Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Think of England Author: KJ Charles Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Lie back and think of England... England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades... Continue Reading →
“Once we recognize the fact that every individual is a treasury of hidden and unsuspected qualities, our lives become richer, our judgment better, and our world is more right. It is not love that is blind, it is only the unnoticed eye that cannot see the real qualities of people.” - Charles Percy Title: Never... Continue Reading →
“Once we recognize the fact that every individual is a treasury of hidden and unsuspected qualities, our lives become richer, our judgment better, and our world is more right. It is not love that is blind, it is only the unnoticed eye that cannot see the real qualities of people.” - Charles Percy Title: Never... Continue Reading →
The release of Forever Hold His Peace marks the end of The Crofton Chronicles, my trilogy of historical novels set in Elizabethan England. Now, I’m going to be honest here, when I first started writing The Actor and the Earl, the story was meant to be a standalone novella, little did I think my fun... Continue Reading →
The release of Forever Hold His Peace marks the end of The Crofton Chronicles, my trilogy of historical novels set in Elizabethan England. Now, I’m going to be honest here, when I first started writing The Actor and the Earl, the story was meant to be a standalone novella, little did I think my fun... Continue Reading →
“Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget.” ― Alysha Speer Title: Sharp Love (Gambling on Love #2) Author: Ava March Publisher: Carina Press Pages/Word Count: 199 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: London, 1822 William Drake has lived among thieves, bastards and beggars all his life, doing what's necessary to survive.... Continue Reading →
“Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget.” ― Alysha Speer Title: Sharp Love (Gambling on Love #2) Author: Ava March Publisher: Carina Press Pages/Word Count: 199 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: London, 1822 William Drake has lived among thieves, bastards and beggars all his life, doing what's necessary to survive.... Continue Reading →
Here’s to creativity’s ability to make an uncomfortable emotion useful ~ Jill Badonsky One of the questions I get asked a lot is, what was your favorite part to write. In Disappear With Me, I loved writing the jury deliberation process for a couple of reasons. First of all, I got to research all the... Continue Reading →
Here’s to creativity’s ability to make an uncomfortable emotion useful ~ Jill Badonsky One of the questions I get asked a lot is, what was your favorite part to write. In Disappear With Me, I loved writing the jury deliberation process for a couple of reasons. First of all, I got to research all the... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Sarah, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things we might not know about you but should? Sarah: Thanks so much for having me here today, Lisa! About me - well, I live in... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Sarah, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things we might not know about you but should? Sarah: Thanks so much for having me here today, Lisa! About me - well, I live in... Continue Reading →
“These are the times that try men's souls.” ― Thomas Paine Title: Necropolis (Whyborne & Griffin #4) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Pubbed Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his... Continue Reading →
“These are the times that try men's souls.” ― Thomas Paine Title: Necropolis (Whyborne & Griffin #4) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Pubbed Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his... Continue Reading →
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Title: Objects of His Obsession Author: Jae T. Jaggart Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 194 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: London, 1898 Lord Benedict Yeats has two obsessions.... Continue Reading →
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Title: Objects of His Obsession Author: Jae T. Jaggart Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 194 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: London, 1898 Lord Benedict Yeats has two obsessions.... Continue Reading →
When it comes to writing Historical fiction, I think authors sometimes make a rod for their own back, as the saying goes. There were certainly a few occasions, while I was doing research for Tournament of Shadows where I wondered what the hell I had taken on. My main source was a book I’d bought... Continue Reading →
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Title: Tournament of Shadows Author: S.A. Meade Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 209 Pages Rating: 4.25 Stars Blurb: In a shadowy game where defeat can mean death, a deal with the enemy can change things forever. In 1842, Captain Gabriel O'Riordan... Continue Reading →
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Title: Tournament of Shadows Author: S.A. Meade Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 209 Pages Rating: 4.25 Stars Blurb: In a shadowy game where defeat can mean death, a deal with the enemy can change things forever. In 1842, Captain Gabriel O'Riordan... Continue Reading →
“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop." - H. L. Mencken Title: A Minor Inconvenience Author: Sarah Granger Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 264 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Duty, honor, propriety…all fall in the face of love. Captain Hugh Fanshawe returned from the Peninsular War with a leg that... Continue Reading →
“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop." - H. L. Mencken Title: A Minor Inconvenience Author: Sarah Granger Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 264 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Duty, honor, propriety…all fall in the face of love. Captain Hugh Fanshawe returned from the Peninsular War with a leg that... Continue Reading →
“Choice was dangerous: you had to forgo all other possibilities when you chose.” ― J.K. Rowling Title: Well Traveled Author: Margaret Mills and Tedy Ward Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Gideon Makepeace, a young man of twenty, knows who he is and what he likes: decency, men and women... Continue Reading →
“Choice was dangerous: you had to forgo all other possibilities when you chose.” ― J.K. Rowling Title: Well Traveled Author: Margaret Mills and Tedy Ward Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Gideon Makepeace, a young man of twenty, knows who he is and what he likes: decency, men and women... Continue Reading →
“Love for sale walked comfortably before the world—rouged and vulgar, stained and pitiful, deemed immoral and yet more welcome than the briefest kiss exchanged between two men.” – Hayden Thorne Title: Icarus in Flight Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: JMS Books LLC Pages/Word Count: 252 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: James Ellsworth is a bit jaded,... Continue Reading →
“Love for sale walked comfortably before the world—rouged and vulgar, stained and pitiful, deemed immoral and yet more welcome than the briefest kiss exchanged between two men.” – Hayden Thorne Title: Icarus in Flight Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: JMS Books LLC Pages/Word Count: 252 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: James Ellsworth is a bit jaded,... Continue Reading →
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