Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men.” ― H.P. Lovecraft One of the things I’ve come to love about Jordan L. Hawk’s books is that no matter what I expect going... Continue Reading →
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” ― Hamilton Wright Mabie BLURB: Discovering his boyfriend's affair with a co-worker wrecks Eli's holiday plans. With his parents on a cruise and his brother and sister out of town, he's on his own. His mother insists he escape to her... Continue Reading →
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” ― Hamilton Wright Mabie BLURB: Discovering his boyfriend's affair with a co-worker wrecks Eli's holiday plans. With his parents on a cruise and his brother and sister out of town, he's on his own. His mother insists he escape to her... Continue Reading →
“If only. Those were two very big, impossible words.” – Brandon Shire Blurb: Two years after watching Anderson walk out of the prison gates, Lem has a visitor who informs him that Anderson desperately needs his help. He scoffs at the idea until he is given an offer that he cannot refuse. He doesn’t know... Continue Reading →
“If only. Those were two very big, impossible words.” – Brandon Shire Blurb: Two years after watching Anderson walk out of the prison gates, Lem has a visitor who informs him that Anderson desperately needs his help. He scoffs at the idea until he is given an offer that he cannot refuse. He doesn’t know... Continue Reading →
“Reflect upon your present blessings--of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”--Charles Dickens Max Vos has blogged about his creative process. He says he starts with the seed of a story, then looks for character inspiration. Next he fleshes out the characters and lets them pretty much... Continue Reading →
“Reflect upon your present blessings--of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”--Charles Dickens Max Vos has blogged about his creative process. He says he starts with the seed of a story, then looks for character inspiration. Next he fleshes out the characters and lets them pretty much... Continue Reading →
“If love and hate aren’t true opposites, perhaps neither are pleasure and pain—if you go far enough in one extreme, it resembles the other.” ― Daria Snadowsky There’s nothing quite like reading for a good cause, and there’s nothing quite as gratifying as really liking what you read for that cause. Authors Cherry Dare, Isabel... Continue Reading →
“If love and hate aren’t true opposites, perhaps neither are pleasure and pain—if you go far enough in one extreme, it resembles the other.” ― Daria Snadowsky There’s nothing quite like reading for a good cause, and there’s nothing quite as gratifying as really liking what you read for that cause. Authors Cherry Dare, Isabel... Continue Reading →
“For then we certainly come under judgment, but that the redeemer and the judge are the same.” ― Søren Kierkegaard Samael is an angel, and not just any angel but one of Heaven’s most feared and fated angels, who now stands accused of a crime he didn’t commit. He is awaiting his Father’s punishment, and... Continue Reading →
“For then we certainly come under judgment, but that the redeemer and the judge are the same.” ― Søren Kierkegaard Samael is an angel, and not just any angel but one of Heaven’s most feared and fated angels, who now stands accused of a crime he didn’t commit. He is awaiting his Father’s punishment, and... Continue Reading →
“Secrets are what can ease or crush a soul, mend or destroy a heart, and rescue or murder a life.” ― Alexis Hurley BLURB: Alex’s life as a teenager in South Central L.A. is far from perfect, but it’s his life, and he knows how to live it. He knows what role to play and... Continue Reading →
“Secrets are what can ease or crush a soul, mend or destroy a heart, and rescue or murder a life.” ― Alexis Hurley BLURB: Alex’s life as a teenager in South Central L.A. is far from perfect, but it’s his life, and he knows how to live it. He knows what role to play and... Continue Reading →
“Our deepest wounds surround our greatest gifts.” ― Ken Page I've read Sylvia Violet before and always enjoyed her stories so I was really excited to read this story for review. Jackson is a former Navy Seal who recently had to leave service because of extensive damage to his leg during a routine mission gone... Continue Reading →
“Our deepest wounds surround our greatest gifts.” ― Ken Page I've read Sylvia Violet before and always enjoyed her stories so I was really excited to read this story for review. Jackson is a former Navy Seal who recently had to leave service because of extensive damage to his leg during a routine mission gone... Continue Reading →
“The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.” ― Marguerite de Valois Do you find that you judge a book by its cover? The old adage says we’re not supposed to, but if you ask me, the cover of a book is like the curb appeal of a home—if the cover doesn’t make... Continue Reading →
“The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.” ― Marguerite de Valois Do you find that you judge a book by its cover? The old adage says we’re not supposed to, but if you ask me, the cover of a book is like the curb appeal of a home—if the cover doesn’t make... Continue Reading →
In the immortal words from Grease, with a little tweak: “Summer loving had me a blast Summer loving happened so fast I met a boy crazy for me Met a boy cute as can be Summer days drifting away To, oh, oh, the summer nights” This Summer Lovin’ is truly a blast! A hot and... Continue Reading →
In the immortal words from Grease, with a little tweak: “Summer loving had me a blast Summer loving happened so fast I met a boy crazy for me Met a boy cute as can be Summer days drifting away To, oh, oh, the summer nights” This Summer Lovin’ is truly a blast! A hot and... Continue Reading →
“One love, one heart, one destiny.” ― Bob Marley BLURB: Nicholas Robinson is a chemist decades ahead of his time. Crippled by a riding accident and embittered by his injuries, he shuns the world, focusing on his laboratory and experiments. But when the sale of his country estate, Grantley, leads to an encounter with a... Continue Reading →
“One love, one heart, one destiny.” ― Bob Marley BLURB: Nicholas Robinson is a chemist decades ahead of his time. Crippled by a riding accident and embittered by his injuries, he shuns the world, focusing on his laboratory and experiments. But when the sale of his country estate, Grantley, leads to an encounter with a... Continue Reading →
“[Heroes] rarely turn into heroes because they are super-humans, but because of circumstances. Heroes rarely think. Heroes just act.” – Aleksandr Voinov BLURB: When he was sixteen years old, Rich Miller saved a young man from drowning at his local pool. Little did he know that years later, as a senior in college and Olympic... Continue Reading →
“[Heroes] rarely turn into heroes because they are super-humans, but because of circumstances. Heroes rarely think. Heroes just act.” – Aleksandr Voinov BLURB: When he was sixteen years old, Rich Miller saved a young man from drowning at his local pool. Little did he know that years later, as a senior in college and Olympic... Continue Reading →
If you follow my blog over at Insight Out! then you’ll be more than painfully aware of my deep and all encompassing respect for this author. If you’re a fan of the genre you’ll know him best from his Tales of Foster High series, or the fantasy frolics of his Lords of Arcadia series. You’ll... Continue Reading →
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