Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“They didn't just live with secrets. Secrecy surrounded their entire lives.” ― Anthony Horowitz Title: Men of Smithfield: Sam and Aaron Author: L.B. Gregg Publisher: Carina Press (Available June 16, 2014) Pages/Word Count: 126 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: With our family's legacy, Meyers B&B, in the flailing hands of me, Sam Meyers, and my... Continue Reading →
“They didn't just live with secrets. Secrecy surrounded their entire lives.” ― Anthony Horowitz Title: Men of Smithfield: Sam and Aaron Author: L.B. Gregg Publisher: Carina Press (Available June 16, 2014) Pages/Word Count: 126 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: With our family's legacy, Meyers B&B, in the flailing hands of me, Sam Meyers, and my... Continue Reading →
“Who would want to be the prey in a world full of hunters?” ― Alexia Purdy Title: Night School Vampire Author: AJ Llewellyn & DJ Manly Publisher: Amber Allure Pages/Word Count: 105 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: It’s tough being a vampire. For one thing, there’s so much time on your hands. And for another,... Continue Reading →
“Who would want to be the prey in a world full of hunters?” ― Alexia Purdy Title: Night School Vampire Author: AJ Llewellyn & DJ Manly Publisher: Amber Allure Pages/Word Count: 105 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: It’s tough being a vampire. For one thing, there’s so much time on your hands. And for another,... Continue Reading →
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt Title: Worth the Seeing Through (Love’s Value: Book Two) Author: Lisa Owens Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Police officer Connor Maclean has been on the job less than two months when a robbery... Continue Reading →
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt Title: Worth the Seeing Through (Love’s Value: Book Two) Author: Lisa Owens Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Police officer Connor Maclean has been on the job less than two months when a robbery... Continue Reading →
“...for Luki Vasquez the only cure for drifting was Sonny James.” – Lou Sylvre Title: Because of Jade: A Vasquez & James Novel Author: Lou Sylvre Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Luki Vasquez receives the news he’s still cancer free after five years, and he wants to celebrate with... Continue Reading →
“...for Luki Vasquez the only cure for drifting was Sonny James.” – Lou Sylvre Title: Because of Jade: A Vasquez & James Novel Author: Lou Sylvre Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Luki Vasquez receives the news he’s still cancer free after five years, and he wants to celebrate with... Continue Reading →
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.” – J.K. Rowling Title: Double Alchemy Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Burroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 353 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Powerful yet tormented modern warlock Quinn Fairmont must initiate the silver-eyed Cade Mairston... Continue Reading →
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.” – J.K. Rowling Title: Double Alchemy Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Burroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 353 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Powerful yet tormented modern warlock Quinn Fairmont must initiate the silver-eyed Cade Mairston... Continue Reading →
“I fear that when it comes to you, cățel, I may have inadvertently opened Pandora’s box.” – JP Kenwood Title: Dominus Author: JP Kenwood Publisher: JPK Publishing Pages/Word Count: 285 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: In AD 107, after a grueling campaign against Rome’s fierce enemy, the kingdom of Dacia, Gaius Fabius returns home in... Continue Reading →
“I fear that when it comes to you, cățel, I may have inadvertently opened Pandora’s box.” – JP Kenwood Title: Dominus Author: JP Kenwood Publisher: JPK Publishing Pages/Word Count: 285 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: In AD 107, after a grueling campaign against Rome’s fierce enemy, the kingdom of Dacia, Gaius Fabius returns home in... Continue Reading →
Here’s to creativity’s ability to make an uncomfortable emotion useful ~ Jill Badonsky One of the questions I get asked a lot is, what was your favorite part to write. In Disappear With Me, I loved writing the jury deliberation process for a couple of reasons. First of all, I got to research all the... Continue Reading →
Here’s to creativity’s ability to make an uncomfortable emotion useful ~ Jill Badonsky One of the questions I get asked a lot is, what was your favorite part to write. In Disappear With Me, I loved writing the jury deliberation process for a couple of reasons. First of all, I got to research all the... Continue Reading →
“Don’t you find that a terribly romantic idea? Love stealing in to overtake two people who’d believed they were merely friends?” ― Cecilia Grant Title: Behind the Mask Author: Lisa Worrall Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 80 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: The Downe's Valentine's Day Masquerade Ball has been an annual event for over a... Continue Reading →
“Don’t you find that a terribly romantic idea? Love stealing in to overtake two people who’d believed they were merely friends?” ― Cecilia Grant Title: Behind the Mask Author: Lisa Worrall Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 80 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: The Downe's Valentine's Day Masquerade Ball has been an annual event for over a... Continue Reading →
“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.” ― Rumi Title: Bonded Author: Rosalie Tarr Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 166 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Alec Whitehall is old-fashioned—literally. Approaching his 123rd birthday, the steely vampire has nothing better to do with his time... Continue Reading →
“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.” ― Rumi Title: Bonded Author: Rosalie Tarr Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 166 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Alec Whitehall is old-fashioned—literally. Approaching his 123rd birthday, the steely vampire has nothing better to do with his time... Continue Reading →
“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” ― James Baldwin Title: Stuck in Oz (Tales from Kansas) Author: Andrew Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 176 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: When Jeremy and Petey’s mother died, their house was taken to pay the debts she left behind, leaving them homeless.... Continue Reading →
“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” ― James Baldwin Title: Stuck in Oz (Tales from Kansas) Author: Andrew Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 176 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: When Jeremy and Petey’s mother died, their house was taken to pay the debts she left behind, leaving them homeless.... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.” – Lawrence Hill Title: Frozen Author: A.M. Arthur Publisher: Musa Publishing Pages/Word Count: 96 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: At fifteen, Lee Mitchell and Roman Carmichael are sure their fledgling relationship can survive any heartache or hardship--until a spring canoeing trip ends... Continue Reading →
“You never know what you are going to want until you see it clearly.” ― Shirley Jackson Title: Wolf in Gucci Loafers Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 234 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Socialite Lindsey Vanessen wants someone to love who will love him back—an impossibility for a gay, half-human, half-werewolf. Too... Continue Reading →
“You never know what you are going to want until you see it clearly.” ― Shirley Jackson Title: Wolf in Gucci Loafers Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 234 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Socialite Lindsey Vanessen wants someone to love who will love him back—an impossibility for a gay, half-human, half-werewolf. Too... Continue Reading →
“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Title: Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas (Baal’s Heart #1) Author: Bey Deckard Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 356 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Sheltered... Continue Reading →
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