Jencey's Writer's Corner

It would not be summer without including a thriller.   Last Summer’s hit by local author Kimberly Belle will leave readers turning pages for more.   This time in Three Days Missing , two boys go missing on a school field trip.   Or did they? Facebook         Twitter        Instagram “It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: the call that comes in the middle of the night. When Kat Jenkins awakens to the police on her doorstep, her greatest fear is realized. Her nine-year-old son, Ethan, is missing—vanished from the cabin where he’d been on an overnight class trip. Shocked and distraught, Kat rushes to the campground, but she’s too late; the authorities have returned from their search empty-handed after losing Ethan’s trail in the mountain forest. Another mother from the school, Stef Huntington, seems like she has it all: money, prominence in the community, a popular son and a loving husband. She hardly knows Kat, except for t...

Author Karma Brown likes to explore various psychological illnesses in her writing.   In The Life Lucy Knew; she explores false memories.   What happens when these types of memories occur and what implications does it have for the person that experiences them?   The Life Lucy Knew is the first Karma Brown novel that I have had the opportunity to read. Facebook   Twitter     Instagram “After hitting her head, Lucy Sparks awakens in the hospital to a shocking revelation: the man she’s known and loved for years—the man she recently married—is not actually her husband. In fact, they haven’t even spoken since their breakup four years earlier. The happily-ever-after she remembers in vivid detail—right down to the dress she wore to their wedding—is only one example of what her doctors call a false memory: recollections Lucy’s mind made up to fill in the blanks from the coma. Her psychologist explains the condition as honest lying, because while Lucy’s mem...

Thank you to Harlequin for sending me a copy of Susan Mallery’s book Secrets of the Tulip Sisters . I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review. I also received no monetary compensation. Who has sisters? I have a younger sister. My relationship with her is nothing like Kelly and Olivia. Our relationship has grown over the years.   We also had some rough patches like Kelly and Olivia.  Can the sisters of Tulpen Crossing get along or will there be a show down? Synopsis: Kelly has run the Tulip farm with her father Jeff for a while. They have split the business fifty/fifty. Each has their own responsibilities with the business. Do they influence each other's personal life? Kelly’s best friend Helen runs the café and her regular customer on most mornings is Jeff. They also share a passion for music. Could they possibly share anything else? Kelly had broken up with her ex Sven several months ago will she be ready to open her heart to someone new? Then h...

Mary Kubica is the new darling of suspense. I had the honor of meeting her last spring at Fox Tale Book Shoppe. She shared her current title Don’t You Cry . At the time I was intrigued by Ms. Kubica's work because of hearing so much about it. Is she the new master of suspense? Synopsis: This story has two different points of view. Quinn is the roommate of Esther. When Quinn realizes that Esther is missing, she starts to investigate. She turns her roommate’s bedroom upside down hunting for clues about what has happened to her. She even enlists the aid of a friend from work Ben. As she progresses in her investigation she starts to wonder who her roommate is. And wonders if she might be in danger as well? The other point of view is Alex’s story. He is the son of the town drunk. His mother left him when a little child. He does odd jobs around town for neighbors and those sympathetic to his cause. Alex sacrificed a full ride scholarship to stay home and take care of his f...

I had the honor of meeting Kimberly Belle about a year ago at her signing in Buckhead.   She then featured her debut novel The Last Breath , which is published by Harlequin.   Would it be a good holiday read?   This is a story that asks the question did he really do it. Synopsis:   Gia is coming home to take care of her dying father.   Her father who has recently been released from prison as her uncle Cal works on the appeal.   The case is the murder of his wife Ella May.     Gia comes home to take responsibility of his care, but where are her siblings Beau and Lexie?   They both still live in the same town, but have failed to show up to help.   Gia and Lexie meet one evening at Road Kill a local watering hole and meet the bartender Jake.   He definitely has a thing for Gia.   While this story is going on we also learn about Ella May and what happened to lead to her death.   Did Ella May’s husband really kill...