Be Prepared To Take A Mysterious Trip Down "Blue River"

“Time is the longest distance between two places.” ― Tennessee Williams Blurb: Photography genius Ethan Mars is out and living the fast life in Los Angeles until a mysterious mist in Topanga Canyon sends him back in time. There he meets Quinn Parker, a farmer who has hidden his homosexuality from everyone, even Margaret, his... Continue Reading →

Be Prepared To Take A Mysterious Trip Down “Blue River”

“Time is the longest distance between two places.” ― Tennessee Williams Blurb: Photography genius Ethan Mars is out and living the fast life in Los Angeles until a mysterious mist in Topanga Canyon sends him back in time. There he meets Quinn Parker, a farmer who has hidden his homosexuality from everyone, even Margaret, his... Continue Reading →

You'll Want To Hurry And Solve "Puzzle Me This"

“All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Summary: Luke Schumacher is a computer programme designer, working from home and leading a simple life in a humble apartment complex. One day he receives a newspaper with a hidden message in... Continue Reading →

You’ll Want To Hurry And Solve “Puzzle Me This”

“All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Summary: Luke Schumacher is a computer programme designer, working from home and leading a simple life in a humble apartment complex. One day he receives a newspaper with a hidden message in... Continue Reading →

Infinitely Re-Readable Retro – Jane Seville's "Zero at the Bone"

“I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.” ― Fernando Pessoa April 25, 2010 That’s the first time I read Jane Seville’s one and only novel, Zero at the Bone. The second, third, and fourth times I... Continue Reading →

Infinitely Re-Readable Retro – Jane Seville’s “Zero at the Bone”

“I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.” ― Fernando Pessoa April 25, 2010 That’s the first time I read Jane Seville’s one and only novel, Zero at the Bone. The second, third, and fourth times I... Continue Reading →

"My Only Sunshine" Offers Hope From Despair

“There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.” ― Joel S. Manuel BLURB: Tanner Wallis is nearly at the end of his rope the night Mason Seidel finds him lying next to the mangled body of a cow on the back pastures of the Seidel family's Wyoming ranch.... Continue Reading →

“My Only Sunshine” Offers Hope From Despair

“There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.” ― Joel S. Manuel BLURB: Tanner Wallis is nearly at the end of his rope the night Mason Seidel finds him lying next to the mangled body of a cow on the back pastures of the Seidel family's Wyoming ranch.... Continue Reading →

Amy Lane Gives Just The Right Touch To "Ethan in Gold"

“Touch has a memory.” – John Keats Touch is a sense memory, an imprint on the mind and on the skin, a physical and emotional imperative that, if denied over an extended period of time, will cause a boy to grow into a man who craves it so desperately he is willing to seek it... Continue Reading →

Amy Lane Gives Just The Right Touch To “Ethan in Gold”

“Touch has a memory.” – John Keats Touch is a sense memory, an imprint on the mind and on the skin, a physical and emotional imperative that, if denied over an extended period of time, will cause a boy to grow into a man who craves it so desperately he is willing to seek it... Continue Reading →

It's Never Too Late To Reach For The "Moon and Stars"

“Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.” ― Oscar Wilde BLURB: After an affair with a married DA led to scandal and disbarment, Cooper Nelson left his legal career in shambles, and found solace working as a hand at the Blue River Ranch. Eight years later, during a rare visit into town, Cooper bumps into... Continue Reading →

It’s Never Too Late To Reach For The “Moon and Stars”

“Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.” ― Oscar Wilde BLURB: After an affair with a married DA led to scandal and disbarment, Cooper Nelson left his legal career in shambles, and found solace working as a hand at the Blue River Ranch. Eight years later, during a rare visit into town, Cooper bumps into... Continue Reading →

Lions And Mages And Wolves, Oh My! That's "Wild Magic"

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love." --Henry Drummond While Wild Magic is the fourth book in Poppy Dennison’s popular Triad series, it is great as a standalone. I didn’t read... Continue Reading →

Lions And Mages And Wolves, Oh My! That’s “Wild Magic”

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love." --Henry Drummond While Wild Magic is the fourth book in Poppy Dennison’s popular Triad series, it is great as a standalone. I didn’t read... Continue Reading →

Mystery Buffs Can Celebrate With “A Little Night Murder”

“Mystery, why so attractive to me?” ― Richelle E. Goodrich BLURB: In 1942, Pearl Harbor has been bombed and the war is very much in evidence, but it would seem to have little to do with Frank Boyle, a respected Bronx born insurance investigator. He's a man who can keep secrets, and no one suspects... Continue Reading →

Mystery Buffs Can Celebrate With "A Little Night Murder"

“Mystery, why so attractive to me?” ― Richelle E. Goodrich BLURB: In 1942, Pearl Harbor has been bombed and the war is very much in evidence, but it would seem to have little to do with Frank Boyle, a respected Bronx born insurance investigator. He's a man who can keep secrets, and no one suspects... Continue Reading →

You Definitely Won’t Want To “Cast Off” This Toronto Tale

“True best friends never fail on understanding, forgiving, and being there for one another no matter what the situation that they might be in or be having with one another because of the fact of that no matter if it’s two males or females love should always be there as if brothers or sisters if... Continue Reading →

You Definitely Won't Want To "Cast Off" This Toronto Tale

“True best friends never fail on understanding, forgiving, and being there for one another no matter what the situation that they might be in or be having with one another because of the fact of that no matter if it’s two males or females love should always be there as if brothers or sisters if... Continue Reading →

“Home Team” Is Where The Heart Is

“Home is where we tie one end of the thread of life.” ― Martin Buxbaum Summary: Aaron left his hometown some fifteen years earlier in hot pursuit of his NHL career, leaving behind his parents, his sister and the love of his life, Zach. Pushing thirty six, he finds himself heading towards retirement, the Stanley... Continue Reading →

"Home Team" Is Where The Heart Is

“Home is where we tie one end of the thread of life.” ― Martin Buxbaum Summary: Aaron left his hometown some fifteen years earlier in hot pursuit of his NHL career, leaving behind his parents, his sister and the love of his life, Zach. Pushing thirty six, he finds himself heading towards retirement, the Stanley... Continue Reading →

“Homespun” Is Not Your Everyday Yarn

“We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.” ― Hermann Hesse BLURB: For twenty years, Owen Fortescue,... Continue Reading →

"Homespun" Is Not Your Everyday Yarn

“We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.” ― Hermann Hesse BLURB: For twenty years, Owen Fortescue,... Continue Reading →

Jeremy Pack Will Make You Believe You Can Fly, In "To Touch the Stars"

“I always dreamed of the stars. Getting as high as I could so I could reach out and touch them. I didn’t realize, not until I’d seen the Earth from orbit, that I’d been dreaming the wrong dreams. Everything that matters, everything that’s important, is right down here.” ― Jeremy Pack, To Touch the Stars... Continue Reading →

Jeremy Pack Will Make You Believe You Can Fly, In “To Touch the Stars”

“I always dreamed of the stars. Getting as high as I could so I could reach out and touch them. I didn’t realize, not until I’d seen the Earth from orbit, that I’d been dreaming the wrong dreams. Everything that matters, everything that’s important, is right down here.” ― Jeremy Pack, To Touch the Stars... Continue Reading →

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