Review: Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison (audio)

Title: Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger     Author: Beth Harbison       Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy   Published: July 2013, Macmillan Audio   Length: 9 hours   Source: Library  From Beth Harbison, the New York Times bestselling author of When in Doubt, Add Butter and Shoe Addicts Anonymous, comes Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger, a delightful new novel that will make you look at second chances in a…

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Review: One Perfect Night by Bella Andre

Title: One Perfect Night    Author: Bella Andre     Series: The Sullivans, #8.5      Published: January 2013, Oak Press, LLC   Format: E-book,100 pages Source: Personal copy   In this new sexy contemporary romance novella from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre, can Noah convince Colbie they are meant to be together in ONE PERFECT NIGHT? ***Guest starring Mia Sullivan and Rafe Sullivan from…

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Review: Breathe by Kate Bishop

Title: Breathe    Author: Kate Bishop    Narrator: Teri Clark Linden    Published: July 2013, Audible Studios  Length: 11 hours, 41 minutes   Source: Personal copy via Audible  Alex thought she had married the man of her dreams: successful, gorgeous, and delighted by her small-town charm. When he walks out six months later, proclaiming to have ‘found himself’ (with the help of a stunning yoga teacher), she ‘finds herself’ alone…

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Review: The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell

Title: The Shadow Year    Author: Hannah Richell     Published:  May 2014, Grand Central Publishing  Format: Paperback, 400 pages     Source: Publisher/She Reads   On a sultry summer’s day in 1980, five friends stumble upon an abandoned lakeside cottage hidden deep in the English countryside. For Kat and her friends, it offers an escape; a chance to drop out for a while, with lazy summer days by the lake…

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Short & Sweet Review: Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs (audio)

Title: Deadly Decisions    Author: Kathy Reichs     Series: Temperance Brennan, #3      Narrator: Lorelei King    Published: February 2012, Simon & Schuster Audio   Length: 9 hours, 30 minutes   Source: Personal copy via Audible   When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truth it holds. Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home,…

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The Sunday Post #25 (5.25.14)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. I’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share what books…

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Review: The Lost Husband by Katherine Center (audio)

Title: The Lost Husband    Author: Katherine Center     Narrator: Amy Rubinate   Published: July 2013, Tantor Media   Length: 8 hours 20 minutes   Source: Personal copy via Audible  Dear Libby, It occurs to me that you and your two children have been living with your mother for—Dear Lord!—two whole years, and I’m writing to see if you’d like to be rescued. The letter comes out of the blue,…

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Book Blitz & Giveaway: A Sweet Life Boxed Set (CLOSED)

A Sweet Life A Sweet Life Boxed Set  (Fourteen Contemporary Romances by Bestselling Authors to Benefit Diabetes Research) Publication date: May 1st 2014  Have your cake and eat it too–your purchase of A Sweet Life helps fight against diabetes! Priced at only $2.99 (regular price $7.99), indulge in this stunning limited edition collection of fourteen contemporary romances by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors…  You can make a difference…

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Book Blog Walkers: Weekly Check-in May 23, 2014

  #BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog This week I decided to take it easy. I have a crazy week coming up next week (I’m heading to NYC for BEA for the first time!!!) and I was feeling a bit run down. I still got my 30 minutes in each day, but didn’t do any major walks. Next week I will be on my feet a lot,…

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Review: Silver Bay by Jojo Moyes

Title: Silver Bay     Author: Jojo Moyes      Published: April 2014, Penguin Books   Format: ARC e-book, 352 pages     Source: Netgalley via Publisher  From the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and One Plus One, a surprising and moving romance set in an old-fashioned seaside town on the verge of unwelcome change Liza McCullen will never fully escape her past. But the unspoiled beaches and…

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Review: The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow

Title: The Forgotten Seamstress     Author: Liz Trenow     Published: May 2014, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC e-book, 320 pages    Source: Netgalley    It is 1910 and Maria, a talented young girl from the East end of London, is employed to work as a seamstress for the royal family. As an attractive girl, she soon catches the eye of the Prince of Wales and she in turn is…

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Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: When We Met by Susan Mallery

Title: When We Met    Author: Susan Mallery      Series: Fool’s Gold, #13       Published: April 2014, Harlequin HQN Format: ARC e-book, 384 pages    Source: Netgalley via Meryl Moss/BookTrib New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery invites you back to Fool’s Gold, where a newcomer to town might finally meet the man she never knew she needed… Angel Whittaker earned his scars the hard way, but the…

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The Sunday Post #24 (5.18.14)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.      I’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share…

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Short & Sweet Review: Two of a Kind by Susan Mallery

Title: Two of a Kind    Author: Susan Mallery     Series: Fool’s Gold, #11      Published: June 2013, Harlequin   Format: E-book, 246 pages     Source: Personal copy   New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery welcomes readers back to Fool’s Gold, where a one-time fling could become the real thing… Felicia Swift never dreamed she’d hear a deep, sexy voice from her past in tiny Fool’s Gold,…

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Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: In the Mirror by Kaira Rouda

Title: In the Mirror     Author: Kaira Rouda     Published: May 2014, Real You Publishing Group   Format: Paperback, 214 pages    Source: Publicist    What choices would you make if you knew you might die soon? From the multi award-winning, best-selling author of four books, including Here, Home, Hope, a gripping and heart wrenching novel about a young mother who has it all. The only problem is…

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Book Blog Walkers: Weekly Check-in May 16, 2014

#BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Well, I’m back in the training game for my next 1/2 marathon, The MoonWalk New York City, which is a charity walk for Breast Cancer. The walk is done at night and we will be walking in our bras! I’m looking forward to it and will be walking with my mom and sister. Now we just need to decide how we…

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Blog Tour & Author Q&A: Susan Mallery (with Giveaway!!!) CLOSED

Today, I am pleased to welcome Susan Mallery to Always With a Book. Her latest book, When We Met, book 13 in her Fool’s Gold series, is now available. I will be posting my review of this book on Monday, but for now, please enjoy this Q&A and be sure to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of When We Met! About the Author: Susan Mallery…

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Review:The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler (audio)

Title: The Bookstore     Author: Deborah Meyler       Narrator: Heather Wilds   Published: February 2014, Tantor Media (First published August 2013)   Length: 11 hours 23 minutes   Source: Personal copy via Audible  Brilliant, idealistic Esme Garland moves to Manhattan armed with a pres­tigious scholarship at Columbia University. When Mitchell van Leuven—a New Yorker with the bluest of blue New York blood—captures her heart with his stunning good…

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Short & Sweet Review: Just One Kiss by Susan Mallery

Title: Just One Kiss     Author: Susan Mallery     Series: Fool’s Gold, #10      Published: May 2013, Harlequin HQN   Format: Paperback, 384 pages    Source: Library  He won’t hesitate to put his life on the line…but will he ever risk his heart?  Falling for Justice Garrett was a high point in Patience McGraw’s otherwise awkward adolescence. Even after he disappeared, Patience never forgot the boy who…

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The Sunday Post #23 (5.11.14)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.      I’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share…

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Review: Always Watching by Chevy Stevens (audio)

Title: Always Watching    Author: Chevy Stevens    Narrator: Joyce Bean   Published: June 2013, Brilliance Audio   Length: 12 hours 22 minutes    Source: Personal copy via audible  She helps people put their demons to rest. But she has a few of her own… In the lockdown ward of a psychiatric hospital, Dr. Nadine Lavoie is in her element. She has the tools to help people, and she has the…

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Book Blog Walkers: Weekly Check-in May 9, 2014

  #BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog I’ve been slacking on my training for my next 1/2 marathon – it’s the end of July and I really need to get my butt in gear and get back to a serious training plan! Next week I’ll be back on track – not that I haven’t been walking all along, but I need to get back to getting those…

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Review: The Cottage on Juniper Ridge by Sheila Roberts

Title: The Cottage on Juniper Ridge    Author: Sheila Roberts     Series: Life in Icicle Falls, #4      Published: February 2014, Harlequin MIRA   Format: ARC e-copy, 384 pages    Source: Netgalley   How to Change Your Life… Can a book change your life? Yes, when it’s Simplicity, Muriel Sterling’s guide to plain living. In fact, it inspires Jen Heath to leave her stressful, overcommitted life in Seattle…

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Book Spotlight: The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell

Yesterday, the May selection was announced for the She Reads book club and it is The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell. I haven’t read the book yet, but it’s next up in my reading pile and I’m looking forward to digging in to it! In the meantime, enjoy this book spotlight and be sure to read all the way to the bottom where you can find out where you can…

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Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: Up at Butternut Lake by Mary McNear (CLOSED)

Title: Up at Butternut Lake    Author: Mary McNear      Series: The Butternut Lake Trilogy, #1 Published: April 2014, William & Morrow Paperbacks   Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages    Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours   It’s been ten years since Allie Beckett crossed the threshold of her family cabin at Butternut Lake, Minnesota. Now, newly widowed after the death of her husband in Afghanistan, she’s returned with…

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The Sunday Post #22 (5.4.14)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.     I’ve decided to try a new weekly meme – a place where I can do both a weekly wrap up and share…

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Book Blog Walkers: Weekly Check-in May 2, 2014

  #BookBlogWalkers is hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Bloggers Book Blog Last weekend I was away for my brother’s wedding, but walked two of the three days I was there. I forget how nice it is to have someone to walk with – one day it was just me and my mom and the other day, my sister joined us. When I’m home, I either walk at the gym on the…

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Month in Review: April 2014

Hello May…I sure hope you are bringing with you some nice, warm weather! The last few days, I’ve needed a heavy jacket to walk the dogs in the morning and we even had a few days of frost last week. Enough of winter weather. I’m so ready for the summer.  Anyway, this month brings BEA and I am so excited and a tad nervous! I just don’t know what to…

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