Kim's Musings

About The Author Yvette M. Calleiro is a heavily addicted reader of both young adult and adult novels. She spends most of her time psuedo-living in paranormal worlds with her fictional friends (and boyfriends). She's also been known to run on the elliptical machine at her gym for hours while reading anything from paranormal to fantasy to suspenseful thrillers. When she's living amongst real people, Yvette M. Calleiro is a high school Reading teacher. She's been sharing her love of literature with her students for over fifteen years. Besides writing about the various characters that whisper (and sometimes scream) in her head, she enjoys traveling, watching movies, spending quality time with family and friends, and enjoying the beauty of the ocean. Yvette lives in Miami, Florida, with her beautiful son who allows her to enjoy children's literature all over again. She also shares her space with an assortment of crazy saltwater animals in her 300-gallon tank. About...

About The Author Katy Huth Jones grew up in a family where creative juices overflowed and made puddles to splash in. When not writing or sewing or drawing or taking photos, Katy plays piccolo and flute in The Symphony of the Hills. She lives with her husband Keith in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Their two sons, whom she homeschooled, have flown the nest and live creative lives of their own. Best of all, she is a cancer survivor. Visit her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Huth-Jones-Author/318819684805145 or contact her on twitter @KatyHuthJones or visit her blog: http://www.katyhuthjones.blogspot.com About The Book As second son of the King of Levathia, seventeen-year-old Valerian desires the quiet life of a scholarly monk. But when he fails to save his older brother in battle, Valerian must instead become crown prince. While a traitorous knight schemes against him, Valerian meets Mercy, a pacifist Healer with whom he can speak mind-to-mind like...

About The Author Hello Everyone, At present, I am working on my Christian novella, An Invisible Hand. You can sign up for details about it at www.aninvisiblehandbykathygolden.com. Be sure to opt in to receive an update on when my novella is published.[Update: An Invisible Hand is now published! Get your copy today. I'm working on the sequel and would love to hear what you would like to read more about in the second book. Post in the discussion section on this page or contact me via the website. Thanks! Kathy] I studied creative writing at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. I offer manuscript evaluations to help you improve your book before you have it edited and/or before you upload it for distribution. Contact me at any of my websites for more information. I particularly enjoy listening to audiobooks. I've created Just Audiobook Reviews: a website featuring audiobooks that I read and review. About The Book On Christmas Eve, two s...

About The Author Rebecca Reilly is a pastor and has been working in ministry for over thirty years. A wife and mother of two and grandmother of one, Rebecca enjoys hiking, jogging, and taking cruises. When she's in her Northern California home, she works as a pastor of student ministries, a massage therapist, a health coach, and a writer. Rebecca enjoys writing mysteries (Into Dark Waters and Haunting Megan), but has also written humor (Diary of a Christian Woman: How I Used 50 Shades of Grey to Spice Up My Marriage), a children's chapter book (The Geek Club), and two picture books (Heart of a Kitty and Jammers and His Flying Bed Adventure). Right now, Rebecca is working on follow- up novels in all four genres. Facebook Twitter Goodreads Rebecca's Website About The Book A cruise ship is an easy place to commit murder. Body disposal’s a cinch, and suicide’s the likely verdict. The only problem is determining how to choose the next victim. Sad ...

About Christa Nardi Christa Nardi is a new author of cozy mysteries. Murder at Cold Creek College is the first in what she hopes will be a series set in a small town in Virginia. She has a background in higher education and psychology, similar to the main character in the series, Sheridan Hendley. Please visit Christa's blog at http://christanardi.blogspot.com / You can find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/christa.nardi.5 Follow Christa on twitter: @ChristaN7777 About the Book Sheridan Hendley is a professor and psychologist, not a sleuth. When her colleague is murdered and her good friend becomes the prime suspect, her curiosity and logical mind have her putting pieces together. In small town Cold Creek it’s hard to have secrets. As Sheridan tries to connect all the people in Adam’s life, she finds that many women have a motive for Adam’s murder. When Sheridan's tires are slashed and then she is assaulted, it's clear someone is afraid she’s ...

Amber Quill Press Sales Yes, I'm an Indie author but I also have a GREAT publisher, and I have one book, Suspicious Minds, and a FREE short story listed with Amber Quill Press. If you like book sales, here's an Independence Day sale you don't want to miss! All e-books at Amber Quill Press that aren't already discounted, are 50% off all week. Suspicious Minds is already discounted at 99 cents and my short story, All For Love is FREE, but only through Amber Quill Press. Just click on the covers (on the left & right of this post) to be taken directly to the site where these books are on sale. Enjoy the sales and tell them Kim Cox sent you. And if that isn't enough, you can get the sequel to All For Love , Love Conquers All for only $1.99 at Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Kobo , iTunes , etc. Other Great Sales Haunted Hearts , Novella 1 pf the Lana Malloy Paranormal Mystery Series , is  still FREE at  Barnes & Noble and Amazon  until Mon...

About the Author: As a young mother with three small children, Cheryl Phipps escaped the daily chaos of motherhood through her beloved romance novels. She loved being whisked away from nappies and wiping noses to exotic locations filled with suave heroes and feisty heroines, and wonderful small towns with heart-warming tales of strong family ties and life-affirming true love. Her bookshelves still hold those favorite authors - Nora Roberts, Marian Keyes and Cathy Kelly - plus new-found favorites who write stories that echo Cheryl's own values: family always comes first and life's struggles and challenges are always surmountable through love.  Cheryl's three children have now grown up and have families of their own, leaving her free to pursue her dreams of writing novels. She lives in a quiet suburb of New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, with her wonderful husband, who she married the moment she left school (yes, they were high school sweethearts), and their turt...

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...

Loved this story about lost love. Where Her Heart Is is a clean, sweet romance about an estranged couple who try to get along for their daughter's sake when Betsy returns to town to house sit after a heartfelt request from an in-law (estranged husband's matchmaking aunt). If you're in for a bit of light and fun, yet, emotional reading, you will not be disappointed in Where Her Heart Is . It offers that and a whole lot more.  Blurb: A Ladies of Legend Novella (Book 5) Betsy McClain left Legend, Tennessee two years ago, with a broken heart, a baby to care for, and precious little else. She’s done well in the city, and so has daughter LizBeth Ann. A heartfelt request from Dorothy McClain is the only thing that could bring them back to Legend, even temporarily.  Mike McClain wants to get to know his only child, but Betsy isn’t cutting him any slack. Good looks and the old McClain charm seem to be failing him. Betsy is not the same love-struck girl he married, ...

ALL THIS TIME is now available in paperback through Amazon.com for only $9.99. Get your copy now at  Amazon  or Kindle at $3.99. Here's a little taste: The first section is in the villain's POV and the rest is a pre-wedding party with friends from Morgan's Fashion: She stood in the dark closet, screamed into a towel, bit it and threw it to the floor with all the power she could. A voice said, “Well, at least you got some kind of raise. What did you expect? You’ll never get anywhere in this company as long as a Morgan is heading it. Why don’t you just leave?” “I will not. I will not run or be beaten. Just wait. They’ll see. I’ll be successful. The Morgans will pay for their insults to me. One day, when I’m running the company, they’ll all be working as gofers in the mailroom. To hell with them all! ” Finally satisfied, she calmed and peeped out. Taking out a number of supplies, she left the darkness as soon as it was safe. She had to hurry for her next appointment...

Diamond & Cole is book one of A Cole Sage Mystery series. It has everything, love lost, a mystery, romance, danger, faith and some violence. I loved it and will read more from t his author. I love the way he wove his struggle with faith into the story. His descriptions and characters were realistic. As many have complained, there is a lot of description, but it was very well-written, and it was a little slow starting, but as I turned each page, it became more and more interesting. In my opinion I believe the story should have started on Chapter Two with chapter one woven into it. That's the only reason I didn't give it a 5. About the Author Micheal Maxwell was taught the beauty and majesty of the English language by Bob Dylan, Robertson Davies, Charles Dickens and Leonard Cohen. Mr. Maxwell has traveled the globe, dined with politicians, rock stars and beggars. He has rubbed shoulders with priests and murderers, surgeons and drug dealers, each one giving him a pa...

Dear Viking is a sweet romance that will pull at your heart strings. Rök Erikson’s new found Christian faith clashes with the traditions of his Viking family; he fights against falling in love with Leani as the duty he feels for his family demands he avenge his brother’s death. While Leani’s life hangs in the balance, she feels guilty for taking the life of another and places her punishment in the hands of her savior. As Rök’s and Leani’s faith is tested over and over, Lori Soard handles these characters’ inner and outer struggles like a pro.