Kim's Musings

Sharing GOOD News: The Wedding Crasher  (Book 3 in the Lana Malloy Paranormal Mystery series) is off to the editor and up for pre-order at  Amazon  and Kobo . It should also be available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble and iTunes soon. I've just released a combo book set containing  Haunted Hearts  and  Get Our or Die  where readers can save $2 by purchasing the set rather than purchasing the single books. I have a new blog titled  Kim's Author Support Page  with excellent articles, interviews, book reviews, and author spotlights. Last but definitely not least,  Haunted Hearts  has been chosen as one of Rave Reviews Book Club's August Book of the Month books. I'm very excited about this. Rave Reviews is a book club for both authors and readers. Check them out at   https://ravereviewsbynonniejules.wordpress.com/ . You'll be happy you did. The Wedding Crasher To Be Released: September 2015 The Wedding Crasher ...

I was just thinking about this the other day and decided to write it down. Why did I want to write this series—what attracted me to writing a mystery series about a psychic female private investigator who could communicate with ghosts? What contributed to my interest? I get ideas for writing from everywhere and everyone but never actually use specifics from the instances and persons all around me. However, it sparks ideas for totally unrelated subjects.  Just last week my husband and I were talking about cloning. Not sure where the conversation started, but we were wondering about how a soul comes into play in the overall scheme of this process. Does the cloned person even have a soul? Well, the what-ifs started and I have a futuristic, science fiction book on the back burner, meaning that I have an idea about one that I want to write. So, I added some thoughts about cloning to that file, and I’ve downloaded some books about cloning for research. Anyway, this is insight in...

This month I have read and reviewed three new books of which two were new authors (to me), and I would like to give you my musings about them. After all, this is Kim's Musings. All of these reviews have already been posted on Amazon.com and GoodReads. I am listing them below in the order that I read and reviewed them. Through indie authors, I have found a lot of good books. One is the  Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mystery  series by Terri Reid. The latest book I read was Veiled Passages , and the review is posted below. About Terri Reid: Terri Reid has been telling ghost stories since she was a toddler. Her mother tells of a time when two-year old Terri would sit in her highchair, look past her mother into the dark porch and say, "Look. Man." When her mother would turn in horror, Terri would laugh delightedly. Terri lives in the same are of the United States as her Mary O'Reilly character, Northwest Illinois. She lives on five acres of rolling land in a 100 y...

Lana Malloy Paranormal Mystery Series Haunted Hearts – Book 1 Blurb: “Twists and turns abound in this suspenseful novel having the reader on the edge of their seat until the climatic conclusion.” – Nancy Carty Lepri, Freelance Editor, Reviewer, and Author of Tommy’s Amigo and Tiny Angel “Haunted Hearts by Kim Cox is a charming . . . ghost story . . . The ghost characters and their living relatives were all delightful and fun. And of course . . . there is romance as well as the mystery.” – Fallen Angel Reviews Will Lana Malloy solve the twenty-year-old double murder of her great aunt and her great aunt’s fiancé by Memorial Day? If she can, they’ll spend eternity together; if she can’t, they’ll be stuck as Haunted Hearts for another year.   Scheduled Releases: Book 2: Get Out or Die - July 2015 Book 3: The Wedding Crasher - September 2015 Book 4: Christmas Cruise - November 2015 Buy Links $2.99 at Amazon http://goo.gl/DlYOVX Excerpt: Ch...

Haunted Hearts - Book 1 - Lana Malloy Paranormal Mystery Available at Amazon , Barnes & Noble , iTunes , Kobo , Page Foundry , and Scribd for the low price of 99-cent sale price. Sale ends April 13, 2015. Will Lana Malloy solve the twenty-year-old double murder of her great aunt and her great aunt’s fiancé by Memorial Day? If she can, they’ll spend eternity together; if she can’t, they’ll be stuck as Haunted Hearts for another year. "Haunted Hearts by Kim Cox is a charming . . . ghost story . . .  The ghost characters and their living relatives were all delightful and fun. And of course . . . ther is a romance as well as the mystery." - Fallen Angel Reviews "Twists and turns abound in this suspenseful novel having the reader on the edge of their seat until the climatic conclusion." - Nancy Carty Lepri - Freelance Editor, Reviewer, and Author of Tommy's Amigo and Tiny Angel. *Note: Haunted Hearts is a re-release. It was once part of the E...