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On Location with Jennifer Hillier

October 19th, 2011 | Add a Comment

There’s another great event upcoming, if you live in the Greater Toronto Area. Jennifer Hillier, a Canadian author, will be launching her debut novel, Creep,  on November 7th. Check out the flyer below for more info: To read more about Jennifer’s work, check out her website here. She’s already got a second book in the works and let me tell you, any book that has Jeffery Deaver telling you to lock your doors, sounds like a win to me! Hope you can make it out to the event.Here’s the author with even more information: … Read entire article »

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Review: Betsy Wickwire’s Dirty Secret by Vicki Grant

October 6th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Betsy’s life is officially over: Dumped by her boyfriend, betrayed by her best friend . . . how is she ever going to show her face again? Determined to avoid everyone and everything from her previous life, Betsy stumbles into an unusual café and an even more unusual girl. Dolores Morris—a mouthy, green-haired outsider Betsy can’t quite remember from school—talks her into starting a cleaning service. Before she knows it, Betsy is down on her knees, dressed like a dust bunny, scrubbing strangers’ toilets. It’s a long way for the most popular girl in school to have fallen. But Betsy finds comfort in the wine bottles and prescriptions and other dirty secrets she finds hidden in her clients’ homes. She also finds love with a client’s son, friendship with Dolores and a … Read entire article »

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Review: Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

April 30th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Format: PaperbackPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Jan 13 2009)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1554682738ISBN-13: 978-1554682737 From the Publisher: Kelley Winslow is living her dream. Seventeen years old, she has moved to New York City and started work with a theatre company. Sure, she’s only an understudy for the Avalon Players, a third-tier repertory company so far off-Broadway it might as well be in Hoboken, but things are looking up—the lead has broken her ankle and Kelley’s about to step into the role of Titania the Faerie Queen in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. But Faeries are far more real than Kelley thinks, and a chance encounter in Central Park with a handsome young man named Sonny Flannery plunges her into an adventure she could never have imagined. Sonny and Kelley find themselves drawn to each other—and … Read entire article »

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Press release: Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

April 1st, 2010 | 4 Comments

This was a press release I received from Barbara at Penguin Group Canada and I thought it would be great to share it here. I only wish I could have participated in the online auction! This is a fantastic author, along with his phenomenal publisher, doing something for a wonderful cause.For Immediate Release Online charity auction of new Guy Gavriel Kay novel amasses final bid of over $500; matching bids donated to Indigo’s Love of Reading fund Toronto – March 26, 2010 To celebrate the launch of Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay’s much anticipated new novel, Penguin Group (Canada) announced earlier this month that the first book off the press, autographed by the author, was up for bids on Ebay.com. Signed and verified by the publisher, it included a product identification slip … Read entire article »

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Review: Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders by Kevin Sylvester

March 31st, 2010 | 1 Comment

Hardcover: 304 pagesPublisher: Key Porter Books; 1st edition edition (Feb 18 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1554702666ISBN-13: 978-1554702664 Product Description: Neil Flambé is a fourteen-year-old wunderchef. He can cook anything, and he brags that he can cook it better than anyone else. He`s cocky, but he may also be right. Patrons pay top dollar and wait months for reservations at his tiny, boutique restaurant. What many of Neil’s patrons don’t know is that he’s also a budding detective. It all started when he used his knowledge of cooking and his incredible sense of smell to acquit his mother’s client of murder. Ever since, Police Inspector Sean Nakamura has relied on Neil to help him crack case after case. Now, the city’s crime scene has taken a turn for the personal. Some of the best chefs … Read entire article »

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Author Interview and Book Trailer – Rhythym and Blues by Jill Murray

March 31st, 2010 | 1 Comment

I am very excited today to present my first ever author interview! From a tweet I found last week, I discovered Jill Murray, author of Break on Through, her first novel, and now, her latest release, Rhythym and Blues. Jill is a cool, approachable author (that answered my questions in record time); she’s also Canadian, so I’m happy to share with the blogging world this new discovery for me. So, sit back and enjoy as we discuss Rhythym and Blues, writing, publishing, and what moves make a b-girl! Also, check out the book trailer at the bottom of this post that the all-talented Jill Murray created herself….talk about versatile EEL – Tell us a bit about the book and your inspiration for writing it: Jill - Rhythm and Blues is a … Read entire article »

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Review: Love Struck: A Novel by Chantel Simmons

March 30th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Paperback: 280 pagesPublisher: Key Porter Books (Feb 15 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1554702585ISBN-13: 978-1554702589 Product Description: In the vein of her popular debut novel, Stuck in Downward Dog, author Chantel Simmons brings us a funny, heartfelt story about losing the perfect life—and finding a real one. When twenty-seven-year-old image consultant Poppy Ross discovers that her handsome and seemingly devoted husband Parker is having an affair, she is dumbfounded. Before she has chance to confront him, however, he is struck by lightning. When he regains consciousness, he has lost his short-term memory—including that of the affair. Given a chance to erase history and possible save her marriage, Poppy decides to remake herself in the mistress’s image, so that Parker might never be tempted to stray again. Her quest to become his perfect woman has disastrous … Read entire article »

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