I won both these books through IReadBookTours. From warm and fuzzy to cold and dangerous, I loved both the books and want to thank IReadBookTours, Sunny Weber and Elizabeth McKenna for my beautiful copies. They look wonderful on the shelf.
Told from Kaya’s point of view, From Wild to Mild by Sunny Weber is a wonderfully sweet and easy reading adventure story of a kidnapped puppy and how he makes hard decisions in order to find his place in the world.
An isolated lodge in the woods, a blizzard, and I’m sure nothing can go wrong (LOL) as family and friends, along with one stranger, unite to put the past where it belongs in this novella that quickly turns into a mystery filled with suspense and a killer that goes on a rampage.
Another Oopsie. I guess I’m trying to do too many things at one time, so I’m messing up on my scheduling. The silver lining for you, some fun and chuckles for all pet lovers.
A little bird told me, as I was searching for the elusive creature n the sky, that a mystery was brewing and I am eager for another adventure with Fred and Watson. I am having such a good time with Mildred Abbott’s cozy corgi series. If you are a dog lover you may enjoy Watson, an incorrigible treat eater. I believe each book can stand alone and can be read in any order, but always best to begin at the beginning. Each is its own mystery, but the characters do grown and develop along the way.
Even though Fred has a romantic interest with the local cop, she has to get involved. Is it because she doesn’t trust the cops to get the job done? Her and Watson put a lot of miles on their feet, which her feet sometimes end up in her mouth, but she always gets her man…or woman and everyone know its.including the bad guys.
Watson is special in his own right, seeming to sense wha is necessary and taking the appropriate action.
Plenty of suspects that kept me guessing. A sometimes humorous and lightly written cozy with wonderfully unique and quirky characters. Another great edition to the series.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Bickering Birds by Mildred Abbott.
4 Stars
GOODREADS BLURB
Rocky Mountain National Park has it all: rugged peaks, pine-scented forests, enchanting bird-watching locations, and… murder. The
Cozy Corgi bookshop finally opens, and Winifred Page and her headstrong
corgi, Watson, are ready to welcome their first patrons. With her new
best friend, Katie, creating heavenly pastries in the bakery on the top
floor of the store, Fred’s dreams are all coming together in delicious
and unexpected ways. When Katie caters a meeting of the Feathered
Friends Brigade and drags Fred along, they expect nothing more than
loquacious chatter about birds as they endeavor to build a professional
relationship with the owner of the wild bird shop. Fred and Katie are
quickly roped into a moonlight snowshoeing hike in hopes of spotting a
rare owl. While the endangered bird proves elusive… the murdered man in
the snow is hard to miss. Fred’s growing relationship with
Sergeant Wexler hits a snag when he forbids her from donning her sleuth
hat yet again. But Fred is a lot like her corgi—she doesn’t like being
told what to do, even if it puts an end to a possible romance. As
Fred and Watson delve into the lives of the ornithological club members,
the tangled birds’ nest of an investigation makes Fred wonder if she
should have left this one to the police. But when feathers begin to fly,
Fred has no choice but to flush out a killer…
(This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for delectable ham and cheese croissants.)
ABOUT MILDRED ABBOTT
Reading the Cozy Corgi series is pretty much all you need to know
about Mildred. In real life, she’s obsessed with everything she writes
about: Corgis, Books, Cozy Mountain Towns, and Baked Goods. She’s not
obsessed with murder, however. At least not at her own hands (nor paid
for… no contract killing here). But since childhood, starting with
Nancy Drew, trying to figure out who-dun-it has played a formative role
in her personality. Having Fred and Watson stroll into her mind was a
touch of kismet.
I have enjoyed Pamela Fagan Hutchin’s writing before, and as soon as I read about the frogs, LOL, I new I made the right choice in reading Puppalicious and Beyond. I love critters and the fun cover, but I wasn’t prepared for all the wonderful, comical stories inside. From St Croix in the Virgin Islands, to Houston, Texas, I laughed and marveled at Pamela’s sense of humor. She shares her family, with their eclectic personalities. Oh man, the creepy crawlies in the Virgin Islands, I shivered thinking of them, in the house, crawling on me…OH NO! The guard dog…so sweet. Lots of love and fun with sadness and loss, but isn’t that the way of life?
4 Stars
GOODREADS BLURB
Puppalicious And Beyond Life Outside The Center Of The Universe
Award winner in Narrative Nonfiction in the USA Best Books Contest
Available in print and ebook forms from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, SkipJack Publishing, and Smashwords.
Where
the Red Fern Grows meets Wuthering Heights: A collection of
inter-related fiction and narrative non-fiction stories about the
amazing relationship of people to nonhumans that captures our collective
imagination.
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Do you rank Where The Red Fern Grows along with Wuthering Heights amongst your favorite books of all time? All Creatures Great and Small with Pet Sematary? If so, chances are you get it: there’s something magical about giving literary immortality and voice to the nonhumans that capture our collective imagination. If these are the stories that glue you to the page, then Puppalicious and Beyond: Life Outside The Center Of The Universe is the book for you. Set in the Caribbean and Texas, it tells the sometimes true and sometimes fictional tales of the magnificent and interrelated creatures – natural and supernatural — that passed through the author’s life, bringing her delight, fright, and every emotion in between.
ABOUT PAMELA FAGA HUTCHINS
I like big butts and I cannot lie: horse butts that is. As in draft cross horses, which I ride with my hunky husband way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, WY and deep in the heart of Nowheresville, TX. I am a wannabe barrel racer afraid of going fast, an eater of ribeye, and the author of the USA Today bestselling What Doesn’t Kill You world of romantic mysteries.
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When
I’m not writing or riding, I’m passionate about hiking, always with a
couple of rescue dogs (and an occasional goat and donkey), bear spray, a
mountain lion knife, and my Judge. NO ANIMALS HAVE BEEN HARMED IN THE
MAKING OF THIS LIFE ADVENTURE (but don’t sneak up on me).
I like big butts and I cannot
lie: horse butts that is. As in draft cross horses, which I ride with my
hunky husband way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, WY and deep
in the heart of Nowheresville, TX. I am a wannabe barrel racer afraid
of going fast, an eater of ribeye, and the author of the USA Today
bestselling What Doesn’t Kill You world of romantic mysteries.
I’ve
made some lists and won some awards, yada yada. 2018 USA Today
Bestseller. 2018 #1 Amazon Bestseller. 2018 Top 50 Amazon Author
(Romantic Mystery, Romantic Suspense). The 2017 Silver Falchion for Best
Adult Mystery WINNER (Fighting for Anna), the 2016 and 2015 WINNERS for
USA Best Books Fiction: Cross Genre (Hell to Pay, Heaven to Betsy), and
others. With downloads of nearly 2,000,000 for the What Doesn’t Kill
You world, readers seem to enjoy my smart, sassy female sleuths—I think
they have exceptionally good taste. {insert silly grin here} Lots of
them follow my podcast, too, where I fangirl my favorite authors and
interview them for your listening pleasure.
If after all that you still want to learn more about my books, my podcast, or me, then God Bless Ya, and do drop in on my website, http://pamelafaganhutchins.com.
I am a Dobie lover, so just seeing the cover for Running Free by K Webster made this a must read for me. I am so very glad she is the Dobie shifter. I love the supernatural and paranormal world, so let’s see what’s happening in Woodland Creek, Indiana.
Frankie is a 12 year old foster kid, a coming of age young girl who is driven to Run Free.
It’s ten years later and the only person she cares about is an owl shifter named Otis. At least that is what she tells herself. OtisHe is the dad she never had. She wears a collar with a “bitch” tag. Love it! It’s special touches like the tag that takes a novel to an extra level for me. Frankie has the power of intimidation and a very protective nature towards the “people” that matter to her.
Detective Gunnar Mason has come to investigate Acey’s disappearance. He is one of the “rescued” that Frankie was looking out for. She is a badass, but kids are her weakness. She goes out of her way to help them. She finds them in animal shelters, where she had spent some time herself. I couldn’t help but smile and chuckle about that. I wonder…if her and Gunnar were to get together, what would they have? Humans or puppies? LOL
There is so much about Running Free that I loved and would like to share, but I am afraid of giving too much away.
I love that Frankie thinks of her new “family” as the Brainless Horny Idiot Pace. I love the witty and snarky dialogue that creates a tension felt through the written word. I love all the different types of shifters – we have owls, dogs, wolves, bears, tigers, swans, even a mouse. There is imprinting. Can you imprint on a mouse? I would love to tell you more about a couple of the shifters, but it is well worth your time to find out about them yourself.
I finished reading the book through teary eyes for the tragic/heartwarming end. A fabulous fantasy of shifters, love, sacrifice and a misplaced sense of revenge. The writing evoked a gamut of emotions, from anger and rage to sorrow and heartbreak to fun and laughter. And I LOVED every minute of it. LOL
My only complaint is…I WANT MORE and I want it now!
I received a copy of Running Free by K Webster in return for an honest review.
5 Stars
SYNOPSIS
Frankie Aleen, a Doberman-shifter, has lived her life in and out of both foster homes and animal shelters. Without a mentor to guide her through the trials of shapeshifting, she was left to struggle to find balance between that of human and dog. Five years ago, though, she ran away from Chicago and ended up in the quaint town of Woodland Creek, Indiana, at the age of seventeen and finally found a safe harbor. An owl-shifter, Otis Brock, took her in and has been a father figure to her ever since.
Even though Frankie, now a bartender, has a wild, rebellious streak, she feels obligated to seek out other abandoned shifters to provide mentorship of her own. Frankie’s safe haven is threatened, however, when teen shifters start turning up dead around Woodland Pond, and she makes it her mission to find the perpetrator and seek justice.
But when one of Woodland Creek PD’s finest, Detective Gunnar Mason, starts sniffing around, he begins to notice that each of the deceased teens are somehow linked to that of the sexy, mysterious bartender with a sharp tongue. He doesn’t want her out of his sight until he’s sure she’s not responsible for the deaths that are stacking up. Things aren’t what they seem in Woodland Creek and he’s sure that Frankie is harboring a dark secret—a secret that may be the key to solving the entire case.
Will Frankie become distracted from her quest for justice by the handsome detective that seems immune to her powers of intimidation? What will happen when Gunnar discovers secrets that weren’t ever meant to be uncovered by humans?
ABOUT K WEBSTER
K Webster is the author of dozens of romance books in many different genres including contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, and erotic romance. When not spending time with her husband of twelve years and two adorable children, she’s active on social media connecting with her readers.
Her other passions besides writing include reading and graphic design. K can always be found in front of her computer chasing her next idea and taking action. She looks forward to the day when she will see one of her titles on the big screen.
5 Stars
