Where Fiction and Reality Meet
War is hell. And finding love amidst the chaos of war is nearly impossible, but that’s precisely what Anne Barwell’s characters do in Shadowboxing, the suspenseful and action packed story of romance and danger set against the backdrop of Nazi run Germany during World War II. Kristopher Lehrer is the brilliant scientist from a socially... Continue Reading →
War is hell. And finding love amidst the chaos of war is nearly impossible, but that’s precisely what Anne Barwell’s characters do in Shadowboxing, the suspenseful and action packed story of romance and danger set against the backdrop of Nazi run Germany during World War II. Kristopher Lehrer is the brilliant scientist from a socially... Continue Reading →
Desmond & Garrick: Books One and Two seem very much the books Jane Austen might have written had Ms. Austen written GLBT Young Adult Paranormal Fiction, as told through the omniscient narrator who leads the reader through this coming-of-age series set during the Regency Era, one of my favorite historical settings. Hayden Thorne has deftly... Continue Reading →
Desmond & Garrick: Books One and Two seem very much the books Jane Austen might have written had Ms. Austen written GLBT Young Adult Paranormal Fiction, as told through the omniscient narrator who leads the reader through this coming-of-age series set during the Regency Era, one of my favorite historical settings. Hayden Thorne has deftly... Continue Reading →
Fans of re-imagined fairy tales will find plenty of new spins and twists to love on the old story of the peasant who meets the prince, falls in love, and lives happily ever after, with the help of a little bit of magic and a whole lot of faith. Cinder is the young man who... Continue Reading →
Fans of re-imagined fairy tales will find plenty of new spins and twists to love on the old story of the peasant who meets the prince, falls in love, and lives happily ever after, with the help of a little bit of magic and a whole lot of faith. Cinder is the young man who... Continue Reading →
The Infernal Republic is a mirror into which one doesn’t want to look too closely for fear of seeing something that might resemble oneself. There are shards of reality that cut to the quick of the darkest side of the human condition, and more than a little fantasy that reflects upon the concept that we... Continue Reading →
The Infernal Republic is a mirror into which one doesn’t want to look too closely for fear of seeing something that might resemble oneself. There are shards of reality that cut to the quick of the darkest side of the human condition, and more than a little fantasy that reflects upon the concept that we... Continue Reading →
There’s been a bunch of political / social crap going through life over this past week. From the Komen disaster to the latest debacle of a Romance Writers of America Chapter, The Romance Writers Ink (RWI), refusing to include same-sex romances in their annual contest, it’s been a shit-shoveling on the brain kind of week.
I keep telling people; I’m not an activist. A lot of my friends disagree with this statement but hear me out. I don’t have the energy to be an activist. And I sure as hell don’t have the emotional energy to be a hardcore activist.
What I do believe I can do without sacrificing what little sanity I do have? Communicate the issues to others. And voice an opinion. Both in words and with money. I boycott the Boy Scouts’ fundraisers because of their policies on homosexuality and endorse the Girl Scouts for their support…
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Office Hours is a quick and sexy (lots of sexy!) take on the "hot for teacher" theme, in which English professor Thad Wells, a surly and standoffish man who doesn't do romantic entanglements, is knocked for a loop--both literally and figuratively--by Jay Banner, a grad student and practicing Dom who's working on his PhD in... Continue Reading →
Office Hours is a quick and sexy (lots of sexy!) take on the "hot for teacher" theme, in which English professor Thad Wells, a surly and standoffish man who doesn't do romantic entanglements, is knocked for a loop--both literally and figuratively--by Jay Banner, a grad student and practicing Dom who's working on his PhD in... Continue Reading →
For lack of a better trite and tired old cliche, Kidnapped simply was not my cup of tea, which is not to say that I don't enjoy good sci-fi--I do--and the sci-fi elements in this novel were presented quite well. The author did a great job of leading me into the world she'd created, offering... Continue Reading →
For lack of a better trite and tired old cliche, Kidnapped simply was not my cup of tea, which is not to say that I don't enjoy good sci-fi--I do--and the sci-fi elements in this novel were presented quite well. The author did a great job of leading me into the world she'd created, offering... Continue Reading →
Out of the depths of grief, out of the depths of madness, out of the depths of desperation springs longing and inspiration in Out of the Depths, a gothic tale of love and obsession. Humans are disposable, their lives nothing more than a means to an end for Konstancji, the cost of his soul worth... Continue Reading →
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