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Review & Giveaway – Sinister Remnants by Anita Dickason @dollycas #anitadickason #sinisterremnants

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Sinister Remnants: (A Tori Winters Mystery)
by Anita Dickason
About Sinister Remnants

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Sinister Remnants: (A Tori Winters Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Setting – Texas
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mystic Circle  Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 26, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 380 pages
Hardcover
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1958464139
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1958464137
Paperback
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1958464120
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1958464120
Digital
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1958464144
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0H4X16L1M

MY REVIEW

Sinister Remnants by Anita Dickason is the fourth book in the Tori Winters Mystery series. Anita uses her vast experience with law enforcement to deliver a complex mystery. As Tori Winters prepares for the grand opening of Red Door Inn, she learns of a rumor stating that she is not the true owner.

I love this group of ladies: Tori, Mia, Heidi, Tina, and Cammie are more than friends, they are family. I love their relationship and I am sure the Red Door Inn will be a success, until a remnant arises and threatens her ownership of the mansion. Of course, we have some wonderful men that stand beside them. At the moment, they are all single, but we shall see how long that lasts.

Tori and Mia play Sherlock and Watson, going off on their own investigations. They don’t always use their best judgment and that can land them in some awkward, if not dangerous, situations.

I love the pretty cover for Sinister Remnants by Anita Dickason. It foreshadows the mystery that lies between the pages. We do have plenty of villains that want to get their hands on the mansion. Murder and mayhem knock on the door. Anita writes a clean mystery, suitable for all ages. She follows her characters as they grow their life situations change. I look forward to spending more time with the ladies and their beaus. I am curious what kind of mystery Anita will come up with next.

My thanks for out to Great Escapes for the opportunity to share Sinister Remnantas by Anita Dickason with you.

4 Stars

ABOUT SINISTER REMNANTS

The Past Leaves Traces! Some Turn Deadly!

Ambushed during a press tour of the new Red Door Inn, Tori Winters is blindsided by an accusation that she doesn’t own the mansion.

The Metro reporter’s vicious rumor soon proves to be more than tabloid fodder. An attorney has the proof.

Ensnared in a ruthless legal battle, Tori’s desperate search for answers uncovers a chilling truth. Some things were never meant to be dug up. But someone had.

A remnant, long forgotten in the shadows of her inheritance, ignites a danger far deadlier than a courtroom fight.

One murder was only the beginning.

Who is the next victim?

Excerpt

Tori gestured toward her team. “On behalf of all of us, thank you for coming. We hope you enjoyed the tour.”

Tori moved to the foyer, while Tina distributed the packets.

Holding the front door open, she smiled and thanked each reporter as they filed out.

Polaski, the last to leave, shot her a smug little look. “Too bad you went to all this effort for nothing.”

Tori kept her expression steady, but the words hit like a blow as she closed the door. A knot of unease tightened in her chest. She turned.

“For cripes’ sake! What was that all about?”

About Anita Dickason 

Anita Dickason is a twenty-two-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. Anita served as a patrol officer, undercover narcotics detective, advanced accident investigator, and Dallas SWAT tactical officer and first female sniper. Her law enforcement experience and knowledge provide an endless source of inspiration for her characters and plots.

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Review – Fright by Kevin Bachar #kevinbachar #fright

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Scary Horror Short Stories like Stephen King and Darcy Coates and Haunted Houses and Ghosts
Scary Horror Short Stories like Stephen King and Darcy Coates and Haunted Houses and Ghosts

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MY REVIEW

Fright by Kevin Bachar is 218 pages of terror, horror, and fear. Great cover. You may want to brace yourself, turn on all the lights, and lock the door. I have read some of his work and it never fails to entertain me, leaving me wondering how he comes up with some of these short stories. He can take a rental car and a simple CD and make them deadly. These fifteen tales kept me entertained. Some I enjoyed more than others, and I do look forward to reading more of Kevin Bachar’s work.

4 Stars

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A father and his two children visit a roadside attraction with a very special and very dangerous corn maze.

When a man rents a car with a CD stuck in its player, he decides to hit play and listen. Unfortunately, it’s a recording of a warning to the current driver, “Don’t leave the car.”

A lonely Fire Watch Ranger battles an unseen force that wants to enter her tower.

What happens when a NYC Detective interrogates a murderer who was supposedly executed years before?

From the writer who brought you the best-selling short story collections DREAD, CREEP, and CURSED comes a new set of tales that will force you to lock the doors and turn on the lights. FRIGHT is book three in the TRILOGY OF TERROR series.
FRIGHT is filled with the moments when our legs feel unsteady, and our hearts race, when the creatures and beings of the netherworld cross over and inhabit what we thought were safe spaces.

  • Genre: Anthology, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories
  • 218 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Published July 1, 2026

ABOUT KEVIN BACHAR

Kevin Bachar is a national EMMY award-winning natural history documentary filmmaker and WGA writer. The elevated horror film he wrote – The Inhabitant – https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/the-inh… – was released through Lionsgate and is available on most streaming services.

If you’ve watched National Geographic, PBS, or The Discovery Channel over the years you’ve seen his work. He’s the idiot in the water filming sharks or crawling into caves to photograph vampire bats. You can see Kevin at work filming sharks here – https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2703407897/…

The natural world has always captured his imagination and the supernatural world inspires his stories. Through his journeys, he’s interviewed scientists who’ve enlightened him, heard folk tales that have frightened him, and seen quite a few things that have challenged his skeptical mind.

His collection of short stories that weaves together the natural world and the supernatural world entitled, DREAD, is available on Amazon. He’s currently working on his second collection entitled – CREEP.

Complimenting his writing, Kevin has lectured and given presentations at prestigious institutions such as Rutgers University, American University, and the Rubin Museum of Art.
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Review – Fighting For Scarlett by Jane Blythe @jblytheauthor #fightingforscarlett #bearspotspublications

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MY REVIEW

Fighting For Scarlett by Jane Blythe is the first book in a new series with a new team, the Athena Team. They don’t work in the field. They are primarily scientists. Jane definitely puts her characters through the wringer. Emotions run riot and just because the man is manly, that doesn’t mean he is free of any dysfunctionality (Is that a word? If not, it should be. LOL)

At times I find myself wanting to reach into my Kindle and throttle the hell out of Tate. Who’s to say how someone will react when they are saddled with as much baggage as Scarlett and Tate. Trust and communication are always an issue with Jane Blythe’s characters. Doesn’t that sound like real life? Tate may think life with a woman is a one night stand, but I think we all know that Scarlett will be the exception to that rule. Jane Blythe does love her happy ever afters, but it is the journey to the happy ever after that fascinates me.

Scarlett works for Prey Security, but working in the lab seems like a tame job. That is, until she has developed something that someone wants and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. Well all know that something good can always be used for something bad.

Knowing Jane, I am waiting for the twist. Sure, there are things that trip me up, but I am able to let a lot of things slide and let an author take me where they want me to go. After all, they are the one giving the characters a voice. It’s nice to see some familiar characters, along with the new.

4 Stars

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How do you trust a man who hates you to help prove your innocence?

Life goes from bad to worse for Scarlett Madden. First she’s kidnapped from her bed in the middle of the night, then she’s accused of betraying her country. When the SEAL she had a one night stand with and hasn’t been able to get out of her head since is one of the men to rescue her she thinks everything is going to be okay. But it’s not, trouble has followed her home and she doesn’t know who to trust.

Navy SEAL Tate Laurier knows what it’s like to be betrayed and when he learns the woman who has been haunting his dreams is a traitor he’s determined to bring her down. But the more time he spends with Scarlett the less he can see her selling the miracle drug she helped create to her country’s enemies. If the two of them can’t learn to trust one another then not only will their lives be on the line but a dangerous weapons trafficker will get his hands on a powerful drug.

  • Genre: Fiction, Military, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Suspense, Thriller
  • 346 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Published May 14, 2024
  • Series: Prey Security: Athena Team #1

ABOUT JANE BLYTHE

USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe writes action-packed romantic suspense and military romance featuring protective heroes and heroines who are survivors. One of Jane’s most popular series includes Saving SEALs, part of Susan Stoker’s OPERATION ALPHA world! Writing in that world alongside authors such as Janie Crouch and Riley Edwards has been a blast, and she looks forward to bringing more books to this genre, both within and outside of Stoker’s world. When Jane isn’t binge-reading she’s counting down to Christmas and adding to her 200+ teddy bear collection!

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Vampires – Carry Me To My Grave by Christopher Golden #netgalley #christophergolden #carrymetomygrave

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MY REVIEW

They say ‘Maggie Wise will take your eyes’.

It all starts when Maggie Wise kicks the bucket. She elicited a promise from her son, Malcom, to take her home to Shediak, Maine. They must bury her before the second sunrise, so the race is on. Those she had cursed, forced to burrow deep underground, are rising to make sure that doesn’t happen.

The characters are well rounded and they will be tested.

A train wreck, a snowplow, a flying monster, creatures that refuse to die, and more are determined to rip the head off of Maggie and break the curse. It’s like running through a swarm of zombies, they will rip and gnaw and tear you apart. The suspense is off the charts. The minute I think they can pause and catch their breath, another monster pops up, putting their lives on the line…again and again.

 

4 Stars

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From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden comes a high concept horror novel about a man trying to protect his dead mother’s body from the evil that is hunting them.

Maggie Wise will take your eyes.

When Malcolm was growing up, the local kids made up that chant about his mother, claiming she was a witch. He and his siblings did their best to ignore it. Now, Maggie is dying, and those same siblings have left Malcolm and his sister-in-law Violet to hold a vigil at her bedside.

But they’re not as alone as they think they are. A dark figure waits and watches from beneath the willow tree across the street. Hundreds of miles away, an ancient evil stirs in its burrow under a farmer’s cornfield. Across the country, other buried things begin to dream in anticipation of Maggie’s demise. On her deathbed, the old woman elicits a promise from Malcolm, her youngest child―when she dies, he and Violet must return her body to her birthplace in Shediak, Maine.

From the moment she takes her last breath, before her remains are even loaded aboard the baggage car of the Imperial Limited, there are forces trying to stop Malcolm from fulfilling that promise. Violence erupts on the train, evil preys on its passengers, and once the sun goes down, those long-buried things are coming to make Maggie Wise pay for her past. God help anyone who stands in their way.

  • Genre: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller, Vampires
  • 331 pages, Kindle Edition
  • First published July 21, 2026 by St Martin’s Press

ABOUT CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN

CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN has been called “the king of the horror-thriller.” The New York Times bestselling, multi-award-winning storyteller has made his mark in many mediums, as a writer of novels, screenplays, animation, audio dramas, and comics, and as an editor of landmark horror anthologies. His work has been published in dozens of languages around the world. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Audie Award, he has been nominated for others, including the British Fantasy Award. His best-known novels include Road of Bones, The House of Last Resort, All Hallows, and his latest, Carry Me to My Grave. He lives in Massachusetts, where he watches too many movies and eats too much chocolate.

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Romantic Fantasy – The Convergence: Restoration by Richard French #richardfrench #indiepenpress #theconvergencerestoration

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Restoration, Unified Magic, Evolution of Magic
The heroes return

 

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MY REVIEW

The Convergence: Restoration by Richard French is the second book in The Convergence Series, a romantic fantasy between Samantha Reed and Connor Blake, that crosses generations.

The Federation has taught that magic is made up of opposing force that must never unite…but that is not the truth of the matter. Do you believe in reincarnation? That a soul can travel across time and existence and be reunited?

Magic. Enemies to lovers. Sacrifice. Reincarnation. Romance. Complex world building. Original. It’s pretty hard to come up with a scenario that seems fresh to me, because I always have my head in some kind of book.

Richard French has created a complex and thought provoking fantasy that is sure to entertain. I was lost in the world he created.

4 Stars

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When reality fractures, love becomes the ultimate weapon.

Engineer Samantha Reed’s perfectly ordered world explodes the night golden light erupts from her hands. Across the city, artist Connor Blake watches impossible shadows flow from his sculptures, defying every law of physics. Neither understands that these abilities mark them as living echoes of souls who died 150 years ago—souls who sacrificed themselves to save reality itself.

Now reality is breaking again.
Cosmic forces write aurora patterns across daylight skies. Reality storms tear through populated sectors. And the zealous Williams organization deploys weapons designed to destroy souls so completely that no form of existence—not even reincarnation—would survive.

But Samantha and Connor are more than just targets.
They’re the key to completing a restoration that was interrupted a century and a half ago. As shared dreams and inexplicable compulsions draw them together, they discover their connection transcends this lifetime—and that their growing love might be the only force powerful enough to heal wounds carved into the fabric of existence itself.

The hunt is closing in. Reality won’t wait. And some bonds are stronger than death.
Margaret Carter, guardian of forbidden historical knowledge, races to reach them before the Williams assassins strike. Emergency coordinator Nina Reyes struggles to protect civilians as magical disasters escalate beyond all containment. And deep in classified archives, evidence emerges that everything the magical authorities believe about unified consciousness—and the couple who wields it—is catastrophically wrong.

In this breathtaking sequel to The Broken Magic, two souls separated by lifetimes must choose between individual survival and cosmic salvation. Their victory heals the broken reality around them, letting them become guides for a restored world while keeping both their love and their lives..

Perfect for readers who loved The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and The Priory of the Orange Tree.
⭐ Enemies-to-lovers across family bloodlines
⭐ Reincarnated soulmates with preserved memories
⭐ Contemporary fantasy with hidden magical history
⭐ Engineer meets artist in a love story that could heal the universe
⭐ Complex worldbuilding with philosophical depth
Some missions transcend individual authority. Some love transcends time itself.

  • Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance
  • 502 pages, Paperback
  • Published July 8, 2025 by Indie Pen Press

ABOUT RICHARD FRENCH

Richard French writes at the intersection of technology, transformation, and storytelling. A former executive at Oracle and Nokia, and a serial startup leader, Richard brings decades of leadership experience to his books.

His non-fiction works include Daniel as a Blueprint for Navigating Ethical Dilemmas, The Journaling Mastery Series, and The Journaling Prompts Series. In fiction, his Convergence Series explores quantum physics, high fantasy, and human connection in richly imagined worlds.

Richard lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he writes full time and races GT cars on weekends. He believes in challenging limits—on the track, in business, and on the page.

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Dark Fantasy – Lies Among Gods by Johnna Dee #johnnadee #liesamonggods #netgalley

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MY REVIEW

In Lyra Nymphaea’s world, everything revolves around which God you worship. The problem Lyra has, no God has chosen her. She has lost the respect of her family and friends, and is dumped by her boyfriend. She finds out why no God will choose her, that upon her death she will become a Goddess.

There’s a prophecy. In order for her to become a goddess, she will be sent to Aetherfall and will have to pass three trials to earn her place among the gods.

Lyra finds herself pursued by two gods. One is grumpy and standoffish, the other is confident, flamboyant, a Casanova. It didn’t take much for me to figure out which one she would choose.

I love stories about gods and goddesses, especially when the good blends in with the bad and the ugly. It took a while for me to get into the story. To lay the foundation that there were many details that slowed the pacing at times. As I grew to know the characters, I got more involved and the pace picked up and so did my need to know what would happen next.

All in all, Lies Among Gods by Johnna Dee was highly entertaining and well worth recommending. So, if you love gods and goddesses, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and a fantasy filled with highs and lows, you can’t go wrong with Lies Among Gods.

 

4 Stars

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Imagine living in a world where all the gods were true. What if you had to apply to worship the gods?

In Lyra Nymphaea’s world, your whole life is based on what God you worship – your job, your relationship, friends, etc. All her life, she had not belonged. She had applied and denied to all deities, except for one. She couldn’t hold down a steady job. Her dating life was trash. People she used to be friends with distanced themselves from her. Because nobody wants to be around somebody who has no God and worships nothing. She applies to the last God in some desperate attempt to find some place to belong, only to be denied again. Then she finds out why…

Upon her death, she will be a goddess and she is supposed to live a life of strife to teach her some form of humility.
Now she is being pursued by two gods. Which will she choose?

  • Genre: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods and Godesses, Love Triangle, Romance
  • 350 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Published June 23, 2026 by Alstroemeria Publishing

ABOUT JOHNNA DEE

Author Johnna Dee is a fantasy romance writer who has three series out at the time of publication. Initially, her creative journey began with poetry, where she honed her skills in crafting evocative and lyrical verses. As her passion for storytelling grew, she ventured into the realm of novels, weaving intricate plots and enchanting worlds that transport readers to extraordinary realms.

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Chilling – Little Brother by Adam Cosco #adamcosco #littlebrother #booksirens

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Little Brother is a quick read at 178 pages, but what it lacks in pages, it makes up for in chills and thrills. Twelve year old Leslie Adams is found standing over the dead body of a young boy. Everyone thinks she did it, but she can’t remember anything. After years spent in an institution, she’s released and heads off to college. Visions and horrors haunt her. She awakes to find bruises and cuts. Could she be self harming….or is the more to the story?

Of course there is!

Adam Cosco had me twisting and turning as I tried to figure out WTH is going on. I loved traveling a winding road that brought me up short when I reached the end. Well done, Adam. I look forward to reading more of your work.

My thanks go out to Adam Cosco for the opportunity to share my thoughts of his novella, Little Brother.

4 Stars

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Twelve-year-old Leslie Adams is found covered in blood, standing over the lifeless body of a boy named Tommy. Everyone said she did it—after all, she was the only one there when he died. The most terrifying part? Leslie doesn’t remember a thing.

Years later, she still can’t escape the shadow of that day. Now in college, Leslie is desperate for a fresh start… until the blackouts return. Night after night, she wakes from these fugue states with fresh bruises and unexplained cuts on her skin. Doctors insist she’s self-harming—coping with repressed trauma. But deep down, Leslie knows something far more sinister is at play.

Disturbing visions begin to haunt echoes of childish laughter in empty rooms, the silhouette of a familiar little boy lingering just out of sight. Leslie fears the horror that claimed Tommy never really left. With each missing moment, the darkness inside her grows—stronger, bolder.

And when the truth finally claws its way to the surface, Leslie must confront a reality more terrifying than any childhood nightmare. Because the real horror isn’t what she might have done back then… it’s what’s been hiding inside her.

  • Genre: Fiction, Horror
  • 178 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Published October 31, 2024 by Dillhead Books

ABOUT ADAM COSCO

Adam Cosco is an award-winning author and filmmaker whose work dives deep into the shadows of the human psyche. A graduate of the prestigious American Film Institute, Adam cut his teeth in Hollywood before turning his focus to novels—crafting stories that blend horror, psychological suspense, and dark satire.

His novels—Little Brother, Say Goodbye to Jonny Hollywood, Lowlands, The Heart of a Child, and his latest mind-bending thriller The Dream Killer—have captivated readers with their atmospheric dread and sharp psychological insight.

Fearless, provocative, and impossible to ignore, Adam Cosco writes the kind of stories that leave a mark.

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Packs A Punch – Echoes Of The Forgotten: Web Of Malevolence by P D Alleva #pdalleva #webofmalevolence

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Web Of Malevolence by P D Alleva is a short horror story sure to curl your toes as we dive deep into darkness. P D Alleva is a master at spinning tales sure to shock your system, making you run around turning on lights, pushing the terror into the light. Web Of Malevolence is one of twelve short stories in the Echoes Of The Forgotten series.

Michael Tedesco finds himself wrapped up in a tale of revenge as the past meets the present. I love that P D Alleva weaves a story that has my mind spinning. Web Of Malevolence may be a short story and a quick read, but it packs a punch…so be sure and turn on the lights before diving in.

My thanks go out to P D Alleva for the opportunity to share Echoes Of The Forgotten: Web Of Malevolence.

4 Stars

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What happens when 12 storytellers unleash their darkest visions? You don’t just read it. You experience it. ‘Echoes of the Forgotten’ is a multi-author series that will stay with you long after the final page. 12 Authors. 12 Books. Zero escape.

Web of Malevolence

Winter, 1971. Grief drives teenager Michael Tedesco into exile—straight into the arms of a grandfather he barely knows, hidden deep within the sun-bleached isolation of the Florida Keys. At first glance, the island feels like paradise. But paradise has a memory. The locals watch too closely. Speak too little. And when they do speak, it’s only in hushed warnings—stories of Naia Tomes, a witch who once stalked the island… a woman said to have fed on human flesh before the newcomers put her down. Buried. Forgotten. Or so they claim. Because something is stirring again. The wind carries whispers that shouldn’t exist. Shadows linger where nothing should stand. And Michael begins to realize the truth the island has been Naia Tomes is not finished. As the past claws its way back into the present, Michael is pulled deeper into a suffocating nightmare—one woven from secrets, superstition, and blood. The kind of horror that doesn’t just haunt you… It waits for you. And on this island, revenge is not a story. It’s a ritual.

There’s more waiting in the Echoes of the Forgotten collection—each one steeped in its own brand of darkness. Don’t stop here… there are more folk horrors to satisfy your appetite. Be certain to read all the pulse pounding nightmares in the collection.

  • Genre: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories and Novellas
  • 90 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Published June 12, 2026 by Chamber Door Publishing, LLC

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.

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    Review – Woman Missing by A B Whelan #womanmissing #abwhelan

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    MY REVIEW

    I have read some of A B Whelan’s work and loved it, so when I had a chance to grab the ARC for Woman Missing, I jumped all over it. I love the gorgeous cover that pops off the page, and it definitely fits the story inside.

    The two main characters are Susan Keller and Ethan Morro and the story is shared from their points of view.

    Susan Keller had spent her life taking care of her husband and two children. But what about her? She has lost herself and her identity. What would it be like to start over? To be free? How about a hot week on Catalina Island with the girls and, maybe, find out?

    With Ethan, each violent occurrence takes him a step further into darkness. How long will he be able to keep his secrets? How long will he be able to control his urges?

    The story starts off a bit slow, laying the ground work as it moves along. I was lulled into a sense of complacency and I know A B Whelan won’t let me stay that way. A subtle sense of anticipation slowly rises. The suspense grows and it isn’t long before I am off and running, flipping pages with a sense of urgency.

    A B Whelan is good about throwing some twists and turns into the mix and I loved the ending. Well done!

    4 Stars

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    Two strangers. One island. What could possibly connect them?

    Susan Keller is a devoted wife and mother whose children have left home for college. On a weekend island getaway with friends, she begins to wonder what life might look like if she were free to start again.

    Ethan Morro works two exhausting jobs to support his wife and young children. Every day he watches wealthy tourists live the life he feels was meant for him.
    When tragedy strikes the island, investigators begin searching for answers.

    But what could possibly connect these two strangers?

    And what secrets were they both carrying that led them there?

    A chilling psychological suspense about desire, resentment, and the dangerous secrets people carry beneath ordinary lives.

    • Genre: Fiction, Psychological, Suspense, Thriller
    • 285 pages, Kindle Edition
    • Published June 2, 2026 by Burbank Books Publishing

    ABOUT A B WHELAN

    New release: No One Can Hear You Scream is a gripping, atmospheric psychological thriller about obsession, survival, and family bonds, releasing on October 20th.

    A.B. Whelan

    Whelan is an Amazon bestselling author of domestic psychological thrillers.

    She currently resides in California with her husband and two children. When she isn’t writing, editing, marketing, or researching her next book, you can find her walking her two rescue dogs, socializing online, coaching soccer, or doing another DIY project with her husband.

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    Romantic Suspense – Vicious Consequences by Amanda Siegrist @amanda_siegrist #viciousconsequences

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    MY REVIEW

    Amanda Siegrist writes some wonderful romance stories, but she has stepped up her game with Vicious Consequences, a sure to grip you in its clutches romantic suspense novel.

    “This is Jake Anders. Don’t bother leaving a message because the likelihood I call you back is slim to none.” Beeeep.

    I loved it. Gave me a chuckle, as does the next character in Amanda Siegrist’s novel, Vicious Consequences

    I love unique characters, and Amanda Siegrist created one in Detective Victoria Johansen. She randomly spits out random facts. That could mislead someone into thinking she isn’t to be feared, but they would be wrong. She is not afraid to admit when she makes a mistake, such as arresting the wrong man, Jake Anders. She has an active mind and has been accused of thinking too much. I can relate to that. Sometimes it’s hard to shut the mind down.

    The investigation has drawn them together and their relationship deepens. He accepts her and her uniqueness, but they don’t realize that the killer has them in their sights.

    Darn it, Amanda. I know that killing off a character can add to the story, but sometimes it ticks me off. Now the suspense has ramped up and the villain is enjoying every minute of it.

    Whenever I see Amanda Siegrist has written a new novel, I jump on her bandwagon. She has never failed to entertain me for hours on end, and recently she has amped up her game. So, if you are looking for a nail biter romance and a happy ever after, join me in reading an Amanda Siegrist novel.

    My thanks go out to Amanda Siegrist for the opportunity to share her novel, Vicious Consequences.

     

    4 Stars

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    No good deed goes unpunished.

    Jason Swanson thought he was done being a victim. After barely surviving an attack that left him jumping at shadows, he refuses to stand by when he witnesses a vicious assault. Except his heroism backfires when he’s arrested for the crime. Worse, the lead detective is the same woman who shot him down at his best friend’s wedding.

    Detective Victoria Johansen is tough as nails when it comes to her job, even if she’s awkward around everyone else. When she realizes she arrested the wrong man, she’s strong enough to admit her mistake. What she doesn’t expect is her growing attraction to Jason—a man who sees past her oddness to the woman beneath.

    As their relationship deepens, the real killer emerges from the shadows, turning their investigation into a deadly game of cat and mouse. But they have no idea how close the danger really is. Or that the killer has been watching them all along.

    Perfect for readers who crave pulse-pounding romantic suspense with jaw-dropping twists. One-click Vicious Consequences now to start this edge-of-your-seat thriller today!

    • Genre: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Suspense, Thriller
    • 240 pages, Kindle Edition
    • Published April 7, 2026 by Amanda Siegrist
    • Series: Consequences Novel, #4

    ABOUT AMANDA SIEGRIST

    Amanda Siegrist

    Love! Gimme some love and heaps of romance. I have a sappy heart that just loves two people meeting, going through the cycles of a relationship, and ultimately, falling in love. Give me a good book like that and I’m a happy camper:)

    I write contemporary and romantic suspense, but I am partial to suspense. I just love a good mystery.

    Besides writing, I love baking, crafts, and baseball…oh, and meeting new people. *smiles*

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