The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel on July 6, 2021 Genres: Fiction / Historical / World War II, Fiction / War & Military, Fiction / Women Pages: 384 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel was a book I absolutely loved and couldn’t put down. Set […]
A Seance in 1887 I am a natural born skeptic. So, I wasn’t scared when I met my first psychic medium at a birthday party in 2005. I dismissed her insistence that an older man’s spirit wanted to talk with me. “His name began with ‘S’,” she said concentrating, “it sounds like ‘Sam’ but that’s […]
Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren on June 25, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy Pages: 320 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: Read […]
I’m an immigrant kid, more or less twice over. My parents emigrated from Brazil to England, bringing the culture of their country with them. There they birthed my older sister and me. We lived there until I was five, then off my family went to the United States, where we’ve lived ever since. By all […]
He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox on August 29, 2023 Genres: Fiction / Christian / Contemporary, Fiction / Small Town & Rural, Fiction / Women Pages: 336 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Amanda Cox’s “He Should Have Told the Bees” is an emotional journey that weaves together themes of love, loss, […]
The other night, out to dinner with a couple fiction-writer friends, I learned a new-to-me genre word: howdunit. The friend who shared the term said it describes a detective story in which the focus of the narrative is not the person who committed the crime (that would be a whodunit) but, rather, how the crime […]
William by Mason Coile on September 10, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Horror, Fiction / Science Fiction / General, Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological Pages: 224 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career, he’s created an […]
Students sometimes ask what the themes are in my book, to which I usually laugh and reply, “That sounds like a test question.” Then, turning serious, I go on to explain that I don’t think about themes when tackling a story. Rather, I find myself spending time with my characters, and wondering how they will […]
‘Tis the Damn Season by Fiona Gibson on September 11, 2024 Genres: FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Fiction / Family Life / Siblings, Fiction / Friendship, Fiction / General, Fiction / Mashups, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Holiday, Fiction / Romance / International, Fiction / Romance / Later […]
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross on December 26, 2023 Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Romance, Young Adult Fiction / Magical Realism, Young Adult Fiction / War & Military Pages: 448 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads “Should I be surprised that I was falling in love with you a second time? Should I […]