Author: fabulousreader4ever

Hello Book Lovers! I'm Yaritza from NY. I'm an avid reader who loves books and traveling to book events to meet authors. I find reading a great escape from reality and a way to expand my mind. Books mean so much to me that I will forever have an unlimited TBR list. Eight years ago, I opened a Facebook group where I could share my love of books with other readers, and I have made wonderful friends for life. The book community is so loving, charming, and caring. Books are a huge part of our lives and have a profound impact on each of us. My favorite genres are Mystery, Thriller, Romance, and Young Adult. My mission is to spread the love of books to all ages. ​Let's turn the page together!

Review: Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt’s Creek by Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy

Goodreads Blurb

The official tie-in book for the beloved, nine-time Emmy® Award-winning series Schitt’s Creek.

This beautifully produced, keepsake coffee-table book is the ultimate celebration of the series, the town, the characters, and the state of mind that is Schitt’s Creek. Capturing the essence and alchemy of all six seasons of what is now considered to be one of the most groundbreaking comedy television series of the last decade, Best Wishes, Warmest Regards is a gift to fans everywhere who have made the show their own.

Included are character profiles from the cast of Johnny, Moira, David, and Alexis, and all of the characters that populate the town, major moments from Moira’s endorsement of Herb Ertlinger Winery, to Patrick and David’s first kiss, to Cabaret and the Rose Family Christmas episode. Also included are special features, such as the complete, illustrated catalogs of David’s knits and Moira’s wigs, Moira’s vocabulary, Alexis’s adventures, and behind-the-scenes moments from Dan and Eugene Levy and the cast of Schitt’s Creek.

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It’s a fantastic movie tie-in for one of the best and funniest series ever made. I watched the series for the first time last year. I had this book since it was released, but I wanted to read it after I saw the series. This book is perfect for the fans of this show. It includes every season and episode details. I enjoyed seeing all the outfits of Moira and David, plus Moira’s epic wigs. The fashion and wig options for the characters made this series unforgettable. It’s those outfits that will take me back to a part of the series I enjoyed and will never forget. I loved that David Rose found his happily ever after. They were a family who lived lavishly and were not very connected, and having lost everything brought them together. Moving to a small town they weren’t fond of showed how the characters worked on their family connection and built a tight-knit community. I also enjoyed all the fan art included throughout the book. I love the images and getting a backstage entrance to a community filled with love.

Currently Reading: Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh

I’m reading this book for the Barnes & Noble book club for April. My review will be posted in a few weeks.

Goodreads Blurb

Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call no parent is prepared for: Their twenty-two-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China during a college gap year, has been critically injured in a hit-and-run accident. At a Shanghai hospital they wait at her bedside, hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

The accident unearths a deeper fissure in the family: the shocking event that ended the Litvaks’ marriage and turned Lindsey against them. Estranged from her parents, she has confided only in her younger sister, Grace, adopted as an infant from China. As Claire and Aaron struggle to get their bearings in bustling, cosmopolitan Shanghai, the newly prosperous “miracle city,” they face troubling questions about Lindsey’s life there, in which nothing is as it seems.

Author Biography

Jennifer Haigh is an American novelist and short story writer. Her new novel MERCY STREET takes on the contentious issue of abortion rights, following the daily life of Claudia Birch, a counselor at an embattled women’s clinic in Boston.


Her last novel, HEAT AND LIGHT, looks at a Pennsylvania town divided by the controversy over fracking, and was named a Best Book of 2016 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and NPR. Earlier books include the novel FAITH, about a beloved Boston priest accused of a molesting a child in his parish, and THE CONDITION, the story of a woman diagnosed in childhood with Turner’s Syndrome.

Haigh’s critically acclaimed debut novel MRS. KIMBLE won the PEN/Hemingway Award for first fiction. Her second novel, the New York Times bestseller BAKER TOWERS, won the PEN/L. L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author. Her short story collection NEWS FROM HEAVEN won of the Massachusetts Book Award and the PEN New England Award in Fiction. A Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, she writes frequently for The New York Times Book Review. Her fiction has been published in eighteen languages.

Cover Reveal: Swipe Right to Flirt by Martha Sweeney

BOOK DETAILS:

Swipe Right to Flirt

by Martha Sweeney

Publication date: June 17, 2025

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

Flirting is easy. Falling in love is complicated.

When she turned fourteen, Deidre found out that her parents were getting a divorce. As the gossip spread through her small hometown, and the ugly divorce unfolded, the choice be willing to leave with her father was easy.

As the years passed, Deidre’s father had learned to move on and find love again. Though Deidre is happy for her dad, secretly she believes that everyone is bound to break trust at some point. Instead of desiring a relationship, Deidre focuses on becoming a top coder in Silicon Valley. She ends up assisting with a startup which leads to the development her own app called Flirt. Engrossed in her work, Deidre is willing to play the game of a flirt all for the sake of her app to explode even further in the market.

For the first time in her life, Deidre feels as if the past will never bother her again—that is, until she finds out that her brother is getting married. What she doesn’t realize is that facing her past just might be what she needs in order to let go of the pain and become the entrepreneur she’s meant to be. Can Deidre let go to gain more than she could ever imagine?

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228079948-swipe-right-to-flirt

AUTHOR BIO:

Martha Sweeney is a BESTSELLING author who writes in a variety of genres: romance (contemporary, romcom, suspense, paranormal and historical), suspense, fantasy, thriller, coloring books, and soon, science fiction. She strives to push herself as a storyteller with each new tale and hopes to push her readers outside of their comfort zone whether it be genre or the stories themselves.

With a B.S. in Psychology, Martha utilizes her knowledge of human and animal behavior successfully in the business world and in her writing to present realistic characters and situations. She’s been creative since she was little, always drawing, coloring or making crafts, so her venture into being an author was a natural transition.

Author links:
https://www.marthasweeney.com/
https://www.instagram.com/marthasweeneyauthor/
https://twitter.com/MSweeneyAuthor
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMarthaSweeney/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13453575.Martha_Sweeney

Cover Reveal: Keeping the Countess by Lille Moore

BOOK DETAILS:

Keeping the Countess

by Lille Moore

Publication date: June 24, 2025

Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance

Synopsis:

In this first installation of the DAMSELS IN DISGUISE series, a passionate clergyman on a mission to steal an earl’s secrets finds himself captivated by a cunning and courageous countess.

Charismatic curate Jonah Sinclair survived the deadly streets of south London with two well-trained fists and divine intervention. He will let nothing—not his vocation, nor his yearning to find love—stop him from pursuing the criminals who killed his father. When he learns the notorious Earl of Rochford could hold the key to retribution for his family, he seizes on the chance to become tutor to the earl’s young ward. But the only trace of Rochford he discovers at the mysterious Ravenglass Hall is his abandoned countess, a woman whose fierce strength stirs a forbidden temptation.

Faith Trenton, Countess of Rochford, is on the brink of ruin. Betrayed and abandoned by her husband, she disguises herself as a man to defend her estate from an embezzling steward. Jonah’s arrival threatens her carefully constructed masquerade, and despite the irresistible spark between them, she must send him packing, or risk having him expose the dangerous secrets she keeps hidden. But when a succession of attacks threatens everything that Faith has fought to protect, she’s forced to place her trust in Jonah, and pray he won’t unravel the truth, or her heart.

Helping Faith could sabotage Jonah’s mission. Loving her might cost him everything.

AUTHOR BIO:

Lille Moore writes romance with a twist on time-honored tropes and tales. Her hard-fought happy endings feature strong heroines, seductive heroes, and plenty of steam and shenanigans.

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Review: Kill or Be Kilt by Victoria Roberts

Goodreads Blurb

Lady Elizabeth Walsingham pined after the same man for years. When she finally realizes the brawny Highland laird doesn’t return her feelings, she decides to leave for London and start anew. It seems that her prayers are answered when she catches the eye of a charming actor at the Globe Theatre – a man who is the complete opposite of the Highlander she once loved.

Laird Ian Monroe spends his time avoiding the bothersome young girl who dreams of their union. But when he travels to London and discovers that she has a new love interest with a dishonorable agenda, his perspective changes. Ian soon realizes that Elizabeth is no longer a child with a crush, but a beautiful woman in need of his help. He may have what it takes to rescue Elizabeth from her scheming beau, but does he have the courage to reclaim Elizabeth’s heart as well?

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is the third book in the Highland Spies series. Was very happy that after three years Ian has come back to see his friend Ruairi. The chemistry between Elizabeth and Ian still has sparks. As much as he doesn’t want to show weakness that he has fallen for Elizabeth, he just can’t help himself following and protecting her. I was laughing at how he was following her all over the court and was jealous. He still can’t get over that she is a lot younger and strikingly beautiful. Ian doesn’t think he has any good looks and feels that lasses don’t really love him. To find out the after three years Elizabeth loves him, he just can’t see the possibility of it being true. Love conquers no matter age and beauty. Love that this story has a murder mystery made the book very interesting. Thanks, Victoria, for another amazing story with some Highlanders. Please don’t miss out on this book and series.

Author Biography

Award-winning author Victoria Roberts writes Scottish historical romances about kilted heroes and warriors from the past. She was the recipient of the 2013 RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice award for Best Medieval Historical Romance for X MARKS THE SCOT, as well as the 2014 BTS Book Reviews Red Carpet award for Best Historical and Best Book of the Year for MY HIGHLAND SPY.

Represented by Jill Marsal of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, Victoria is a member of Romance Writers of America, Celtic Hearts Romance Writers, several local chapters, in addition to being a contributing author to the online magazine CELTIC GUIDE.

Victoria resides in western Pennsylvania with her husband of twenty two years and their two beautiful children–not to mention one spoiled dog. When she’s not plotting her next Scottish adventure, she’s dragging her clan to every Scottish festival under the sun. Please visit Victoria at VictoriaRobertsAuthor.com.

Review: Braking for Bodies by Duffy Brown

Goodreads Blurb

Moving from Los Angeles to small, picturesque Mackinac Island to work in a bike shop might seem crazy, but Evie knows it’s the best decision she’s ever made. That’s not to say she’s gotten rid of all her stress; after all, the upcoming Lilac Festival has everyone in town riding in circles.
 
But things really go downhill when a ferry full of tourists—including Evie’s friend Fiona’s former boss, the editor of a sleazy rag in LA—arrives on the island. No one knows why Peephole Perry came all the way to Mackinac, but things aren’t looking good for Fiona when Peep is found dead. Now Evie has to gear up and get a grip on the truth if she wants to clear her friend’s name…

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Loved this book. It is a murder mystery that had me guessing all the way till the end. The characters were perfect for this book. Evie and Fiona are hysterical. Loved that a murder was committed in such an important time for the town. The town was having their annual Lilac Festival. Rudy and Irma were going to get married, and that became a whole fiasco of events. You don’t want to miss this mystery. Do you know who murdered Peep?

Author Biography

Duffy Brown loves anything with a mystery. While others girls dreamed of dating Brad Pitt, Duffy longed to take Sherlock Holmes to the prom. She has two cats, Spooky and Dr. Watson, her license plate is Sherlok and she conjures up who-done-it stories of her very own for Berkley Prime Crime. Duffy’s national bestselling Consignment Shop Mystery series is set in Savannah and the Cycle Path Mysteries are set on Mackinac Island.

Upcoming Book Event: Anne & Claire Berest

Information was taken from the Montclair Literary Festivals website.

Join us on Tuesday, April 29th, at 6:30p.m. as Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival, the Montclair Public Library, the Montclair Campus of L’Alliance New York, and Watchung Booksellers welcome Anne & Claire Berest in conversation about Gabriële based on the life of their bohemian, brilliant great-grandmother with moderator Violaine Huisman. Event will be held at the Montclair Public Library.

Tickets to hear Anne & Claire Berest in person cost $33 and include a copy of the book. Doors open at 6:00p.m.

Gabriële was originally published in French by Europa Editions and was translated by Tina Kover. It’s a sensational, exuberant novel about love and sex, art and revolution, experimentation and creativity. Moving between Paris, New York, Berlin, Zurich, Barcelona, London, and Saint-Tropez, the book is as audacious, uninhibited, intimate, and unforgettable as its central character, the mercurial, pioneering Gabriële Buffet.

Anne Berest’s first novel to appear in English, “The Postcard,” was a national bestseller, a Library Journal, NPR, and TIME Best Book of the Year, and winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, France’s highest literary honor. It was described as “stunning” by Leslie Camhi in The New Yorker, as a “powerful literary work” by Julie Orringer in The New York Times Book Review, and as “intimate, profound, essential” in the pages of ELLE magazine. 

Claire Berest is the author of four novels including “Rien n’est noir,” winner of the ELLE Readers Grand Prize, and two works of nonfiction, “Class Struggle: Why I Resigned from National Education,” and ”Lost Children: An Investigation in the Minors Brigade.” Her most recent novel is “Artifices.” 

Violaine Huisman is a French writer. Her debut novel, The Book of Mother, won the Prix Françoise Sagan and was long-listed for the International Booker Prize. 

This event will be held at The Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042. If you require any special accommodations to attend, please email montclairliteraryfestival@gmail.com before the event.

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Upcoming Book Event: Christian Allaire

Information was taken from the Montclair Literary Festivals website.

Join us on Tuesday, April 29th, at 7p.m. as Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival and the Montclair Art Museum welcome Christian Allaire in conversation about From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path In Fashion with moderator Elaina Patton.  Event will be held at the Montclair Art Museum.

Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets to hear Christian Allaire in person cost $25 general admission, $15 for MAM members and $10 for students (must have valid student ID), and do not include a copy of the book. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

This event is presented at a special discount for MAM member MAM Member Tickets.

Christian Allaire is currently Senior Fashion and Style Writer at Vogue, where he covers celebrity style, red carpet fashion, trends, emerging designers and specializes in coverage of Indigenous fashion across North America. He is First Nations (Ojibwe), Italian and French and grew up on the Nipissing First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario with dreams of working in the fashion industry. Allaire writes with feeling about the struggle to find his place—and community—in the highly exclusive world of fashion. Full of joy, honesty, adversity, and great clothes, From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path In Fashion

is a gripping memoir about how to achieve your dreams—and elevate others—while always remaining true to yourself.  

Elaina Patton is a New York-based freelance entertainment and culture writer and regular contributor to Vogue, IndieWire and NBC Out among others.
This event will be held at The Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042. 

If you require any

special accommodations to attend, please email montclairliteraryfestival@gmail.com before the event.

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Cover Reveal: Sweet Chaos by Kimberly Quinn

BOOK DETAILS:

Sweet Chaos

by Kimberly Quinn

Publication: May 25, 2025

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense

Synopsis:

The man I’m being forced to seduce is ruthless, dominant, and untouchable.
And he should be. He’s a hitman.

But now, he’s my mark, and I don’t have a choice—deliver Dex to the Bratva, or lose everything.

Playing seductress is nothing new, but the stakes are. Dex unexpectedly changes the rules, twisting the game, pushing me to stay one step ahead…

Then, he puts his hands on me.
Suddenly, I lose all control.
And in Dex’s arms, I realize maybe I never really had control of a damn thing to begin with.

What will remain amid the savage chaos we’ve created when the hunter becomes the hunted?

We’re both about to find out.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230860203-sweet-chaos

Pre-order: https://amzn.to/4cgYWSe

AUTHOR BIO:

Kimberly is a contemporary romance author, born procrastinator, and lover of morally gray heroes. She enjoys lively conversations, usually with imaginary people, and can often be found daydreaming at work.

She writes gritty, messy, dangerous romances, featuring beautifully flawed characters, pursuing love at all costs. It’s romance with rough edges.

When she’s not busy writing, you can find her with a coffee in hand, dog at her side, and exploring the wilds of her hometown in Ontario, Canada… Or on her couch, getting lost in a good story.

Author links:

https://www.kimberlyquinnbooks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kimberlyquinnbooks

https://www.instagram.com/kimberlyquinn.books/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27348216.Kimberly_Quinn