AMACAT by Charles Bowie

Blurb:

Second in the Donovan: Thief For Hire thriller series, Sean Donovan is embroiled in a triplet of trouble.

His sister’s newly ex-boyfriend, an obsessed art collector, dumped an ugly, but valuable fish mask in her lap. A mask being hunted by a lethal insurance agent.

Beth McLean, barely an acquaintance from London, is being framed. She reaches out to the only person she believes can help clear her name. Who at the Canadian embassy is behind this treachery?

Or is it all connected to his nemesis, Gaia? And did the multimillionaire art dealer order the murder of Donovan’s ex-girlfriend as the ultimate payback?

All this falls into Donovan’s lap, and he still cannot stop himself from a small side trip to find a stolen cask of the last great batch of Provençal pinot noir wine. Too much baggage? Read A Mask, A Cask and A Task: AMACAT.

Review by Rochelle:

I love to travel, and Sean Donovan travels a lot. I always cry on take-off when I fly from the sheer joy of taking to the air—and again on landing from the disappointment of being back on the ground. I am sooooo jealous of Sean! At least I get to fly vicariously through him, and travel the rivers of France aboard luxury cruise ships. Although, if I ever get to travel that way, I could do without the danger and intrigue he is fleeing. But as fiction it’s darned fun to read.

And, oh yeah—even though we know who did it, Mr. Bowie keeps us guessing just who hired the thugs and the reason why. I thought I knew, but I was wrong. That rarely happens! Kudos, Mr. Bowie!

Length: 308 Pages

Digital Price: $5.95

Buy Link:

https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/now-available-in-ebook/amacat-detail

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Thanks for visiting. Julie, Donna, & Rochelle

Here's One for Hallmark: The Christmas Lights by Rachel Kosinski

Blurb:

“Where do Christmas lights come from?”

The tiny bulbs of color that burn on a Christmas tree, or outside a house to shine in the night; does anyone really know where they originate? What if someone told you they weren’t intended for Christmas at all, but really for a miracle? That they were for love, a desperate idea, to light a boy’s way home?

In that case, you must have some questions. What boy? What love?

In that case, allow me to tell you a story.

Review by Rochelle Weber:

The Christmas Lights is the story of the love between Louis Eclat, a poor young American man who aspires to design jewelry despite his near-blindness, and Emmy Claiborne the daughter of the wealthiest family in town. Mr. Claiborne tries to get rid of Louis by sending him to work in a sweatshop in Liverpool, saying if he returns home by Christmas with a fortune, he can marry Emmy. Warned away from the sweatshop by fellow passengers aboard ship, Louis ends up in Paris, modeling for a painter. His eyes may not work well, but they’re an extraordinary aquamarine color, and Monsieur Gavon offers to share the sales revenue with Louis. He also encourages Louis to design a jeweled egg, travel to Switzerland, and show the design to his friend, Monsieur Fabergé, who helps him produce the egg, and then takes it to Russia.

Louis returns to Paris to find M. Gavon’s studio empty. With just weeks left before Christmas, he ends up broke, working at the sweatshop in Liverpool, and close to death, despairing of seeing Emmy again, let alone amassing the fortune he needs to marry her.

A storm limits visibility on Christmas. Knowing Louis’ difficulty seeing, Emmy wreaths her house in light, hoping to guide him home.

The Christmas Lights is a sweet romance, a story that can be shared with the family—especially one’s young daughters. In fact, I think it would make a wonderful Hallmark movie. I wouldn’t mind watching it annually. Do I need to say more?

Length:  96 Pages

Digital Prices:  $3.50

Buy Link:  https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/now-available-in-ebook/the-christmas-lights-detail

You’ll notice we always include the publisher’s buy link. That’s because authors usually receive 40% of the book price from the publisher. Editors and cover artists usually receive about 5%. When you buy a book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or another third-party vendor, they take a hefty cut and the author, editors and cover artists receive their cuts from what is left. So, if a book costs $5.99 at E-Book Publisher.com and you buy from there, the author will receive about $2.40. If you buy the book at Amazon, the author will receive about $0.83.

Downloading the file from your computer to your Kindle is as easy as transferring any file from your computer to a USB flash drive. Plug the larger USB end of your chord into a USB port on your computer and simply move the file from your “Downloads” box to your Kindle/Documents/Books directory. You can download your books onto your computer using “Save As” to a “Books” file you create and sort them into sub-folders by genre, author, or however you wish before transferring them to your Kindle. That way, if there’s a glitch with your Kindle, the books are on your computer. Your author will be happy you did when he/she sees his/her royalty statement.

Thanks for visiting. Julie, Donna, & Rochelle

The Silk Romance by Helena Fairfax

Blurb:

Jean-Luc Olivier is a devastatingly handsome racing-driver with the world before him. Sophie Challoner is a penniless student, whose face is unknown beyond her own rundown estate in London. The night they spend together in Paris seems to Sophie like a fairytale—a Cinderella story without the happy ending. She knows she has no part in Jean-Luc’s future. She made her dying mother a promise to take care of her father and brother in London. One night of happiness is all Sophie allows herself. She runs away from Jean-Luc and returns to England to keep her promise.

Safely back home with her father and brother, and immersed in her college work, Sophie tries her best to forget their encounter, but she reckons without Jean-Luc. He is determined to find out why she left him, and intrigued to discover the real Sophie. He engineers a student placement Sophie can’t refuse, and so, unwillingly, she finds herself back in France, working for Jean-Luc in the silk mill he now owns.

Thrown together for a few short weeks in Lyon, the romantic city of silk, their mutual love begins to grow. But it seems the fates are conspiring against Sophie’s happiness. Jean-Luc has secrets of his own. Then, when disaster strikes at home in London, Sophie is faced with a choice—stay in this glamorous world with the man she loves or return to her family to keep the sacred promise she made her mother.

Review:

The Silk Romance was a good read. The characters were sympathetic, and the book held my attention. Ms. Fairfax obviously did her homework. Taking place largely in Lyon’s silk district, I learned a lot about the manufacture of silk, and the world that surrounds it in France.

Surprisingly, the book is a contemporary tale. Jean-Luc is a modern celebrity, still a subject of paparazzi, even in retirement—a fact that adds to the story’s conflict. Grab a copy, visit Lyon and learn about silk while enjoying a sweet romance.

Length:  402 Pages

Price:  $5.50

Buy Link:  https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/now-available-in-ebook/the-silk-romance-detail

You’ll notice we always include the publisher’s buy link.  That’s because authors usually receive 40% of the book price from the publisher.  Editors and cover artists usually receive about 5%.  When you buy a book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or another third-party vendor, they take a hefty cut and the author, editors and cover artists receive their cuts from what is left.  So, if a book costs $5.99 at E-Book Publisher.com and you buy from there, the author will receive about $2.40.  If you buy the book at Amazon, the author will receive about $0.83.

Downloading the file from your computer to your Kindle is as easy as transferring any file from your computer to a USB flash drive. Plug the larger USB end of your chord into a USB port on your computer and simply move the file from your “Downloads” box to your Kindle/Documents/Books directory. You can download your books onto your computer using “Save As” to a “Books” file you create and sort them into sub-folders by genre, author, or however you wish before transferring them to your Kindle. That way, if there’s a glitch with your Kindle, the books are on your computer. Your author will be happy you did when he/she sees his/her royalty statement.

Thanks for visiting. Rose, Julie & Rochelle