Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” – Niccolo Machiavelli Title: Pony (Guards of Folsom: Book Three) Author: SJD Peterson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Grant Maxwell, aka Max, wakes to find his coffeepot has died in the night. Not one who can start his day... Continue Reading →
“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” – Niccolo Machiavelli Title: Pony (Guards of Folsom: Book Three) Author: SJD Peterson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Grant Maxwell, aka Max, wakes to find his coffeepot has died in the night. Not one who can start his day... Continue Reading →
“You could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!” ― J.K. Rowling Title: None So Blind Author: Meg Leigh Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 65000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic meets a starry-eyed psychic, sparks are sure to fly.... Continue Reading →
“You could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!” ― J.K. Rowling Title: None So Blind Author: Meg Leigh Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 65000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic meets a starry-eyed psychic, sparks are sure to fly.... Continue Reading →
“Life, at best, is bittersweet.” – Jack Kirby Title: Stung: Winter Special Author: K.A. Merikan Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 9000 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: It's been a few months since Crunch and his comrades liberated the mob-run prison camp HoneyHill. But content as he is, Crunch can't forget Victor, the beautiful prisoner with whom he... Continue Reading →
“Life, at best, is bittersweet.” – Jack Kirby Title: Stung: Winter Special Author: K.A. Merikan Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 9000 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: It's been a few months since Crunch and his comrades liberated the mob-run prison camp HoneyHill. But content as he is, Crunch can't forget Victor, the beautiful prisoner with whom he... Continue Reading →
“Everyone’s got secrets. It’s what makes people interesting.” ― Cat Clarke Title: Coloring Outside the Lines (Different Paths to Love #2) Author: Diana DeRicci Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 112 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Different Paths to Love: Book Two Photographer Ralph Haraldsson’s birthday celebration starts to turn disastrous when he runs into his... Continue Reading →
“Everyone’s got secrets. It’s what makes people interesting.” ― Cat Clarke Title: Coloring Outside the Lines (Different Paths to Love #2) Author: Diana DeRicci Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 112 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Different Paths to Love: Book Two Photographer Ralph Haraldsson’s birthday celebration starts to turn disastrous when he runs into his... Continue Reading →
"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven." - Martin Luther King Jr. Title: Serpentine Walls Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages Rating: 3 Stars **Review Contains What May Be Considered Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Reeling from the news... Continue Reading →
“The quick pain of the truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.” ― John Steinbeck Title: Breaking Point (Turning Point #2) Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 238 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A fight for what’s right becomes a fight for... Continue Reading →
“The quick pain of the truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.” ― John Steinbeck Title: Breaking Point (Turning Point #2) Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 238 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A fight for what’s right becomes a fight for... Continue Reading →
I’m happy to be here today to share my novel, Serpentine Walls. Serpentine Walls is a contemporary coming-of-age romance set at the University of Virginia. I got the title both from the actual serpentine walls that enclose the gardens at the University of Virginia: and from the serpentine paths that matters of the heart often... Continue Reading →
I’m happy to be here today to share my novel, Serpentine Walls. Serpentine Walls is a contemporary coming-of-age romance set at the University of Virginia. I got the title both from the actual serpentine walls that enclose the gardens at the University of Virginia: and from the serpentine paths that matters of the heart often... Continue Reading →
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”-- Kahlil Gibran Title: Zombie Boyz: Ghoul’s Gym Author: Eric Arvin and TJ Klune Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars **Warning: Review Contains Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser against the door... Continue Reading →
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”-- Kahlil Gibran Title: Zombie Boyz: Ghoul’s Gym Author: Eric Arvin and TJ Klune Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars **Warning: Review Contains Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser against the door... Continue Reading →
“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri Title: Love and Salvage: Loving Emmett Author: Matthew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 154 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tatesville was a quiet little town just east of Atlanta, home to the Gaither clan. Emmett Gaither loved his family and his life. It was perfect. Being... Continue Reading →
“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri Title: Love and Salvage: Loving Emmett Author: Matthew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 154 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tatesville was a quiet little town just east of Atlanta, home to the Gaither clan. Emmett Gaither loved his family and his life. It was perfect. Being... Continue Reading →
“When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Title: Damaged: Uniformity, #2 Author: Ethan Stone Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 164 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Correctional Officer Zane Davis didn't think commitment was in the cards but when he meets Brett Emerson everything... Continue Reading →
“When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Title: Damaged: Uniformity, #2 Author: Ethan Stone Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 164 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Correctional Officer Zane Davis didn't think commitment was in the cards but when he meets Brett Emerson everything... Continue Reading →
“It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.” ― Chuck Palahniuk Title: Compromised: Uniformity, #1 Author: Ethan Stone Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 183 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Correctional Officer Daniel “Kash” Kashaveroff is single, gay and working at a maximum security prison in a small town in Nevada. Not... Continue Reading →
“It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.” ― Chuck Palahniuk Title: Compromised: Uniformity, #1 Author: Ethan Stone Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 183 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Correctional Officer Daniel “Kash” Kashaveroff is single, gay and working at a maximum security prison in a small town in Nevada. Not... Continue Reading →
“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.” ― Mary Anne Radmacher Title: Sorting Out Author: Silvia Violet Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 222 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jack, Gray, and Mason have accepted that loves comes in many flavors and... Continue Reading →
“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.” ― Mary Anne Radmacher Title: Sorting Out Author: Silvia Violet Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 222 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jack, Gray, and Mason have accepted that loves comes in many flavors and... Continue Reading →
“The World Changes. Empires fall, oceans run dry … and little desert spirits rise up to challenge the great powers of the world.” – Amy Rae Durreson Title: Reawakening Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: For a thousand years, since their defeat of the Shadow at Eyr,... Continue Reading →
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