Reviews, opinions, random chatter
Aug 10
Blurb: Highborn Anna Arrington has been "following the drum," obeying the wishes of her cold, controlling cavalry officer husband. When he dies, all she wants is to leave life with Wellington’s army in Spain behind her and go home to her family’s castle in Scotland. Sergeant Will Atkins ran away from home to join the [...]
Jan 09
Blurb: Professor Philip Osbourne is Clive Aldridge’s toughest teacher, but he has a secret: Osbourne is sneaking out to celebrate Hanukkah at the risk of offending his peers. Bolstered by the knowledge that his teacher is actually human, Clive makes an effort to form a friendship that will over the decades grow into much more. [...]
Jul 07
Clyde, a chain smoking, snarky, misanthropic secretary falls slowly and against his will in love with Sam who worms his way into Clyde’s life. The story is told completely in first person from Clyde’s POV and in present tense. Clyde doesn’t change that much in the course of the book, he’s still the guy who [...]
Jun 12
Blurb: J’s life has been tough ever since his father disowned him for being gay, but when his abusive boyfriend kicks him out, things get even worse. While searching for a shelter to spend the night in, J is accosted by a strange man who needs a place to hide. Despite his fear, J agrees [...]
May 07
Lara Adrian is giving away the first story in her popular Midnight Breed series as an e-book for free. “Kiss of Midnight” is the first of so far five books with the sixth one “Ashes of Midnight” coming out later this month. If you like vampires, romance and a story arc this might be a [...]
Mar 21
Synopsis: Lately, Claire Edwards feels like she is floundering. A ho-hum teaching job, a string of terrible dates, nights spent only with Netflix and bizarre dreams of spaceships for company…life isn’t working out the way she hoped. But Claire has an extraordinary secret ability – she can go anywhere at all, just by wishing it. [...]
Feb 14
Today I’m a guest blogger at Phoebe Jordan’s blog reviewing "Tiger Eye" but Marjorie M. Liu. Head on over to her blog "Talk about my favorite authors" to find out more about "Tiger Eye".
Feb 07
Synopsis: On the way home from a competition Fiona and her 8 teenage students are surprised by a snowstorm and have to seek shelter in a holiday cabin which is run by John. The Iraq veteran has bought the cabin seeking solitude to overcome his PTSD. Not that he acknowledges that he does suffer from [...]
Feb 06
Synopsis: Erin doesn’t want to go to sleep anymore because she’s having nightmares all the time. A beastly dragon keeps trying to abduct her in her dreams and claim her. Eventually a knight comes along and rescues her and – as you would expect at that point – she’s immediately enthralled by him. V’Aidan is [...]
Feb 02
I have read a lot of things about this guide. It is the best companion ever, tons of vital information, great short story, it stinks, nothing new, is all on the board anyway and so on. Basically I like the idea of an insider’s guide or companion. Especially for series like the Dark Hunters you [...]
