Title: Dust to Dust Series: The Sutter & Adler Mysteries: Book One Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Self-Published Length: 54 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: I’m so excited to see Ira Adler and Calvin Sutter again and to see where Jess Faraday is taking them as they get down to the…
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Review: The Fiend in the Fog by Jess Faraday
Title: The Fiend in the Fog Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 237 Pages Category: Gaslamp Fantasy, Lesbian Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The ambiance, the way Jess Faraday immerses readers in the scenery to the point it feels as cloying and uncomfortable as it’s supposed to, and the happiness these…
Review: Arcane Adversaries by Jess Faraday
Title: Arcane Adversaries Series: The Simon Pearce Mysteries: Book Four Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Blind Eye Books/Kindle Unlimited Length: 114 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: There is a bittersweet note to the final novella of the collection, one in which Simon must confront his feelings and discern the difference between loving someone and…
Review: Sanguine Solutions by Jess Faraday
Title: Sanguine Solutions Series: The Simon Pearce Mysteries: Book Three Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Blind Eye Books/Kindle Unlimited Length: 76 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Jess Faraday is so accomplished at writing star-crossed lovers and yet not leaving readers feeling as if we’ve missed out on a romantic element in her stories. In…
Review: A Case of Curses by Jess Faraday
Title: A Case of Curses Series: Simon Pearce Mysteries: Book Two Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Blind Eye Books/Kindle Unlimited Length: 118 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: As in book one, the cases complement the time period in which they’re set, and the time period complements the romantic elements of the series in a…
Review: A Study in Spectres by Jess Faraday
Title: A Study in Spectres Series: Simon Pearce Mysteries: Vol. One Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Blind Eye Books Length: 93 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: A Study in Spectres is a welcome new book in a welcome new series from an author who knows how to weave a thoroughly intriguing story and fill…
Flashback Friday and Giveaway: The Bad Boys Edition
Hi, everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Flashback Friday. Today we’re featuring some of the Bad Boys of fiction–the rocker boys and risk takers, rebels and heartbreakers–and, as always, there’s a chance to win an e-copy of one of our selected titles via the Rafflecopter widget below. But before we get to the…
Review: The Strange Case of the Big Sur Benefactor by Jess Faraday
Title: The Strange Case of the Big Sur Benefactor Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 99 Pages At a Glance: Clever, clever, clever! Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Billiwack, California, 1884. When translator Rosetta Stein comes across her rival, Bartholomew Vincent, under attack by weird, raven-headed man-beasts behind the infamous Puckered Rosebud Gentleman’s…
Release Day Review: Fool’s Gold (Ira Adler: Book Three) by Jess Faraday
Title: Fool’s Gold (Ira Adler: Book Three) Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 322 Pages At a Glance: In a word: Outstanding. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: For once, Ira Adler has it easy. He has money in his pocket, a comfortable arrangement with an undemanding young man, and no one’s punched, chased,…
Review: Fool’s Gold by Jess Faraday
Title: Fool’s Gold Series: The Ira Adler Series: Book Three Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 322 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: There’s a reason The Affair of the Porcelain Dog and Turnbull House both made my list of their respective years’ Best Books. Fool’s Gold will make…
Simply the Best 2014: The Finale – The Year In Reviews and a Giveaway
We have reached the end of our journey, folks, the final choices for our Top Reads of 2014. In case you’ve missed the others, check out Sammy’s and Tina’s selections HERE; Jackie’s, Lana’s, and Jules’ HERE; Lynn’s and Chris’s HERE; and Kim’s and Kathie’s HERE. Rena and I are the last to go, and I…
Ira Adler and Cain Goddard…Will They or Won’t They? – A Guest Article And Giveaway From Jess Faraday
In the creative writing class I’m teaching, I start off by emphasizing how important it is to know how the story is going to go before you start writing. We map out the Triggering Event, the Turning Points, and try to bring it all to a Tidy Logical Conclusion in the end. We do outlines…
Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Hi, everyone, I hope you’ve all had a great week, and are looking forward to good things in the week to come. Speaking of great weeks, we’ve got one coming up here at TNA: guest authors, blog tours, giveaways, and, of course, lots of reviews. Here’s a look at who and what’s on tap for…
Here's A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Hi, everyone, I hope you’ve all had a great week, and are looking forward to good things in the week to come. Speaking of great weeks, we’ve got one coming up here at TNA: guest authors, blog tours, giveaways, and, of course, lots of reviews. Here’s a look at who and what’s on tap for…
Review: Turnbull House by Jess Faraday
Title: Turnbull House Series: The Ira Adler Series: Book Two Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 288 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Drawing vivid descriptions that transport the reader back to the latter years of the 19th century and welcoming a diverse pallet of role players from the…
Jess Faraday’s “Turnbull House” Is The Perfect Sequel To An Imperfect Affair
“The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience.” ― Leo Tolstoy Title: Turnbull House Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 288 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: London 1891. Former criminal Ira Adler has built a respectable, if…
Death on a Cold Night Edited by Jess Faraday
Murder is easy, if no one suspects you. – Agatha Christie And now for something completely different. Death on a Cold Night can’t technically be categorized as LGBT, though there are two short stories in the anthology with gay thematic elements: Lee Mullins’ “Burnt December” and Christalea McMullin’s “Club Pandemonium”. I’ve never read any of…
Death on a Cold Night Edited by Jess Faraday
Murder is easy, if no one suspects you. – Agatha Christie And now for something completely different. Death on a Cold Night can’t technically be categorized as LGBT, though there are two short stories in the anthology with gay thematic elements: Lee Mullins’ “Burnt December” and Christalea McMullin’s “Club Pandemonium”. I’ve never read any of…
Review: The Affair of the Porcelain Dog by Jess Faraday
Title: The Affair of the Porcelain Dog Series: The Ira Adler Series: Book One Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 288 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: Sometimes happy endings are so evident they’re impossible to miss. Sometimes happy endings are so subjective that one hesitates even to call…
The Affair of the Porcelain Dog by Jess Faraday
Drug trafficking, human trafficking, blackmail, betrayal, duplicity, moral ambiguity, prostitution, and murder; all things you might expect to find in the Whitechapel district around the time Jack the Ripper took the life of his final victim, Mary Kelly, then seemed to disappear from the face of the earth. They’re also things that take place within…