Reviews – Blue Mood Café

The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love by Alice Hoffman @ahoffmanwriter @carenoutloud @carenoutloud.bsky.social @heyitsmaxmeyers @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheBestDogInTheWorld

the setup… Alice Hoffman has assembled a collection of stories by fourteen wonderful writers who are kind enough to share their dog companion experiences and celebrate their lives at the same time. Each story bears the name of their beloved pooch. The contributors: Isabel Allende, Chris Bohjalian, Bonnie Garmus, Roxane Gay, Emily Henry, Ann Leary,… Continue reading The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love by Alice Hoffman @ahoffmanwriter @carenoutloud @carenoutloud.bsky.social @heyitsmaxmeyers @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheBestDogInTheWorld

the setup… Jackson Clark is a radio station weatherman who is also the guardian of his fifteen-year old twin sisters. He’s defined by his need for structure, organization and routine, which is often disrupted by Delilah Stewart, the woman who parks crookedly next to him everyday. She’s a TV reporter who does unusual field reports… Continue reading And Now, Back to You by B. K. Borison @authorbkborison @heyitsmaxmeyers @britpressley @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #Heartstrings #AndNowBackToYou

the setup… It’s Valentine’s Day, exactly one year since Maia St. James caught her cheating ex-boyfriend in the act. The last thing she wants to do is be among people let alone go to a party. But her two best friends talk her into going with them to a Death to Valentine’s Day masquerade ball… Continue reading Death to Valentine’s Day by Catherine Cowles @catherinecowlesauthor @mallonerin @connorcrais @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #DeathToValentinesDay

the setup… Zach is twelve years old and on a father-son backcountry ski weekend with his father Bram who has organized the trip for his top investors. His business is in trouble and Bram needs their continued financial support. Zach hopes this will be his chance to show his father his survival skills, taught to… Continue reading Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra @tsierraauthor @tsierraauthor.bsky.social @michael.l.crouch @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #WarningSigns

the setup… Meet the cast members of The Golden Gays, a drag tribute to The Golden Girls television series. Theodore (Teddy) Copeland owns a vintage clothing store and is the flamboyant member of the group; Barry is an aging actor who actually was in the series pilot but his role was cut and his career… Continue reading That’s What Friends Are For by Wade Rouse @authorwaderouse @danielhenningla @jojofro1 @artbrown_vo @georgenewbern @harlequinbooks #ThatsWhatFriendsAreFor

the setup… Rory Smith and Oliver Adams had what feels like a serendipitous encounter…in a drama class. She was randomly paired with him for a scene from Romeo and Juliet and shared a kiss she never forgot. Jump forward four years and they have another random encounter right before Valentine’s Day that is both unique… Continue reading A Play for Love by Trilina Pucci @authortrilinapucci @jsvilinsky @jsvilinsky.bsky.social @sayitsstephendexter @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #APlayForLove

the setup… Flight 868 is a scheduled non stop flight from San Diego to San Juan. Passengers include high school baseball players headed to a tournament, a destination wedding party (including the groom’s ex), an air marshal who’s hiding a secret and a new flight attendant assigned when the flight’s departure is delayed. All is… Continue reading Murder at 30,000 Feet by Susan Walter @susanwalterauthor @susanwalter.bsky.social @thescottbrick @blackstonepublishing @blackstonepub.bsky.social #MurderAt30000Feet

the setup… Even though Lilah Everwood’s first novel wasn’t the bestseller she’d hoped for, she still has new ideas for her next that has her excited. However, when she’s called to meet with her publisher, she learns they’ve got another idea in mind. Renowned regency romance writer Elizabeth Lancaster hasn’t been able to craft a… Continue reading Leave It Up to Love by Kristy Woodson Harvey @kristywharvey @jorjeanamarie_ #CourtneyPatterson @brilliancepublishing @amazonpublishing #LeaveItUpToLove

the setup… It’s 1950 Mannheim, Germany and Ethel Gathers, a black woman married to an officer, is desperate to start a family. She discovers an orphanage filled with children who are obviously mixed race, born of Black soldiers and German women. They were placed there when the mothers could no longer support them or keep… Continue reading Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson @sadeqasays @mskarenchilton @realadamlw #KarenChilton @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social

the setup… The Mobile Response Team’s latest case is in Jacksonville, Florida at the exclusive Sapphire Shoals Spa Resort where three newlywed couples stayed and were later found dead. FBI Agent Matt Costa (also the team’s leader) and Detective Kara Quinn, who has a striking resemblance to the victims, go undercover as newlyweds to bait… Continue reading Make It Out Alive by Allison Brennan @abwrites @suzanne_t_fortin @suzannefortin.bsky.social @harlequinbooks #QuinnAndCosta #MakeItOutAlive

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