Jencey's Writer's Corner

Thank you to Tandem Literary and St. Martin’s Press for sending me a copy of The High TideClub by Mary Kay Andrews.   I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review. The month of May 2018 is the 8 th anniversary of Writer’s Corner.   Today we celebrate with a review and giveaway of The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews.   The giveaway will run from the 24 the   to the 31 of May.   I always look forward each year to sharing the next book by Mary Kay Andrews and this year is no exception.   Are you ready for some fun? Synopsis: One night in October 1941 an engagement party took place on Talisa Island the home of the Bettendorfs.   This engagement party is for Millie a friend of Josephine Bettendorf.   At the party Millie is dancing with Josephine’s brother Gardiner when her fiancé Russell Strickland suddenly notices, and pulls her away from Gardiner roughly.     Gardiner   confronts   Russell and threatens tha...

I am glad to be back sharing three wonderful new books and a recipe.   This is a blog hop which will run from April 18 th through April 27 th . There is also a grand prize is an ereader of their choice (up to $200 value) with second prize a $25 gift card to the ebook retailer of your choice.   You must visit each site in the hop giveaway to qualify for the grand prize, and leave a comment with email to be counted.   Grand prize winners will be announced on Bloomin Thyme’s websites. The recipe is once again from Pinterest.   This time I decided to take the Impossible Cheese Burger Pie recipe and convert into the Impossible Chicken Cheese Pie.   I loved it!   Who says you can’t tweak a recipe to your own tastes? J   I have one copy of Susan Meissner’s As Bright As Heaven .   The second book is The Lemonade year by Amy Willoughby-Burle and has just released.   The third book is the paperback release of One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline. (T...

Photo by Chris Arlen Tessa Arlen is  visiting Writer's Corner for her new book in the Lady Montfort Mysteries series Death of  an Unsung Hero.   I have one copy up for grabs.  Giveaway will be open to US only.  Please follow the link to rafflecopter.  What inspired you to begin writing mysteries? Was the Lady Montfort Mysteries a series you always wanted to write? Ever since I read Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes when I was fourteen I wanted to write mysteries. I particularly enjoyed the Golden Age mystery writers: Dorothy L. Sayers Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham often referred to as the Queens of Crime who wrote detective fiction between the wars. And it wasn’t until I started to write mystery that I discovered that they considered their whodunits as a game for both author and reader: the elements of the mystery must be clearly presented but in such a way as to arouse curiosity, to entice the reader to try and...

The Spice Box Letters is a new release by St. Martins Press last month.  The publisher is sharing one copy of The Spice Box Letters in a giveaway here on Writer’s Corner.  This novel is another journey into the past just waiting for discovery by Katerina.    Synopsis:  Katerina inherits a scented, wooden spice box after her grandmother Mariam dies. It contains letters and a diary, written in Armenian. As she pieces together her family story, Katerina learns that Mariam's childhood was shattered by the Armenian tragedy of 1915. Mariam was exiled from her home in Turkey and separated from her beloved brother, Gabriel, her life marred by grief and the loss of her first love. Dissatisfied and restless, Katerina tries to find resolution in her own life as she completes Mariam's story – on a journey that takes her across Cyprus and then half a world away to New York. Miracles, it seems, can happen—for those trapped by the past, and for Katerina herself. ...

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for a copy of The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews.  This copy is given to me in exchange for an honest review.  I also have one copy of the Weekenders to give away. Mary Kay Andrews brings us another great story for the summer.  This time it includes a mystery as well as romance.  The story is set in North Carolina on a fictional Island named Belle Isle.  This story follows the main character Riley Griggs. She discovers a little about herself and her family. Synopsis: Riley and her daughter Maggie are leaving Raleigh for the summer to spend it on Belle Isle. They meet their good friends Ed and Parrish Godchaux.  Riley receives documents at the ferry landing that she thinks are divorce papers.  When Riley and Maggie arrive at their house there is a full closure notice tacked onto the door.  The trip to Wells Fargo helps Riley to start putting the pieces together.  She finds out what Wendell has ...

Welcome Sarah M. Johnson to Writer's Corner.  We are sharing her latest novel.  I feel that it is onethat is worth reading!  One lucky reader will get one copy of  this novel.  Please follow the rafflecopter below.   Life is Beautiful by Sarah M. Johnson Life is Beautiful: How a Lost Girl Became a True, Confident Child of God, by Sarah M. Johnson,   takes you on a full journey of trauma, loss, and finally resilience. While on a mission’s trip in Guatemala, a small Cessna Caravan’s engine blows while carrying fourteen passengers. Unfortunately, the Cessna crashes in a remote village, leaving eleven of the fourteen passengers dead. One passenger, Sarah, shares her story in Life is Beautiful , about the deaths of her father and brother; her mother’s extreme physical and emotional injuries, and Sarah’s self-discovery to accept this new life. Chapter 1 – The Crash I remember all of the emotions, the trees whipping by, everything happening ...

Thank you so much for having me on your blog, Jencey and Tina!             I was stuck on what to write for this blog post for a while, but the answer was all around me, and I figured it out one day while I was on a run. Writing in the South means writing in color, and that color is green. In the spring, we look for the first buds on the trees and shrubs. In the summer, we watch the sky for that certain shade that tells us we should head for the basement or an inside closet. After a light rain, it even smells green outside. And in winter, we still have a lot of color thanks to the abundance of evergreens. It’s probably not an accident that my favorite place to write is outside. I've heard in various contexts that when you're stuck creatively, looking at something green can help unblock you. Researchers have demonstrated the association between looking at something green and creativity with a series of experime...

Author Nina Gaines is sharing her novel Letters to My Daughter here today.  It discusses celebrating the time you have with loved ones.  There  is a chance  to win the audio version of her novel.  Let's let Nina share with you what her novel is about: What would you say to a Loved One if you had one day to live? A Letter to My Daughter is a short book of individual letters to my dearest daughter. I leave her with advice on Love, Positive Thinking,How to Tap into your Inner Power, The Importance of Unplugging, realizing your Inner Beauty etc. A Letter to My Daughter will inspire you to appreciate and cherish the time that you have been given with your Loved Ones. "I woke up in the middle of the night wondering if this was the end. I thought no Lord not like this, not here, not now. I have so much to do, so much to finish, to give, to see. I began to cry and started thinking about my daughter. I had nothing to leave her but my love and words. I s...

Are you having a hard time with your ex?   Do you need to just get away from life’s circumstances?  Come and join us for Ladies' Nigh t...Would you like to win a goodies bag with a paperback copy of Mary Andrew's Ladie's Night with some other goodies? Synopsis: Grace is a lifestyle blogger and with her blog Gracenotes.   Her husband Ben keeps track of the advertising, and her assistant J’aimee does the rest.   One night Grace stumbles upon Ben and J’aimee in a compromising position and promptly loses her composure.   So much so in fact that Ben’s prized position, his car is in the bottom of the pool.   Grace decides to leave throws a few things into a suitcase and goes to her mom’s house.   Once at her mom’s she finds out that Ben is seeking a divorce.   She consults with an attorney and winds up in divorce therapy.   All is not as it seems with her therapist or the judge.   Will Grace be able to start over? My Thoughts: ...

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