Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: A Tooth for a Fang Author: Liv Olteano Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 216 Pages At a Glance: Highly recommended! Blurb: Three days. Three dead bodies. One newly turned, broken-hearted lycan tracker to figure out the connection. The one summer Rick Barton takes a vacation, all hell breaks loose. Running from an abusive relationship... Continue Reading →
Title: A Clean Break Author: Keira Andrews Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 266 Pages At a Glance: I cannot tell you how hungry I am for the final book. I trust Keira Andrews to take us on another incredible ride. Blurb: They’ve escaped to the outside world—but can they really be free? David and Isaac have... Continue Reading →
Title: Merchant of Death (Playing the Fool: Book Two) Author: Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 205 Pages At a Glance: Merchant of Death is a masterful second story in an outstanding series. Blurb: All’s fair in love and war. There’s something rotten in the state of Indiana. When con man... Continue Reading →
Title: Rise & Fall (THIRDS: Book Four) Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages At a Glance: This is one you don't want to miss Blurb: After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what... Continue Reading →
Title: Rise & Fall (THIRDS: Book Four) Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages At a Glance: This is one you don't want to miss Blurb: After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what... Continue Reading →
Title: More than Anything Author: T.T. Kove Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 380 Pages At a Glance: Each page brings us closer to happiness, and the ending is fitting for the tone of the whole story. Blurb: Arriving home after work one evening, Jørgen sees a young man who looks adrift and out... Continue Reading →
Title: Stones in the Road Author: Nick Wilgus Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages At a Glance: I hope this isn't the last we hear from Wiley, Jackson, Noah and their crazier-than-they-should-be family. Blurb: When his snobbish future in-laws travel all the way from Boston to visit, wise-cracking Southerner Wiley Cantrell learns that gay... Continue Reading →
Title: Desdemona Darkly: When Mickey Met Hugh Author: Mathew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 155 Pages At a Glance: I was completely charmed by this book. It was a win, start to finish. Blurb: Are we rolling?" "Yes Mr. Sherwood. Just say the lines as we rehearsed." "Got it." Mickey nodded and sucked in a... Continue Reading →
Title: Black Dog Blues Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 246 Pages At a Glance: The imagery evoked by Kai’s narrative is so colourful and intense that I was easily transported into the story Blurb: Ever since being part of the pot in a high-stakes poker game, elfin outcast Kai Gracen figures he... Continue Reading →
Title: A Healing Man (Men of Manhattan: Book Five) Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 150 Pages At a Glance: Sets us up beautifully for the next couple of books in the series Blurb: Dario Ramos thought he’d left the fighting behind in the war zone when a life-threatening injury sent him... Continue Reading →
Title: They Come by Night Author: Tinnean Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 340 Pages At a Glance: A fast paced, well plotted story that I did not want to put down Blurb: Imagine an Earth just a bit different from ours. It may be 2014, but in this world, normals unknowingly share the planet with... Continue Reading →
Title: Just Jack Author: Meredith Russell Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 149 Pages At a Glance: Wonderfully written characters and a beautiful world where magic exists Blurb: When the line between fairy tales and magic, and the real world become blurred, can love really conquer anything? Leo Marsh is having a bad day. He just caught... Continue Reading →
Title: Body and Soul (PsyCop 3) Author: Jordan Castillo Price Narrator:: Gomez Pugh Publisher: JCP Books Run Time: 4 Hours, 45 Minutes At a Glance: Body and Soul asks much of Gomez Pugh’s talent, and he, in turn, delivers Blurb: Thanksgiving can't end too soon for Victor Bayne, who's finding Jacob's family hard to swallow.... Continue Reading →
Title: Dreamlands Author: Felicitas Ivey Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages At a Glance: Fantasy and urban fantasy collide in the most epic way possible Blurb: The Trust and its battle-hardened recruits are fighting a horrific war, a war between the humans of this world and the demons of the Dreamlands. In this shadowy battle, Keno... Continue Reading →
Title: The Mechanical Chrysanthemums Author: Felicitas Ivey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 90 Pages At a Glance: A mixture of genres that somehow work perfectly together Blurb: Hachisuka Narihiro is a pilot in the Shogun’s elite unit of musha-ki, robotic armor automated by steam and magic for the defense of Nippon in a slowly modernizing 19th Century,... Continue Reading →
Title: Black John (Johnnies: Book Four) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages At a Glance: A book that is so rich in detail we can easily visualise each moment on the page Blurb: John Carey is just out of rehab and dying inside when he gets word that Tory, the guy... Continue Reading →
Title: The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of Author: Joseph Hansen Publisher: Open Road Media Pages/Word Count: 181 Pages At a Glance: I don’t think there are any new ways I can come up with to express how exemplary these books are Blurb: When Ben Orton’s head is found bludgeoned by a heavy flower pot, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Shiny! Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Tyler Stevens Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 Hours, 15 Minutes At a Glance: Shiny! kept me engaged throughout Blurb: Will Lafferty and Kenny Scalia are both having sort of a day. Will gets fired for letting fifth graders read Harry Potter, and Kenny finds his boyfriend and his... Continue Reading →
Title: Gives Light (Books One through Four) Author: Rose Cristo Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 285 Pages At a Glance: Some of the best YA I’ve read in the genre Blurb: "Skylar is my name, tragically." Sixteen-year-old Skylar is witty, empathetic, sensitive--and mute. Skylar hasn't uttered a single word since his mother died eleven years ago,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Right Words Author: Lane Hayes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages At a Glance: I fell hopelessly in love with this book and can't wait for the next in the series Blurb: Escaping an abusive relationship left Luke Preston anxious and spouting panic-induced poetry. Desperate for a fresh start, Luke accepts a... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Survivors (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 265 Pages At a Glance: Like sitting in one's favorite chair on a rainy day with a cup of hot tea and quiet music playing in the background Blurb: A more than professional interest . . . a more... Continue Reading →
Title: The Fight Within Author: Andrew Grey Narrator:: Andrew McFerrin Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 7 Minutes At a Glance: Andrew Grey writes the stories and Andrew McFerrin bring them to life Blurb: Bryce Morton needs a change of scenery. Since his partner's death a year ago, he's become withdrawn and quiet, so... Continue Reading →
Title: Most Wanted Author: Barbara Sheridan Publisher: JMS Books LLC Pages/Word Count: 47 Pages At a Glance: A prime example of a complete short piece Blurb: Boston born and bred Tim Dwyer doesn't relish the thought of giving up Eastern comforts for life in the rough-and-tumble West. But when he finds himself with no job,... Continue Reading →
Title: Mr. Popsalos Author: Lisa Worrall Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 116 Pages At a Glance: Don’t wait until the holidays come around again! Pick this one up now. Blurb: Advertising executive and single parent Luke Fisher has grown painfully aware he becomes less dateable the minute he reveals he has a son. Not entertaining... Continue Reading →
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