Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Scenes from Adelaide Road Author: Helena Stone Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 164 Pages At a Glance: Helena Stone excels at creating a voice for Lennart that keeps the reader fully invested in his life. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Can a young man find the courage he never knew he had when faced with losing everything... Continue Reading →
Title: A Solitary Man Authors: Shira Anthony and Aisling Mancy Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 304 Pages At a Glance: Solitary Man is action packed, suspenseful, has lots of dangerous moments, and it deals with important subject matter as well. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Sparks fly when Chance meets tall, sexy Xav at a Wilmington... Continue Reading →
Title: Stranded Author: HelenKay Dimon Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 155 Pages At a Glance: Oh heavens, this was a good book! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Brax Hughes lived hard and retired young to a cabin in the middle of nowhere. Well, that was the plan, but before he can hang up his sniper rifle,... Continue Reading →
Title: Inside His Reflection Author: Zathyn Priest Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 294 Pages At a Glance: Once again, Zathyn Priest proves he is an outstanding storyteller. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: A blind date leaves Harry reeling, and another date goes as badly. Scars on Elijah’s face are clues of a broken soul, yet... Continue Reading →
Title: Signs of Life (A Resilient Love Story) Author: Melanie Hansen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 234 Pages At a Glance: Overall, this was a good romance, a nice second chance story. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Successful lawyer Jeremy Speer has it all—a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a cherished dream that’s about to... Continue Reading →
Title: Small Steps Author: Chris McHart Publisher: Rawmance Publishing Pages/Word Count: 230 Pages At a Glance: Overall, this was a great read that I would recommend for everyone. Reviewed By: Lynn Blurb: Ben Amann currently hates everything: The accident that temporarily put him in a wheelchair, the fact that he has to go for rehab... Continue Reading →
Title: Craving’s Creek Author: Mel Bossa Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages At a Glance: Craving’s Creek is truly a gripping page-turner. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: For the man he loves, he will fight—body, mind, and soul. Fourteen years ago, on a sun-drenched summer day on the banks of Craving’s Creek, Ryde swore to... Continue Reading →
Title: Trasmundo: Escape (Book One) Author: Varian Krylov Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages At a Glance: Love and war create a beautiful contrast in Varian Krylov’s Trasmundo: Escape. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Strange, quiet Luka doesn't live in this world; long ago he took refuge in his art, escaping into surreal mindscapes inspired by... Continue Reading →
I try not to hoard all the books submitted to us for review. Truly, I do try. But sometimes a book comes along that I want to read and review really, really bad. The problem is that sometimes someone else wants that book really, really bad too. That happened with Sutphin Boulevard. Jules and I... Continue Reading →
Title: Velocity (Flight HA1710: Book Two) Author: Sara York Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 89 Pages At a Glance: While I liked this second entry in the Flight HA1710 series, I was a bit disappointed in it as well. Blurb: The crash of Flight HA1710 brings life into focus for Phil Stewart. Before meeting Davin Tierney,... Continue Reading →
Title: When I Grow Up (Tales from Foster High: Book Eight) Author: John Goode Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 284 Pages At a Glance: John Goode makes it laughably easy to say, “I highly recommend this novel to you.” Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: After graduation, Kyle Stilleno and Brad Graymark move to California to pursue... Continue Reading →
Title: Third Eye Author: Rick R. Reed Narrator:: Chad Tindale Publisher: DSP Publications Run Time: 8 Hours and 57 Minutes At a Glance: A multifaceted story that could have benefitted from more emotion in the narration. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Who knew that a summer thunderstorm and a lost little boy would conspire to change... Continue Reading →
Title: Sink or Swim (Surf Bay: Book Five) Author: Ashley John Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 284 Pages At a Glance: There is the part of me that still loathes Finley, and then there is a part of me that wants to see him as I do in this book and hug the broken boy that... Continue Reading →
Title: Scarred Souls (Scarred Souls: Book One) Author: T.T. Kove Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 264 Pages At a Glance: What I’ve decided I’m going to take away from this book is a little bit of hopefulness for these guys. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: On a cold, wet afternoon Damian stumbles across a... Continue Reading →
Title: Last Dance With Mary Jane Author: John Goode Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 60 Pages At a Glance: Last Dance With Mary Jane is nothing short of a love letter, trimmed in despair and steeped in pain, but an outpouring of love nonetheless. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: 2nd Edition Peter was devastated when he... Continue Reading →
Title: In the Flesh Author: Ethan Stone Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 320 Pages At a Glance: In The Flesh is a top notch cop story with enough heat and grit that you will not want to put it down until you reach the last page. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: 2nd Edition Reno Detective Cristian... Continue Reading →
Title: Black John Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Gomez Pugh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 Hours, 39 Minutes At a glance: Amy Lane weaves a tapestry, a multicolored masterpiece where there is hope for the damaged. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: John Carey is just out of rehab and dying inside when he gets word that... Continue Reading →
Title: Palace Dog Author: R.E. Nelson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 206 Pages At a Glance: A moving and romantic story that brings to life, in an atypical way, a time and place that many would rather forget. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: In April 1975, as the government in Saigon is falling, Michael Andrews prepares... Continue Reading →
Title: Damaged Heart Author: S.C. Wynne Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 134 Pages At a Glance: A recommended read, but be aware of an angsty ass ahead. Reviewed By: Lynn Blurb: Cory Johnson was just twenty when he fled Bayville, following his father's suicide. Estranged from his abusive mother, he's made a new life for... Continue Reading →
Title: Broken Mercies Author: Lucy Marker Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: Broken Mercies is a book that held me in thrall from start to finish. Reviewed By: Janet Blurb: Musician Daniel Gilchrist has decided he’s broken. He doesn’t deserve Jeremy Evans, a sensible, sweet artist who insists they belong together.... Continue Reading →
Title: Spencer Author: JP Barnaby Narrator: Tyler Stevens Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 33 Minute At a Glance: Between JP Barnaby's writing and Stevens’ performance, it gave Spencer a touch of reality—bad things do happen to good people. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: It’s been nearly five years since Aaron woke up in the... Continue Reading →
Title: Tangled Mind Author: Posy Roberts Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 76 Pages At a Glance: The author draws the reader into the story very well, if painfully Blurb: For years Beck Lund has taken care of his volatile boyfriend, Brady, always putting Brady’s needs above his own and walking on eggshells to keep the... Continue Reading →
Title: rock Author: Anyta Sunday Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 256 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Igneous. When Cooper’s parents divorce, he finds himself landed in Week About—one week with his mum and one week with his dad. Only, it’s not just his dad he has to live with. There’s Lila, too: The other woman, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Into the Light Author: Scarlet Blackwell Publisher: eXtasy Books Pages/Word Count: 104 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Sheriff Sean Keller hides a terrible secret - he watched a heinous crime committed eighteen years ago and did nothing to prevent it. Now he finds himself face to face with Eden Gray, the victim of that... Continue Reading →
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