My name is Suzanne and I have lived in Tennessee my entire life. I am marred with 3 kids and 3 grandchildren. My family is my! I love to read so I decided to support the authors I love by writing reviews. I also post my reviews to Goodreads and Amazon.
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Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
Stars: 5
if you love a good cozy mystery, pets, and intriguing characters with a touch of Romance, you are going to love the Tess & Tilly series.
This is the 8th book in the series and it does not disappoint. Tess has found another clue into her dad’s past when a woman, who was somehow associated with her dad, is shot right in front of Tess. Now Tess wonders if somehow she lead the killer to this woman.
As Mike, Tess and Tony are investigating this murder, the town Santa is also murdered. So now they wonder if the two murders are connected. As they dig deeper, they aren’t sure if this involves her dad or if these two have another connection that got them killed.
Tess finds out a lot more about her dad’s past. If her dad one of the good guys or is he a killer?
As they are dealing with this,Tess & Mike’s relationship is suffering since he is mad at Tess for keeping secrets about their dad from him. Could this family drama destroy Bree and Tess’ friendship?
The plot thickens and takes lots of twist and turns to catch a killer before they kill again.
Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
Stars: 5
In book 10 of the Tess & Tilly mysteries, it starts off with a missing child. Tess knows the area so she is helping search for the child and they end up with more than the bargained for. When one of the search and rescue dogs heads off barking at something they think is the missing child, they stumble upon a dismembered body.
This is a cozy mystery but I felt like it was a little more graphic than most cozies. Talking about a dismembered body and how body parts are laying around but the head is missing was a bit too much of a visual for me. But even with this the book was very engaging and I loved the mystery.
So there is a dismembered body to identify and they find out it is actually the parts from 2 different people & the tattoo on the arm leads them back to Tess & Mike’s dad.
In the middle of all of this Tess’ & Tilly are planning a secret wedding with just close friends ando family. Tony’s grandmother Nona is even planning to come from Italy. And Bree & Mike are still trying to get pregnant. Tony & Tess take in a new family member. Then there is a secret meeting planned with Tess & Mike’s dad.
Will they find the Identity of the dismembered bodies? And what happened to them? What is Tess & Mike’s dad’s connection? Will Tess & Tony’s wedding happen on time without a hitch? Did they find the missing child in the woods? Will Bree finally get pregnant and have the baby she is praying for? Do they meet up with their dad?
Lots of mystery and twist and turns that keeps you guessing throughout the book. It is very well written, just like the previous books of the series. The author really knows how to keep the reader engaged throughout her books.
I loved this and recommend all of the Tess & Tilly series.
Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
Stars: 5
The author has done it again by writing another compelling story that just makes the reader want more. Once I finish one book in the series, I can’t wait to start the next one.
This is the 9th book in the series. Brady, the vet in White Eagle, has received a donation of a lifetime. Tony, Tess’ boyfriend, and his friend Shaggy developed a video game and Tony gave his portion to Brady to expand White Eagle Animal Shelter. Brady and Tess want to offer housing for the elderly and hard to place animals. The also want a service dog & search and rescue training facility. While they are breaking ground for the expansion, they find a skeleton that is several years old. Mike is investigating but, as usual, Tess and Tony are doing their own investigation.
In the mean time, there are more mysteries that surround Tess’ dad. If they aren’t careful, someone else could end up dead. The plot thickens involving Tess’ dad, Grant. Tony has been receiving some emails from Tess’ dad but is it really Tess dad or someone pertending to be him? It seems Tony and Tess just keeps getting pulled in deeper and deep? Are they risking their lives by researching what her dad is involved in? Will they find out what he is up to and who he really is?
Tess is making some major decisions that will affect her entire life.
Read this book to find out more about Tess’ dad and to see what major decisions she is making and how it will affect her and Tony?
I really love all the characters in this series and I always anticipate what is coming next one.
Other Characters: Brady, Hap, Hattie, Tess’ mom, Star Moonwalker
Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
Stars: 5
It’s Halloween in White Eagle so we have a Haunted house, a skeleton, a dead body, a mystery surrounding Tess’ dad and a maybe sister. Lots of mysteries and lots of twists and turns.
I really love Tess, her dog Tilly and all the other characters we come to love in this series. This time Tess, Tilly and Brady are putting on a haunted house as a fundraiser to expand the shelter. While getting the house ready, they come across a skeleton hidden in the wall in the attic. Upon further investigation they also find a dead body in the clock tower. Even though Mike is investigating the skeleton and the murder, you know that Tess and Tony have to do their own investigation. So who is the skeleton and how long has it been hidden in the wall. Who killed the man in the clock tower. This takes us on quite a roller coaster ride before all is revealed.
On a side note, Tess discovers some disturbing information about her dad before he married her mom. This story is throughout the series and keeps us guessing.
This is another great read in the Tess & Tilly mystery. The author really knows how to keep the reader engaged throughout her books. If you like a good mystery with some romance thrown in, this series is for you.
Two Journey’s, two hearts, two different stories to tell with an ending that I didn’t see coming. And since it is Nicholas Sparks I wasn’t surprised that there were tears at the end.
I have read all of Nicholas Sparks books and this one was different than any of his others. It follows two different stories throughout the book.
First there is Colby, a wanna be musician who was raised by his Aunt & Uncle and his sister, who is 6 years older than him. His mom died when he was 5 so he and his sister went to live with his aunt and uncle, who didn’t have kids and really wasn’t sure how to deal with kids. Most of his raising was done by his sister so they were very close. His sister got married young and moved away. Then Colby’s world was turned upside down when his uncle died. He found out his aunt and uncle’s farm was going under and they were deeply in debt. He helped his aunt turn that around and stayed to help her run her farm. Through circumstances out of her control, his sister also moves back to the farm.
Colby seriuosly needed a break from the farm and his aunt and sister convinced him he should go to Florida for a few weeks and take a short term job playing and singing at a bar. Then he meets Morgan. Morgan is 21 and has dreams of moving to Nashville to become another Taylor Swift. She just finished college so this Florida trip is a celebration of sorts before she moves to Nashville to hopefully make her dreams come true. Colby and Morgan have music in common so they bond and there is a story there to be told.
Now Colby has a big decision to make and he struggles with this until a tragedy happens and his world is rocked upside down once again.
Then there is Beverly’s story. She is mom of a 6 year old boy who is running from her abusive husband. She takes several buses and rides from people until she decides to settle in a town far away where hopefully her husband won’t find her. She sees danger around every corner and will do anything to protect her child.
All through the book, I felt like I was reading two books instead of one and I kept wondering how these stories could be related in any way. I actually had a hard time finishing and was hoping it would end soon so it all made sense.
It all came together in a way that I didn’t expect. It took me on a roller coaster ride till the end and it all made sense.
This wasn’t my favorite book by this author but I did like it and I am very glad a read it. I gave it 4 stars because I found the first of it a bit slow and wondered if I should just quit reading but I am so glad I didn’t give up.
Don’t give up. Read it to the end, you will be glad you did. Have your tissues ready for the ending.
“Hold on to Dreamland Forever, not just today Someday Dreamland will be ours Hold fast, don’t fall away”
Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Brady, Hap, Hattie, Tess’ mom
Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
Stars: 5
This is Book #6 in the Tess and Tilly mystery.
An old woman returns to a bench where she was supposed to meet her boyfriend over 50 years ago so they could run away and have a life together. He never showed so she returns to the bench every year on St Patricks day.
Then of course there is a murder at the local bar and Tess & Tony are doing their own investigation right along with Mike.
I loved this book and this series. These books are a fairly quick read. The author gets to the point to you stay engaged while reading. As will all of the Tess & Tilly books, the author takes you on a roller coaster ride. The victim isn’t organized and the bar is a mess so there weren’t a lot of clues. The few clues there are take you in different directions with several suspects and DNA tests. I really thought I had it figured out and was convinced I was right but I was wrong. I love it when a mystery isn’t obvious and takes a lot twist and turns.
There are several mysteries going on with the 50 year old mystery of the no show boyfriend, who killed Brick at the local bar, Where do the DNA tests lead, and what about the mystery surrounding Tess’ dad. On a good note, there are wedding plans.
Pick up this series or download it to your ereader, you won’t be disappointed.
Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Brady, Hap, Hattie, Tess’ mom
Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
Stars: 5
This is the 5th book of the Tess & Tilly series and Tess’ mom wants to take a trip to the moutains where Tess’ dad used to go every yea tofish. So Tess’, her mom, Tony, Mike & Bree head to the lake for Thanksgiving week.
What should they find when they arrive but a dead body in the leak by their cabin. The local police is called but you know that Tess & Tony also have their own investigation to do.
The author takes on a roller coaster ride through some twist and turns to find out who the killer is. There are a lot of suspects but who really did it.
Then to top this off, Tess finds out some more info into the myster of her dad. What do you think that mystery couldl be? Has he been alive all these years or does someone just want Tess to think he has been? Read to find out.
I am really enjoying this series and when I finish one book, I can’t wait to read the next one. Even though there is a stand alone mystery in each book, the mystery of Tess’ dad is carried out throughout the series, at least so far.
This is the 2nd book in the By the Sea series by Kay Bratt. This book takes up where the first book, True to Me, left off.
If you have read the first book, then you know it was about Quin going to Maui to search for the father she never knew about and discovers a whole family she didn’t know existed.
This book follows the journey of her best friend, Maggie. Maggie and her young son has a stalker who is now in prison. She needs to get away and needs a place to start over with her young son. Quinn is now running an inn in Maui and encourages Maggie to come and stay with her. She takes Quinn up on her offer. She gets a job as a vet tech and makes a new home for her and her young son. She is settled in and starts to feel at peace and comfortable again until strange things start to happen. Maggie’s past is catching up with her and is about to rock her peace & security and any safety she was starting to feel. =Maggie isn’t sure what to do but she fights for herself and for her son.
This takes you on a lot of twists and turns. It is definetly a page turner.
The author has a way of making you feel like you are there. Not only are the characters so well developed that you feel like you know them but I felt like I took a virtual tour of Hawaii.
This book is about love, hope, friendship, family, survival and starting over. I loved this book and can’t wait till the next one in the series.
Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Brady, Hap, Hattie, Jordan
Pets: a golden retriever named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s german sheppard Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
Stars: 5
Halloween is approaching in White Eagle, Montana. With halloween you know there has to be a haunted house. There is a o mysterius old mansion that was built over 50 years ago. Noone has lived in it for a long time but it has a history. A millionaire built it as a vacation home for his wife and 5 kids. The family that lived there died mysterious deaths and are now buried about back. This is the house that kids sit around and tell ghost stories about and then dare there friends to go up to the front porch and ring the doorbell.
The history of this house is very disturbing. After the family died in the house, it was never sold and noone every lived in it till now! Jordan Westlake has inherited the house and decides to renovate it. During the renovation, he finds a skeleton in the closet.
Now of course Tess and Tony have to put on their amateur sleuth hats to find out who the skeleton is and find out what really happened to the Harrington family in that house.
Will they find people who are still alive that remembers what happened? Will the discover who that skeleton is and what happened?
Then of course there is still the mystery of what happened to Tess’ dad so many years ago and a mysterious picture of her mom that was emailed to Tony.
This is another great book by this author. She gives us some more twist and turns and edge of your seat writing to keep you intersted. It is another ‘can’t put down’ read.
Other Characters: Tony, Bree, Mike, Brady, Hap, Hattie,
Pets: a Dog named Tilly and a cat named Tangletoe (Tang for short) and a cat named Tinder and Tony’s dog Titan plust lots of other shelter dogs that come and go.
Stars: 5
Review:
This is the 3rd book in the Tess & Tilly Series.
This is another great Cozy Mystery by Kathi Daley. Mother’s day is approaching and Bree receives a card at her bookstore. She opens it believing it is for her but it is actually for someone else. It was meant for the woman who used to own the shop next door but has unfortunately passed away about 6 months ago. This card is from the son noone knew she had. She and her son were estranged for a quarter of a century. This card is him trying to reconnect with her after 25 years. He ends the card by saying he would meet her at their special place at noon on Mother’s day.
The problem is, he evidently doesn’t know she has passed away. Also, there isn’t a name or a return address so noone knows how to reach him or who to return the card to.
Teess, her friends Tony & Bree and her brother are out to solve the mystery of where Edith’s son is because they want to notify him of her passing. They don’t even have a name and have no idea where the ‘special place’ is.
So they are racing against time to find the son before mother’s day. Will they find him?
This isn’t the only mystery they are trying to solve. Is Tess’s mom’s new Italian boyfried a murderer? Is the father that Tess believed was dead for years, really alive? And if he is, where has he been and why did he leave?
The author is great at twisting these mysterys to keep you guessing. This is a great cozy read in a beautiful small Montana town and of course there is a little romance thrown in.
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