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Be Careful What You Wish For - Sibel Hodge, Author

Be Careful What You Wish For – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts

“I arrived at the gym one morning to get some equipment sorted out for the boxers. It was still really early so I assumed no one would be there, but when I went in, I could…

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The Covert Element - John L. Betcher, Author

The Covert Element – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds

‘Whether drugs or not, it was hard for me to imagine that the scene I had observed this morning could possibly portend anything but headaches and misery for the residents of Ottawa County. “But twenty-three dead…When’s the last…

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Drama Queen Rules - Terry L. White, Author

Drama Queen Rules – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts

‘When I saw Skip wheel out of that parking lot in Paradox, I knew for sure I was going to break up with him. I have known girls who had men in prison and I wasn’t about to spend every Saturday afternoon waiting for a thirty-minute…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on August 13, 2011 at 2:54pm — No Comments

The Traveler - M. T. Bargeman, Author

The Travelers - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds - Desserts

“The dragon is part of the reason you’re here now. It has been a growing problem for some time now.”

“Then why doesn’t somebody kill it?” she said, as if she wondered why this was a novel concept for…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on August 10, 2011 at 5:23pm — No Comments

A Deadly Hand - Carol Costa, Author

A Deadly Hand – A Dana Sloan Mystery – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 30, 2011 at 5:52pm — No Comments

My Life, For Her - Robert Saniscalchi, Author

My Life, For Her – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts

‘Rob called Roy, “Beth Anne is missing! She left the Hospital to meet us at the game and never showed. Where the hell could she…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 28, 2011 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Renaissance - Sarah Tate, Author

Renaissance – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds – Desserts

‘My marriage had just fallen apart. It wasn’t like I didn’t see it coming. So why was I in complete and utter shock? The warning signs had been blasting out at me in fanfare for the past…oooooh, six years, or so? Why the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 26, 2011 at 2:23pm — No Comments

The Seventh Messenger - Carol Costa, Author

The Seventh Messenger – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘Like obedient children the people formed a circle around Benjamin. He closed his eyes and raised…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 17, 2011 at 1:06pm — No Comments

Ursula's Quest - Book 2 of the Witchcraft Wars - Tracey Alley, Author

Ursula’s Quest Book Two of the Witchcraft Wars – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

“Tell me Slade, do you know much about the legend of the Temple of Life?” “Yes, it’s a very old legend. It comes from Kemet I think. Something about the gods building a temple to guard a portal that supposedly led to the realm of…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 16, 2011 at 3:37pm — No Comments

A Dead Red Cadillac - R. P. Dahlke, Author

A Dead Red Cadillac – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘I hung up, and with hands that palsied, I grabbed the nearest set of keys and drove our old farm truck into Modesto. I ignored the familiar rattling of the loose drive shaft, the torn vinyl headliner, the missing door handle, and the growing spider web of…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 10, 2011 at 2:35pm — No Comments

I Killed the Man That Wasn't There - Darrell B. Nelson, Author

I Killed the Man That Wasn’t There – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

Story #1 – I Killed the Man That Wasn’t There

How is that possible. Someone has to be there in order to be killed. Not if you create a Trans-Dimensional Origami Reactor. That will surely do the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 8, 2011 at 2:32pm — No Comments

The Torah Codes - Ezara Barany, Author

The Torah Codes – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘I needed to walk around someone, so I had to step on the dirt of one of the tree plots that lined the street. As I stepped on the soft dirt, my heart grew cold. I nearly threw up. A body had been cut up and recently…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 6, 2011 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Releasing Gillian's Wolves - Tara Woolpy, Author

Releasing Gillian’s Wolves – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

“Jack, I don’t care what you do, I really don’t. But,” I paused until I was sure of his full attention, “you might want to keep it in your pants. All deals are off if I wake some morning to find your dirty laundry all over the papers.” Jack blanched, started to…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 1, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The Royal Dragoneers - M. R. Mathias, Author

The Royal Dragoneers – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘He saw that his bow was lying back where he had dropped it. His knife wasn’t at his hip either. Beyond the flames, he saw the shredded remains of the stag’s carcass. The dragon had torn half the meat away in only a few seconds. The trolls would have the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 30, 2011 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Old Loves Die Hard - Lauren Carr, Author

Old Loves Die Hard – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

“We did have a good marriage,” she choked out. “If I hadn’t made that one mistake—” Clasping her arms around his neck she tried to kiss him.

While diving backwards to dodge her lips, he released her hold on his neck. “You threw me out of my own…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 29, 2011 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Dragonfly Dreams - Franki deMerle,Author

Dragonfly Dreams – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘Shortly before 2:30 AM, Daphne awoke from a vivid dream. She dreamt she was in Scotland and had just been widowed. Her husband had been murdered. It was some distant time in the past, and she was dressed in a long black gown with a stiff white headdress She could feel…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 25, 2011 at 5:50pm — No Comments

Mysteerie Manor II - Sharon Hays, Author

Mysteerie Manor II - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘The fateful day she walked into the Valencia Manor, her life had taken many turns. What had started out as a property investment opportunity had become an intriguing nightmare of unexpected events and mysterious, supernatural phenomenon. Murder, strange…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 24, 2011 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Sojorn With a Stranger - Kata Diablo, Author

Sojourn With a Stranger - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

“The doll was on my pillow when I returned to my room.”

“What madness is this?” Derek paced the hallway. “Someone is up to no good.” When he stopped to look at her, she reminded him of a frightened child. Her cheeks were pale, her eyes ringed with dark…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 20, 2011 at 7:50am — No Comments

Burn Out - Victoria Heckman, Author

Burn Out – An Animal Communicator Mystery – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

Cap continued to dominate the physical space and Shirley’s attention, but Elizabeth watched Missy, too. Missy was not happy with the attention Cap was getting. She distinctly said, He is always first. He’s always getting fussed…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 19, 2011 at 10:31am — No Comments

Energetics: The First Order - Daniel Ward Terre Britton, Authors

Energetics: The First Order – Review by Guest Reviewer Matthew Morrison

Three MIT scientists risk their careers, reputations and their lives bringing a new form of energy to life in ‘Energetics: The First Order’ by Daniel Ward and Terre Britton. Who wouldn’t want America to have a self-sustained energy source? Only the U.S. government and the “Big Energy”…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 17, 2011 at 3:04pm — No Comments