Web of Secrets - Ernesto Patino, Author - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
"Sarah? Sarah Baker?" said a man with a raspy voice. "I know this may sound a little strange, considering you don't know me. But I happen to be in possession of some interesting in…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 30, 2009 at 1:13am —
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Naya was afraid. She didn't want to stay in this hospital. She thought it seemed different from the other, regular hospitals, even though she had never stayed in any sort of hospital before. This hospital didn't seem at all like the hospital her classmate had described after having her tonsils removed. Besides, Naya didn't even feel sick.'
The hospital Naya has been admitted to is the psychiatric section of the Newbury hospital. Naya was taken to the hospital's emergency room after what her par…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 25, 2009 at 11:16pm —
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'Does violent death have a name? Can evil truly be born into the world, evil so deep that it is bred into the genetic make-up of an individual? Until I came to this place and met the man who made me begin to suspect that such an evil could exist, I'd have been as dismissive as most of my profession at the prospect of such a possibility... Dr. Ruth Truman, Psychiatrist.'
Porter's book A Study in Red tells about the Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper. As the story goes, Robert Cavendish, who was a…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 19, 2009 at 7:34pm —
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'Cordell Pixler, Esquire, had a new wife, his fourth... Anyone who already knew the latest Mrs.. Cordell Pixler, or subsequently met her, thought her more attractive and definitely much younger than her attorney husband. Much to his chagrin, Pixler had not been persuasive enough to coax his voluptuous bride to move permanently into the mortgage-free home, the one his third wife insisted he buy and remodel extensively several years before his third divorce... Rachel Pixler wanted a brand new hous…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 16, 2009 at 1:31am —
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Gumbo Justice - Holli Castillo, Author - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
'Ryan couldn't keep her thoughts from drifting back to the homicides on the short drive home. L'Roid Smith had been killed in a way common among gangs members - beaten, shot in the head execution style and left naked. It was the ultimate humiliation, and the same way he had committed his own gang murders, including the one Ryan had tried to prosecute. And Jeremiah had been beaten, the same way he…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 11, 2009 at 8:25pm —
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Revelers writhed to the discordant music. Masks covered many of the faces, leaving identities to the imagination, but not much else. Conversation was confined to body language.
"This is the main dance area so people can get acquainted," Connie-the-tour-guide explained. "There's a small stage up front for exhibitionists, and smaller rooms for shy types. They're wired for close circuit TV for voyeurs. The torture room is sti…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 3, 2009 at 12:00am —
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Fifteen-year-old Jessica Keeling's eyes stung as she forced them open. Milky eyes stared into hers, the eyes of a dead man. For a moment she couldn't breath. She opened her mouth to scream, but instead tasted death. The smell of stale urine and dried blood filled her nostrils.
Jessica, or Jade as she called herself, was a street kid and had been since her father dropped her off at a Starbucks and never returned. Now she was in big trouble. The one person who said he knew her father and would he…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 27, 2009 at 11:06pm —
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Martha:
I recently ordered your cookbook “Stir, Laugh, Repeat” and it came in the mail yesterday. I sat down last night to glance at it and couldn’t put it down….I read it from cover to cover!
I loved the format and all of the stories you added on each page just put a special touch to the book. After reading it, I feel like I really know you and your family. I know your sons-in-law are Yankees, you are a lover of cheese, but you dislike chocolate…well not all chocolate..you have a weakness for…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 25, 2009 at 11:24pm —
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"So, you're going to stop flying...... Women in love are very possessive. They don't want their man going off and getting killed." Kelby turned back to his glass and took a swallow of scotch. "Your Dorothy won't be any different. Once she's got you nailed down, she'll nail yo…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 21, 2009 at 8:48pm —
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All-aboard! The "Author" Train is leaving the station on its way to Stir, Laugh, Repeat. Everyone is invited to this 4 day event starting Thursday (6/11) and ending Sunday (6/14). On your journey, you will be met by me and I'll guide you through my simple world of cooking with questions, answers and lots of friendly talk. So mark your calendar and meet me at the station http://www.booklandheights.blogspot.com
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 10, 2009 at 11:53pm —
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Short story "Red Sky in the Morning"... 'Prior to surfacing completely, the submarine's commander, Captain Simon Merrick had ordered the periscope raised, and he knew as soon as he put his eye to the scope that something wasn't right. Although the submarine's chronometer showed the time as eleven o'clock in the morning it appeared quite dark on the surface. There appeared to be an incredible red tinge to the outside world. While he tried to make some sense of what he saw his communications offic…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 7, 2009 at 10:19pm —
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Blood Bar - Review by Matthew Morrison
All hell breaks loose, literally, in Norm Applegate's latest and greatest of the Kim Bennett series, Blood Bar. Norm's precisely detailed descriptions of unholy battles and unholier alliances between the world of vampire and human kept me turning page after page. Applegate's fusion of gothic mayhem and modern urban settings is seamless.
When the readers of Twilight grow up, they will thoroughly enjoy the gritty style of Applegate's storytelling. Readers a…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 4, 2009 at 11:09pm —
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Beaufort Falls - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laug…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 22, 2009 at 10:37pm —
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Every emotion has an opposite - love/hate, happy/sad, pleasure/pain, honest/dishonest - and there is a fine line that separates each of these emotions. In The Other Side of You Debi DeSantis brings all of these emotions together in one heart warming story.
Morgan is an interior designer who has her dreams and future in her hands. She has the perfect world - so she thinks. Bree is the country club mother of two who also has the perfect world - so she thinks. And Jason is an airline pilot that tr…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 17, 2009 at 12:34am —
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Ms. Cheves wrote not just a cookbook, but a book to cook by. You'll find a little bit of everything in this recipe filled book, from her famous "Banana Puddin'" to her home-made "Chow-Chow".
Ms. Cheves packs plenty of cooking savy in this delightful book that has a hundred differnt li…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 14, 2009 at 12:18am —
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Christy Bristol is an office assistant for the sheriff’s department in the San Joaquin Valley. She sees the crimes that happen in the valley on a second-hand basis, as she files the reports prepared by the officers in the field. But Christy has a gift that her co-workers brush aside due to disbelief. You see, Christy is an Astrologist. She doesn’t predict the future but tells the future through the position of the planets.
In Fools Rush In Christy is asked by her unbelieving ex-boyfriend, who i…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 13, 2009 at 1:10am —
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I have one wish right now and that is to find a man like Hannah's Man. For someone who seldom reads romance books I found this one to be so warming and loving. Hannah is a hard working woman trying to save her father's ranch. Rusty is a hard working cowboy in love with his life long girlfriend Jennifer. But the Travers name and the promise a Travers makes come 1st with Rusty. And the promise Rusty made to his family and Hannah was a promise of marriage to save the ranch.
Will this marriage actu…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on May 4, 2009 at 11:42pm —
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For all of my friends in the Charlotte area - Books A Million14151 Steele Creek Rd. will be hosting a book signing for Stir, Laugh, Repeat on May 9th from 11:00 - 2:00. Hope to meet some of you there.
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 29, 2009 at 1:37am —
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This book is made up of 3 individual stories. All three are short reads and other than the setting, which is Mexico, all three are completely different.
The 1st story is about the passing of Father Rodrigo and the secrets that died with him.
The 2nd is about Angelina and her escape from a kidnapper.
And the 3rd, which was my favorite, is about Nuna and her mysterious power to heal.
This was truly a great collection of short stories.
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 26, 2009 at 1:32pm —
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There are two authors that I've followed by reading all of their sequel novels. One is Patricia Cornwell's Dr. Scarpetta and the other is James Patterson's Alex Cross. I now have another favorite to follow and that is Susan Whitfield's SBI Agent Logan Hunter. In fact, she may now be my #1 choice in sequels due to Whitfield's style of writing. Whitfield adds a twist to murder mysteries making the story more believable. That added twist is humor which makes the stories more realistic.
In Just Nor…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 25, 2009 at 12:00am —
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