A Well-Read Tart

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AN ESCAPE GOAT Book Review

I regularly attend goat yoga sessions in the summer, so when I heard that Janna Rollins was writing a cozy mystery titled An Escape Goat: A Zen Goat Mystery about a goat yoga retreat gone awry, I knew I had to read this book. Prepare yourselves, Tartlets, for all the goats, all the yoga, all the foodie fiction, and, yes, for a spot of murder.   What’s An Escape Goat about? An Escape Goat is about a woman named Callie who opens up a goat yoga...

AUNT DIMITY AND THE KING’S RANSOM Book Review

Aunt Dimity and The King's Ransom is cozy AF. I know, probably not how you expected me to begin this book review. Especially with the name "Aunt Dimity" in the title. But, "cozy AF" is the best way to describe this light, cute, and almost wholesome mystery. It begins with a cozy family living in a cozy Cotswold village. *swoon*  Main character Lori is overstressed, so her too-perfect-to-be-true husband books them a romantic weekend away at a...

DEATH IN THE COVENANT Book Review

“I’m looking for a good Mormon mystery.” Said not most people.  Honestly, until I read Death in the Covenant by D.A. Bartley, I didn’t even know such a genre existed. But, exist it does, and lemme tell ya – it’s pretty darn great. I loved the TV show Big Love, and I also really enjoyed reading The 19th Wife. So, when JKS Communications reached out to me about Death in the Covenant, I was immediately enticed by the Mormon mystery...