Just Dreams is a spy thriller with a bit of romance nicely weaved in. Kathy Brooks is an up and coming partner in a Florida law firm who is assigned as lead attorney to Charles Morgan’s wrongful death lawsuit. Charles is a former Army sniper and operative whose wife and unborn child were killed in an automobile accident. An accident… Read more »
Triumph is a short story about domestic violence, alcoholism and forgiveness. In truth, it is a story about life and how life for all of us can change in an instant and become a horror story. Were it up to me, I would make this book mandatory reading for everyone! The story centers around Theresa and Jason who,… Read more »
A Fox’s Love is the first book in the romance comedy series, American Kitsune. The story is really based around Japanese gaming and Shonen Manga, which if you have no clue about (as I did), you’ll struggle with some of the characters but will eventually catch on to. In any case, our hero Kevin, is a very shy HS… Read more »
To Live and Die Among Immortals is listed as Science Fiction Fantasy – Sword and Sorcery. The Sword and Sorcery part I got, the Science Fiction part I would replace with Fairy Tale. There really is not a lot to the plot; which is just one of the issues I had with the book. The story centers around Selvias,… Read more »
When I started my first book, my fear of the unknown kicked in before I finished page one. My mind raced to all of the things I had to do. Turn my story idea into a plot. Develop characters. Pick names for them and places to take them. Come up with twists and turns to keep my readers intrigued. Oh…. Read more »
The lucky fool in this case is one William “Rooster” Brown: Nicknamed “Rooster” because he looks like one. At first glance, this may sound like it is going to be humorous but, it’s not. It’s listed under western fiction and that accurately describes it; although you can throw in a dash of mystery and a bit of love story…. Read more »
Butterfly Blink is a book without words. It is intended to be a learning tool for children between the ages of 2 and 6. When Karl asked if Truth About Books would review his book, my first thought was: I’m not qualified to review a children’s book. I have no children and I’m not a teacher. However, I… Read more »
Orchids and Stones should have been an outstanding mystery. It has a great story premise, a wonderful message and characters that could easily have been believable. The story centers around Daphne Mayfield whose sister, Suzanne, was murdered twenty years earlier. Ten years later, when the detective assigned to her sister’s case retires, her father gives up hope of… Read more »
Played to Death is an outstanding and complex murder mystery. The story centers around one Scott Drayco, former concert pianist, FBI agent and now, a private detective for hire. A private detective whose client has left him an abandoned opera house in the small town of Cape Unity on the Virginia coast. A town with its own set of mysterious… Read more »
Lola, is a single, twenty-nine-year-old editor of a parenting magazine and the center of our story. Lola inherits a house from her Great-aunt May and soon finds out that, along with the house, comes an entire block of characters. The neighbors immediately worm their way into her life, all except for one; the mystery man who lives directly across the… Read more »
Shadowbound is a fantasy, roughly based on the fairy tales many of us are familiar with. The books heroine is Rhiannon, younger sister of Allesha, who has gone missing. Rhiannon’s hunt for her older sister takes her from secret night spot to secret night spot trying to trace her sister’s footsteps thought a realm of deceit and mystery. A… Read more »
Ah, the three 20 something witch cousins, Bay, Clove and Thistle of the Winchester Coven, are at it again! Once more, they along with Aunt Tillie, will wreak havoc in Hemlock Cove as it becomes the scene of a new mystery. This time a cabin cruiser from Canada has been found abandoned in the middle of the lake. It’s… Read more »
The Lost Gorillas is listed under international mystery, suspense. I would describe it more as a treasure hunt with a lot of Tom Clancy want-to-be technology and a few gorillas thrown in for good measure. The Lost Gorillas drags us all over Africa as it gathers its characters, only to eventually deposit them in Gambia. As each character is added,… Read more »
Waverly Bryson, the center of the story (and the series) is a lovable but klutzy character. She and her two BFF’s, McKenna and Andie, are in their late twenties and live around the corner from each other in San Francisco. Waverly works in the world of sports PR and so spends a lot of time with famous sports figures, supermodels… Read more »
Let me begin with a thank you to Ashley for inviting me to do a guest post on her web site, my new home away from home. Or, should I have said, “Ashley, thanks for letting me blog on your web site”? Oops! The second one does not express what I wanted to say. Nor does it convey the… Read more »