Cover Reveal: You Don’t Belong Here by D.M. Siciliano

BOOK DETAILS:

You Don’t Belong Here

by D.M. Siciliano

Publication date: October 13, 2025

Genres: Adult, Horror, Paranormal, Suspense

Synopsis:

A girl who feels invisible finally faces her worst fear on her sixteenth birthday and hastily makes a dark deal.

An old man returns to the same place every year on the anniversary of his wife’s death, to have one last moonlit dance with her.

A woman’s health concerns are ignored, and it leads to global chaos.

A young woman goes home to bury her father and sell his house but finds that the home is no longer hers.

An old man with Alzheimer’s becomes increasingly lost in his own house, which seems to be doing its own forgetting.

Two young girls find a Ouija board, thinking they’re communicating with a deceased relative, but find something much more cunning.

A woman, grieving the loss of her baby, takes a trip to a remote cabin in Tahoe. Her worried sister goes after her and isn’t prepared for what she finds.

A woman’s drive through California’s winding roads leads her to a perilous and sinister discovery lurking in the woods.

A woman takes a job as a nanny for two troublesome kids, only to find that the children aren’t the problem.

AUTHOR BIO:

DM is a lover of all things creative. From the moment she could speak, growing up in Massachusetts, she had a passion for flair and drama, putting on concerts for anyone who was even remotely interested (and even for those who were not). A storyteller by nature, she first pursued her young dream of becoming a singing diva while living in Arizona. She soon found that stage life wasn’t the only form of storytelling she craved, so she dropped the mic and picked up a pencil instead. She still hasn’t given up on her diva-ness, and hopes her pencil stays as sharp as her tongue.

A dark sense of humor and curiosity for haunted houses and things out of the ordinary led her down the path of completing her first novel, Inside. Several other projects are constantly floating around in her head and her laptop daily, and sometimes keeping her up much too late at night. Occasionally, those projects are so dark and twisted, she needs to leave a nightlight on.

She now lives in Northern California with her two fluffy furbabies, Cezare and Michaleto.

Author links:

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https://www.instagram.com/dmsiciliano/

Review: Exile: A Novel of the Bloodforge by Tom Stacey

Goodreads Blurb

On the fringes of the Verian Empire, two small boys stumble upon a strange altar, buried in the heart of a mountain. There they awaken a horror unseen for generations, that will descend upon the realm of men while it is at its weakest. For Veria is a nation at war with itself, only recently recovered from a bloody rebellion, and the time of heroes has passed. The empire is in a state of chaos, and while its ruler, the Empron Illis, rids the land of his remaining enemies, unseen forces are gathering at the borders. However all eyes are turned inwards. The Empron is not a well man, and there are whispers among the common folk that his advisors are spies; demons that only wear the flesh of men.

Yet there is hope…

In the distant mountains, a forester who has buried his past learns that he has not been forgotten, and that his crimes have sought him out at last. But he is no simple woodsman. He is Beccorban the Helhammer, Scourge, Burner and the Death of Nations, and his fury is a terrible thing.

For when all the heroes are gone, Veria will turn to those it has forgotten, before all is lost.

My Review: Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Won this book from GoodReads. The story plot was very good and the writing.I really enjoyed the prologue of this book. Really caught my attention and interest. Tom really made me feel all the pain that Kiren endured with his injuries. I just couldn’t get over when the lady came and used a knife to cut his finger to remove his ring, not knowing that he was still alive. The constant cutting with a dull knife had my hair standing. He was very strong to lay there as if he was dead while someone did such a terrible act while not trying to move an inch. Being caught alive would just make him get killed. When Tom describes the fighting as seen, I feel like I am there being tortoured and trying to survive. This book had a nice array of characters each had their own secrets. Thanks for the chance to read your book.

Review: Detective Mole and the Halloween Mystery by Robert Quackenbush

Goodreads Blurb

The intrepid Detective Mole is called in to investigate when the jack-o’lanterns from every porch in the town are stolen

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Received this book at BookCon and got to meet Mr. Quackenbush. He does amazing illustrations for his children books. Love the story in this book, and the images were perfect and colorful. Kids would enjoy this book in Halloween.

Goodreads Author Biography

Author/Artist/Educator Robert Quackenbush has written and illustrated over 200 books for young readers including his popular Miss Mallard Mysteries, which have been made into animated films for children’s worldwide television programming by Cinar (now Cookie Jar Entertainment) that are showing in 70 countries. His books have won many awards and citations including an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award for Best Juvenile Mystery, a Gradiva Award, and a gold medal from the Holland Society of New York for distinction in art and literature by a member of the society. He is a frequent visiting author at schools and libraries giving programs to instill children with a love of books and reading. These tours have taken him across the US, including Alaska, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. His art is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Department of Interior, the U.S. Air Force Museum, and Norton Simon Museum. For further information, visit his Web site www.rquackenbush.com, which also gives his Facebook and Blog addresses.

Review: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Goodreads Blurb

Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there’s nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra.

Is she ever in for a surprise.

First mom announces that she’s dating Mia’s Algebra teacher. Then Dad has to go and reveal that he is the crown prince of Genovia. And guess who still doesn’t have a date for the Cultural Diversity Dance?

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I must say I really enjoyed the drama that Mia had to overcome in this book. There was so much more going on in the book than what occurred in the movie. I really enjoy the story and Mia’s thinking process. If her diary could speak, it would spill the beans on love, pride, and courage. I loved how the chapters were broken down by dates and how she would include her to-do list at the end of the chapter. I didn’t care so much for the math equations since I was just like Mia, I don’t care for math. It was a great story since in the book, her father is still alive and is part of her life even though he doesn’t live with her. Lilly is as annoying or even more in the book than in the movie. I had a great pleasure in meeting Meg and getting to know how she felt about her books. If you are a fan, you don’t want to miss it.

Goodreads Author Biography

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse — at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby–writing novels–for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.

She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy’s Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.

Meg is now writing a new children’s series called Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.

Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn’t know he married a fire horse. Please don’t tell him.

Currently Reading: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

Goodreads Blurb

In Bonhomie, Ohio, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, binds Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, to Margaret Salt, a woman trying to obscure her past. Cal’s wife, Becky, has a spiritual gift: She is a seer who can conjure the dead, helping families connect with those they’ve lost. Margaret’s husband, Felix, is serving on a Navy cargo ship, out of harm’s way—until a telegram suggests that the unthinkable might have happened.

Later, as the country reconstructs in the postwar boom, a secret grows in Bonhomie—but nothing stays buried forever in a small town. Against the backdrop of some of the most transformative decades in modern America, the consequences of that long-ago encounter ripple through the next generation of both families, compelling them to reexamine who they thought they were and what the future might hold.

Sweeping yet intimate, rich with piercing observation and the warmth that comes from profound understanding of the human spirit, Buckeye captures the universal longing for love and for goodness.

The review will be posted soon.

Cover Reveal: Dangerous Decisions by Evie Jacobs

BOOK DETAILS:

Dangerous Decisions

by Evie Jacobs

Publication date: September 30, 2025

Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense

Synopsis:

They’re chasing the truth straight into each other’s arms.

When CIA agent Angie Liu disobeys orders by looking into the mysterious death of an informant, her investigation leads her to Jamaica. To get out of the U.S. undetected, she must turn to the last man she wants to ask for help–the sexy, one-night stand she ran out on who just happens to be her dead informant’s son.

Nate Hughes wrote his father off as a drug smuggler. But after his dad’s possible murder reveals another side of the story, Nate will stop at nothing to get answers. And when the beautiful woman who bolted from his hotel room shows up at his family airline in need of an unofficial ride to the Caribbean, he’s not about to let her out of his sight.

Angie doesn’t want to fall for the handsome-but-gruff son of a former asset, and Nate wants nothing to do with the organization that may have set his dad up to be murdered. But neither is prepared for the feelings that surface–or how much they’ll need the other to stay alive.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240935183-dangerous-decisions

Pre-order: https://amzn.to/4mJzGIP

AUTHOR BIO:

Evie Jacobs is an award-winning author of romantic suspense. She loves grumpy heroes, forced proximity, and a good sex scene. She lives in Colorado with her husband, two cats, and seven bicycles.

For more information about me and my books, please visit my website: eviejacobsuathor.com.

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Review: Songs For Other People’s Weddings by David Levithan and Jens Lekman

Goodreads Blurb

J is an accidental wedding singer. Unlike most wedding singers, he writes an original song for every couple—his way of finding out about the small, strange things that brought them together and the hopeful, vulnerable feelings they’re experiencing.

J’s own love life is in a state of flux. His girlfriend is off to New York for work, and as her life grows bigger and busier without him in it, he finds it harder to stick to a happy tune. He doesn’t know whether to encourage the soon-to-be-wed couples or warn them.

When complications hit and love is tested, is there any way to sing through all the noise?

Combining David Levithan’s deeply observant storytelling and Jens Lekman’s inventive and touching original songs, Songs for Other People’s Weddings is a tender, honest novel that tracks love through all its chord changes, never forgetting that the best songs contain the bitter and the sweet, the despair of losing it all and the euphoria of being found.

My Review: Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Come join a Swedish wedding singer who gives readers a front-row seat to ten weddings. He writes and sings unique songs for each couple. Readers will have a few laughs with some of the interesting couples in this novel, but they will also see that love isn’t always what you hope it to be. The wedding singer, named J, and his girlfriend V will have their romance under scrutiny throughout the novel. J knows all about love and romance, but in his own relationship, he is far from finding true love.

I enjoyed listening to the creative songs Jens Lekman wrote for this book. It gave the book a fun factor, and I enjoyed the couples who brought in the drama. I didn’t care for the relationship between J and V. It made the story drag along and annoyed me about how petty they were. I would have preferred them to break up from page one. If someone doesn’t appreciate you and loves you enough to make a change with you, then that’s not your person. I did get a few laughs in between the terrible moments between J & V.

Author Biography

David Levithan (born 1972) is an American children’s book editor and award-winning author. He published his first YA book, Boy Meets Boy, in 2003. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a Young Adult imprint of Scholastic Press.

Review: Big Blue Sky by Hildie McQueen

Goodreads Blurb

Left to raise his infant son alone, a hardened Hank Cole is determined to make the best of it while prospering his ranch, but when a beautiful woman literally lands on his doorstep, he is helpless against the attraction between them.

Elizabeth Dawson is too outspoken for gentle society, but she may be the perfect match for a tough Montana cowboy.

A story of two very different people who belong together, proof that sometimes fate can have a sense of humor when it comes to love.

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What a small book with deep emotions. I was heartbroken with what Hank had to go through because of a woman. He deserved more for being a gentleman who is loving and affectionate. Then I got to the chapter on Elizabeth and was in tears, too, have to go through such devastation and lost. Losing someone right in front of you without being able to help them is beyond words. As I kept on reading, I found out that she is the niece of Betty who babysits Hanks Child. She is very tricky but knew that they would be perfect for each other. I was in utter shock to find out who the man that Elizabeth dreamed about. What a coincidence or should I say premonition. This book was full of sadness and despair at the beginning but ended with a happily ever after. They both deserved themselves.

Review: Watersheds of World History by John L. Taylor

Goodreads Blurb

“Watersheds of World History” is the story of the amazing path taken by the human race from monarchies to democracy and from mythology to reason. This is a kaleidoscope of human events to be enjoyed by everyone but especially by those who have little or no background in world history and would like to appreciate and understand how the fragments of major events form a unified whole. Read the high reviews on Amazon.

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is a very short book but has plenty of history. It’s a great book for someone who needs to learn the major events that have occurred in Europe and the US. It is a very intellectual book that tells you about history and how the world has changed and parts where people will never change. In the last hundred years, people fought for religious relm, king and country, and unity. I would hope that we can live on without war, racial inequality, religion vs. science, gender ineuality, but we are a world of greed and power. If the possibility is there, then the opportunity will succeed. John wrote this book with such ease and intelligence. History is what makes us today.

Author Biography

The author taught English and American literature on the university level for a decade before entering the mortgage banking industry for 20 years wherein he tried to help minorities obtain better housing. He retired in Utah and moved to Arizona with friends and family. For the last 50 years he has been an avid student of world history and he is engaged at the present time in writing books on this subject for preteens, teenagers and adults with an emphasis upon international peace, racial equality and religious tolerance.

Review: The Curse by Kathi Daley

Goodreads Blurb

Alyson Prescott moves to Cutters Cove, Oregon, after being placed, along with her mother, in the witness protection program. In her previous life, Alyson was an A-list heiress with the excitement of a trend setting lifestyle and the security of old money. After witnessing a murder executed by two members of a powerful gang family, she is forced to leave her old life behind and become a middle class girl, living in a middle class town. Alyson struggles with the duplicity in her life as she strives to reconcile her new life with the old.

In book two of the series, two Seacliff High students turn up missing just days before Halloween. The police believe that they have simply run away, but when strange and unexplained things begin to happen at the annual Haunted Hayride, Alyson begins to suspect there may be more going on than the adults in town would like to believe. After they the props and decorations for the annual event turn up missing, Alyson and the gang decide to look into the case of the missing students. Could the two events be connected? And what about the symbol found splattered in blood in the barn where the annual Halloween party is to take place? Could it be connected to the gypsy curse that most believe to be simply a legend?

Book two in the series will also begin to reveal Alyson’s past and the reason for her inclusion in witness protection.

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome YA book and series. Alyson is very brave and does anything to help and protect her family and friends. Loved the plot twist in this book. Great book to read in Halloween. Didn’t really expect the book to unravel as it did. Loving the romance between Alyson and Devon. Can’t wait to read the next book in the series.

Author Biography

Kathi lives with her husband, kids, grandkids, and dogs in beautiful Lake Tahoe. When she isn’t writing, Kathi likes to read (preferably at the beach or by the fire), cook (preferably something with chocolate or cheese,) and garden (planting and planning not weeding). She also enjoys spending time on the water when she’s not hiking, biking, or snowshoeing, the miles of desolate trails surrounding her home.
Kathi uses the mountain setting in which she lives, along with the animals (wild and domestic) that share her home, as inspiration for her cozy mysteries.