Way back when Peppermint Magazine could still afford to give their PDF patterns away for free, I learnt about them through a fat sewing blog, Broad in the Seams. Now Peppermint Magazine has a ‘pay what you can afford’ model with a minimum amount that varies by pattern – with some patterns still being free! […]
Now You’re Mine by Morgan Bridges on October 1, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Billionaires, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / New Adult, Fiction / Romance / Suspense Pages: 256 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads The Protector She’s in danger. Just the thought of this threatens my sanity. I’ll do […]
When authors picture a publishing service going wrong, they usually picture a missing payment. A statement arrives, the money does not, and eventually somebody sorts it out. That is the optimistic version. The realistic version is that a failed publishing service takes several things at once, and money is the one you are most likely […]
Potent Pleasures Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James is $1.99! This was James’ debut historical romance. Many readers really seem to dislike the hero, while others said this was an emotional rollercoaster that left them a bit misty-eyed. During a previous sale, we asked what readers thought of the book and there’s some great conversation in the […]
An atmospheric historical novel where greed and counterfeit silver fuel a forgotten American hoax “…He knew there was a price to be paid, and he was tired of waiting for the bill to be delivered.” History often leaves behind unanswered questions. Fiction gets to imagine the rest. Drawing on the real “Great Bakersville Riot” hoax […]
A centuries-old war captures the attention of an alien behemoth in this thought-provoking political sci-fi adventure. It has been two hundred years since the people of Umoja escaped an increasingly hostile Earth. The planet, ravaged by environmental destruction, had split into those who had the power and those who didn’t. Like countless times before, the […]
It’s Friday! WOOT. What are you up to this weekend? Have you noticed the way the light has changed since mid July? I really notice the seasons making a big fast change in August, and then in November. Not looking forward to November. Let’s chill in August for awhile. Or chill as much as we […]
Children in the White Mountains village of Shereford used to skip rope to a rhyme about colours. Red witch, blue witch, black or white; one for love, one for fright. Nobody could explain it. Nursery rhymes rarely survive on sense, and New England has never been short of witch lore. Then a dog starts digging […]
The Divorce by Freida McFadden on July 29, 2026 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Women Pages: 368 Format: Audiobook, eBook Buy on Amazon Goodreads Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family… […]
A gripping, contemporary echo of Joyce’s Ulysses that bursts with its own creative vigor Thom Evans’s experiences over twenty-four hours at the end of his work day bear similarities to those of his century-old predecessor from James Joyce’s Ulysses, Leopold Bloom. Like Bloom, Thom is the everyman antihero, living an unenviable humdrum life: getting chubby, […]