shamus, Nero, and Lefty Awards, three of American crime fiction’s most prestigious prizes. His books have been translated into 16 languages and have earned starred reviews from every major pre-publication journal.

A father of two and a husband of one, Brad is a slow runner and an even slower swimmer. He’s grateful for his readers, because otherwise he’d just be a guy who has a lot of conversations with himself in his own head.

For more information — or to sign up for the newsletter written by his impertinent interns — visit his website at www.bradparksbooks.com.

To find Brad on Twitter, go to www.twitter.com/Brad_Parks.

And for Facebook: www.facebook.com/BradParksBooks.

  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product images are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!

Sherry’s Shelves 11.30 – 12.6.25

Posted on by

Hi Everyone. Well, it has been cold and wet here in (not) sunny Florida. We have some even colder weather moving in…and I’m not happy about it. Sure, I don’t really miss the 100 degree days, but, come on, 40s and 50s are out! 🙂 At least it’s great reading, blogging and Christmas decorating weather. I hope to have most everything done in the next few days. What’s your weather like? For those who celebrate Christmas, how’s your decorating coming along? Have a super week.

LAST WEEK ON fundinmental

COMING UP ON fundinmental

  • Sherry’s Shelves
  • Review – The Flack by Brad Partks
  • Review – A Beautiful Couple by Leslie Wolfe
  • Review – Illusion Of Truth by James L’Etoile
  • Review – Scaring And Daring by Eric Guignard
  • $10 GC – A Murder On Call by Jes Bogg
  • The Grand Finale – The Sleepy Hollow Incident by P D Alleva
  • Giveaway – A Mysterious Christmas Collection by Michele Pariza Wacek
  • You can see my Giveaways HERE.
  • You can see my Reviews HERE.
  • If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
  • Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
  • Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
  • I am an Amazon affiliate/product images are linked.
  • Thanks for visiting fundinmental!