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  Book Details: Book Title: Bones of the Redeemed (A Southwestern Mystery) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 298 pages Genre: Historical Mystery (1952) Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: November 2020 Format available for review: print, mobi (for Kindle), pdf Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: Nov 9 to Dec 4, 2020 Content Rating: R for abuse, does contain the f-word a few times, Book Description: A pit of corpses. An ancient cult. A quest for redemption that could leave her dead… New Mexico, 1952. Archaeology grad student Ruby Delgado is plagued by guilt after losing her son. So when her latest excavation drops her down a sinkhole filled with suspiciously mutilated bodies, she’s driven to bring the murderer to justice. But when digging deeper brings her dangerously close to a sinister religious sect, she could be their next sacrifice… Discovering some of the victims were crucified, Ruby pushes hard to give the evidence to the authorities. But when her trail crosses the path of a beaten man left for dead in the desert, she realizes she may be the only person who can save the community. Can Ruby stop the sacrifices and slay her inner demons, or will hers be the next body laid to rest? Bones of the Redeemed is a hair-raising standalone Southwestern mystery. If you like complex heroines, cult conflict, and hard-won redemption, then you’ll love Kari Bovee’s grisly tale.  Meet the Author: When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels. Empowered women in history, horses, unconventional characters, and real-life historical events fill the pages of Kari Bovée’s articles and historical mystery musings and manuscripts. An award-winning author, Bovée was honored with the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards Hillerman Award for Southwestern Fiction for her novel Girl with a Gun. The novel also received First Place in the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards in the Mystery/Crime category, and is a Finalist in the 2019 International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards and the International Chanticleer Goethe Awards, as well as the Next Generation Indie Awards. Her novel Grace in the Wings is a Finalist for the 2019 International Chanticleer Chatelaine Awards and the International Chanticleer Goethe Awards. Her novel Peccadillo at the Palace is a Finalist in the 2019 International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards and the 2019 International Goethe Awards, as well as a Finalist in the 2019 Best Book Awards Historical Fiction category. Bovée has worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company, has written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters, and has worked in the education field as a teacher and educational consultant. She and her husband, Kevin, spend their time between their horse property in the beautiful Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, and their condo on the sunny shores of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Connect with the author: Website ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Instagram Tour Schedule: Coming soon! Enter the Giveaway:
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Join Us for this Audiobook Series Tour from Aug 31 to Oct 2, 2020! SERIES DETAILS: Series Title: Henrietta and Inspector Howard by Michelle Cox Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Release dates: November 2017; April 2017; April 2018; April 2019; April 2020 Format available for review: audiobook (Author Direct Download) Tour dates: Aug 31 to Oct 2, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality. 
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Book Title: A Girl Like You (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: November, 2017 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago’s northwest side. It’s 1935, but things still aren’t looking up since the big crash and her father’s subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings. Henrietta is eventually persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall—and just when she’s beginning to enjoy herself, the floor matron turns up dead. When aloof Inspector Clive Howard appears on the scene, Henrietta agrees to go undercover for him—and is plunged into Chicago’s grittier underworld. Meanwhile, she’s still busy playing mother hen to her younger siblings, as well as to pesky neighborhood boy Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and keeps popping up in the most unlikely places, determined to keep Henrietta safe—even from the Inspector, if need be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector’s investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways. 
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Book Title: A Ring of Truth (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: May, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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In this second book of the series, Henrietta and Clive delightfully rewrite Pride and Prejudice―with a hint of mystery! Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other’s family. “Difficult” because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the family estate to meet his parents, they are less than enthused about his impoverished intended. Left alone in this extravagant new world when Clive returns to the city, Henrietta finds herself more at home with the servants than his family, much to the disapproval of Mrs. Howard―and soon gets caught up in the disappearance of an elderly servant’s ring, not realizing that in doing so she has become part of a bigger, darker plot. As Clive and Henrietta attempt to discover the truth in the two very different worlds unraveling around them, they both begin to wonder: Are they meant for each other after all? 
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Book Title: A Promise Given (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: February, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back. Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose―a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on. As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle Linley, the Howards’ ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley and Clive’s mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under suspicion―and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case, despite Clive’s anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta’s distracting news from home. Delicately attempting to work together for the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace’s innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that will shake the Linley name and estate forever. 
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Book Title: A Veil Removed (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: April, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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Murder is never far from this sexy couple . . . even during the holidays! Their honeymoon abruptly ended by the untimely death of Alcott Howard, Clive and Henrietta return to Highbury, where Clive discovers all is not as it should be. Increasingly convinced that his father’s death was not an accident, Clive launches his own investigation, despite his mother’s belief that he has become “mentally disturbed” with grief. Henrietta eventually joins forces with Clive on their first real case, which becomes darker―and deadlier―than they imagined as they get closer to the truth behind Alcott’s troubled affairs. Meanwhile, Henrietta’s sister, Elsie, begins, at Henrietta’s orchestration, to take classes at a women’s college―an attempt to evade her troubles and prevent any further romantic temptations. When she meets a bookish German custodian at the school, however, he challenges her to think for herself . . . even as she discovers some shocking secrets about his past life. 
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Book Title: A Child Lost (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series) by Michelle Cox Narrated by: Jayne A Entwistle Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Michelle Cox Audiobook Release date: June, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality.
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A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . . When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings. Meanwhile, Elsie implores Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results. 
Meet the Narrator:
Jayne Entwistle was born in the North of England and lived in a myriad of places (Vancouver, San Francisco, Tucson, Sequim, Seattle) before landing in Los Angeles. She is an avid improviser who hitched her space-work wagon to Patrick Bristow’s company, Improvatorium, where she studied, taught, directed and performed improv. She is an award-winning audiobook narrator best known for her narration of the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. She also received the 2015 Odyssey Honour Award for The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry and the 2016 Odyssey Award for, The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. When not inhaling books for work or pleasure, Jayne works in film, television and commercials. The biggest star she has ever worked with is Shaquille O’Neal. He is quite literally THE biggest star she has ever worked with. Ever. He’s really big! 
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Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~twitter ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Aug 31 - Bookish Paradise – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 31 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Aug 31 -Rockin' Book Reviews – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 1 –Lamon Reviews – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 1 -Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 2 - Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 2 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 3 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 3 -Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 4 - Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 4 -Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 7 -Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 8 – Sefina Hawke's Books – series spotlight Sep 8 - Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Promise Given Sep 9 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 9 –Jazzy Book Reviews – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 9 - Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 9 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 10 -Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 10 - Rosepoint Publishing - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 11 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 11- Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Veil Removed Sep 14 –Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 14 - Rajiv's Reviews - audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway Sep 15 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway Sep 15 - Rebecca Graf on Medium - audiobook review of A Child Lost Sep 16 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 17 –Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 17 - Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Promise Given Sep 18 - Books for Books – audiobook review of A Promise Given Sep 18 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Sep 21 - Books for Books – audiobook review of A Veil Removed Sep 21 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 22 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway Sep 23 – Book Corner News and Reviews – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 23 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 24 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 24 - Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Veil Removed Sep 25 – Books for Books – audiobook review of A Child Lost Sep 25 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Ring of Truth Sep 28 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 28 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Promise Given Sep 29 - Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Sep 30 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway Sep 30 - Library of Clean Reads - audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway Sep 30 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Veil Removed Oct 1 – Olio By Marilyn – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway Oct 1 - History from a Woman’s Perspective - audiobook review of A Girl Like You Oct 1 - Amy's Booket List - audiobook review of A Child Lost Oct 2 – Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway Oct 2 - From the TBR Pile - audiobook review of A Child Lost TBD-Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / giveaway TBD– Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Child Lost / giveaway TBD - Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Veil Removed / giveaway TBD – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway TBD – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of A Promise Given / giveaway
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  Join Us For This Tour from August 24 to September 18, 2020 BOOK DETAILS: Series Title: COPY BOY by Shelley Blanton-Stroud Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Noir, Historical Mystery, Literary Publisher: She Writes Press Release dates: June 23, 2020 Format available for review: print, ebook, audiobook Will send print books out: USA & Canada Tour dates: August 24 to September 18, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 + M. The book includes: the F-word 7 times, the word "g--dammit" 4 times, and one violent fight in the beginning. Book Description: Jane’s a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She’ll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that’s a long way off. Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma’s Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy. Everything’s looking up. She’s climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections with the artists and thinkers of her day. But then Daddy reappears on the paper’s front page, his arm around a girl who’s just been beaten into a coma one block from Jane’s newspaper―hit in the head with a crowbar. Jane’s got to find Daddy before he finds her, and before everyone else finds her out. She’s got to protect her invented identity. This is what she thinks she wants. It’s definitely what her dead brother wants. Buy the Book: Amazon ~ B&N ~ Bookshop.org Audible ~ Libro ~ Kobo GooglePlay ~ Scribd ~ Chirp Walmart Audio ~ Amazon (audiobook) Add to Goodreads  Meet the Author: Shelley Blanton-Stroud grew up in California’s Central Valley, the daughter of Dust Bowl immigrants who made good on their ambition to get out of the field. She teaches college writing in Northern California and consults with writers in the energy industry. She co-directs Stories on Stage Sacramento, where actors perform the stories of established and emerging authors, and serves on the advisory board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children. She has also served on the Writers’ Advisory Board for the Belize Writers’ Conference. Copy Boy is her first novel, and she’s currently working on her second. She also writes and publishes flash fiction and non-fiction, which you can find at such journals as Brevity and Cleaver. She and her husband live in Sacramento with an aging beagle and many photos of their out-of-state sons. Connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ bookbub Tour Schedule: Aug 24 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 25 - Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review / giveaway Aug 25 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 26 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Aug 27 – I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 28 – Reading Authors Network – book review / giveaway Aug 28 - PuzzlePaws Blog - audiobook review / giveaway Aug 31 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Sep 1 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / giveaway Sep 2 – T's Stuff – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 2 - Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Sep 3 – She Just Loves Books – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 4 –Pick a Good Book - book spotlight / giveaway Sep 8 – 100 Pages A Day – book review / giveaway Sep 9 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview Sep 9 - Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway Sep 10 – Books for Books – audiobook review Sep 11 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 14 – Amy's Booket List – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 15 – Casia's Corner – book review Sep 16 – Dab of Darkness Audiobook Reviews – audiobook review / author interview / giveaway Sep 17 –Pen Possessed - book review / giveaway Sep 18 - My Fictional Oasis – book review Sep 18 - PuzzlePaws Blog - book review / giveaway TBD – Svetlanas reads and views – book review Enter the Giveaway:
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Book Title: Folley at the Fair (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 322 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: June 2020 Format available for review: print, mobi (for Kindle), epub, pdf Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: July 13 to Aug 11, 2020 Content Rating: R for some swearing, violence, and mature themes.
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She never misses a target. But unless she can solve this murder, she’ll become one… Chicago World’s Fair, 1893. “Little Sure Shot” Annie Oakley is exhausted from her work with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. But when a fellow performer scuffles with a man who threatens her harm, she has to keep her eyes peeled. And when the heckler is found dead under the Ferris Wheel, Annie won’t rest until she proves her defender is innocent. Before she can rustle up any clues, an old friend asks Annie to protect her young daughter. And as more bodies turn up around the grounds, she’s going to need all her sharpshooting skills just to stay alive. Can Annie live up to her reputation and put a bullseye on the killer? Folly at the Fair is the third book in the Annie Oakley Mystery historical fiction series. If you like strong heroines, Wild West adventures, and suspenseful twists and turns, then you’ll love Kari Bovee’s fast-paced whodunit. 
Meet the Author:
When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels. Empowered women in history, horses, unconventional characters, and real-life historical events fill the pages of Kari Bovée’s articles and historical mystery musings and manuscripts. An award-winning author, Bovée was honored with the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards Hillerman Award for Southwestern Fiction for her novel Girl with a Gun. The novel also received First Place in the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards in the Mystery/Crime category, and is a Finalist in the 2019 International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards and the International Chanticleer Goethe Awards, as well as the Next Generation Indie Awards. Her novel Grace in the Wings is a Finalist for the 2019 International Chanticleer Chatelaine Awards and the International Chanticleer Goethe Awards. Her novel Peccadillo at the Palace is a Finalist in the 2019 International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards and the 2019 International Goethe Awards, as well as a Finalist in the 2019 Best Book Awards Historical Fiction category. Bovée has worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company, has written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters, and has worked in the education field as a teacher and educational consultant. She and her husband, Kevin, spend their time between their horse property in the beautiful Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, and their condo on the sunny shores of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Connect with the author: Website ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Instagram
Tour Schedule:
July 13 –Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway July 14 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 15 –Sefina Hawke's Books - book spotlight July 16 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 17 –Hall Ways Blog - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 21 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway July 22 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 23 – She Just Loves Books Books – book review / giveaway July 24 – My Reading Journeys – book spotlight / character interview / giveaway July 25 - fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway July 27 –Books for Books - book spotlight July 28 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway July 29 – The World As I See It – book review July 29 - Rajiv's Reviews - book review July 30 – Books and Zebras – book review July 31 – Library of Clean Reads – book review / giveaway Aug 3 –Pen Possessed – book review / giveaway Aug 4 – Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway Aug 4 - Jessica Belmont – book review / giveaway Aug 5 – Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / giveaway Aug 5 -JBronder Book Reviews - book review / giveaway Aug 6 - 100 Pages A Day – book review / giveaway Aug 7 – Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway Aug 11 –Olio By Marilyn – book review / giveaway TBD - History from a Woman’s Perspective – book review
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Series Details: Book Title: The Annie Oakley Mystery Series by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 83 to 332 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release dates: Shoot Like a Girl (2019); Girl With a Gun (April, 2020); Peccadillo at the Palace (April 2020); Folly at the Fair (June, 2020) Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for some swearing, violence, and mature themes. 
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Book Title: Shoot Like a Girl (A PreQuel Novella to Girl With A Gun) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 84 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: November 2019 Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for Mature themes and some violence. No bad language.
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Shoot like a Girl depicts the historically fictive tale of a young Annie Oakley's struggles before she becomes the most famous sharpshooting woman of all time. After the death of her father, Annie is sent to the Drake County poorhouse where she learns to cook, sew, and keep house for other families to help her mother make ends meet. Annie ends up at the McCrimmons, a couple whom she comes to refer to as "the wolves." Cruel and neglectful, the McCrimmons push Annie to the brink of despair. The only bright spot in her dreary existence is Buck, a beautiful buckskinned horse, and the two form a bond. Despite her resolve to help her family, Annie loses hope of ever seeing them again, as life at the McCrimmons' becomes more oppressive, and she is cut off from all outside communication. Physically and emotionally weak from illness, hunger, and abuse, Annie resigns herself to a life of servitude to the abusive couple. But, when Mr. McCrimmon's continued cruelty to Buck finally threatens the horse's life, Annie takes matters into her own hands and formulates a plan for escape. 
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Book Title: Girl with a Gun (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 316 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: April 2020 Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for one explicit sex scene. There is some swearing, violence, mature themes.
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In an exciting new historical mystery series, award-winning author Kari Bovee brings the beloved American icon, Annie Oakley, into the world of mystery and crime as a plucky, amateur sleuth. Fifteen-year-old Annie Oakley is the sole supporter of her widowed mother and two younger siblings. An expert markswoman and independent spirit, she hunts game to sell to the local mercantile to make ends meet instead of accepting a marriage proposal that could solve all her problems, including the impending foreclosure of her family's farm. After a stunning performance in a shooting contest against famous sharpshooter Frank Butler, Annie is offered a position in the renowned Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Finally, she has a chance to save her family's farm--and make her dreams come true. But after her catapult to fame, a series of crimes takes place in the Wild West Show, including the death of Annie's Indian Assistant. The coroner claims the death was due to natural causes, but Annie is unconvinced. Then her prized horse, Buck--a major part of her act--is stolen, and she realizes that someone is out to get her. With the help of a sassy, blue-blooded reporter, Annie sets out to find her horse, solve the crimes, and clear her good name--before everything she's worked for is destroyed. 
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Book Title: Peccadillo at the Palace (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 332 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: April 2020 Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for some swearing, violence, and mature themes.
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In this second book in the Annie Oakley historical mystery series, award-winning author Kari Bovee brings back the lovable character, Annie Oakley, as an amateur sleuth. It's 1887, and Annie and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show are invited to Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebration in London, England. But their long journey across the Atlantic takes a turn for the worst when the queen's royal servant ends up dead and Annie's husband, Frank Butler, falls suspiciously ill. Annie soon discovers that the two events are connected--and may be precursors to an assassination attempt on the queen. In London, it becomes clear that there is rampant unrest in the queen's kingdom--the Irish Fenian Brotherhood, as well as embittered English subjects, are teeming in the streets. But amid the chaos, even while she prepares for the show, Annie is determined to find the truth. With the help of a friend and reporter, Emma Wilson, the renowned poet Oscar Wilde, and the famous socialite Lily Langtry, Annie sets out to hunt down the queen's enemies--and find out why they want to kill England's most beloved monarch. 
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Book Title: Folly at the Fair (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 322 pages Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Bosque Publishing Release date: June 2020 Tour dates: June 22 to July 10, 2020 Content Rating: R for some swearing, violence, and mature themes.
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She never misses a target. But unless she can solve this murder, she’ll become one… Chicago World’s Fair, 1893. “Little Sure Shot” Annie Oakley is exhausted from her work with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. But when a fellow performer scuffles with a man who threatens her harm, she has to keep her eyes peeled. And when the heckler is found dead under the Ferris Wheel, Annie won’t rest until she proves her defender is innocent. Before she can rustle up any clues, an old friend asks Annie to protect her young daughter. And as more bodies turn up around the grounds, she’s going to need all her sharpshooting skills just to stay alive. Can Annie live up to her reputation and put a bullseye on the killer? Folly at the Fair is the third book in the Annie Oakley Mystery historical fiction series. If you like strong heroines, Wild West adventures, and suspenseful twists and turns, then you’ll love Kari Bovee’s fast-paced whodunit.
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When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels. Empowered women in history, horses, unconventional characters, and real-life historical events fill the pages of Kari Bovée’s articles and historical mystery musings and manuscripts. An award-winning author, Bovée was honored with the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards Hillerman Award for Southwestern Fiction for her novel Girl with a Gun. The novel also received First Place in the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards in the Mystery/Crime category, and is a Finalist in the 2019 International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards and the International Chanticleer Goethe Awards, as well as the Next Generation Indie Awards. Her novel Grace in the Wings is a Finalist for the 2019 International Chanticleer Chatelaine Awards and the International Chanticleer Goethe Awards. Her novel Peccadillo at the Palace is a Finalist in the 2019 International Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards and the 2019 International Goethe Awards, as well as a Finalist in the 2019 Best Book Awards Historical Fiction category. Bovée has worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company, has written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters, and has worked in the education field as a teacher and educational consultant. She and her husband, Kevin, spend their time between their horse property in the beautiful Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, and their condo on the sunny shores of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Connect with the author: Website ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Instagram
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June 22 –Working Mommy Journal – series spotlight / giveaway June 23 –History from a Woman’s Perspective – series spotlight / giveaway June 23 -Two Gals and a Book – series spotlight / giveaway June 24 –The Irresponsible Reader – series spotlight / giveaway June 25 – Pen Possessed – series spotlight / giveaway June 26 – T's Stuff – series spotlight / giveaway June 29 –Celticlady's Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway June 29 - A Mama's Corner of the World - series spotlight / giveaway June 30 –Jazzy Book Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway July 1 – Pick a good book– series spotlight / giveaway July 2 –Locks, Hooks and Books – series spotlight / giveaway July 4 - fundinmental - series spotlight / giveaway July 6 – She Just Loves Books – series spotlight / giveaway July 6 -Splashes of Joy - series spotlight / giveaway July 7 – Lizofwords – series spotlight / giveaway July 8 – Library of Clean Reads – series spotlight / giveaway July 9 – Laura's Interests – series spotlight / giveaway July 10 -100 Pages A Day – series spotlight / giveaway
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Series Title: A CHILD LOST (A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel #5) by Michelle Cox Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: She Writes Press Release dates: April 2020 Format available for review: print, PDF Will send print books out: USA & Canada Tour dates: April 14 to May 11, 2020 Content Rating: R: My book is rated R for 2 sex scenes that are somewhat explicit but which are tastefully done. There is periodic swearing (not excessive), but no violence.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . . When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings. Meanwhile, Elsie begs Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as "Novel Notes of Local Lore," a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago's forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn't have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~twitter ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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April 14 – Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway April 15 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway April 16 –It’s All About the Book – book review April 17 – Laura's Interests – book review / guest post / giveaway April 20 –Hall Ways Blog – book review / giveaway April 20 -I'm All About Books – book spotlight / giveaway April 21– T's Stuff – book review / author interview / giveaway April 21 - eBook Addicts - book spotlight / giveaway April 21 -Library of Clean Reads - book review of A Girl Like You / giveaway April 22 –Books and Zebras – book review April 22 -Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway April 22 - Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview April 22 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway April 23 –Sahar's Blog – book review April 23 - Library of Clean Reads - book review of A Ring of Truth / giveaway April 24 –The World As I See It – book review April 24 -Just Another Reader - book review April 27 –Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway April 27 - The avid reader - book spotlight April 28 –She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway April 28 –michellemengsbookblog – book review April 29 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway April 29 - A Madison Mom - book review / giveaway April 29 -Mowgli with a book - book review April 30 –Library of Clean Reads – book review of A Promise Given / giveaway May 1 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 3 - Jessica Belmont – book review May 4 - Gwendalyn’s Books – book review / giveaway May 4 - Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway May 4 -Books, Tea, Healthy Me - book review / author interview / giveaway May 5 -Falling Into A Good Book - book review / giveaway May 7 -Leels Loves Books - book review / giveaway May 11 –Library of Clean Reads – book review of A Veil Removed / giveaway May 16 – Library of Clean Reads – book review of A Child Lost / giveaway TBD - Books,Dreams,Life – book spotlight / guest post TBD - Down the Rabbit Hole - book review / guest post / giveaway TBD - Karma Readz - book review / author interview / giveaway
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SERIES DETAILS: Series Title: Henrietta and Inspector Howard by Michelle Cox Category: Adult Fiction (18+) Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: She Writes Press Release dates: April 2016; April 2017; April 2018; April 2019; April 2020 Tour dates: Mar 16 to April 3, 2020 Content Rating: R: Books 1-2 do not have any sex scenes, though there is sexual reference, Books 3-5 do have explicit sex scenes (tasteful). There is periodic swearing and violence, but not a lot. There are some dark themes (though not graphic examples) of suicide, prostitution, mob involvement, rape, drinking, homosexuality. 
SERIES DESCRIPTION:
A GIRL LIKE YOU: Beautiful Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar, Poor Pete’s, on Chicago’s northwest side. It’s 1935, but things still aren’t looking up since the big crash and her father’s subsequent suicide. Left to care for her antagonistic mother and seven younger siblings, Henrietta is persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall. Henrietta is just beginning to enjoy herself, dancing with men for ten cents a dance, when the floor matron suddenly turns up murdered. The aloof Inspector Clive Howard then appears on the scene, and Henrietta unwittingly finds herself involved in unraveling the mystery when she agrees to go undercover for him in a burlesque theater where he believes the killer lurks. Even as Henrietta is plunged into Chicago’s grittier underworld, she struggles to still play the mother “hen” to her younger siblings and even to the pesky neighborhood boy, Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and continues to pop up in the most unlikely places, determined, ironically, to keep Henrietta safe, even from the Inspector if needs be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector’s investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways. 
A RING OF TRUTH: In this second book of the series, Henrietta and Clive delightfully rewrite Pride and Prejudice―with a hint of mystery!
Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other’s family. “Difficult” because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the family estate to meet his parents, they are less than enthused about his impoverished intended. Left alone in this extravagant new world when Clive returns to the city, Henrietta finds herself more at home with the servants than his family, much to the disapproval of Mrs. Howard―and soon gets caught up in the disappearance of an elderly servant’s ring, not realizing that in doing so she has become part of a bigger, darker plot. As Clive and Henrietta attempt to discover the truth in the two very different worlds unraveling around them, they both begin to wonder: Are they meant for each other after all? 
A PROMISE GIVEN: This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back.
Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose―a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on. As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle Linley, the Howards’ ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley and Clive’s mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under suspicion―and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case, despite Clive’s anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta’s distracting news from home. Delicately attempting to work together for the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace’s innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that will shake the Linley name and estate forever. 
A VEIL REMOVED: Murder is never far from this sexy couple . . . even during the holidays!
Their honeymoon abruptly ended by the untimely death of Alcott Howard, Clive and Henrietta return to Highbury, where Clive discovers all is not as it should be. Increasingly convinced that his father’s death was not an accident, Clive launches his own investigation, despite his mother’s belief that he has become “mentally disturbed” with grief. Henrietta eventually joins forces with Clive on their first real case, which becomes darker―and deadlier―than they imagined as they get closer to the truth behind Alcott’s troubled affairs. Meanwhile, Henrietta’s sister, Elsie, begins, at Henrietta’s orchestration, to take classes at a women’s college―an attempt to evade her troubles and prevent any further romantic temptations. When she meets a bookish German custodian at the school, however, he challenges her to think for herself . . . even as she discovers some shocking secrets about his past life.  AVAILABLE NOW FOR PREORDER! Release Date: April 28, 2020
A CHILD LOST: A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . .
When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings. Meanwhile, Elsie begs Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results. 
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as "Novel Notes of Local Lore," a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago's forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn't have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~twitter ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Mar 16 – Working Mommy Journal – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 16 -Rainy Day Reviews – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Mar 16 - Hall Ways Blog – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 17 – Corinne Rodrigues – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 18 – I'm Into Books – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 18 - Mystery Suspense Reviews – series spotlight / guest post Mar 19 – Rosepoint Publishing – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 23 – Book Corner News and Reviews – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 23 - T's Stuff - series spotlight / author interview / giveaway Mar 24 – eBook Addicts – series spotlight Mar 24 - The avid reader – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway Mar 25 – Locks, Hooks and Books – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway Mar 25 - Sefina Hawke's Books - series spotlight / giveaway Mar 26 – Jazzy Book Reviews – series spotlight / guest post / giveaway Mar 27 – Cheryl's Book Nook – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 30 –A Madison Mom – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 31 – @momfluenster – series spotlight / giveaway Mar 31 - Dab of Darkness Audiobook Reviews – audiobook review of A Girl Like You / author interview / giveaway Apr 1 – StoreyBook Reviews – series spotlight / author interview / giveaway Apr 2 -Books for Books - series spotlight / giveaway Apr 2 - 411 on Books, Authors, and Publishing News - series spotlight / author interview / giveaway Apr 3 –fundinmental – series spotlight / giveaway Apr 3 - My Chaotic Ramblings - series spotlight / author interview / giveaway Apr 7 – Library of Clean Reads – book review of A Girl Like You / author interview / giveaway TBD - Karma Readz - series spotlight / giveaway
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