Helen C. Johannes's Blog, page 3

Just in time for Halloween, a bookish treat for creative and imaginative children and the adults who read to them. 

Keep your eyes open for the upcoming release of THE DIS'ASTER FAMILY'S HALLOWEEN on Kindle and in print. Links to follow soon.

Preschool and early grade children will love the action and the art. Adults will have fun making the sound-effects. 

Meet theDis’Aster Family!

The kids arecreative. The parents are outnumbered. And the pets, well, they’re unusual.

When thekids decide to ent...

Is your middle grade child or grandchild ready to curl up with a fun fantasy chapter book? FREDERICK FLY-CATCHER is on sale on various e-book platforms for only 99 cents. 

Now through the end of September, you can download this NN Light Book Heaven 2020 Book Award Winner for Children's Literature. Go here to access all the platforms: https://books2read.com/u/4Ekjo0 and give the gift of reading to your favorite child.

“A fun adventure that was a hit with my nine-year-old!”  5 Stars, Amazon

What happ...

My guest today is Jill Piscitello, author of the new cozy mystery A Sour Note (AMusic Box Mystery). I have the double pleasure of reading it now and being able to share this fast-paced amateur sleuth story's details with all of you. Trust me: you won't want to put it down!

TAGLINE:

When murder provides a welcome distraction…

Blurb:

On the heels of a public, broken engagement, Maeve Cleary returns toher childhood home in Hampton Beach, NH. When a dead body turns up behind hermother’s music s...

Helen, thank you for allowing me to share a fewreasons why everyone should read my new release. Raven’s Hollow Spring Magicrevisits the same quirky town and some of the same unusual characters from MeringueSnowflake Magic.  Then add in a fewnew quirky characters, a romance, a mysterious ancient jelly bean machine, adisappearance, and time travel and—poof—you have a new and exciting tale. Ilove jelly beans. Don’t you?  I guaranteeafter reading Raven’s Hollow Spring Magic, you’ll never look...

Looking for summer reading for that favorite grade school child or grandchild? A story of adventure that also promotes the values of family, friendship and kindness? 

I’m excited to announce that my middle-gradefantasy, FREDERICK FLY-CATCHER, will be available as part of theSmashwords Summer/Winter Sale! This is a chance to get my book, along withbooks from many other great authors, at a promotional discount. FREDERICKFLY-CATCHER is cut to half price, only $1.49 in ebook.

You can find the ge...

 The Emerald Fairy and the Dragon Knight by Jennifer Ivy Walker

This is the final book in Walker’s thrillingand darkly romantic fantasy trilogy based on the legend of Tristan andIsolde/Issylte.

My Review:

💖💖💖💖💖 The Emerald Fairy and the Dragon Knight by Jennifer Ivy Walker is anaction-packed adventure across Ireland, Cornwall, and Breton as well as fairysites of mystical power from islands to lakes and caves. Shape-shifters, elves,and woodland, sea and sky creatures all come to the aid ...

Fatal Witness by Michelle Godard-Richer will 
give you chills, so read it with the lights on in the middle of the day while you're not alone and the doors are locked. Jessica and Jon and their respective families and friends find their comfortable worlds turned upside down and inside out by one incredibly nasty and clever villain. It's all they can do in this fast-paced thriller to keep evil at bay after Jessica witnesses her neighbor dumping a body into his pickup bed late at night. Thankfully, ...

Welcome to New Orleans, courtesy of  Sazerac, Sleuth & Slay (An Andi Anna Jones Mystery Book2) by Mary Cunningham 

If you're in the market for a new mystery endorsed by none other than Carolyn Haines, author of the popular Sarah Booth Bones mysteries, look no farther. 

What a twisty mystery! This one kept me wondering whodunnitthroughout as the author first presented one suspect and then another thanks totwo-faced friends and false leads. When Andi Anna Jones puts on her amateursleuth hat in...

Dystopian fiction. I have to admit to a few preconceived notions about the genre, mostly garnered from films. But Lisa Wilkes' latest novel MID-FLIGHT has broadened my mind. 

Tagline:

She failed to save her brother and her best friend fromdestructive forces. Could she topple the most sinister villain of all time?

Blurb/Book Description:

2037 was a really bad year.

Lexi Brennan’s bestfriend was killed in a plane crash. Two weeks later, an intergalactic crisisthreatened the fate of humanity. Authori...

 In the last 24 hours we have been treated to heavy rain, strong wind, thunder and lightning, freezing rain, and snow. Welcome to April! 

Wild weather is the norm for this time of year up here. Last week we received a lovely coating of ice. 

Fortunately, no tree limbs came down like they did last summer, completely hiding this car. 
Hope your April Fool's Day is not quite so challenging!