Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Reading An Oral Fixation made me wonder what Dr. Freud would’ve thought about it. He’d have likely come to the diagnosis that Cooper Bradshaw had suffered from some sort of neglect or trauma during the oral stage of his development which has now caused him to be a little bit obsessed with getting the taste... Continue Reading →
Reading An Oral Fixation made me wonder what Dr. Freud would’ve thought about it. He’d have likely come to the diagnosis that Cooper Bradshaw had suffered from some sort of neglect or trauma during the oral stage of his development which has now caused him to be a little bit obsessed with getting the taste... Continue Reading →
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche And Whatever the Cost, at times, had me questioning just how strong a man really needs to be, because, gods, there’s finding strength through adversity, and then there’s just a point where life and circumstances beat a person down so entirely that it... Continue Reading →
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche And Whatever the Cost, at times, had me questioning just how strong a man really needs to be, because, gods, there’s finding strength through adversity, and then there’s just a point where life and circumstances beat a person down so entirely that it... Continue Reading →
“…when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.” - John Knowles, A Separate Peace And sometimes the same applies to someone, and that alone has to be good enough because to expect anything more is asking too much of the one you love. To want anything... Continue Reading →
“…when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.” - John Knowles, A Separate Peace And sometimes the same applies to someone, and that alone has to be good enough because to expect anything more is asking too much of the one you love. To want anything... Continue Reading →
Where nerves end, fear begins. Where nerves end, doubt exists. Where nerves end, caution rules. Where nerves end, there is touch, pain, the warmth and shiver of skin against skin, and that is the place Jason Davis and Michael Whitman begin. Where Nerves End is the first book in the Tucker Springs series (the second... Continue Reading →
Where nerves end, fear begins. Where nerves end, doubt exists. Where nerves end, caution rules. Where nerves end, there is touch, pain, the warmth and shiver of skin against skin, and that is the place Jason Davis and Michael Whitman begin. Where Nerves End is the first book in the Tucker Springs series (the second... Continue Reading →
”To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction,” - Sir Isaac Newton His Heart’s Obsession is the story of a man who loves another, and in an equal and opposite reaction, the object of his desire, desires another. It’s unrequited love which provides for the emotional conflict in this short and affecting... Continue Reading →
”To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction,” - Sir Isaac Newton His Heart’s Obsession is the story of a man who loves another, and in an equal and opposite reaction, the object of his desire, desires another. It’s unrequited love which provides for the emotional conflict in this short and affecting... Continue Reading →
The stage is the Crescent City; the script, blackmail and murder; the director of the action, Chanse MacLeod, ex-cop and private investigator who is embroiled in a case where prostitution and extortion crawl into bed together and end up with his client, Mike Hansen, taking a nap of the eternal variety. Mike was a hustler... Continue Reading →
The stage is the Crescent City; the script, blackmail and murder; the director of the action, Chanse MacLeod, ex-cop and private investigator who is embroiled in a case where prostitution and extortion crawl into bed together and end up with his client, Mike Hansen, taking a nap of the eternal variety. Mike was a hustler... Continue Reading →
The only way to ensure you’ll fail at something is by not taking a chance and giving yourself the opportunity to succeed. Luke Landon and Owen West learned that lesson the hard way, but they were young and the way they felt about each other was a little scary, for lack of a better word.... Continue Reading →
The only way to ensure you’ll fail at something is by not taking a chance and giving yourself the opportunity to succeed. Luke Landon and Owen West learned that lesson the hard way, but they were young and the way they felt about each other was a little scary, for lack of a better word.... Continue Reading →
Liam O’Connell is up to his eye…err…balls in Delaney twins, and it doesn’t seem he could possibly be any happier about it. He’s gone from being Mark and Johnny’s plaything, to dating them, to living with them in the span of these five short stories, and I’ve loved every single minute I’ve spent watching these... Continue Reading →
Liam O’Connell is up to his eye…err…balls in Delaney twins, and it doesn’t seem he could possibly be any happier about it. He’s gone from being Mark and Johnny’s plaything, to dating them, to living with them in the span of these five short stories, and I’ve loved every single minute I’ve spent watching these... Continue Reading →
Fontana is a brilliant book. And I don’t mean that solely in the intellectually brilliant sense of the word; I mean that it is also luminous and powerful, and it made me angry and it made me cry, and it’s been some time since I’ve read a book that engendered such a strong emotional reaction... Continue Reading →
Fontana is a brilliant book. And I don’t mean that solely in the intellectually brilliant sense of the word; I mean that it is also luminous and powerful, and it made me angry and it made me cry, and it’s been some time since I’ve read a book that engendered such a strong emotional reaction... Continue Reading →
There’s nothing I love more, in terms of fiction, than the surprise of a book turning out to be something so much more than I’d expected it would be when I started reading it. Sometimes it’s the characters who are a revelation. Sometimes it’s the story itself. With Hawaiian Gothic it was both, and it... Continue Reading →
There’s nothing I love more, in terms of fiction, than the surprise of a book turning out to be something so much more than I’d expected it would be when I started reading it. Sometimes it’s the characters who are a revelation. Sometimes it’s the story itself. With Hawaiian Gothic it was both, and it... Continue Reading →
Lord Benjamin Parker has been granted the serenity to accept the things he cannot change. He has been granted the courage to change the things he can. And he possesses the wisdom to know the difference. Benjamin realizes that he has no passion for women, no desire to marry and provide an heir, but he... Continue Reading →
Lord Benjamin Parker has been granted the serenity to accept the things he cannot change. He has been granted the courage to change the things he can. And he possesses the wisdom to know the difference. Benjamin realizes that he has no passion for women, no desire to marry and provide an heir, but he... Continue Reading →
Ah, here we go again—me sitting around eagerly anticipating a sequel to a book that baited and hooked me in with the oddity of its premise. Yes, Me, Myself and I is that book, and yes, I cannot wait to see what the author has in store next for these characters. This book, in what... Continue Reading →
Ah, here we go again—me sitting around eagerly anticipating a sequel to a book that baited and hooked me in with the oddity of its premise. Yes, Me, Myself and I is that book, and yes, I cannot wait to see what the author has in store next for these characters. This book, in what... Continue Reading →
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