Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Expat Affair by Kimberly Belle @kimberlybellebooks @jenniferjill.araya @jenniferjillaraya.bsky.social @theladyhamlet @theladyhamlet.bsky.social @harlequinbooks #TheExpatAffair

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Rayna Dumont is an American expatriate living in Amsterdam and working as a freelance travel writer. Licking her wounds following a brutal and scandalous divorce, she decides to throw caution to the wind one evening and go home with Xander, her Tinder date. She wakes the next morning to find him murdered in… Continue reading The Expat Affair by Kimberly Belle @kimberlybellebooks @jenniferjill.araya @jenniferjillaraya.bsky.social @theladyhamlet @theladyhamlet.bsky.social @harlequinbooks #TheExpatAffair

Bookish Stuff, Meme

Can’t Wait Wednesday – Let’s Make a Scene by Laura Wood @lauracwood @atriabooks @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #LetsMakeAScene #CantWaitWednesday

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Who knew there’d be a sequel… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Let’s Make a Scene by Laura Wood @lauracwood @atriabooks @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #LetsMakeAScene #CantWaitWednesday

Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction

I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney @johnkenneywriter @seanpatrickhopkins @zibbypublishing @librofm @libro.fm #ISeeYouveCalledInDead

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Bud Stanley is stuck. He’s a middle-aged obituary writer living in Brooklyn, divorced from a woman who left him for someone unremarkable. Bud is going through the motions of life and even his writing has gone stale. One night after too much to drink, he pens his own obituary and accidentally publishes it.… Continue reading I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney @johnkenneywriter @seanpatrickhopkins @zibbypublishing @librofm @libro.fm #ISeeYouveCalledInDead

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #ColdHeartCreek

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Game commission officers discover two bodies while out on inspection and contact both the Lenore County Sheriff and the Denton Police Department as jurisdiction isn’t clear. Josie and Noah determine it’s theirs but coordination with Lenore County is still required depending on where the investigation leads. Valerie and Tyler Yates appear to have… Continue reading Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #ColdHeartCreek

2025 Challenges, Bookish Stuff

2025 June is Audiobook Month (JIAM) Challenge #JIAMAudiobookChallenge @caffeinatedreviewer @caffeinatedreviewer.com @jen_twimom @jentwimom@bsky.social

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

I’m participating in this year’s June is Audiobook Month (JIAM) Challenge, hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer & That’s What I’m Talking About. The challenge will run from June 1 through June 30. Since I listen to more books than I read, this should be fun! Challenges Complete at least one challenge to enter giveaway. See rules… Continue reading 2025 June is Audiobook Month (JIAM) Challenge #JIAMAudiobookChallenge @caffeinatedreviewer @caffeinatedreviewer.com @jen_twimom @jentwimom@bsky.social

Audiobook, Contemporary Romance

Long Time Coming by S. L. Scott @s.l.scott @samanthareadsromance #RyanHudson @hambright_pr #LongTimeComing

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Christine (Pris) Greene has crushed on Tagger Grange since she was sixteen but to him she was his best friend’s little sister and off limits. He left Peachtree Pass, Texas to find his fortune and did so, now an investment manager in New York. Tagger is also a divorced single father to six-year… Continue reading Long Time Coming by S. L. Scott @s.l.scott @samanthareadsromance #RyanHudson @hambright_pr #LongTimeComing

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @emilysuttonsmith @brilliance.publishing #TracyCrosswhite #ADeadDraw

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Detective Tracy Crosswhite is known for her professionalism, maintaining her cool under pressure and her championship shooting skills. It’s when she’s interviewing murder suspect Erik Schmidt that it all comes to a crashing head. See, Schmidt was a close friend in prison of the man who murdered her sister. When he viciously taunts… Continue reading A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @emilysuttonsmith @brilliance.publishing #TracyCrosswhite #ADeadDraw

Bookish Stuff, Meme

Can’t Wait Wednesday – We Don’t Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry @kristenlberry @bantamuk @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #WeDontTalkAboutCarol #CantWaitWednesday

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Another promising debut. Can’t Wait! Description… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – We Don’t Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry @kristenlberry @bantamuk @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #WeDontTalkAboutCarol #CantWaitWednesday

Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction

Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey @kristywharvey @cassandracampbell @miahutchinsonshaw @suehylaeyoung @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #BeachHouseRules

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Charlotte Sitterly’s idyllic world in the beachfront town of Juniper Shores, North Carolina is turned upside down overnight when her husband Bill is arrested for financial crimes. She and her teenage daughter Iris find themselves barred from their home, almost penniless with bank accounts frozen and nowhere to turn. But an angel in… Continue reading Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey @kristywharvey @cassandracampbell @miahutchinsonshaw @suehylaeyoung @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #BeachHouseRules