Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they'll destroy my soul.” ― Cassandra Giovanni I'll Take the Rain is a little snippet, only 23 pages; a slice of life between the narrator and his boyfriend. The author doesn't give us any names. My only conclusion as to why is that this could be... Continue Reading →
“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 →
“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 →
“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 →
“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 →
If you follow my blog over at Insight Out! then you’ll be more than painfully aware of my deep and all encompassing respect for this author. If you’re a fan of the genre you’ll know him best from his Tales of Foster High series, or the fantasy frolics of his Lords of Arcadia series. You’ll... Continue Reading →
If you follow my blog over at Insight Out! then you’ll be more than painfully aware of my deep and all encompassing respect for this author. If you’re a fan of the genre you’ll know him best from his Tales of Foster High series, or the fantasy frolics of his Lords of Arcadia series. You’ll... Continue Reading →
“Words are the voice of the heart.” ― Confucius In this sweet short story, we get to visit again with Mason and Jax, the two MCs from Mountain Memories. In the past months, Mason has moved across the country to be closer to Jax and gotten a job at Shenandoah National Park. His days are... Continue Reading →
“Words are the voice of the heart.” ― Confucius In this sweet short story, we get to visit again with Mason and Jax, the two MCs from Mountain Memories. In the past months, Mason has moved across the country to be closer to Jax and gotten a job at Shenandoah National Park. His days are... Continue Reading →
“As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.” – Napoleon Bonaparte There is an eighteen year gap in the biblical recounting of Jesus’ life, a period between the ages of twelve and thirty that... Continue Reading →
“As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.” – Napoleon Bonaparte There is an eighteen year gap in the biblical recounting of Jesus’ life, a period between the ages of twelve and thirty that... Continue Reading →
“Ah, come now. I look like an angel, but I'm not. The old rules of nature encompass many creatures like me. We're beautiful like the diamond-backed snake, or the striped tiger, yet we're merciless killers” ― Anne Rice I was really excited to read this book because it has my two favorite things in the... Continue Reading →
“Ah, come now. I look like an angel, but I'm not. The old rules of nature encompass many creatures like me. We're beautiful like the diamond-backed snake, or the striped tiger, yet we're merciless killers” ― Anne Rice I was really excited to read this book because it has my two favorite things in the... Continue Reading →
“Someone may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were innocent. Anger is natural. Grief is appropriate. Healing is mandatory. Restoration is possible.” -- Jane Rubietta The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines illumination as: spiritual or intellectual enlightenment OR decoration by the art of illuminating. In Rowan Speedwell’s Illumination, both definitions apply.... Continue Reading →
“Someone may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were innocent. Anger is natural. Grief is appropriate. Healing is mandatory. Restoration is possible.” -- Jane Rubietta The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines illumination as: spiritual or intellectual enlightenment OR decoration by the art of illuminating. In Rowan Speedwell’s Illumination, both definitions apply.... Continue Reading →
“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, 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 →
“Points become games become sets become tournaments, and it's all so tightly connected that any point can become the turning point. It reminds me of the way seconds become minutes become hours, and any hour can be our finest. Or darkest.” – Andre Agassi Brian Scagill is Britain’s number one tennis player, groomed and driven... Continue Reading →
“Points become games become sets become tournaments, and it's all so tightly connected that any point can become the turning point. It reminds me of the way seconds become minutes become hours, and any hour can be our finest. Or darkest.” – Andre Agassi Brian Scagill is Britain’s number one tennis player, groomed and driven... Continue Reading →
“You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.” ― John Green What is a service member to do when they feel the job they do just isn't enough? They don't want to quit, but there has to be a way to make a real difference.... Continue Reading →
“You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.” ― John Green What is a service member to do when they feel the job they do just isn't enough? They don't want to quit, but there has to be a way to make a real difference.... Continue Reading →
“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 →
“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 →
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I've read several books by this author and enjoyed them immensely. I had no idea she was going to take me on such an emotional ride with this one. William takes on a job as a caretaker at an... Continue Reading →
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