Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Pearls in the Darkness Author: S.E. Connor Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 39 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. When Tanner goes on vacation to get away from school and work, he learns this the hard way. Though he hates water, Tanner agrees to join his older brother and friends... Continue Reading →
Title: Trusting Love Author: Mari Evans Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Laurie Stallon isn’t like other high schoolers. After suffering years of abuse at his father’s hands, he now lives in a foster care facility and finds solace volunteering at the local animal shelter. Laurie’s had to grow up... Continue Reading →
Title: Trusting Love Author: Mari Evans Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Laurie Stallon isn’t like other high schoolers. After suffering years of abuse at his father’s hands, he now lives in a foster care facility and finds solace volunteering at the local animal shelter. Laurie’s had to grow up... Continue Reading →
Title: Put Me in a BookAuthor: AKM MilesPublisher: MLR PressPages/Word Count: 191 PagesRating: 2.5 StarsBlurb: Brandon Reese thinks there are too many big reasons why he and Rhine Walken can't have anything other than a friendship, but Rhine thinks differently.Brandon Reese isn't ugly, but he thinks he is. He knows he looks better now that... Continue Reading →
Title: Put Me in a BookAuthor: AKM MilesPublisher: MLR PressPages/Word Count: 191 PagesRating: 2.5 StarsBlurb: Brandon Reese thinks there are too many big reasons why he and Rhine Walken can't have anything other than a friendship, but Rhine thinks differently.Brandon Reese isn't ugly, but he thinks he is. He knows he looks better now that... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes a “mistake” can end up being the best decision you ever make.” – Mandy Hale Title: Last Chance Charlie Author: Ryan Loveless Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 198 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Charlie Corcoran is the best thing about twenty-five-year old Zach Prentiss’s life. Sure, they’ve never met. Charlie’s never seen Zach from... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes a “mistake” can end up being the best decision you ever make.” – Mandy Hale Title: Last Chance Charlie Author: Ryan Loveless Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 198 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Charlie Corcoran is the best thing about twenty-five-year old Zach Prentiss’s life. Sure, they’ve never met. Charlie’s never seen Zach from... Continue Reading →
Title: Two Dumb Jocks (Dumb Jock: Book Five) Author: Jeff Erno Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Rejected by his family for coming out, Bryan Helverson boards a plane for Tampa, Florida, where he plans to attend college. Brett and Jeff's family embrace him when he arrives, and his new... Continue Reading →
Title: Two Dumb Jocks (Dumb Jock: Book Five) Author: Jeff Erno Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Rejected by his family for coming out, Bryan Helverson boards a plane for Tampa, Florida, where he plans to attend college. Brett and Jeff's family embrace him when he arrives, and his new... Continue Reading →
“The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.” ― Miyamoto Musashi Title: Breakfall Author: Kate Pavelle Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 270 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars... Continue Reading →
“The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.” ― Miyamoto Musashi Title: Breakfall Author: Kate Pavelle Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 270 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars... Continue Reading →
“Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight. – Harvey Milk Title: No Scarifice Author: Grace R. Duncan Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 400 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Patrick has taken his acting talents from high school all the way to a role in a major... Continue Reading →
“Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight. – Harvey Milk Title: No Scarifice Author: Grace R. Duncan Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 400 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Patrick has taken his acting talents from high school all the way to a role in a major... Continue Reading →
“For truly we are all angels temporarily hiding as humans.” - Brian L. Weiss Title: Testament to Love (2nd Edition) Author: Ariel Tachna Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 80 Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Another mission to rescue yet another lost soul—Emmanuel isn’t sure how much more of the same old routine he can withstand. Get... Continue Reading →
“For truly we are all angels temporarily hiding as humans.” - Brian L. Weiss Title: Testament to Love (2nd Edition) Author: Ariel Tachna Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 80 Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Another mission to rescue yet another lost soul—Emmanuel isn’t sure how much more of the same old routine he can withstand. Get... Continue Reading →
“Don't rush into love. You'll find the person meant for you when you least expect it.” – Franzie Gubatina Title: Son of a Fish Author: Kenzie Cade Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 32 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb:Sam Crowe lives a quiet life. He's a freelance journalist and sometimes fiction writer. His world is turned... Continue Reading →
“Don't rush into love. You'll find the person meant for you when you least expect it.” – Franzie Gubatina Title: Son of a Fish Author: Kenzie Cade Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 32 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb:Sam Crowe lives a quiet life. He's a freelance journalist and sometimes fiction writer. His world is turned... Continue Reading →
”Love is everything it's cracked up to be…It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.” - Erica Jong Title: Waiting For Rain Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: The village of Stamford, the quintessential chocolate box English scene, seemed an impossible dream... Continue Reading →
“Justice isn’t about fixing the past; it’s about healing the past's future.” ― Jackson Burnett Justin South's Paul & Sam is the story of two nineteen-year-old boys who are brought together in a rather coincidental fashion and under some fairly serendipitous circumstances, as their lives had intertwined some years before in a near-tragic way, and... Continue Reading →
“Justice isn’t about fixing the past; it’s about healing the past's future.” ― Jackson Burnett Justin South's Paul & Sam is the story of two nineteen-year-old boys who are brought together in a rather coincidental fashion and under some fairly serendipitous circumstances, as their lives had intertwined some years before in a near-tragic way, and... Continue Reading →
“The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.” – H.G. Wells, The Time Machine It was the year 1912, and the Titanic disaster was making headlines the world over, but there was a tragedy occurring much closer to home for Francis Holden-Burrell that... Continue Reading →
“The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.” – H.G. Wells, The Time Machine It was the year 1912, and the Titanic disaster was making headlines the world over, but there was a tragedy occurring much closer to home for Francis Holden-Burrell that... Continue Reading →
AKM Miles’ Take It Slow is a story with a message, a message about human weaknesses, about how words eviscerate and leave scars as effectively as any weapon ever could, and about how easy it is to say things in anger, in the heat of the moment, only to regret those bitter and hateful words,... Continue Reading →
AKM Miles’ Take It Slow is a story with a message, a message about human weaknesses, about how words eviscerate and leave scars as effectively as any weapon ever could, and about how easy it is to say things in anger, in the heat of the moment, only to regret those bitter and hateful words,... Continue Reading →
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