Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“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 →
“Home is where we tie one end of the thread of life.” ― Martin Buxbaum Summary: Aaron left his hometown some fifteen years earlier in hot pursuit of his NHL career, leaving behind his parents, his sister and the love of his life, Zach. Pushing thirty six, he finds himself heading towards retirement, the Stanley... Continue Reading →
“Home is where we tie one end of the thread of life.” ― Martin Buxbaum Summary: Aaron left his hometown some fifteen years earlier in hot pursuit of his NHL career, leaving behind his parents, his sister and the love of his life, Zach. Pushing thirty six, he finds himself heading towards retirement, the Stanley... Continue Reading →
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” – Maya Angelou BLURB: Avery Storey has bought a house in a conscious effort to be more independent. Right before he moves in, the kitchen pipes malfunction. Lucky for him, one of his new neighbors is the same man Avery has begun... Continue Reading →
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” – Maya Angelou BLURB: Avery Storey has bought a house in a conscious effort to be more independent. Right before he moves in, the kitchen pipes malfunction. Lucky for him, one of his new neighbors is the same man Avery has begun... Continue Reading →
“I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you.” ― Walt Whitman Kim Knox brings the Agamemnon Frost trilogy to a pretty satisfying finish in Agamemnon Frost and the Crown of Towers, as Frost and his faithful manservant Mason prepare to save the world, at any and... Continue Reading →
“I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you.” ― Walt Whitman Kim Knox brings the Agamemnon Frost trilogy to a pretty satisfying finish in Agamemnon Frost and the Crown of Towers, as Frost and his faithful manservant Mason prepare to save the world, at any and... Continue Reading →
“Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.” ― Sinclair B. Ferguson I never read anything by this author but have heard good things, so I was pretty excited to read story. This was such a unique story in the sense that I had never read about a shape shifter who was a fire... Continue Reading →
“Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.” ― Sinclair B. Ferguson I never read anything by this author but have heard good things, so I was pretty excited to read story. This was such a unique story in the sense that I had never read about a shape shifter who was a fire... Continue Reading →
“Not all vampires are created equal, you know.” -- Melika Dannese Lux After reading a couple of duds, my faith in vampire stories has been restored! Every Drop of My Love is the book that made my week! I can’t begin to explain how much I loved this little book. Every Drop of My Love... Continue Reading →
“Not all vampires are created equal, you know.” -- Melika Dannese Lux After reading a couple of duds, my faith in vampire stories has been restored! Every Drop of My Love is the book that made my week! I can’t begin to explain how much I loved this little book. Every Drop of My Love... Continue Reading →
“The truth is balance. However, the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.” - Susan Sontag What is a control freak supposed to do when a pretty, innocent face starts to topple the walls he has built around his heart? Scotty Fuller has control over everything in his life. He has... Continue Reading →
“The truth is balance. However, the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.” - Susan Sontag What is a control freak supposed to do when a pretty, innocent face starts to topple the walls he has built around his heart? Scotty Fuller has control over everything in his life. He has... Continue Reading →
“Wolves are not ruled by law. They are ruled by the alpha-wolf's policy.” – Richard Kelly Hoskins First of all, to get the formalities out of the way……Lex is a policeman taking a break from his strenuous life. He wants to be left alone and is looking for as few complications in his life as... Continue Reading →
“Wolves are not ruled by law. They are ruled by the alpha-wolf's policy.” – Richard Kelly Hoskins First of all, to get the formalities out of the way……Lex is a policeman taking a break from his strenuous life. He wants to be left alone and is looking for as few complications in his life as... Continue Reading →
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