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Faking It with the Detective by Rose Bak

September 30, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

Faking It with the Detective by Rose Bak

She’s always wanted an adventure, and she’s going to get it, even if she has to pretend to be someone else!

All her life, Michelle has longed for the kind of adventures that she reads about in books. Instead, the forty-year-old cashier has a boring life, a boring job, a boring apartment, and a cat who hates her. Nothing exciting ever happens to her. Until she meets Derrick…

The handsome detective thinks that she’s his FBI contact. When he crashes into the café where she works, demanding that she go with him to find their target, she figures she might as well go for it. Sure, she doesn’t know how to investigate a case. She’s never handled a gun or thrown a punch. And the only time she runs is, well, never. But she was in drama club in high school, so surely she can fake it?

There’s something strange about Michelle. Derrick can’t put his finger on it, but she’s not like any cop he’s ever worked with. She’s sassy and sweet and she flinches every time she sees his gun. But there’s something about her that makes him dream about finally settling down. If they can just figure out where this mob boss is hiding…

She was assigned to help him, but Michelle is the distraction he doesn’t need. If they manage to get out of this alive, he just might need to hold her close — forever.

Sometimes a girl has just gotta fake it. You know what I mean!

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer\'s Guides, Features, Heat Level 3 - PG-13, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Romance Tagged With: Action & Adventure, contemporary romance, midlife romance, mistaken identity, police, reverse age gap, Romantic comedy, Rose Bak, urban, Workplace

Henry Wondered by Hazel Pacheco

September 23, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

Henry Wondered by Hazel Pacheco

In book one of the Henry and Friends Series, somewhere in the bosque, in the open spaces near the Rio Grande, lives a covey of quail . . . In this episode, Henry wonders about many things. In particular, how to impress his first crush! When a handsome roo enters the picture, all seems doomed. Will Federico, a stranger and self-proclaimed talented flamingo dancer, foil Henry’s plan to impress Gloria? Follow Henry as he discovers the wonder of serendipity.

Beautifully illustrated, Henry Wondered presents a delightful, humorous tale that celebrates thoughtfulness and delivers a subtle faith inspired message that encourages overcoming pride and jealousy.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer\'s Guides, Children's Books, Features, Heat Level 1 - G Rated Clean Read, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books Tagged With: #booksforkids, #funnybirds, #gambelquail, childrensbooks, diversity, education, learning, Lifelessons, picturebooks, teacher

Featured Book: The Agency: The Norwood Nanny Chronicles by Monica McGurk

September 6, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment


About Featured Book: The Agency: The Norwood Nanny Chronicles by Monica McGurk

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The Norwood Nanny Chronicles begin . . .

When American orphan, Bree, arrives at Norwood College—the elite English training ground of nannies to the world’s rich and powerful—she knows that making it through the first year to land a spot in the coveted certificate program is the key to her future. She also knows she can’t go it alone, bonding quickly with her groupmates: an errant (and broke) nobleman, son of one of England’s oldest families; the ambitious and whip-smart daughter of a self-made immigrant; and the ditzy, husband-hunting daughter of a disgraced playboy aristocrat. What none of them realize is that there is more to Norwood than meets the eye: the school itself may unlock the secrets of Bree’s own shadowy past, and the classmates’ very lives will depend on their ability to work together to meet the dangers ahead.

“Fast-paced and full of unexpected twists, Monica McGurk’s The Agency is the perfect mashup of Mary Poppins and James Bond. If you love deftly drawn characters in exotic locations and a compelling plot that will keep you reading past your bedtime, this is the book for you!”
—Kathy Wilson Florence, journalist, blogger, and author of Three of Cups, Jaybird’s Song, and You’ve Got a Wedgie Cha Cha Cha

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When Push Comes to Shoot by Rena Koontz

July 1, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

When Push Comes to Shoot by Rena Koontz

Emma Hunter’s tyrannical brother deserved to die, even if the manner of his murder was horror-movie gruesome. As a police lieutenant, she’s duty-bound to provide whatever assistance she can in hunting down her brother’s killer, but she doesn’t mourn his loss. Business acquaintances, former friends, and even his relatives agree the world is better off without the despicable bully.
With no clues and too many suspects, it looks like the murderer might be home free—until tenacious Detective Jared Jones’ suspicions turn to Emma’s sweet sister-in-law. Emma knows for a fact that her brother’s mentally and emotionally abused wife is innocent, but conflicting loyalties prevent her from speaking up and turning the investigation in the right direction. What’s best for her brother’s widow could cost Emma everything she values—her career, her reputation, even her freedom.

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Filed Under: Buyer\'s Guides, Features, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books Tagged With: legal thrillers, murder, mystery, police procedure, Rena Koontz, revenge, suspense, thriller, Vigilante Justice, women's detective fiction

You Do You by Daphne McDonagh

June 24, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

You Do You by Daphne McDonagh

Daphne McDonagh shares her life experiences with you and hopes you may find that one nugget in her story to assist you on your journey. For everyone that has struggled through life and felt they could not be themselves.

Yes, tragic and horrible things happen, but you do not need to stay stuck in the lower vibrating energy.
The choice is yours about what comes next.

It is time for all of us to shift our energy to one of compassion vs. competition.
May this inspire you to follow your heart and do what brings you joy.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer\'s Guides, Features, Heat Level 1 - G Rated Clean Read, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Personal Growth, Print Books Tagged With: Author Daphne McDonagh, Biography, motivational, personal growth, self help, spiritual growth

Then There Were … Two Murders? by P.C. James

June 21, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

Then There Were … Two Murders? by P.C. James

‘Then There Were … Two Murders?’ is the second book in the Miss Riddell Cozy Mystery series. It follows directly after ‘In the Beginning, There was a Murder’ where, at the end, Miss Riddell receives a letter asking for her help.

The letter is from an elderly widow living out in the English countryside. It’s winter 1953/54 and England is still suffering from the after-effects of WW2 and the costs of the ongoing Korean War. Miss Riddell goes to meet the woman, arrives at her house only to find her dead, suicide apparently.

She tells the police why she was invited by the woman — the woman thought her friend had been murdered months before. However, the police and coroner rule this death to be suicide and dismiss the idea the earlier old woman’s death was anything but natural causes.

Miss Riddell sets out to prove them wrong with her friend Poppy and the old lady’s dog, Jem. Unfortunately, like the police, Miss Riddell can find no conclusive evidence and her supporters give up. Her only hope in the end is to put herself in harm’s way and hope the murderer takes the bait.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer\'s Guides, Cozy Mystery, Features, Heat Level 1 - G Rated Clean Read, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books Tagged With: amateur sleuth, christian suspense, cozy culinary, cozy mystery animals, female sleuth, historical mystery, mystery series, pcjames, traditional detectives, women sleuths

Chasing Time by Thomas Reilly

June 18, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

Chasing Time by Thomas Reilly

A time-bending adventure like no other! A Literary Titan Gold Award winner, Chasing Time takes the reader on a thrilling adventure as history professor Tony Lucas seeks to unravel clues from an ancient time-bending key in an effort to save his wife from the throes of a devastating and deadly disease. The story takes the classic medical drama, historical fiction, and fantasy genres, and turns them all completely on their heads. With its sharp, precise, and witty style, Chasing Time is an engaging, must-read story like nothing like you have read before.

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Filed Under: Buyer\'s Guides, Features, Heat Level 1 - G Rated Clean Read, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books Tagged With: heartwarming book, magical realism, medical fiction, medical suspense, Medical Thriller, Realistic medical, suspenseful narrative, Thomas Reilly, unexpected plot twists

The Trouble with Murder: A Hetty Carson Mystery by Vanessa A. Ryan

June 18, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

The Trouble with Murder: A Hetty Carson Mystery by Vanessa A. Ryan

Hetty Carson was once one of the upperly mobile of the Los Angeles jet-set. Then her husband walked off with millions of embezzled funds and all of Hetty’s credibility. What began as a search for the ex has turned into a new career: detective.

The Trouble with Murder is book one of the Hetty Carson Mystery Series. The story opens with Hetty being interrogated by the police about the murder of a bar owner. The man was a potential customer for her side hustle of selling tequila mixers, a job she takes because her PI business was slow. Of course, Gerry Delaney’s murder is a tragedy, but Hetty figures it has nothing to do with her. Unfortunately, someone thinks it does, and now she has to investigate why if she wants to stay alive.

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Filed Under: Buyer\'s Guides, Features, Heat Level 3 - PG-13, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books Tagged With: Female Detective, female private detective, female private eye, humorous mystery, L.A. neo-noir, mystery, noir mystery, suspense novel, thriller, Vanessa A. Ryan

The Rapture by Rudolph C. Schafer

June 17, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

The Rapture by Rudolph C. Schafer

There are Three Major Revelations in this Book:
1. There is a partial Rapture
2. which takes place near the end of the seven-year Tribulation
3. just before the Wrath of God is poured out on the Earth.

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Filed Under: Buyer\'s Guides, Christian Non-Fiction, Features, Heat Level 1 - G Rated Clean Read, Print Books

Astra The Lonely Airplane by Julie Whitney

June 14, 2022 By Book Review Matchmaker Leave a Comment

Astra The Lonely Airplane by Julie Whitney

Astra is a sleek, beautiful, shiny Gulfstream (G100) airplane with a fun and playful personality, who finds herself all alone in her hangar with an uncertain fate, as she learns she will be sold. She is missing the fresh air and exercise, and wondering if she will even remember how to fly, after being flown by her sole caretaker and constant companion named Captain Dan for 12 years. She becomes sad and lonely as she sits rusting in her hangar. Captain Dan comes to check on her and start up her engines once in a while, but she will not be able to fly until she has a new owner. Finally, a series of not too friendly and quirky potential owners take her for a test flight, and she discourages each one of them from buying her in a humorous and playful way, as only a plane can. Eventually the right owner comes along, and he is the perfect match for both her and her long-time partner Captain Dan. They fly cross country to California, to their new home, and Astra is tired a bit lagged, so Captain Dan parks her safely in her new hangar for the night, and assures her everything will be alright. Stay tuned for Book Two.

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Filed Under: Buyer\'s Guides, Children's Books, Features, Heat Level 1 - G Rated Clean Read, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books Tagged With: #young readers, airplanes, Astra, aviation, Children's picture books, Childrens book, Corporate Jet, Julie Whitney, Learn To Read, pilots

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