Waves of Fiction

Monday, April 15, 2024

5 Book Giveaway! Mystery/Thriller/Paranormal Romance

Happy Monday/Tuesday! I have a new batch of books to giveaway. I enjoyed all of them!

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh-Hardcover

Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan-Paperback

The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz-Hardcover

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin-Paperback ARC Copy

Dane's Mark by Lora Leigh-Hardcover

The giveaway is open to US Residents only. Fill out the rafflecopter for a chance to win. Good luck!

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Saturday, April 13, 2024

Sunday Post #246

The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated reviewer book blog, and is a post to recap my bookish and non-bookish things from the last week. I'm also linking up to The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance @Readerbuzz.

After the snow last Friday it was nice to have beautiful, sunny weather. I've been getting out on runs and loving how very green everything is! It looks like most of the fruit trees at our house and around the neighborhood have blossoms on them now, but I think a lot of my wisteria blossoms froze in the storm. We'll see how many bloom. It was even warm enough to sit out on the front porch in the evening and enjoy a glass of wine. Soon I'll be transferring my seedlings to the outside garden.

Some flowers out in the neighborhood:

Common Pearlbrush

Lilac

Sweet Pea

Of course, the clouds and rain came back. Still pretty:

Rainy neighborhood run

Read:

Click on cover for Goodreads link

Death in Kew Gardens (Below Stairs Mystery #3) by Jennifer Ashley: 5 Stars

Night Falls on Predicament Avenue by Jaime Jo Wright: 4 Stars

Scandal Above Stairs (Below Stairs Mystery #2) by Jennifer Ashley: 4.5 Stars

I am loving the Below Stairs series! The audios are fantastic!

Received/Purchased/Library Lend:

Thank you to Blackstone Audio and Macmillan Audio!

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How was your week?

Friday, April 12, 2024

Review: Night Falls on Predicament Avenue by Jaime Jo Wright

Night Falls on Predicament Avenue by Jaime Jo Wright

Publication Date: April 9th 2024 by Bethany House Publishers

Pages: 368

Source: Publisher

Rating: ★★★★

Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Audible | Goodreads

My Thoughts:

Norah struggles to run the bed and breakfast on 322 Predicament Avenue, a dream of her sister Naomi’s, whose murder still haunts her, thirteen years later. But that’s not the only murder to occur at the old farmhouse. True-crime podcaster, Sebastian Blaine shows up at the B & B to feature the murder of Isabelle Addington, a woman who was murdered over a hundred years earlier at 322 Predicament Avenue. Norah fears his podcast will drudge up her sister’s unsolved case and all the crippling memories with it. However, as details come to light, Norah realizes there are things she didn’t know, casting what she thought was true in doubt. With Sebastian’s help Norah digs deeper to find the truth.

Over a hundred years earlier in 1901, Effie and her sister Polly stumble upon a grisly scene taking place at 322 Predicament Avenue, and at first no one believes them. Soon after a Mr. Anderson seeks Effie out after hearing about the event and proclaims the murdered woman must be his wife, Isabelle Addington. They search for clues together, and it seems they are getting close to the truth as Effie and Polly narrowly escape harm.

Night Falls on Predicament Avenue was an engrossing mystery, but the pace was slow at first and took a bit to get into. From the start there was an atmospheric, spooky vibe and I wondered if the danger was from supernatural or real-life threats. You’ll have to read it to find out! There’s also a bit of romance for both Effie and Norah, but it wasn’t front and center. The story ramps up in suspense chapter by chapter and ends in an exciting and satisfying conclusion!

4 Stars

Book Description:

As the walls of the house at Predicament Avenue reveal their hidden truths, two women--generations apart--discover that fear and foreboding are no respecters of time.

In 1901, Effie James is committed to doing anything to save her younger sister, who witnessed a shocking murder, leaving her mute and in danger of the killer's retribution. Effie must prove what her sister saw, but when a British gentleman arrives, he disrupts Effie's quest with his attempts to locate his wife, Isabelle Addington, who was last seen at the supposed crime scene in the abandoned house at 322 Predicament Avenue. Just as Effie discovers what she seeks, she finds that the blood staining the walls will forever link her to a scandal she couldn't imagine, and to a woman whose secrets promise to curse any who would expose them.

A century later, Norah Richman grapples with social anxiety and grief as she runs her late great-aunt's bed-and-breakfast on Predicament Avenue. But Norah has little affection for the house and is committed only to carrying out her murdered sister's dreams until crime historian and podcaster Sebastian Blaine arrives to investigate the ghostly legacy of the house's claim to fame--the murder of Isabelle Addington. When a guest is found dead, the incident is linked to Isabelle's murder, and Norah and Sebastian must work together to uncover the century-old curse that has wrapped 322 Predicament Avenue in its clutches and threatens far more than death.

Author Bio:

Jaime Jo Wright (JaimeWrightBooks.com) is the author of ten novels, including Christy Award and Daphne du Maurier Award-winner The House on Foster Hill and Carol Award winner The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond. She's also a two-time Christy Award finalist, as well as the ECPA bestselling author of The Vanishing at Castle Moreau and two Publishers Weekly bestselling novellas. Jaime lives in Wisconsin with her family and felines.

Monday, April 8, 2024

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2024 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Artsy Reader where each week they post a new top ten list and ask fellow bookish folk to share their lists on that topic.

This week is a freebie, so I'm posting the March 19th topic since I didn't get to it:

Books on my Spring 2024 TBR:

Click on cover for Goodreads link:

Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson #14) by Patricia Briggs

Ever Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies by Catherine Mack

Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson #14) by Patricia Briggs

15 Summers Later by RaeAnne Thayne

Mind Games by Nora Roberts

Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies by Catherine Mack

Archangel's Lineage (Guild Hunter #16) by Nalini Singh

The Sweet Blue Distance by Sara Donati

Archangel's Lineage (Guild Hunter #16) by Nalini Singh

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins

The Summer Swap by Sarah Morgan

Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea

Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins

I'm excited about every book here!

How about you? Have you read any on my list or are any on your list as well?

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Sunday Post #245

I missed last Sunday Post because I was in Austin, TX babysitting grandkids for four days while my daughter and SIL celebrated their anniversary. It was very busy. We went to the movies, went to Book People in downtown Austin, visited the Capitol Building, played cards and watched Jumanji one and two (newer version) a few times. The Texas Hill Country was gorgeous with all the bluebonnets and Indian paint brush blooming and so green! Came home Monday.

Texas bluebonnets

Book People

Inside Texas Capital Building

It's been cold and raining at home and winter decided it wasn't done with us yet and we got snow Thursday and Friday. Thankfully it melted Friday afternoon.