Author Archives: Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez

About Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez

My Niece and Nephew joke that I could open a used book store with all the books that I own. I love to read, that is my addiction. I can't go a week without going to a book store. I love crocheting. I love to write stories and poetry. I also love my family, even though they make me crazy at times. I am a huge Donald Duck Fan.

The Music Box Mystery Blitz

The Music Box Mystery banner

 

The Music Box Mystery cover

(The Cook and Inspector Mysteries Book 8)

Cozy Mystery

Date Published: April 8, 2025

 

 

A music box, a murder, and a message from the grave…

When would-be gourmet cook Angie Amalfi takes a seemingly ordinary music
box to be repaired, a series of grisly murders begins, each one inching
closer to her and her fiancé, San Francisco Homicide Inspector Paavo
Smith. As she and Paavo race to uncover the truth, they discover the music
box isn’t just a relic—it’s a key to unraveling secrets
that someone is willing to kill to protect. The discovery leads to dark,
emotional chapters from the past—chapters that everyone believed would
be buried forever.

For readers of the Inspector Rebecca Mayfield mystery series, this story
takes place soon after Rebecca and Angie’s cousin Richie meet (in the
novella, The Thirteenth Santa). Richie has a minor role in this story.

NOTE: The main characters in this story appear in an early mystery series
by the author which is being completely reimagined and updated.

The Cook and Inspector Mysteries


 

 

Death on a Silver Platter, Book 1

A Quiche Before Dying, Book 2

The Marinara Murders, Book 3

Close Encounters of the Deadly Kind, Book 4

Death by Devil’s Food, Book 5

Blind Date’s Bitter End, Book 6

The Taverna Affair, Book 7

The Music Box Mystery, Book 8

 

Series Purchase Link

About the Author

Joanne Pence

Joanne Pence is an award-winning, USA Today best-selling author of the
Inspector Rebecca Mayfield mysteries, The Cook and the Inspector mysteries,
the Donnelly Cabin Inn series, and the Ancient Secrets supernatural suspense
novels (writing as J.M. Pence), as well as contemporary romance, historical
fiction, romantic suspense, and a fantasy. Her novels present a variety of
times, places, and reading experiences from mysterious to thrilling,
emotional to lightly humorous, as well as powerful tales of times long past.
Her books have won or been nominated for a number of high honors, including
the Willa Cather Literary Award for Historical Fiction; North American Book
Award for Mystery; Idaho Top Fiction Award; The Golden Quill, RWA’s Rita and
Golden Heart Awards, Daphne du Maurier Award, Independent Bookseller’s
Golden Scroll, and Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and Best Amateur
Sleuth Award.

Contact Links

Website

Facebook

Instagram

X

GoodReads

BookBuzz

 

Purchase Link

Amazon

 

 

RABT Book Tours & PR

1 Comment

Filed under BOOK BLITZ

Reclaiming Venom Teaser

Reclaiming Venom banner

 

Reclaiming Venom cover

(Dixie Reapers MC)

Motorcycle Club Romance, 2nd Chance Romance

Date Published: April 11, 2025

 

 

What happens when a life shrouded in memories fades away, leaving only a
faint echo of love?

 

Ridley — Life can change in an instant. For me, it was the day I got that
devastating call — my world crumbled when I found out my husband, Venom,
had been shot. He woke up, but the man I loved was a stranger. Then someone
gave me a great idea. Make him fall for me all over again! Venom might not
remember our past, but deep down, I know our connection is still
there.

Venom — I woke up in a hospital, no idea how I got there or what the hell
happened. The angel by my bed seems familiar and yet not. Then she tells me
she’s my wife. What the hell?

But as I spend time with Ridley, every story she shares awakens something
deep within me. Her laughter, her warmth… the taste of her
lips… every moment I spend with her ignites a spark that feels so
right. I may not remember our years together, but I know one thing for sure:
she’s mine.

Fall in love with the thrill of the ride, the heartache of forgotten
memories, and the fierce determination of a love that refuses to die.

WARNING: Reclaiming Venom is intended for readers 18+ due to adult
situations, bad language, and violence. While Reclaiming Venom can be read
as a standalone, we recommended you read Venom (A Dixie Reapers MC 1) and
Emergency Date (Swift Angels MC 2) first to better appreciate Reclaiming
Venom.

 

 

EXCERPT

Venom

I moved quickly, coming up behind Tinker. I couldn’t believe this
asshole was still alive. Pressing the barrel of my gun to his head, I made
sure I had his fucking attention. “Drop it. Now!”

Tinker froze, a string of curses spilling from his lips. Slowly, he turned
to face me, realization dawning in his eyes.

“You sneaky bastards,” he snarled.

Torch and Bull emerged from the shadows, their own weapons trained on
Tinker. The old man’s face contorted with rage. “This is all
your fault,” he spat at us. “You and your damned
club!”

Torch stepped forward. “Until you decided to stir up shit, we all
thought you were dead. Why now, Tinker? Why didn’t you just stay
gone?”

Tinker’s laugh was bitter. “You want to know why?”

His gaze darted to Justin, the President of the Swift Angels MC. “I
only found out about him a year ago. My own flesh and blood, a cop. I
watched. I waited. Hoped maybe he’d at least be dirty, something I
could work with.”

I got it. Sort of. I hadn’t been too pleased to find out my son,
Dawson, was not only a fireman, but also the VP of another club. I’d
hoped he’d follow in my footsteps. But now, I had to admit I was proud
of the man he’d become.

“Then I realized,” Tinker continued, a cruel smile twisting his
features, “that the Swift Angels had ties to you Dixie Reaper scum.
That’s when I knew it was time to make my move. All these decades,
waiting for a chance to get revenge, and it fell right into my
lap.”

“It’s over, Tinker. You’ve lost. Do you really think
you’ll get out of this alive? We may not have made sure you were dead
last time, but things are different now,” I said.

Tinker’s grin widened. “You sure about that,
Venom?”

Without warning, chaos erupted. Two men materialized from the shadows
behind Justin. Shit! Wire had said Tinker would be alone. Where the hell had
these men come from?

“Justin, down!” Logan yelled, but it was too late.

A deafening crack split the air. Justin’s body jerked, his blue eyes
wide with shock. Blood bloomed across his chest, a crimson stain spreading
rapidly. “Shit,” he muttered, his voice barely audible before
his knees buckled.

Logan appeared shocked at first, then the paramedic sprang into action. He
snatched the med bag he’d brought as a precaution and sprinted toward
Justin’s fallen form.

Two more shots went off, and pain hit me like a fucking freight train. I
stared at Tinker in confusion as I sank to the ground, everything going dark
around the edges of my vision. I could hear everything around me, even
though it felt like I was down a long tunnel, voices echoing.

“Logan! Hurry the fuck up!” Dawson’s frantic voice cut
through the chaos.

I felt something pooling beneath me and realized it was my own fucking
blood. The world got darker and darker, and I knew I was going under. Jesus
fucking Christ! I’d lived this damn long, and a snake like Tinker got
the drop on me?

Ridley… What the hell would she do without me? I didn’t want
to leave her. There was still so much I wanted to see and do with her.
Regret slammed into me, as I tried to recall if I’d told her I loved
her before we left.

“Diego!” Logan barked. “Keep pressure on Justin’s
wound. I need to check on Venom.”

I felt someone drop beside me, but I couldn’t make out any shapes
anymore.

“We need ambulances,” Logan shouted. “Two of them.
Now!”

I felt someone rip open my shirt and try to staunch the flow of blood, but
I knew it was too late. Nothing could save me now.

“Dad.” Dawson’s voice broke as someone knelt beside me.
Was it Dawson? “Dad, can you hear me?”

I heard Logan’s voice on the other side of me. “He’s lost
a lot of blood. We need to get him to the hospital immediately.”

Logan worked on packing my wounds. I wanted to tell him to save someone
else, that I’d finally come to the end of my journey, but I
couldn’t form the words. My body felt cold, and soon even the noises
around me faded to nothing.

Ridley… I’m so fucking sorry for leaving you. I’ll
always love you.

* * *

Ridley

I stared at my son in horror, seeing my husband’s blood all over him.
I wordlessly handed him a change of clothes and watched as he rushed off to
a bathroom. Jesus. He’d told me it was bad, but… there was so
much blood.

I looked over at Torch, and he came closer.

“What happened?” I asked. “There were so many of you. Was
Tinker really that hard to take down?”

Torch sighed and ran a hand over his beard. “He wasn’t alone.
Not Wire’s fault. Somewhere he picked up two helpers. While Venom had
his gun to Tinker’s head, the other two came out of nowhere. They shot
Justin first, and while our focus was on him, the other one shot
Venom.”

I pressed a hand to my chest, my knees feeling weak. “How bad? And
don’t fucking lie to me, Torch.”

“It’s bad, Ridley,” he murmured. “He nearly coded
in the ambulance. By some miracle, the paramedics were able to get him back.
They rushed him to surgery the minute we arrived. If it hadn’t been
for Logan, he’d have died before they even got there.”

Right when my knees gave out, someone caught me. I glanced up to see Viking
behind me. He hugged me tight before picking me up and carrying me over to a
chair. He gently eased me down, and I leaned forward, pressing my head to my
knees.

“This can’t be happening,” I whispered. “All these
years, and this happens now? He was supposed to be safer. He stepped down as
VP, and I thought, for sure, most of the danger was behind us.”

Torch took the spot beside me, and Savior sat on the other. We remained
silent, praying and hoping for good news. It felt like an eternity before
two doctors came out. One talked to the Swift Angels first about Justin, and
the other came to me. He faced me, his expression grim, and my heart
dropped.

“Venom has a long road to travel before he’s back on his feet.
He made it through surgery, but… we lost him. We were about to call
time of death, when his heart started beating again. He’s been moved
to recovery, but it’s been decided it would be best to place him in a
coma to help with the healing process.”

“What…” I licked my lips. “What does that
mean?”

“He’s going to sleep until his body is mostly repaired. Then
we’ll see if we can get him awake again.”

“What do you mean you’ll see?” Panic welled inside me.
“He has to wake up!”

The doctor nodded. “I understand how you feel, but his
situation… it’s not the best. For a man his age, well.
There’s a lot of trauma to his body. There’s no way of telling
when he’ll wake up.”

“Or if, right?” I asked, giving a bitter laugh.
“You’re telling me he’s alive, but I may never get the
chance to talk to him again? To see his eyes open, or hear him laugh? What
the hell am I supposed to do with that?”

I heard my voice rising but couldn’t stop it. Tears streaked my
cheek, and I felt the hysteria welling inside me. Then my son was there.
Dawson wrapped me in his arms, and I sobbed against his chest while he spoke
with the doctor.

Venom. You better come back to me! I can’t live without you.

 

About the Author

Harley Wylde is an accomplished author known for her captivating MC
Romances. With an unwavering commitment to sensual storytelling, Wylde
immerses her readers in an exciting world of fierce men and irresistible
women. Her works exude passion, danger, and gritty realism, while still
managing to end on a satisfying note each time.

When not crafting her tales, Wylde spends her time brainstorming new
plotlines, indulging in a hot cup of Starbucks, or delving into a good book.
She has a particular affinity for supernatural horror literature and movies.
Visit Wylde’s website to learn more about her works and upcoming events, and
don’t forget to sign up for her newsletter to receive exclusive discounts
and other exciting perks.

Author on Facebook, Instagram, & TikTok: @harleywylde

 

Publisher on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok:
@changelingpress

Pre-Order Today

 

RABT Book Tours & PR

1 Comment

Filed under Teasers

Proud Outcast Virtual Book Tour

Proud Outcast banner

Proud Outcast cover

Days of War, Days of Peace, Volume 2

 

Native American Literature, Biographical Fiction, Western

Date Published: 01-21-2025

Publisher: Hat Creek

 

 

Defying betrayal and hardship, Chato fights to save his family and his
people’s rightful place in the West.

As the Apache Wars roar toward their conclusion in the summer of 1886,
renowned Apache army scout and leader Chato joins a delegation of scouts to
Washington, D.C., to meet President Grover Cleveland. Their mission? To
plead their case for the Chiricahua scouts to remain at Fort Apache and
cultivate their lands in peace.

For his unwavering loyalty and service, Chato is awarded a silver medal
from Cleveland, along with the implied promise that the scouts can stay
where they are. However, after Geronimo’s surrender, Chato and his fellow
scouts are instead transported to the harsh confines of Fort Marion,
Florida, as prisoners of war. They, and the Chiricahua people as a whole,
will be deprived of their freedom and their way of life for the next three
decades.

Proud Outcast tablet

EXCERPT

Excerpt 1  From Introduction

Proud Outcast is the second of two novels about the Apache chief and warrior Pedes-klinje, or as the Mexicans called him, Chato (meaning “Flat Nose”). The first book, Desperate Warrior, covered the years from 1877 to 1886, when Chato often rode with Geronimo as his segundo (second in command) in numerous raids and battles, especially in Mexico, after they escaped San Carlos Reservation in September 1881. During the years in Mexico, Chato lost a wife and two children to Mexican slavery after they were captured during a Rarámuri (aka Tarahumara) Indian attack led by Mexican military on the great Nednhi Chief Juh’s winter camp in January 1883.

Losing his family was a defining event in Chato’s life. He was desperate to get his family back and out of Mexican slavery. Five months after his family was taken, General Crook offered to get them back through high-level negotiations between the Chihuahuan state in Mexico and his big chiefs in Washington. Realizing this was his last, best hope of getting his family back, Chato

vowed allegiance to the Army and to General Crook.

Chato understood that for General Crook’s offer to work in retrieving his family, Geronimo had to stay peaceful on the reservation and not escape to raid in Mexico, Arizona, and New Mexico. He told Geronimo that if he left the reservation, he would destroy Crook’s ability to get their families out of slavery, and he, Chato, would find and drag him back to the San Carlos guardhouse in chains. The White Eyes would imprison him there or on the little land in the western big water, Alcatraz, for years. Geronimo called Chato a traitor and a liar, and when he broke out of Fort Apache Reservation tried to have him killed. They remained enemies until Geronimo’s dying day twenty-four years later.

The lives of Chato and Geronimo show striking similarities. Some historians have called Chato “Geronimo’s doppelgänger.” Although Geronimo was about thirty years older than Chato, they both claimed supernatural powers, rode together on many raids, were on the same reservations at the same time, lost wives and children to Mexican slavery and were deadly rifle shots. Both men became Christians but then left the church to become again believers in the Apache creator god, Ussen. Geronimo was the acknowledged leader of the Chiricahua faction that wanted war to settle differences with the White Eyes. Chato was a major leader of the peace faction that believed peace with the White Eyes was necessary for Chiricahua survival.

Chato’s story of captivity and release to freedom is told in Proud Outcast, which covers the years from 1886 to 1934. During this time, Chato survived betrayal by the Army as a prisoner of war and endured, with his head held high, being treated as an outcast by some of his own People after they were freed. As Desperate Warrior said, Chato’s story is taken from history, but its truth is told through fiction as imaginatively seen through the eyes of Chato, whom Lieutenant Britton Davis, his former commander, described in 1929 as “the finest man, red or white, I ever knew.”

 

About the Author

W. Michael Farmer

W. Michael Farmer combines ten-plus years of research into
nineteenth-century Apache history and culture with Southwest-living
experience to fill his stories with a genuine sense of time and place. A
retired Ph.D. physicist, his scientific research has included measurement of
atmospheric aerosols with laser-based instruments, and he has published a
two-volume reference book on atmospheric effects on remote sensing. He has
also written short stories for anthologies and award-winning essays. His
first novel, Hombrecito’s War, won a Western Writers of America Spur
Finalist Award for Best First Novel in 2006 and was a New Mexico Book Award
Finalist for Historical Fiction in 2007. His other novels include:
Hombrecito’s Search; Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright: The Betrayals of
Pancho Villa; and Conspiracy: The Trial of Oliver Lee and James Gililland.
His Killer of Witches, The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero Apache,
Book 1 won a Will Rogers Medallion Award and was a New Mexico–Arizona
Book Awards Finalist in 2106. Mariana’s Knight, The Revenge of Henry
Fountain won the 2017 New Mexico–Arizona Book Award for Historical
Fiction and Blood of the Devil, The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero
Apache, Book 2 was a finalist.

These two novels have also won 2018 Silver Medallion Will Rogers Awards.
Apacheria, True Stories of Apache Culture, 1860-1920 won the 2018 New
Mexico–Arizona Book Award for History-Other (Other than New Mexico or
Arizona), Best New Mexico Book in 2018, a gold medallion in the 2019 Will
Rogers Awards for History-Young Folks, and named one of the twenty best
books on the southwest by the Pima County (Phoenix and surrounding area)
Library System. In 2019 Knight’s Odyssey and Knight of the Tiger won
gold medallions in the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, and Knight of the Tiger
won the 2019 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Fiction-Adventure NM.

The author is continuing work on two histories and two novels to be
released in 2019 through 2021 about the captivity and wars of Geronimo.
Geronimo: Prisoner of Lies, Twenty-Three Years as a Prisoner of War is a
history of what happened to Geronimo after he surrendered in 1886 and was
published in October 2019. The Odyssey of Geronimo, a novel about his years
in captivity, will be published in May 2020. The history of Geronimo’s
last ten years of war and peace before his surrender, An Apache Iliad, and
the companion novel, The Iliad of Geronimo, A Song of Blood and Fire are
expected to be published in 2021.

Contact Links

Website

Facebook

Goodreads

Instagram

 

Purchase Links

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

 

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

RABT Book Tours & PR

Leave a Comment

Filed under Book Tour, BOOKS

Regrets Blitz

Regrets banner

Regrets cover

Romance

Date Published: March 19, 2025

Publisher: Wild Rose Press

 

 

Trauma surgeon, Rea Tasson, rescues Hollywood heartthrob Drew Foster after
he crashes his Porsche into the beach by her house. To escape unwanted
publicity, she allows him to stay the night.

After discovering Rea’s fiancée died from an opioid overdose, Drew
chooses to stay. Their friendship grows, as does their romance. But when
Drew’s next project takes him to Paris, Rea must reconcile with all the
people who have abandoned her, if she ever wants a happily ever after.

About the Author

Caryn M. McGill

Caryn M. McGill has always been a storyteller. She often told tales to her
children at bedtime in lieu of reading to them. A serious daydreamer, she
used to think it the opposite of her education and work in the sciences, but
now realizes scientists are the ultimate daydreamers. She’s immersed herself
in a lifelong study of religion, astrology, reincarnation, and past-life
regressions. This otherworldly journey produced her debut novel, The Wives
of Lucifer (2015), a trilogy. She also writes a romantic suspense series,
Steel and Desire, under the name Kendra Greenwood. Her newest novel,
Regrets, debuts in 2025 and her current work, His Daughter, is in pitch
mode. Caryn grew up on the beaches of Long Island’s East End. When she’s not
writing, you can find her in the kitchen whipping up something scrumptious
or in the studio, painting and fusing glass into decorative dishes.

 

Contact Links

Facebook

BookBuzz

 

Purchase Links

Amazon

B&N

Kobo

iBooks

 

RABT Book Tours & PR

Comments Off on Regrets Blitz

Filed under BOOK BLITZ

His Final Answer Virtual Book Tour

His Final Answer banner

His Final Answer cover

Metaphysical Fiction

Date Published: September 15, 2024

Publisher: MindStir Media

 

 

This story is about the wrath of tragic grief and how self renewal is the
key for any future possibilities or reconciliation of the past.

Daniel Pallson is considered by most to have everything one could ask for
as one of the self made wealthiest people in the world, however in reality
since he tragically lost his son twenty years ago he has been one of the
emptiest people in the world.Since then he has shut everything out of his
life including his wife, extended family, faith in himself, spirituality and
most everything else except his business.

A long time American citizen and resident Daniel returns to his native
Iceland for a very important business project. While in Iceland he suffers a
life threatening event that does not allow him to leave the country any time
soon. His only best option where to convalesce is at his estranged brother
Jons ranch where they both grew up. Daniels wife Doris with whom he has been
separated from for years also comes from her home in Boston knowing this
could be life or death situation. Doris has been separated from Daniel for
about 6 years. To his complete dismay Daniel must now face not only his own
mortality but all he shunned all these years. What is his final
answer?

His Final Answer tablet

EXCERPT

A few decades ago, I saw a television interview with

one of my favorite actors, who I knew was suffering from

a major illness and didn’t have long to live. I knew he had

lost a child to a tragedy about twenty years ago, but I was

shocked at what he said that day. He said he never spent

one day without feeling devastated about his twenty-threeyear-

old son, and with tears he said he wanted to apologize

to those he shut out for so long because of his incomplete

grief. He had endless self-guilt, anger, and doubt about the

whole world after being a well-known optimist his entire

life. I thought how sad that was. For some reason, that stuck

with me enough to write about this years later, as I experienced

some of my best friends having to go through the

same loss of losing a child. I wondered how possibly they

could get through it. This compelled me to write a story

about it. Shortly thereafter, I met with Jennifer Curran to

work on the novel with me.

This book was written for that actor and all others

who have had to experience such an unimaginably painful

event. Actually, I think this novel can easily apply to many

cases of grief for loved ones who have lost others, whether

it be family or others. This book explains how never getting

better at any grief can rival the negative effects of the actual

tragedy of years ago. I think the protagonist covers what

we, the writers, mean with regard to this and much more.

There are other main characters who add so much to

this story. We know writing this book is as true as it gets, as

it has caused a impact in both our (co-writers) lives for

writing it.

 

About the Authors

Jennifer Curran

Jennifer Curran grew up in Stamford, Vermont, a small town with just 800
people. She is the eighth of nine siblings and was raised by a wonderful
mother and a father who was a World War II veteran. Jennifer excelled in
sports like basketball, softball, and skiing during high school, where she
also won the school patriot award.

Jennifer attended Boston University on an English scholarship. At nineteen,
she was discovered by Elite Modeling Agency while walking in New York. This
led to a successful international modeling career, taking her to places like
Australia and Paris.

After modeling, Jennifer returned to the U.S. and joined an off-Broadway
theater group in New York City. She later moved to California to follow her
passion for acting and writing. Jennifer is an avid poet and short story
writer and a certified member of the renowned Amherst Writers & Artists.
“His Final Answer” is her first novel.

 

Christopher D. White

Christopher D. White is a storyteller from the Midwest, raised in the
Chicagoland area of northwest Indiana. Known for his original narrative
films and documentaries, Christopher has a deep love for sports and all
Chicago teams. He even received a genuine Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series
ring as a part owner of the team.

Christopher graduated from Indiana University in 1981 with a business
degree and worked as a stockbroker in Los Angeles. At night, he performed
comedy in local clubs. His passion for storytelling led him to take a film
writing class at UCLA, which changed his career path. He was accepted into
the prestigious American Film Institute as a producing fellow.

Over the years, Christopher has written and produced films like
“Missing Brendan” and the Netflix series “Valhalla
Murders.” His first book was a tribute to the WWII generation. His
first novel, “His Final Answer,” marks his debut in fiction
writing. He plans to adapt his novel, “His Final Answer,” into a
film, to be shot in Iceland and Boston.

 

Contact Links

Website

Goodreads

Facebook

“X”

LinkedIn

YouTube

TikTok

 

Purchase Link

Amazon

B&N

 

 

RABT Book Tours & PR

Comments Off on His Final Answer Virtual Book Tour

Filed under Book Tour