JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder

The Art of Always by Patricia Friedrich Genre:  Women’s Fiction/Historical Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Date of Publication: Jan 19, 2022 ISBN: 978-1509237791 ASIN: B09KQY4W8L Number of pages: 372 Word Count: ~ 90K Cover Artist: Diana Carlile The biggest mystery is why we lie to ourselves Art history student Darcey Mendes needs a new topic for her thesis in order to graduate, but time is against her. Family debts are pressing. She fears she must give up all hopes of an academic career. Yet, without her degree, would she earn enough to provide for her secret daughter's future?  Archie Northwood, rich and from a privileged family, suddenly reappears in her life to offer the chance that could save her--the story of his Brazilian great-grandmother. His ancestor was Modernist painter Ana Eça, who, on the verge of stardom in the 1920s, mysteriously vanished from public view forever.  Choosing to unveil Ana's story is a complicated proposition for them both. How will they be a...

Designed by Destiny by Maya Tyler (Fairy Godmothers Incorporated, #1) Publication date: November 15th 2022 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance After a painful break-up in university, Bethany Clarke has sworn off love to focus on her career. From her humble South Side beginnings to her position as an architect intern at a prestigious Chicago firm, she’s proven to be a hard worker and is proud of her accomplishments. In three years, she’ll be a fully licensed architect which is more important to her than anything else. Confirmed bachelor Nicholas Grey is more than the playboy perpetrated by the tabloids. Now his position as CEO of the architecture firm Grey & Company is on the line, and his mother’s interference is making things more difficult. Nick’s serious about his work, but, in order to be taken seriously, he needs to land a huge project. A stable personal life will help guarantee the contract. Fairy Godmother Faye Delmore hears Nick’s plea and steps in to help. Posing as a pub...

Christmas Spirits by Dakota Star Publication date: November 15th 2022 Genres: Adult, Holiday, Romance, Thriller Ash has always felt at home in the small town of Humble, Connecticut, especially for the holidays. After her husband’s death, she never thought she’d love again, but then Cole Whelan arrived. His good looks and haunted hazel eyes were impossible to ignore, and their passion put an end to her simple, ordered life. This year, she can’t wait to celebrate with hot chocolate, a tree to decorate, and presents, lots of presents. But when Ash stumbles into a cave and a corpse during a run, Christmas turns into crisis. There’s a killer on the hunt, and she’s his next target. With the snow falling, Ash hosting for the holidays, and another mysterious murder, will all hope of holiday cheer be trashed like old wrapping paper? Add to Goodreads / Purchase Only 99¢ for a limited time! — SNEAK PEEK: She jogged, warming up along the start of the trail, and then increased the tempo. Maple,...

Today Tinia Montford and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover for THE LAST MINUTE FIRST LADY, her new rom-com which releases December 22, 2022! Check out the awesome cover and enter the giveaway! On to the reveal! About The Book: Title:   THE LAST MINUTE FIRST LADY Author:  Tinia Montford Pub. Date:  December 22, 2022 Publisher:  Emerald Press LLC Formats:   eBook Find it:   Goodreads ,  Amazon , B&N , iBooks , Kobo WHAT’S ONE ITSY, BITSY, LITTLE LIE? Cassian Anders will be the youngest governor in Illinois history... If he wins. That’s all everyone seems to talk about these days. Jolie Coldwell isn’t one of them. As a journalist, her priorities comprise digging up dirt on crooked politicians and local cover-ups. When her latest exposé on a congressman lands her in hot water, her days are reduced to covering the senior center’s casino night. Unexpectedly, news breaks: the on-air investigative segment needs a replacem...

Percivious: Escape Percivious Book 3 by J J Cook & A J Cook, MD Genre: SciFi Thriller Who will survive when the future can only be saved by the past? A vicious insomnia pandemic devolves into a devastating apocalypse, and humanity teeters on the brink of extinction in the thrilling final installment of the Percivious Trilogy,  Escape . Emerging from the dark side of the moon, the  HELIX   and its crew embark on a desperate effort to save the last of their species—and ours. An unexpected alliance forms between humans and the XYZ—Earth’s first intelligent hominid species—to stop the pandemic once and for all. But when unforeseen forces surface, Herriden, captain of the  HELIX — which carries the last of the cetacean XYZs—must make an unfathomable choice, if it’s not already too late . . . Percivious: Escape   is an astonishing conclusion to the Percivious Trilogy, in which life as we know it will never be the same. Amazon * Goodreads Trailer **Don't miss the...

Crazy Witch The Witch Doctors  Book Three by C.S. Edwards Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: C.S. Edwards Date of Publication: October 31, 2022 ISBN: 9798215161517 ASIN: B0BH6JKM82 Number of pages: 142 Word Count: 36,382 Cover Artist: C.S. Edwards What does Bart Babington’s love life, a legendary key, and the Goddess of Death, have in common? Well, Bart is about to find out. The not-so-famous witch doctor cosmetic surgeon is sick and tired of his two meddling sisters trying to mate him up at every annual Samhain celebration for the last ten years. So, Bart enlists his two best wingmen to help him find a fake date to take to Rabbit Hash for the party. In his grand plan to get his sisters off his back, what he didn’t count on is falling for a pigeon raising, southern witch on a moped. Nor did he expect to lose her during the couple’s championships for the Loving Cup. But he’s on a ghostly trip to sort out his past and make room for true love in his life. Will Bart find his witch, o...

A Raven Remix Paranormal Penny Box Set  Books 1, 1.5 and 2  Sarah Hualde Genre: YA Paranormal Cozy Mystery Date of Publication: 11/15/22 ISBN:  9781736756645 ASIN:   B0BKFLD85D Number of pages: 550 Word Count: approx 80,000 Cover Artist:  OlivaProDesign Most people run from death, But not Penny. She chases it down. Penny's premonitions put her friends in peril. Join her as she stalks the bird of death by following the musical clues he leaves behind. Will she and her cheeky cat, Spades save the day? Or will the Raven be one step ahead? This Paranormal Penny Boxset features books 1, 1.5, and 2 in the Paranormal Penny Mystery Series. Join Penny and Spades as they thwart murderers before they strike. Amazon       Kobo       Apple       BN Interview with Sarah Hualde Welcome to JB’s Bookworms with Brandy Mulder Tell us about your newest book. My newest release is a bo...