“He had two lives: one open, seen and known by all who cared to know, full of relative truth and of relative falsehood … and another life running its course in secret … everything that was essential, of interest and of value to him, everything in which he was sincere and did not deceive himself,... Continue Reading →
The Secret In "A Secret Love" Was Worth The Wait To Discover
“He had two lives: one open, seen and known by all who cared to know, full of relative truth and of relative falsehood … and another life running its course in secret … everything that was essential, of interest and of value to him, everything in which he was sincere and did not deceive himself,... Continue Reading →
Plan To Spend Some Time With “The Boys of Summer”
“Go forward and make your dreams come true.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson David McIntyre and Rick Sutton are on a plane over the Pacific when they hit a freak storm, forcing them to land on a deserted island. (Let the hot sexiness begin and my fantasies run wild!) While on the island and their struggle... Continue Reading →
Plan To Spend Some Time With "The Boys of Summer"
“Go forward and make your dreams come true.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson David McIntyre and Rick Sutton are on a plane over the Pacific when they hit a freak storm, forcing them to land on a deserted island. (Let the hot sexiness begin and my fantasies run wild!) While on the island and their struggle... Continue Reading →
Who Comes Out The Winner In “Fighting For Hope”?
“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson This was a story inside a story inside a story. Grayson Burrows and James Pearson are both doctors. They both went to medical school, they both treat patients and... Continue Reading →
Who Comes Out The Winner In "Fighting For Hope"?
“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson This was a story inside a story inside a story. Grayson Burrows and James Pearson are both doctors. They both went to medical school, they both treat patients and... Continue Reading →
You’ll Be Glad To Find Yourself “Stranded” With Andrew Grey
“Fall in love… that is fine, but just make sure you fall deep enough to stay there forever.” ― Ram Mohan I've read so many books by Andrew Grey and enjoyed each of his stories, so I was really excited to read this one. Kendall Monroe is a Broadway star. Kendall's partner of ten years... Continue Reading →
You'll Be Glad To Find Yourself "Stranded" With Andrew Grey
“Fall in love… that is fine, but just make sure you fall deep enough to stay there forever.” ― Ram Mohan I've read so many books by Andrew Grey and enjoyed each of his stories, so I was really excited to read this one. Kendall Monroe is a Broadway star. Kendall's partner of ten years... Continue Reading →
In The End, Lily Velden’s Characters Find Themselves On The “Same Page”
“Can miles truly separate you from friends…If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?”-- Richard Bach I really wanted to love Same Page. I really did. The blurb was interesting, the cover arresting, the premise promising. For me, it just didn’t hold up the way I had hoped. Same Page... Continue Reading →
In The End, Lily Velden's Characters Find Themselves On The "Same Page"
“Can miles truly separate you from friends…If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?”-- Richard Bach I really wanted to love Same Page. I really did. The blurb was interesting, the cover arresting, the premise promising. For me, it just didn’t hold up the way I had hoped. Same Page... Continue Reading →
Allison Cassatta’s “Pride: Dear Diary Book Two” Strikes A Perfect Balance
“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.” ― Bryce Courtenay Dear Diary: Pride is the sequel to Dear Diary and picks right up where the first one left off. We last saw Josh and Chris as they were going to the prom.... Continue Reading →
Allison Cassatta's "Pride: Dear Diary Book Two" Strikes A Perfect Balance
“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.” ― Bryce Courtenay Dear Diary: Pride is the sequel to Dear Diary and picks right up where the first one left off. We last saw Josh and Chris as they were going to the prom.... Continue Reading →
Garrett Leigh Takes Readers On A Sweet Stroll Through The “Gypsy Rain”
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ― Aristotle Seb works as a fudge maker in a coastal community of England. Dex is a wanderer who kindly returns Seb’s wallet one late night. Seb befriends Dex and they slowly become friends over the course of a summer. This short story by... Continue Reading →
Garrett Leigh Takes Readers On A Sweet Stroll Through The "Gypsy Rain"
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ― Aristotle Seb works as a fudge maker in a coastal community of England. Dex is a wanderer who kindly returns Seb’s wallet one late night. Seb befriends Dex and they slowly become friends over the course of a summer. This short story by... Continue Reading →
Rowan Speedwell’s “Love, Like Water” – In Which Love Is To Life What Water Is To Thirst
“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi In Love, Like Water, Rowan Speedwell introduces us to Elian Kelly and Joshua Chastain. Joshua has been an FBI agent deep undercover within a drug cartel for three years. He was forced to kill or be killed... Continue Reading →
Rowan Speedwell's "Love, Like Water" – In Which Love Is To Life What Water Is To Thirst
“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi In Love, Like Water, Rowan Speedwell introduces us to Elian Kelly and Joshua Chastain. Joshua has been an FBI agent deep undercover within a drug cartel for three years. He was forced to kill or be killed... Continue Reading →
Tina’s Kinda Sweet On Anne Tenino’s “Sweet Young Thang (Theta Gamma Alpha, Book #3)”
“There’s things that happen in a person’s life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there’s no forgetting them.”--John Boyne Sweet Young Thang is the third and best (so far) in the Theta Alpha Gamma series. Collin Montes’s father died when he was young. His Uncle Monty stepped in... Continue Reading →
Tina's Kinda Sweet On Anne Tenino's "Sweet Young Thang (Theta Gamma Alpha, Book #3)"
“There’s things that happen in a person’s life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there’s no forgetting them.”--John Boyne Sweet Young Thang is the third and best (so far) in the Theta Alpha Gamma series. Collin Montes’s father died when he was young. His Uncle Monty stepped in... Continue Reading →
“The Last of the Summer Tomatoes” Is A Sweet And Delicious Read
"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." -- John Burroughs I was very pleasantly surprised by this little gem of a book. Well, it’s not little at... Continue Reading →
"The Last of the Summer Tomatoes" Is A Sweet And Delicious Read
"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." -- John Burroughs I was very pleasantly surprised by this little gem of a book. Well, it’s not little at... Continue Reading →
Napa Valley Is The Scene Of “An Intoxicating Crush”
“The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.” – G.K. Chesterton I have to start out by saying that I loved the first two books in the Delectable series, Brand New Flavor and Lighting the Way Home. I found it hard to dive into this one like I did the... Continue Reading →
Napa Valley Is The Scene Of "An Intoxicating Crush"
“The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.” – G.K. Chesterton I have to start out by saying that I loved the first two books in the Delectable series, Brand New Flavor and Lighting the Way Home. I found it hard to dive into this one like I did the... Continue Reading →
Like A Fine Wine, Lavinia Lewis’ “Improves With Age” Is A Very Good Vintage
“Wisdom comes with winters.” ― Oscar Wilde I have always liked reading Lavinia Lewis' books in the past, so when I saw this title I scooped it up. This is a short but very sweet story of two men in the prime of their lives. First we meet 48 yr. old Reece Watkins. Reece grew... Continue Reading →
Like A Fine Wine, Lavinia Lewis' "Improves With Age" Is A Very Good Vintage
“Wisdom comes with winters.” ― Oscar Wilde I have always liked reading Lavinia Lewis' books in the past, so when I saw this title I scooped it up. This is a short but very sweet story of two men in the prime of their lives. First we meet 48 yr. old Reece Watkins. Reece grew... Continue Reading →

