Title: Yes, Daddy Author: Jonathan Parks-Ramage Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Length: 293 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense, Psychological Thriller Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: To say I liked this book would be an outright lie. To say I was absorbed by it, despite my aversion to so much of it, and that the story has stuck…
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Review: All the Inside Howling by Gregory Ashe
Title: All the Inside Howling Series: Hollow Folk: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 338 Pages Category: Teen Fiction, Paranormal, Murder Mystery At a Glance: This book is a feast of shocking and inspired storytelling moments. It’s been a long time since I have read a book that messed with my emotions so…
Review: Mr. Big Empty by Gregory Ashe
Title: Mr. Big Empty Series: Hollow Folk: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 381 Pages Category: Teen Fiction, Murder Mystery At a Glance: This book isn’t perfect, but it’s close enough to being that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone looking for a dark and gritty bit of Teen Fiction. Reviewed…
Review: A Love Song for the Sad Man in the White Coat by Roe Horvat
Title: A Love Song for the Sad Man in the White Coat Author: Roe Horvat Publisher: Self-Published/Kindle Unlimited Length: 205 Pages Category: Contemporary At a Glance: With compassion and tenderness his story unfolds and draws you in, leaving you a bit wrung out but confident that life will get better for both Simon and Majet,…
Review: Unforgiven by Ruth Clampett
Title: Unforgiven Author: Ruth Clampett Publisher: Clampett Studio Length: 310 Pages Category: Contemporary, Drama At a Glance: I have a lot of feelings about this story. If I had to put a feeling into words, perhaps I would say “overwhelmed”. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: Would you live a lie to hold onto the one you…
Review: Bender by Gene Gant
Title: Bender Author: Gene Gant Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Length: 86 Pages Category: Contemporary, New Adult At a Glance: In the end, Bender is a powerful novella that gives the reader a glimpse into what it is to be asexual and find a lover who is willing to understand your needs. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb:…
Review: Caged Jaye by Lynn Kelling
Title: Caged Jaye Author: Lynn Kelling Publisher: Forbidden Fiction Publishing Pages/Word Count: 176 Pages At a Glance: One thing’s for sure—this book forced me not to take it at face value, and that’s always something I will cheer for. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Prequel to Arctic Absolution. It’s Jaye Larson’s nineteenth birthday, and all he…
Review: Give Yourself Away by Barbara Elsborg
Title: Give Yourself Away Author: Barbara Elsborg Publisher: Samhain Publishing Page/Word Count: 339 Pages At a Glance: I can’t recommend this book enough; it’s definitely one I’ll read time and again. Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: One guy intent on caution. One an adrenaline junkie. Love could be one risk too many. March is determined to…
Review: Brothers LaFon by Joseph Lance Tonlet
Title: Brothers LaFon (Part One) Author: Joseph Lance Tonlet Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 56 Pages At a Glance: This is a strong beginning of a series. Reviewed By: Lynn Blurb: Alexander LaFon lives a nightmare, but he deals with it. Deals with the fact that his mother abandoned him as an infant, deals with the…
RJ Scott’s “The Ex Factor” Is More Than Just A Simple Love Story
Title: The Ex Factor (Bodyguards Inc.: Book Two) Author: RJ Scott Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 172 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When Bodyguard, Ben Collins, finds Daniel Lincoln in a room, hiding and hurt, he doesn’t immediately think Daniel is the victim of abuse. Daniel is good at pretending and being a finalist…
RJ Scott's "The Ex Factor" Is More Than Just A Simple Love Story
Title: The Ex Factor (Bodyguards Inc.: Book Two) Author: RJ Scott Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 172 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When Bodyguard, Ben Collins, finds Daniel Lincoln in a room, hiding and hurt, he doesn’t immediately think Daniel is the victim of abuse. Daniel is good at pretending and being a finalist…
A.M. Sexton’s “Release” Is A Can’t-Put-It-Down Novel
“Infinity yawned both above and below, and in between there was only me. If Donato released me, I would cease to exist. I’d be swallowed by the sky. But he held me fast, and I breathed deep. I drank the night. I tasted the stars. I made love to the sea. The enormity of it…
A.M. Sexton's "Release" Is A Can't-Put-It-Down Novel
“Infinity yawned both above and below, and in between there was only me. If Donato released me, I would cease to exist. I’d be swallowed by the sky. But he held me fast, and I breathed deep. I drank the night. I tasted the stars. I made love to the sea. The enormity of it…
Jackie Says Sue Brown’s “Final Admission” Is A Powerful And Sometimes Difficult Read
“I’d lost myself in the abyss of someone else’s tyranny…again.” ― Cassandra Giovanni Title: Final Admission Author: Sue Brown Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 230 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When Ethan Williams lands a job at Bingwell, Brock and Bacon, he realizes his coworkers aren’t exaggerating about James Trenchard. He really is a dick….
Jackie Says Sue Brown's "Final Admission" Is A Powerful And Sometimes Difficult Read
“I’d lost myself in the abyss of someone else’s tyranny…again.” ― Cassandra Giovanni Title: Final Admission Author: Sue Brown Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 230 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When Ethan Williams lands a job at Bingwell, Brock and Bacon, he realizes his coworkers aren’t exaggerating about James Trenchard. He really is a dick….
Painstakingly written, beyond beautiful, “Worth Keeping” by Susan Mac Nicol leaves you changed forever
“I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupery Title: Worth Keeping Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 256 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Abused…
Painstakingly written, beyond beautiful, "Worth Keeping" by Susan Mac Nicol leaves you changed forever
“I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupery Title: Worth Keeping Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 256 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Abused…
Schedule Some Time With Mia Kerick’s “Intervention”
“There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.” — C. Kennedy I have a hard time reading books containing incest. The subject matter is a heinous one and I…
Schedule Some Time With Mia Kerick's "Intervention"
“There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.” — C. Kennedy I have a hard time reading books containing incest. The subject matter is a heinous one and I…
“The Island” Is A Place You May Not Mind Being Stranded For Awhile
“[He was disgusted] at the beasts who in callous cruelty had dragged down and maimed and destroyed the human dignity of this selfless man. Yet it was nothing new. It had been like this at some point in every civilization and on every continent. There were human jackals for every human disaster.” ― Pat Frank…
