Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“He would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together.” – Washington Irving I remember reading The Legend of... Continue Reading →
“He would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together.” – Washington Irving I remember reading The Legend of... Continue Reading →
Love makes you learn where all the pitfalls are, and how to avoid them, or how to set them off.” ― Laurell K. Hamilton In Corruption, the third book in Eden Winter's Diversion series, we once again get to spend some quality time with Bo and Lucky. If you have read the first two books... Continue Reading →
Love makes you learn where all the pitfalls are, and how to avoid them, or how to set them off.” ― Laurell K. Hamilton In Corruption, the third book in Eden Winter's Diversion series, we once again get to spend some quality time with Bo and Lucky. If you have read the first two books... Continue Reading →
“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” ― Marie Antoinette Some people have things in their past they’re happy to remember. Some people have things in their past they’d prefer to forget. If you’re Dr. Paul Ansell, there are things in your past you can’t remember. If you’re Dr. Paul Ansell, the forgetting... Continue Reading →
“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” ― Marie Antoinette Some people have things in their past they’re happy to remember. Some people have things in their past they’d prefer to forget. If you’re Dr. Paul Ansell, there are things in your past you can’t remember. If you’re Dr. Paul Ansell, the forgetting... Continue Reading →
“Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.” ― Frank Herbert BLURB: Donovan C. Plummer has a problem, he's too obsessed with his job as a journalist for the D.C. Herald to keep a man in his life. Eight months into his present relationship with Chet Michaels and Donovan's job is already putting a... Continue Reading →
“Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.” ― Frank Herbert BLURB: Donovan C. Plummer has a problem, he's too obsessed with his job as a journalist for the D.C. Herald to keep a man in his life. Eight months into his present relationship with Chet Michaels and Donovan's job is already putting a... Continue Reading →
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.” ― Paulo Coelho ***This... Continue Reading →
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.” ― Paulo Coelho ***This... Continue Reading →
“When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.” ― Julian Barnes This is a different type of book. You won’t find this on a specialty site from a small publisher that loves man-on-man quite like the rest of us. But sometimes a book comes along that is... Continue Reading →
“When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.” ― Julian Barnes This is a different type of book. You won’t find this on a specialty site from a small publisher that loves man-on-man quite like the rest of us. But sometimes a book comes along that is... Continue Reading →
“Hope, which whispered from Pandora's box after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best and last of all things. Without it, there is only time.” – Ian Caldwell Ah, the fictional antihero. He isn’t the strongest or the handsomest or the smartest man, but there is something about him that makes... Continue Reading →
“Hope, which whispered from Pandora's box after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best and last of all things. Without it, there is only time.” – Ian Caldwell Ah, the fictional antihero. He isn’t the strongest or the handsomest or the smartest man, but there is something about him that makes... Continue Reading →
“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 →
“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 →
We all have hopes and dreams that we do almost anything to make real. And if we get lucky, and our wish is granted, maybe that's what we call happiness.” ― Sakura Austin Shelbourne has spent his life in small town America. He had hopes and dreams just like the rest of us. He wanted... Continue Reading →
We all have hopes and dreams that we do almost anything to make real. And if we get lucky, and our wish is granted, maybe that's what we call happiness.” ― Sakura Austin Shelbourne has spent his life in small town America. He had hopes and dreams just like the rest of us. He wanted... Continue Reading →
“Every relationship has at least one really good day. What I mean is, no matter how sour things go, there’s always that day. That day is always in your possession. That’s the day you remember. You get old and you think: well, at least I had that day. It happened once. You think all the... Continue Reading →
“Never a horse that can’t be rode and never a rider that can’t be throwed.” ― Earle Gray In this, the second book in The Bullriders series, we take a trip back to the rodeo with Andrew Grey. This time around instead of seeing the end of a champion's reign, we are seeing the beginning... Continue Reading →
“Never a horse that can’t be rode and never a rider that can’t be throwed.” ― Earle Gray In this, the second book in The Bullriders series, we take a trip back to the rodeo with Andrew Grey. This time around instead of seeing the end of a champion's reign, we are seeing the beginning... Continue Reading →
“Thou art to me a delicious torment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I am of the opinion that loving to read is a combination of a variety of things, some of which is a healthy dose of anticipation and a probably more than healthy dose of expectation. Expectations are those nagging little impulses that make you... Continue Reading →
“Thou art to me a delicious torment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I am of the opinion that loving to read is a combination of a variety of things, some of which is a healthy dose of anticipation and a probably more than healthy dose of expectation. Expectations are those nagging little impulses that make you... Continue Reading →
“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.” -- John Burroughs This is Love is a sweet, low-angst book. It is a good story about two damaged men who find love with each other. It isn’t perfect. My two main gripes are the insta-love that was just too unbelievable... Continue Reading →
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