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- Si seulement l'oncle Monty savait ce que nous savons ! dit Violette. Si Stephano savait que l'oncle Monty sait ce que nous savons ! Mais l'oncle Monty ne sait pas ce que nous savons, et Stephano sait qu'il ne le sait pas.
- Je sais, dit Klaus.
- Je le sais que tu sais. Mais ce que nous ne savons pas, c'est ce que le comte Olaf - je veux dire Stephano - a l'intention de faire. Il louche sur notre fortune, d'accord ; mais il compte s'en emparer comment ? Puisque l'oncle Monty veille sur nous ?

Derrière le quatre-quatre bringuebalant, les enfants Baudelaire regagnaient la maison aux côtés de Mr Poe, la moutarde au nez et la rage au cœur. On est toujours très désemparé lorsqu'on vient de se faire démontrer par A + B qu'on a tort, surtout lorsqu'en réalité on a raison, et que c'est la personne en tort qui a démontré qu'on avait tort, démontrant, à tort, qu'elle avait raison. Ai-je tort ?

The second book in The Mattie Saunders Series, Cold-Blooded, has just been released and you can enter to win one of 100  free E-Book editions on BookLikes until April 15, 2018.

In Book 1, The Rocker and the Bird Girl, you'll meet the heroine, Mattie Saunders, a twenty-something, slightly eccentric loner who loves birds and so far has devoted her relatively short life to the rescue, care and re-homing of exotic ones people keep as pets, like parrots.

The sanctuary her grandfather left her is out of funds and in an effort to raise some money so her birds won't be homeless yet again, she reaches out the Bodine, the lead guitarist of the bad-boy rock band Seditious. She's learned Bodine has a pet Macaw and since she assumes he's fabulously wealthy hopes he'll by sympathetic and use some of that wealth to help these precious creatures.

Telling you more would be like shooting myself in the foot since I want you to buy the book.

In Book 2, Cold Blooded, Mattie receives a call from Liz, an old friend from high school, asking if it's possible to temporarily board some reptiles at Saunders Bird Sanctuary. The Reptile Refuge where Liz volunteers has been closed be police while they investigate a suspicious death that took place on the premises.

Mattie's not concerned with the circumstances and sees it as an opportunity to reconnect with Liz as well as help some animals in distress, but she soon discovers it's not just the displaced inhabitants of The Reptile Refuge that are cold blooded.

Cold-Blooded also addresses contemporary issues including love, friendship, family, the rescue and rehabilitation of exotic pets including birds and reptiles, and the devastating impact of the opioid epidemic.

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To purchase The Rocker and the Bird Girl, Book 1 in The Mattie Saunders Series as either an E-Book or Paperback go to my Amazon Author Page at

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Stay calm, be brave, watch for the signs

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I love the writing and the way "Snicket" breaks the fourth wall. Every book begins with the admonition that you would be better off doing pretty much anything else than reading this book. When the Baudelaire children lost their parents, it was a bad beginning, but it only gets worse from there. The only thing they can count on from Mr. Poe, the inept banker who is acting as their guardian, is that he coughs and he will fail them.

The first book introduces Count Olaf, a villain who is constantly trying to get his greedy hands on the Baudelaire fortune. The second two follow the same basic formula of the Baudelaires moving on, finding guardians who fail them, and facing Count Olaf. Violet is the oldest and ties her hair up in a ribbon any time she needs to invent something. Klaus is a bookworm and amazing researcher. Sunny is the youngest and has unusually sharp teeth which sometimes help the siblings get out of trouble.

The Bad Beginning

The Reptile Room

The Wide Window

I enjoyed the first three books, they are entertaining, easy reads. It only took me a few days to get through all three and I kept going...