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A Cloud of Witness 0 Joan S. Hickey, Author

A Cloud of Witnesses – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***I am the seventh of seventeen children, from a working-class, Midwestern Catholic family. In my teenage years, the tension of alcoholism and depression brought my family to its knees. My parents fought…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 28, 2013 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Escape From Paris - Carolyn Hart, Author

Escape From Paris - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***If he didn’t hurry, they were going to be caught. That sergeant would walk down the road in a little while to see why she was taking so long. Why didn’t the Englishman hurry? Why had she said she would take him? Why had she…

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81 BBQ Chicken Recipes - Sharon Ray, Author

BBQ Chicken Recipes - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A book and A Dish I…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 11, 2013 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Ghostly Justice - Bev Irwin, Author

Ghostly Justice - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***I watched until they turned the corner at Colburn Street. Then the energy vanished and a profound sadness filled me. Even playing the piano held no joy that day. I have to talk to her. But how? I gave up…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 10, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Ghost Hunting Diary Volume III - T. M. Simmons, Author

Ghost Hunting Diary Volume III – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***Billy and Lucy York had been to Goshen Cemetery once previously with two other ghost hunters. From what they told me, I wanted to visit this historic graveyard myself. I wasn’t deterred by the rumors and tales abounding…

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What Did You Say? - Monique E. Hammond, Author

What Did You Say – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 28, 2013 at 5:11pm — No Comments

Scare Me - Richard Parker, Author

Scare Me - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***Poppy wondered if he'd locked himself in his bedroom but she had the key to that as well. It looked like blind panic had won out, howeer. She met Brett when she was a third of the way up the stairs. He was naked from…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 24, 2013 at 3:08pm — No Comments

Essentially Yours - Aaron Paul Lazar, Author

Essentially Yours - A Tall Pine Mystery - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds, A Book and A Dish

**Hurrying up the cement path, I climbed the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 14, 2013 at 5:56pm — No Comments

Missing Clayton - Bev Irwin, Author

Missing Clayton – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Clayton awoke to shivers running up and down his body. The blanket had slipped while he slept, and now, only partially covered him. The short-sleeved puppy-dog T-shirt he wore left his arms exposed and goose bumps covered the bare area. …

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 12, 2013 at 3:56pm — No Comments

Kidnapped by the Cartel - Karen D. Scioscia, Author

Kidnapped by the Cartel - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Day three in hell began with Steve finally falling into a fitful sleep around three o’clock in the morning. He woke up at five. It took almost an entire pot of java to clear his head. He sat at the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 11, 2013 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Divorcee.Biz - Eileen Thornton, Author

Divorce.Biz – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

“We had twenty people requesting meetings last night,” Connie told Jenny, as she and Sadie strode into the office. “That’s great news,” Jenny replied. “I know it’s early days, but it looks like our venture into the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 7, 2013 at 12:52pm — No Comments

Seasons in Purdah - Anjuella Floyd, Author

Seasons in Purdah – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

“James’ entry into Sahel’s life had at the very least unleashed an ability to communicate with those living on other levels of life. Through holding James’ hands, Sahel had entered James’ thought space and experienced…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 25, 2013 at 5:43pm — No Comments

Dead Man Talking - T. M. Simmons, Author

Dead Man Talking – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

A second later Katy continued with a resigned sigh, “He says his death was a murder, but not deliberate murder. That he can’t find eternal rest until the deed is exposed.” That got to me. The ghost must have known it…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 22, 2013 at 5:24pm — No Comments

Shadows of Doubt - Mell Corcoran, Author

Shadows of Doubt – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

He circled her slowly, enjoying the cool feel of plastic as it crinkled under his bare feet. The poor girl was exhausted, he could tell by hr soft low whimpers that came fewer and further between now. She had…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 9, 2013 at 5:10pm — No Comments

Slightly Cracked - Susan Whitfield, Author

Slightly Cracked – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

After eighteen holes of golf with his pals, Clayton ran into the kitchen from the mud room with a white face, his underwear dropped to his knees. Mackie Sue flung her spoon into the sink.

“Clayton, what on…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 6, 2013 at 6:39pm — No Comments

Bertha & Tillie Sisters Forever - Fran Lewis, Author

Bertha and Tillie Sisters Forever – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

My mean and horrible cousin said, “Bertha is the one that started the spitball fight in the bathroom. She was throwing them at everyone, and even hit the guards in the face when they tried to stop…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 3, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Without Consent - Bev Irwin, Author

Without Consent – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

He probed for the next vessel, clamping and cutting in a similar fashion. The cavity brimmed with blood and he couldn’t see. But now, it didn’t matter. He had what he wanted. He lifted his hand. He felt resistance. A Tiny…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on March 30, 2013 at 5:09pm — No Comments

Ghost Hunting Diary Vol. 2 - T. M. Simmons, Author

Ghost Hunting Diary Vol II – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

I don’t much care for my days and nights getting mixed up, but since I won’t take sleeping pills unless I’m desperate, I hadn’t taken any this night. Being ghost-sensitive, though, I had realized that the ghosts were…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on March 28, 2013 at 5:59pm — No Comments

Calm Before the Storm - B. J. Robinson, Author

Calm Before the Storm by B. J. Robinson– Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

“We’ve been feeding and medicating her intravenously and trying to get her to eat, but all she does is push food around on her plate. I found toast crumbs in her sheets and the bacon…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on March 24, 2013 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Olivia's Gift - Nancy Carabio Belanger, Author

Olivia’s Gift – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

“He set before me a book of nature; I understood how all the flowers He has created are beautiful, how the splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not take away from the perfume of the little violet or the…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on March 20, 2013 at 4:51pm — No Comments