Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Welcome to another great week coming up, gang, and speaking of welcome, we’ve added a new reviewer to our staff, who we’re so glad to have coming to play in our sandbox! Unlike Robert's rather spontaneous addition to our crew, this one's been in the works for what seems like forever now but has actually... Continue Reading →
“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.”-- Ulysses S. Grant Capture & Surrender is the fifth book in the successful “Market Garden”... Continue Reading →
“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.”-- Ulysses S. Grant Capture & Surrender is the fifth book in the successful “Market Garden”... Continue Reading →
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Love sometimes comes when we least expect it. Two men who are meant to be mortal enemies are thrown together under the most heinous circumstances, only to find themselves clinging to each other for survival. WWII, 1944 France.... Continue Reading →
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Love sometimes comes when we least expect it. Two men who are meant to be mortal enemies are thrown together under the most heinous circumstances, only to find themselves clinging to each other for survival. WWII, 1944 France.... Continue Reading →
If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be. ― Marquis de Sade You remember Nick and Spencer, don’t you? Yes, of course you do, but only if you’ve already read If It Flies. And, if you... Continue Reading →
If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be. ― Marquis de Sade You remember Nick and Spencer, don’t you? Yes, of course you do, but only if you’ve already read If It Flies. And, if you... Continue Reading →
One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater. – Marquis de Sade Nick is perhaps the baddest of the bad boys at Market Garden, the man who doesn’t mind at all doing a little violence—for the right price, that is. He’s introduced briefly in the first... Continue Reading →
One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater. – Marquis de Sade Nick is perhaps the baddest of the bad boys at Market Garden, the man who doesn’t mind at all doing a little violence—for the right price, that is. He’s introduced briefly in the first... Continue Reading →
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. – George Bernard Shaw Oooh. My. Bwaaah… Yes, that’s me being rather speechless in a very complimentary way, because there’s just not much room for words in my head at the moment. Why? Because I can’t seem to erase the mental picture that L.A. Witt and... Continue Reading →
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. – George Bernard Shaw Oooh. My. Bwaaah… Yes, that’s me being rather speechless in a very complimentary way, because there’s just not much room for words in my head at the moment. Why? Because I can’t seem to erase the mental picture that L.A. Witt and... Continue Reading →
Maxim #35: That which does not kill you has made a tactical error. – Howard Tayler “The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries” Cyberpunk! It’s my second favorite punk behind that of the Steam variety, and Rachel Haimowitz and Aleksandr Voinov have delivered some really fantastic steamy Cyberpunk in Break and Enter (Red Cell Book... Continue Reading →
Please, God, don’t let me be reading too much into this. – L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov I probably am. Reading too much into this, that is. How can I not, though, when there’s so very much there to want? Sometimes I wish there was a magicky button I could push to bend authors to... Continue Reading →
“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.” – Helmuth von Moltke I must be bi-text-ual. How else can I explain why one half of me loves the sort of fairy tale romances that are written with the express purpose of making my wee little heart go pitter-patter, while the other half of me loves... Continue Reading →
“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.” – Helmuth von Moltke I must be bi-text-ual. How else can I explain why one half of me loves the sort of fairy tale romances that are written with the express purpose of making my wee little heart go pitter-patter, while the other half of me loves... Continue Reading →
“You’re alive. If you want I can fly.” – William Goldman In the midst of conflict and the horrors of war, there is quiet. There is a certain hush, a sense of peace and silence that can be found not in the arms of battle but in the arms of someone who holds the answers... Continue Reading →
“You’re alive. If you want I can fly.” – William Goldman In the midst of conflict and the horrors of war, there is quiet. There is a certain hush, a sense of peace and silence that can be found not in the arms of battle but in the arms of someone who holds the answers... Continue Reading →
When I first saw that Amy Lane and Aleksandr Voinov were collaborating on a book, my initial reaction was, “say what?” ::gaping maw:: Fresh off of Chase in Shadow and Dark Soul, my brain was having a difficult time processing it. Then I moved on to, “but they’re writing styles are so different, how will... Continue Reading →
When I first saw that Amy Lane and Aleksandr Voinov were collaborating on a book, my initial reaction was, “say what?” ::gaping maw:: Fresh off of Chase in Shadow and Dark Soul, my brain was having a difficult time processing it. Then I moved on to, “but they’re writing styles are so different, how will... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Soul: Volume Five Author: Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Self-Published (Second Edition) Length: 117 Pages Category: Mafia Romance, Dark Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Aleksandr Voinov was the master of my education, from start to finish. He led me by the senses and tweaked at my emotional boundaries; then, when he got me... Continue Reading →
And they all lived. When you live a life without limits, a survival of the fittest, kill or be killed existence, what more could you possibly hope for but to live? What does happily ever after mean in the grand scheme of things, when the best you can wish for at any point in time... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Soul: Volume Four Author: Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Self-Published (Second Edition) Length: 117 Pages Category: Mafia Romance, Dark Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: This installment in the Dark Soul series felt like progress, but that's also a dangerous feeling; there's always a sense of one step forward and two steps back when... Continue Reading →
I'm not sure I've ever read a series before that has taunted and provoked me the way "Dark Soul" has, wanting two characters to be together more than anything else, then rethinking that, wondering if they did end up together, would they even be good or right for each other? Then again, maybe there are... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Soul: Vol. Three Author: Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Self-Published Length: 117 Pages Category: Mafia Romance, Dark Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Dark Soul serial is Voinov doing what he does best—daring his readers to think outside the paradigm of romance and venture into the realms of the forbidden erotic, to find... Continue Reading →
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