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Review: Skylark by Ruthie Morgan

Skylark, by Ruthie Morgan, is an intense, haunting, and beautiful story about love, life, and loss.

One stormy night in London, Billie May Worthington meets Evan Skylark, an Irish artist. The no-nonsense young woman falls for the brooding artist quickly and hard, shocking those who know her best. At first everything seems perfect. Yet, Billie soon learns that Evan’s artistic brilliance has a dark side. A mistake haunts Evan and forces the young couple to retreat from their dream lives in Paris. When Billie finds out she’s pregnant, she has to forego her own dreams and follows Evan to […]

T B Markinson2019-01-22T15:52:30+02:00December 23rd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Ephemeral by Richard Bard

Ephemeral is the second in the Everlast Duology, which is the follow-up series to Richard Bard’s wildly successful Brainrush Trilogy.

Jake Bronson is back in another heart-stopping thriller that blends mystery, cutting-edge technology, and action and adventure into a whirlwind of a story.

In Amsterdam, a scientist is working on a cybernetic life-extension project that will transfer individual consciousness to a personalized avatar. His grandson, in Hong Kong, is working on using the same technology to infiltrate the world’s most secure networks.

There’s a hitch. The scientist doesn’t have much longer to live. The solution: Jake Bronson. Jake, however, is […]

Review: The Bleaklisted Books by David M Brown & Donna Brown

The Bleaklisted Books is a sarcastic and original book that tells how one cat really feels about literary masterpieces.

Charlie, the cat, decides to become a book critic to determine which books should be bleaklisted. What does bleaklisted mean? According to the introduction, “Bleaklisting is simply an offshoot of the well-known word ‘blacklisting.’” Charlie, who thinks he’s as powerful as Napoleon Bonaparte, doesn’t really like books and he really dislikes books that don’t feature him. Nevertheless, he reads many of the “great” books and renders his verdict. This volume includes twenty-five books that Charlie has decided should be bleaklisted. David […]

T B Markinson2019-01-22T15:53:23+02:00December 22nd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Humor, Non-Fiction Book Reviews, Pets Book Reviews, Social Science Book Reviews|

Review: The Stranger Box by Pamela Cuming

The Stranger Box, by Pamela Cuming, is a psychological thriller that is both shocking and entertaining. More importantly, it will keep readers turning the pages.

Eden is adopted by Carolyn and Robert Dengler. Their daughter, Samantha, loves to remind Eden that she’s adopted. Eden doesn’t exactly fit into the Dengler home. The housekeeper ends up having a strong influence over Eden and teaches her about plants and Voodoo. When tragedy strikes, Eden runs away from home to avoid being placed in a group home. Her trials and tribulations include living in the tunnels of the subway with a disturbing […]

T B Markinson2015-03-31T01:02:09+02:00December 22nd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Thriller Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

Review: Demon in the Window by Judah Swann

Demon in the Window by Judah Swann Jericho Coleman is a typical enough six-year-old boy living with his parents in their old Victorian house. Typical enough, until the day his father descends into a brutal rage, killing his mother and chasing Jericho down. His salvation comes in a mysterious voice that calls to him, and with the striking of a deal, his father is found hanging in front of him, dead, by the clawed hand of a stranger. Eventually the stranger returns, and reveals himself to be a demon – Mavado – now in union with Jericho, as per their pact. Things spiral out of control as […]

James Grimsby2015-01-26T06:25:34+02:00December 22nd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Horror Book Reviews|

Review: The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur

The Man I Love is an incredible and emotional tale that pulls the reader into the pages and doesn’t let up until the end.

Erik Fiskare, a college freshman, is attracted to the world of theater. However, he prefers being backstage. When he first looks into the eyes of Daisy Bianco, a dancer, he feels something.

She said it with her eyes, he heard it clearly in his head, and it wasn’t hello.

It was, “Well, here you are.”

Here I am, he thought.

The two fall madly in love and it seems that nothing can tear the lovers apart.[…]

T B Markinson2014-12-19T08:59:19+02:00December 19th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews, Women's Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Five Days Dead by James L. Davis

In an uncertain future, humanity finally achieves its greatest technological breakthrough with cold fusion, and with the rise of growing political climates toward conservation, recedes into a technological utopia of the Hubs, interlinked cities across the world.

The decision of the majority of the population is solidified by the invention of the Link – a web-like virtual reality “Digiverse” – and the coming of the Rages, apocalyptic occurrences of unknown origin ranging from rapid climate changes to all animal life on the planet becoming wildly hostile to humans, and only humans.

It’s in these “intrestin” times that one Harley Nearwater […]

James Grimsby2014-12-18T07:13:46+02:00December 18th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Apocalyptic Fiction Book Reviews, Fantasy Book Reviews|

Review: Dublin In The Rain by Andrew Critchley

Dublin In The Rain weaves themes of love, redemption and devastation as those connected to a fatal accident in Dublin in 1947 are thrown together with sadness and romance, in this, the first book of a series by Andrew Critchley.

When Jonathan arrives in Dublin, he’s anxious and solemn due to traumatizing events that have left him empty. But when he meets the somewhat magical Maoliosa, the hotel barmaid who mysteriously guesses his name and wins his affections, he wonders if he’s found happiness. But Jonathan will have to go back to his childhood to work through the past if […]

Cate Baum2014-12-15T01:47:52+02:00December 14th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|