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BOOK THREE TEMPLE OF INDRA'S LIES IS NOW AVAILABLE

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‘Tis The Season To Be Reading! | How About Adding MY LATEST TIME TRAVEL COZY MYSTERY to your Reading List BUY NOW BOOK THREE TEMPLE OF INDRA'S LIES   Cozy Mysteries are a great way to get into the holiday spirit. They’re often set in small neighborhoods and the dead bodies show up along with the laughs just in time for the holidays. THE NEWLY RELEASED  Temple of Indra’s Lies and COMING SOON  Temple of Indra’s Witch  are both set in Dublin’s Creative Quarter , an area with a long standing history dating back to the 18th century. The neighborhood's eclectic mix of shops, cafés, galleries, and restaurants, make it the perfect backdrop for Sophia's modern day bookshop. Of course my series also offers up a time travel twist for those readers who enjoy the whimsical nostalgia of magic and history. That’s why I married cozy mystery with time travel in my series; the TIME TRAVELING BIBLIOPHILE. If you are experiencing anxiety or a reading slump, perhaps some time wit

MERRY CHRISTMAS! BOOKS ONE and TWO | TIME TRAVELING BIBLIOPHILE SERIES Now Available.

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~ LIMITED CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE ON BOOKS ONE AND TWO - KINDLE 1.99 USD This Librarian is Just Killing Time…Travel Sophia Marcil loves her grandmother’s twisted tales almost as much as the sapphire ring passed down to her. Wearing it, however, could be her downfall. After slipping the jewel onto her finger she is pushed from a cliff—landing splat in the middle of 19th Century Monaco, where a killer plot to seize the throne could consume her entire future—past and present. Sophia believes she’s being forced into an eccentric millionaire’s dinner theatre but a hidden diary, a secret passage and a whispered conversation reveal to her that the role of a princess is not all fun and games. With the help of a man from outside the palace walls, Sophia undertakes a spellbinding journey straight out of a Grimm tale. Learning the gem’s secrets and the powerful curse behind it are only the beginning. With time and the constant threat of death hanging over her, she must take a page out o

All I Want for Christmas Is A Trip Through Time.

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THE PAST IS NEVER FAR BEHIND. Join the Time Travelling Bibliophile on her Adventures Through Time. Thanks to everyone who already purchased. Both books made the Amazon Best Sellers List. Solstice Publishing #AmazonBestSellers Newly Released. Time Traveling Bibliophile Books One & Two. On Sale until January. 20th. #TempleofIndrasJewel #NewEdition #BookOne #TimeTravelingBibliophileSeries #Staytunedforbook3newrelease #RachaelStapleton #Mystery #CozyMystery #TimeTravel  #Amazonnewreleases #AmazonTimeTravel #AmazonMystery  #MerryChristmas #TempleofIndras Curse #Book Two #kindledeals    # kindlesteals

Check out Book Two in SC Alban's Strega Series

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Barely Living Alive, Book Two in The Strega Series, releases TODAY, November 15, 2016! With her four-hundred-year-old curse finally lifted, Kate Martins now knows who she is. She has regained the power of the Strega Negri and is ready to unleash all kinds of hell on her tormentor and husband, Alessandro. Especially since he sent her destined love, Gio, into a coma where he is trapped between worlds and unable to communicate. With Claire and Willem at her side, Kate follows Alessandro’s trail straight into San Francisco’s magical underground. But, with Alessandro tapping into dark magic and the Dark Lord Rau now in the mix, Kate realizes that she just may have bitten off more than she can chew. Download your copy of the highly anticipated follow up to A Life Without Living today! #ParanormalThriller #WitchyRomance #NewRelease myBook.to/BarelyLivingAlive ***Review to follow***

Meet Today's Guest Lena Gregory: Cozy Mystery Author of Death at First Sight

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Death at First Sight (Bay Island Psychic Mystery #1) I received my advanced copy of Death at First Sight , the FIRST IN A VISIONARY NEW MYSTERY SERIES by Lena Gregory over a month ago and devoured it in a matter of days. I love a good cozy book right before bed, and this charming story about Psychic Shop owner Cass Donovan did not disappoint. I stayed up far too late into the evening because I couldn't put it down. A well-crafted mystery with a quirky cast of characters, and plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing to the end. I highly recommend this book! It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that something’s not right on Bay Island... Since she left her psychiatric practice in New York City to open up a psychic shop in her hometown on Long Island, Cass Donovan has given her fair share of readings to conflicted customers. But what she sees in Ellie Hawkins’ future doesn’t bode well. When Ellie’s mother Marge publicly confronts Cass about the reading, the e

Meet Today's Guest Lena Gregory: Cozy Mystery Author of Death at First Sight

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Brushes With the Paranormal Have you ever had a brush with the paranormal? And encounter you couldn’t quite explain away, no matter how hard you tried to convince yourself there was a logical explanation? I’ve had several over the years, but I’ll only share a couple. I have three kids, and not one of them slept through the night, so I can only assume it’s something I did wrong. Of course, neither my husband nor I sleep through the night either, so I guess it’s no surprise. Anyway, one night, when my middle guy, Nicky, was around a year and a half old, he just would not go to sleep. I was so exhausted I couldn’t keep my eyes open another minute, and I was afraid to bring him in my bed for fear he’d fall down the stairs if he got up and wandered, which he did even then, so I crawled into the crib with him and closed my eyes. The next think I knew, someone was shaking my shoulder. Startled, I opened my eyes and looked up, fully expecting to find my husband standing over m

Mystery Revealed: Happy To Announce My Time Traveling Bibliophile Book Series Tour Dates

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The Traveling Bibliophile Series Temple of Indra's Books 1-4 Check out the schedule: January 5 –  The Self-Rescue Princess  - CHARACTER INTERVIEW January 6 –  The Book's the Thing  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 7 -  Books,Dreams,Life  - GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 8 –  Deal Sharing Aunt  - INTERVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 8 –  Island Confidential  - GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 9 –  Readsalot  - SPOTLIGHT January 10 –  T's Stuff  - INTERVIEW, SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 11 –  Sleuth Cafe  - REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY January 12 –  StoreyBook Reviews  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 13 –  Community Bookstop  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 14 –  A Holland Reads  - CHARACTER GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 15 –  3 Partners in shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, too!  - SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 16 –  Celticlady's Reviews  - SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 17 –  Nadaness In Motion  - REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY   January 18

Mystery Revealed: Happy To Announce My Time Traveling Bibliophile Series Tour Dates

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The Traveling Bibliophile Series Temple of Indra's Books 1-4 Check out the schedule: January 5 –  The Self-Rescue Princess  - CHARACTER INTERVIEW January 6 –  The Book's the Thing  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 7 -  Books,Dreams,Life  - GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 8 –  Deal Sharing Aunt  - INTERVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 8 –  Island Confidential  - GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 9 –  Readsalot  - SPOTLIGHT January 10 –  T's Stuff  - INTERVIEW, SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 11 –  Sleuth Cafe  - REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY January 12 –  StoreyBook Reviews  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 13 –  Community Bookstop  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 14 –  A Holland Reads  - CHARACTER GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 15 –  3 Partners in shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, too!  - SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 16 –  Celticlady's Reviews  - SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 17 –  Nadaness In Motion  - REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY   January 18

The Traveling Bibliophile Series: Happy to Announce that my Tour is all Booked.

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The Traveling Bibliophile Series Temple of Indra's Books 1-4 Check out the schedule: January 5 –  The Self-Rescue Princess  - CHARACTER INTERVIEW January 6 –  The Book's the Thing  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 7 -  Books,Dreams,Life  - GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 8 –  Deal Sharing Aunt  - INTERVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 8 –  Island Confidential  - GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 9 –  Readsalot  - SPOTLIGHT January 10 –  T's Stuff  - INTERVIEW, SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 11 –  Sleuth Cafe  - REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY January 12 –  StoreyBook Reviews  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 13 –  Community Bookstop  - REVIEW, GIVEAWAY January 14 –  A Holland Reads  - CHARACTER GUEST POST, SPOTLIGHT January 15 –  3 Partners in shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, too!  - SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 16 –  Celticlady's Reviews  - SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY January 17 –  Nadaness In Motion  - REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY   January 18 – 

Looking for a Spooky Read to Put you in the Halloween Spirit: Check Out Solstice Publishing's Anthology's

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Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Vol 3 Welcome to your worst nightmare. Where creatures creep, bad guys or gals extract trouble where there is none, and you are guaranteed not to have a good night’s sleep. Solstice Shadows and eight fabulous authors team up to bring you, our faithful readers, scary tales from all around the world. http://bookgoodies.com/a/B01M29O4I9 Blurb Eight tales sure to send your goosebumps screaming in terror… The Twilight Zone meets Hitchcock… Do you see me now? Nothing is as it seems… Wake Up to Your Worst Nightmare… It’s dark magic; get the picture? Do captured Spirits really exist? A dream house of mystery… Cora inherits a haunted castle. Authors Christopher Davis, Rocky Rochford, Leah Hamrick, S@yr, M.A. Cortez, P.J. Lawton, CS Patra, and E.B. Sullivan bring your worst nightmares to life in this scary, can’t put down anthology. https://youtu.be/oWeMppIdfe8 While you’re out and about f

Book Review of JANET FINSILVER's Murder at the Mansion

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Genre – Cozy MysterySeries: A Kelly Jackson Mystery Publisher: Lyrical Underground Fortunes, fineries, and foul play . . . Murder at the Mansion by JANET FINSILVER is the second book in the Kelly Jackson Mystery series. It’s whale-watching season in Redwood Cove, and B&B manager Kelly Jackson’s battening down the hatches for the tourist rush at Redwood Heights—a Victorian-style estate owned by her boss. And due to recent jewelry thefts, her duties include keeping track of the many dust-covered artifacts spread throughout the property.  I enjoyed the first book and was pretty pumped to read the second installment. Unfortunately, I was a little underwhelmed by the first quarter of the book. Kelly Jackson's arrival back at Redwood Cove Bed-and-Breakfast is pretty slow. The B and B has been undergoing renovations and is not quite ready to open yet. Kelly’s boss, Michael Carrigan, has her doing inventory of Redwood Heights due to recent thefts. Kelly hears a scream

Get Lucky this Saint Patrick's Day with a Nice Irish Setting

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Ireland makes for a great book setting, doesn't it? From the rolling hills and haunted gothic castles that radiate romance and evoke magical visions of fair maidens and frightful dungeons to the bustling metropolis of Dublin alive with entertaining cultural pursuits, beautiful architecture and lively pubs. Not surprisingly, one of the most anticipated and beloved parties revolves around Ireland’s national holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. Parades, expressive costumes, street theatre and a lively carnival atmosphere will leave you spellbound.  But if you're like me then perhaps you'd prefer to do your celebrating via the pages of a nice cozy mystery. If that's the case why not check out The Temple of Indra Series. Here's an excerpt to wet your whistle. Excerpt from The Temple of Indra's Jewel Chapter Twenty-Three| Curator’s Connection ––––––––   Surrounded by hedges and covered in moss, his home looked like a whimsical Tudor-style cottage with beautiful