EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY: Tainted Waters by Maggie Thom

Welcome to my stop on the tour for an exciting thriller, "Tainted Waters",  by Maggie Thom. An award winning author, Maggie took the challenge and leapt off, leaving a full time, twenty year career in management, to write full time. After publishing her first suspense/thriller book Captured Lies, October 2012, she published her second novel, Tainted Waters, April, 2013. Tainted Waters went on to win 2013 Suspense and Thriller Book of the Year through Turning the Pages Magazine and Captured Lies won book of the Month through LAS Reviews (February 2014). She published her third novel, Deceitful Truths (The Caspian Wine Series - Book 2), March 2014. An avid reader and writer her whole life, she decided to break the monotony of wishing to be an author by making it happen. She is a wholehearted nature lover and likes nothing better than to take a book, hike to a remote spot by a river or waterfalls and read. Married to her best friend, she is learning that humor, love and patience help her navigate her way through her twins’ teen years. Her motto: Escape to read and Read to escape. "Maggie Thom writes a fast paced thriller laced with romance that keeps the reader interested and on edge!" InDtale Magazine

Find Maggie Online:

Website: www.maggiethom.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMaggieThom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maggiethom2
Blog: http://maggiethom.wordpress.com/the-write-to-read/
Google +: https://plus.google.com/+MaggieThom/posts
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/maggiethom2/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6549592.Maggie_Thom

The Friday 56 #33 Shattered by Kevin Hearne

This is a fun meme to do hosted by Freda's Voice. If you'd like to join in the fun go to The Friday 56.

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

I'm reading an urban fantasy,  "Shattered" by Kevin Hearne. This is one of my favorite series, a perfect blend of mythology, urban fantasy, action, drama, humor, and excellent story-telling. The quote is from page 56 in the hardcover.

Laksha darts into the house to retrieve what I suppose must be called her exorcism kit, along with my  staff, and to offer a hurried farewell to the family. I squat down next to my hound and scratch behind her ears, trying to think of something that might hold a stronger psychic signature of my dad than the shattered remains of that clay vessel.

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Bea Reviews The Cursed by Heather Graham

Publisher: Harlequin MIRA
Series: Krewe of Hunters #12
Format Read: egalley
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Buying Links: Amazon* | Book Depository* | OmniLit* | Barnes & Noble
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Blurb from goodreads:

Hannah O'Brien, who grew up in the house and now runs it as a B and B, has always had a special ability to see a pair of resident ghosts. But when a man is murdered in the alley behind her place, she's dismayed when his spirit appears, too, asking for help.

FBI agent Dallas Samson has a passionate interest in the murder, since the victim's a colleague whose death is connected to the smuggling ring known as Los Lobos—the wolves. Now Dallas is even more committed to chasing them down….

Unaware that Dallas has certain abilities of his own, Hannah calls her cousin Kelsey O'Brien, a member of the FBI's Krewe of Hunters, an elite unit of paranormal investigators. The present-day case is linked to a historical mystery involving salvagers, a curse and a sunken ship. Danger and desire bring Hannah and Dallas together, but to survive, they have to solve the mysteries of the past—and stay alive long enough to solve the crimes of the present!

Cat Thursday - Of Course It's A Bed!

 Welcome to the weekly meme hosted by The True Book Addict that celebrates cats; their foibles and humorousness and the joy they bring. You can join in by posting a favorite LOL cat pic you made or came across, cat art or share with us pics of your own felines, then post your link up at The True Book Addict.

Goof decided his new scratching pad also works quite well as a bed. I apologize for the mess, the fans had blown a stack of paperwork on the floor and I didn't take time to clean before taking the picture.

Since I took this picture, he's either ignored the scratcher or sprawled on it. I think he prefers the flat cardboard scratchers but the store was out of those when I went shopping.

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Bea Reviews Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer

Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
Series: The Clifton Chronicles #4
Format Read: Large Print Hardcover
Source: local library
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Buying Links: Amazon* | Book Depository* | OmniLit* | Barnes & Noble
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer's Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend Bruno?

When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, the egregious Major Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham.

Back in London, Harry and Emma’s adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Priscilla Bingham, Jessica’s future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend, Lady Virginia Fenwick, who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice.

Then, without warning, Cedric Hardcastle, a bluff Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes an upheaval that none of them could have anticipated, and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle’s first decision is who to support to become the next chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Major Alex Fisher? And with that decision, the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Be Careful What You Wish For showcases the master storyteller’s talent as never before – when the Clifton and Barrington families march forward into the sixties, in this epic tale of love, revenge, ambition and betrayal.

Blog Tour Review of A Biscuit, A Casket by Liz Mugavero

Publisher: Kensington
Series:Pawsitively Organic Mystery #2
Format Read: paperback 
Source: from the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Buying Links: Amazon* | Book Depository* | OmniLit* | Barnes & Noble
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

The small town of Frog Ledge, Connecticut, has wholeheartedly embraced Kristan "Stan" Connor's new business--preparing quality organic treats for dogs and cats. On a healthy diet, the animals may live longer. . .but one local farmer won't be so lucky. As Halloween approaches, Stan is asked to cater a doggie costume party hosted by the Happy Cow Dairy Farm. Part of a local co-op, Happy Cow specializes in organic dairy products, and farmers Hal and Emmalee Hoffman have started opening up the farm for parties, offering a "haunted" corn maze as an added attraction.

When Hal's lifeless body is found in the maze, the police at first suspect his wife, but Stan soon learns the dairy farmer had plenty of enemies--from bitter family members to shady business associates. If Stan can't extract a kernel of truth from the labyrinth of lies, she may be the next one to buy the farm. . .

Sunday Book Share #97

 

 I'm participating in The Sunday Post, hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer; Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits and Tea; Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews; Bought Borrowed and Bagged, hosted by TalkSupe; and Library Loot co-hosted by The Captive Reader and Silly Little Mischief. All of these memes are about sharing the print and digital books received and/or posts and events on the blog.

So, last week I was on vacation, or more accurately, staycation. I was productive but also relaxed and read. The a/c saga continues. The repair guy showed up, looked at it, didn't even touch it, and said, "We don't work on these units." Sigh. Apparently, no one likes to work on wall units. I was pissed, especially as I'd SAID it was a wall unit when I made the appointment. It doesn't help that the unit is at least 12 years old. So, since replacing it is not in the budget, I'm looking at cheap window units.