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“At first, it looks like Cat will be bogged down in trivia” – February White Lies (A Cat Collier Mystery 2) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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Join Cat Collier from January Black Ice as she starts her own detective agency, Red Cat Investigations, inside the gorgeous old Palazzo Castellano Hotel and solves her first real paid case, the case of Shotzie, the missing French poodle. Just when she feels she is destined to find lost pets and missing luggage for the rest of her life in her beautiful new office, complete with business cards, magazines in the waiting room, and her Red Cat logo painted on the frosted glass door, a lovely, mysterious woman named Ms. White hires her to find out who is stalking her. A dead rat in her car. Being run off the road. A car bombing. Someone wants her frightened or maybe…dead.
The trail of graft and corruption leads Cat into danger as she hides the mystery woman with the old, reclusive lawyer Detrick Bittmor for safekeeping.
Cat’s relationship with the handsome Erick “Carter” Larsen is put in jeopardy when she teams up with Officer Kiernan Scott from the Heaton Valley Police Department to unravel the mystery in February White Lies.
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Lacey

At first, it looks like Cat will be bogged down in trivia

After reading the first Cat Collier mystery, I couldn’t wait to get stuck into the second one. Again, the world the author has built is solid and I had no trouble transporting myself into the small town in Ohio where Cat is now running her business, Red Cat Investigations, despite having never been to Ohio. And even though I read this on a hot summer’s day, the wintery background was so well described that I found myself shivering while I read it!
At first, it looks like Cat will be bogged down in trivia, finding people’s missing pets and luggage until around halfway through the story. It’s a quick read so it won’t take you long to get to that point. The blossoming relationship between Cat and Carter had me hooked, although it seems like there will be a few skeletons in Carter’s closet that may cause trouble in a future story. There’s also a new character being introduced in this story who I think will be important to Cat in the future, as well as some developments in her relationship with her own family.
It’s definitely a five-star read and highly recommended. Read them in order though, or you won’t fully appreciate Cat’s journey!

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“If you like smart and witty romance with interesting characters and a superb plot, if you are not afraid to weep and cry, you should read Blue Lake.” – Blue Lake (Time After Time) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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When widowed Nicole decided to step back into life in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico with Richard, a young, handsome British actor who professed his undying love and devotion to her on a daily basis, she mistook his boundless enthusiasm for her as little more than youthful impetuousness. She had no idea where their relationship would take her physically or emotionally. She would find herself in many dazzling international locations, putting her own life on hold, simply to be with him. She had no concept how strong her commitment to him would grow and to what extent she would go to protect him and ensure his safety and well-being. And she certainly had no idea the depth of his devotion to her, an unlikely but undeniable love that would span continents and a decade of their lives, entwining them closer and closer, while his career, their families, and other relationships pulled them farther and farther apart. BLUE LAKE is a story of the power of love.
The series, TIME AFTER TIME, follows a pair of quintessential lovers, Richard and Nicole, through their lives together, in different places, in different times, with different names and faces and sometimes even on other planets. This follows the alternative theory that the relationships we forge in this lifetime, both the good and the bad, are continued into the future, and are rooted deeply in our past. Whatever we do, whoever we love, and the good and evil deeds we do today follow us into the future. Unsettled issues will present themselves again and again until they are ultimately resolved. Those people who have had a profound effect on us in this lifetime will find us again in the future. And although everything changes, love remains.
Books in the TIME AFTER TIME series are BLUE LAKE, BELTERRA,
The BASLICATO, BENTLEY SQUARE, WAITING FOR RICHARD, and LORD OF BLAKELEY. They do not need to be read in order.
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Kata Mlek

A wonderful love story!

Love at first sight, the BIG and REAL one, happens occasionally but if it does, it’s spectacular. However, the relationship with the true soul mate or twin flame isn’t easy, requires sacrifices and sometimes even inflicts pain. On one hand, perfect couples deal with overwhelming joy, on the other hand with doubt, worry, remorse and fear. Carol and Richard, the main characters in Blue Lake, initially sharing a strong connection, have to face the hidden, dark side of love as well and fight together for their future.
Despite being a down-to-earth person I got carried along with this novel. I suppose it’s a matter of the cast, great and versatile setting and emotional charge. Even stone-cold readers like me would need some tissues to get through the Blue Lake and it’s absolutely fine–it feels good to realize there is love out there. And it conquers all.
If you like smart and witty romance with interesting characters and a superb plot, if you are not afraid to weep and cry, you should read Blue Lake.
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“Kauffman takes us on an intergalactic journey with lots of twists and turns” – The Captain and the Ambassador by Carol Ann Kauffman

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Ambassador Tull Redmond is looking for a quick ride home back to Earth after ending her twenty-year mission as a peace negotiator. All she wants is peace, quiet, and to be left alone. She boards the Earth Starship Giuseppe Verdi with its questionable leader, Captain Ben Jacobs anyway. It’s the fastest way home. Her quarters has a full bath, a space view window, and a large, real bed! How bad could this rule-breaking, authority-defying Captain Casanova be? High Council hates him, true, but his crew loves him. Surely, she’s too old and tired to be drawn into this bad boy of the quadrant’s personal circus.
Will Ambassador Redmond get the quiet, uneventful ride home she craves?
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Gerald L. Guy

Out of this world

I bounce around genres to stimulate my imagination. I wasn’t disappointed when I stumbled onto Carol Ann Kauffman’s “The Captain and the Ambassador.” While the stage is out of this world, the story is about human interaction, disappointment, renewal, and romance. Like most humans, Ambassador Redman and Captain Jacobs are experts in their fields but failures when it comes to relationships. Their collaboration and inevitable romantic connection are fraught with disappointment, challenge, and intrigue. Kauffman takes us on an intergalactic journey with lots of twists and turns. Will they be able to escape the drama of their past and what kind of mischief and misfortune awaits them in the darkness of outer space? This tale is worth the investment of your time.

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“Get ready for a clean short mystery which will keep you enthralled and wanting to read more!” – January Black Ice (A Cat Collier Mystery, Book 1) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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Mary Catherine Collier is called to the penthouse apartment of the city’s very rich, most influential lawyer, Detrick Bittmor. He has a very personal assignment for her. It involves a mysterious young man who sits on a park bench every day at noon and stares up at Bittmor’s top floor apartment.
Mary Catherine, or Cat, as she’s better known, has a soft spot for this lawyer with a nasty reputation. There’s something about this old man she likes and even finds charming.
Detrick Bittmor thinks the young man on the park bench resembles a younger version of himself. He thinks this young man could be his son from an affair he had many years ago with a beautiful New Year lawyer. This man could be his only heir.
And old man Bittmor isn’t getting any younger.
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MikiHope

Get ready for a clean short mystery which will keep you enthralled and wanting to read more!

This is a very short book and it ended way too soon to suit me! It leaves you with a cliff hanger——Luckily there are more in this series and I can tell you right now I will be reading them.

Do you believe in love at first sight? Well, that is what happens when Detrick Bittmor convinces Cat Collier to befriend a young man who he thinks maybe the son he never knew he had until he received a letter from a long-ago love. Why Cat–who is the obituary writer for a small-town newspaper.

Will Cat manage to befriend the young man? And what happens afterwards? Is this young man the son that Detrick Bittmor thinks he might be?

Get ready for a clean short mystery which will keep you enthralled and wanting to read more!

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“This book … will keep you enthralled and reading until the end!” – Red Sarah by Carol Ann Kauffman

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Sarah is a beautiful redhead who works for a special agency that fixes broken timelines and rescues historically significant people who are in trouble. She has a special set of skills that allow her to ‘tap’ someone out of a dangerous situation. Her present assignment is to find and rescue a prince whose son eliminates hunger and disease on his island nation.
“Save the Prince; save the King; and save the Reds. In doing so, Red Sarah may just save herself, who knows, but what might be the cost? Moving from modern-day wisecrackery to a time of romance long ago, Carol Ann Kauffman’s tale is filled with majesty and bravery. This time travel story is a gift for all.” – Amazon Review
“Sarah has one job, and that is to rescue Crown Prince Lucas of Mist from captivity in a dungeon. Yet everything is not as it seems and will Sarah be able to stop an upcoming war?
This was an interesting book about time travel and trying not to disrupt the time continuum. I liked Sarah, and it was interesting where she and Lucas ended up.”
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MikiHope
This book is not that long and will keep you enthralled and reading until the end!

This is a fairy tale type book-except the woman saves the prince! And the woman, Sarah is a time traveler from the future–the prince is the much-hated third son of his father the King. He is thrown into an enemy’s dungeon and Sarah has to rescue him! This book is not that long and will keep you enthralled and reading until the end!

But don’t stop there–Please read the Dedication at the end–it is beautiful and obviously written from the heart!

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“This Time Travel will keep you guessing and enthralled!!” – Charming Deception” (Through the Portal) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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Samantha wakes up to a perfect life, with a handsome, attentive husband she doesn’t remember. She has it all: a luxury vehicle, designer clothes, beautiful jewelry, and a condo on the beach. But this isn’t the life she remembers. As time go by, Samantha discovers she is the object of an elaborate deception, one large enough to include, other worlds, body doubles, time travel, world-hopping, and a galaxy guardian as cold as ice. Is her charming husband in on this deception?
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MikiHope

This Time Travel will keep you guessing and enthralled!!

Although not a part of the Time After Time series (at least I don’t it is)–it should be in my opinion. If you follow my blog book reviews you know I have read and reviewed many of Carol Ann Kauffman’s books before. I do love Time Travel novels (second only to Historical Romance–then comes Cozy’s). This one will definitely keep your attention.

Samantha does not like mirrors anymore–and you won’t blame her. She has been dragged into too many different places and times. All she really wants is to find the man she really loves! Will she be able to distinguish between all the clones? You will have to read the book to find out!

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“This one may have your heart beating wildly!” – Dark Return: Belterra, Book 2 (Time After Time) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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Dark Return is the sequel to Belterra, Time After Time, and takes place about ten years afterward. When Belterra was populated long ago by a select group of humans sent here by the ancients in the hope of saving the human race, the indigenous race of bat-like creatures called the Batrach were forced into the ocean and underground sea caves by a giant force field. The force field has now weakened. The Batrach have emerged from their watery prison and they want their planet back.
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MikiHope

This one may have your heart beating wildly! Great series–I love them!!

My review of Belterra, the first book can be found here. I have been eagerly awaiting this sequel!! I am happy to say I loved it as much as I did the first! This can be read as a stand-alone–but I highly suggest you read both.
There are problems in Belterra–big ones! The Batrachs have decided to try and take their country back. A forcefield has held them captive in caves for many years. But now they have someone who can help them–who is it?
This one may have your heart beating wildly as the Belterran’s attempt first to fight the Batrachs–then try to make peace with them. There are important people that are kidnapped–can they be saved?
I really think you will enjoy this one–and it does segue into the Time after Time theme towards the end and sets you up for another one of the books! Great series–I love them!!
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“I just can’t recommend this series enough…” – Belterra (Time After Time Novel) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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The Time After Time Series follows a pair of unlikely lovers on their adventures through life and love, this time on an alien planet divided into four tribes. When Neeka, daughter of the Lord of the Warrior Clan, was out picking lavender in their vast fields of the West, she felt him coming for her, and she was ready. When Braedon, Lord of the Soldier Clan of the East, rode into those lavender fields, searching for the woman of his dreams, he had no idea if she were even real. But there she was, standing there looking up at him, smiling. He reached his hand down to her and waited. She accepted his hand, beginning their adventures together, changing not only their lives but the course of life and unity on their planet forever. An alien planet. Or is it?
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MikiHope

I just can’t recommend this series enough especially if you enjoy clean romance, time travel, and strong female characters!

All I can say is WOW–what an epic story this one is!! I have read a couple of other Time After Time novels by Carol Ann Kauffman and truly loved them all–I am waiting to get to read the rest of this series. I read somewhere that this one is chronologically the first–and I kind of agree. There is no doubt in my mind that these are all stand alone and I am living proof that they can be read in any order!!
These two just can’t seem to get it together–even though they are soul mates-until the very very end–and even then there is a zinger.
I just can’t recommend this series enough especially if you enjoy clean romance, time travel and strong female characters!
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“Hoping for a Christmas miracle” – I Need Christmas (An Oakville Family Christmas Book 2) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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After a depressing year of sadness, loneliness, and self-doubt, successful civil engineer and former All-American basketball star Elizabeth (Betsy) Curry returns home to Oakville, Ohio, for the Christmas holidays a depressed and broken woman. Reeling from her bitter divorce from the handsome, charming, but morally decrepit Tommy DeMalio, her college sweetheart and first big love, who left her after two years of what she thought was a good marriage for a stripper he met at an office bachelor party for her co-worker, Betsy feels lost and empty. Not exactly anticipating the happy holiday with her family and their multitude of joyful Christmas customs and long-time storybook-like traditions, she knows she needs them in order to heal.
Once comfortable at home and feeling somewhat better about herself, Tommy shows up and claims he wants a reconciliation, throwing her back into the self-destructive cycle of doubt, hostility, and suspicion she is trying so hard to escape.
She discovers her father has set her up with his protégé at work, the tall, handsome, athletic red-haired Patrick, who, try as hard as she can, she can’t find a single thing she doesn’t like about him.
So, what’s the problem? Betsy feels it’s too soon for her to love again. How can she love anyone again when she doesn’t like herself or what she’s become since the break-up? Also, she fears she will hurt the sweet, gentle Patrick.
Will the love, joy, and goodwill of the holiday season coupled with the many long-time holiday customs and Curry family traditions help Betsy to find herself again? Will she be strong enough to lift herself out of her self-induced prison so that she can take another chance on love?
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Hoping for a Christmas miracle

This is a story set in Great Midwest and brings forth all the beautiful traditions of Christmas – the Christmas tree, the party, family and holidays. Betsy, who was recently divorced, is hoping Christmas would bring some normality to her life and is hoping the magic of the season would rub on her somehow. When she meets Patrick, things change. Will Betsy get her own Christmas miracle? Read this sweet story to find out!

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“Edge of your seat, holiday adventure! Page turner for sure!” – Christmas at Star Lake (Madison Rand) (Volume 2) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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Madison Rand runs Rand Solutions, an unusual and very helpful agency in the beautiful town of Silver Maple, New York. The police inform her that her highly qualified, specialized employees are targeted by a professional killer and being picked off, one by one. To save their lives, she closes down her business, sends them all away, and retreats to a friend’s cabin at Star Lake to figure out who is after them and why. Danger follows her to the cabin in the woods at Star Lake, where an old ghost from her past reappears on Christmas Eve, hellbent on revenge, and the madman tracks her through the underground caves at the lake. Shots are fired. A body drops to the ground. Is it Kyle Miller, the love of her life, who followed her to the cabin to propose on Christmas Eve? The air is thick with treachery and deceit. The body count is rising and old friendships are put to the test. But Madison Rand believes in miracles, especially at Christmas time.

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Edge of your seat, holiday adventure! Page turner for sure!

What a perfect holiday read! Kauffman has created a wonderful sequel to Madison’s Christmas with this book. It’s got just enough of everything that it’s one you won’t want to put down. Pick this up on your holiday break and prepare yourself to get swept into the adventures of Madison and Kyle! It’s got action, adventure, laughs and murder. You might not expect these things to go hand in hand, but It’s simply one of the best holiday stories I’ve read, and I really adore the character of Madison. She’s entertaining, driven, smart and engaging, and this story kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! It’s just got enough action to keep you reading, but it’s not too dark that you won’t enjoy this book. Fans of action and thrillers you need to grab this book! I hope we see some other stories with Madison in the future, because that girl has a knack for getting into and out of trouble!

Grab your copy of this book today! You won’t regret it!

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