Together Again by Mimi Barbour is a steamy historical time-travel romance which currently has 4.9 stars from 9 reviews. When he travels forward in time, the spirit of 16 year old Dani Howard is united with reporter Troy Brennan, who is a real heartthrob. The two fall head over heels in love. Dani must return back to her own body but she has Troy’s promise that he will attend her birthday party so they can meet in person. Together Again is a well written book. There is a real chemistry between the two characters that leaps off the page. The magical element of time travelling adds to the entertainment, creating a truly unique read. Perhaps best of all, it matches a believable romance with a lighter humorous side to create a deeply engaging read. About Mimi Barbour Born in Manitoba Canada, Mimi Barbour now lives on Vancouver Island, where she writes paranormal romance , having penned the Vicarage Bench series. Read more [...]

To Dare the Duke of Dangerfield is a steamy historical romance with a current rating of 4.1 over 15 reviews. It is book one in the series Wicked Wagers. The book tells of Lady Caitlin Southall, who has dared Harlow Telford to a wager which will either win her back her house or lose her her pride and dignity. If she loses, the duke gets to spend the night with her. Harlow Telford finds Caitlin an amusing woman. She gained his interest after slapping him in the face. That slap in the face has led him to want to bed her, and he’ll do anything to make it happen. Bronwen Evans is a natural writer. You really get a sense of her delightful imagination when reading this book. She brings the historical setting to life, creates captivating characters and knows how to make romance work. She’s won numerous awards for her talents. With Daring the duke of Dangerfield readers get to spend a few hours in an utterly entertaining, humorous, well paced romp. It matches tenderness with sexiness Read more [...]

Verdict: Moon Over Taylor’s Ridge is packed full of beautiful descriptions that brings the scenes to life. An uncomplicated by engaging plot serves to keep the pages turning. Moon Over Taylor’s Ridge tells of Avie William’s Cole, a woman who is returning to her childhood home after the death of her father in order to settle his affairs. She is accompanied by Joseph, her teenage son, who struggles with asthma. Looking after her father’s estate is only one of Avie’s concerns. She is also stuck in a marriage that lacks all passion and romance. In journeying back home she reflects on her relationship. As though that were not bad enough, she also has to content with relatives who seem to have other ideas about the settlement of her father’s estate. By far the strongest element of this read is in the descriptive work. Taylor’s Ridge (a forty mile ridge in Georgia, named after Richard Taylor) is brought to life intelligently. In reading this book one really feels they have Read more [...]

Verdict: Someone Else’s Fairytale is a good old fashioned love story about a 22 year old who finds love when she least expects it.    Someone Else’s Fairytale tells the story of 22 year Chloe Winters, an aspiring valedictorian at the University of New Mexico. Chloe holds two things dear to her heart: becoming a forensic scientist and keeping her virginity. Chloe is the most down to Earth girl at the university, so down to Earth that she isn’t even impressed when Jason Vanderholt, a Hollywood heart throb, returns to town to film a movie. They happen to meet nonetheless and for some reason Chloe can’t understand, Jason seems to like her. It isn’t long before Jason and Chloe become good friends. Chloe makes clear to inform Jason of her feelings towards sex. this is quite the shock to Jason, who is more than accustomed to having his way.  It seems if he’s to win Chloe he’s going to need to do it the old fashioned way: earning his way into her heart gradually. On Read more [...]

Verdict: Nowhere Safe by Dianna Love is a compelling and thoroughly entertaining read, packed full of romance and suspense. It will have yuo hooked from start to finish.   Nowhere Safe tells the story of covert operative Josh Robertson as he attempts to prevent a terrorist a plot and to seek revenge for the death of a woman he loved. Josh isn’t expecting to find himself attracted to Trish Jackson, the sister of a suspect, and he soon falls head over heels for her. A recovering alcoholic, Trish’s life is far from perfect. She’s threatened by a stalker called Chessmaster.  As though Josh weren’t busy enough he’s now responsible for Trish’ safety too. The most impressive aspect of Nowhere Safe—and of Dianna Love’s writing—is the ease with which it weaves through moods and emotions, showing tenderness, eroticism, danger, piling thrill after thrill in and never letting up till the end. The characters are excellent too, being believable and realistic yet also having Read more [...]

Sand Dollar by Sebastian Cole is one of the most original romance novels I’ve read recently. The book description introduces the book as being a story about Noah Hartman, a man who refuses to let go of his true love after she walks out on their love.  Love is the theme of Noah’s life and, as an old man, he discovers a truth about his past that changes everything. Sand Dollar is a book of mysteries. The prologue in itself is extremely mysterious. It starts with Noah’s marriage being interrupted by a strange woman, at which Noah leaves the ceremony and talks to the woman, where she says that they should always have stayed together. Ahhhh, now that’s a good opener to spark your imagination and get you involved in the narrative. The book then takes one mighty leap forward to show Noah as an 80 year old in hospital sharing his love story to an orderly. As the story develops we learn about love interest Robin, Noah’s parents, brother and many other characters. Being a book Read more [...]

Emma Calin’s new romantic novel Escape To Love is a short story about young single mother Maria, who is trying to overcome years of physical abuse at her partner’s hands, and her daughter Lucy, who is autistic. As though Maria hadn’t been through enough, she is put through hell when she hears a new story stating that two escaped prisoners are loose in her neighbourhood, one being a rapist and the other a fraudster, which wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the fact that her daughter is late getting home. Thankfully, her daughter returns home safely but she isn’t alone, one of the prison escapees is with her, but which one? While it would be a far stretch to say that Escape To Love is a realistic or particularly believable story (Maria’s feelings for the convict are hard to believe) I nevertheless found Escape To Love to be a highly enjoyable read. It could use a little more polish as there are spelling and punctuation errors dotted around the book, but if you’re Read more [...]

Sue Johnston’s Talk To Me has one clear aim: to create connection and collaboration in the workplace. To succeed in this she draws on her vast experience as journalist specialising in organisational communication to achieve exactly that. Talk To Me is a two part novel that uses both fictional storytelling and practical lessons to show how the way we talk in business affects the bottom line. The book is packed full of scientific facts from neuroscience, positive psychology and other areas and is incredibly informative. The book is divided into two stories. Both of them show, in one way or another, a character learning to use good communication skills in order to overcome various problems in the business environment. The stories serve to open our eyes to the way we speak to one another in work and the affect our communication styles have on our relationships, our productivity and on other areas of business. Perhaps the best aspect of Talk to Me is the way in which sue Johnston Read more [...]

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Finless by Davee Jones  is a story of love as the lead characters learn how to heal wounded relationships in order to find personal happiness. Here's what I thought of Davee Jones' Finless Themes: The central themes concern love and redemption, as well as eroticism  Characters: The main characters in Finless are written wonderfully, each having a clear personality. There’s also some wonderful character development that keeps you turning the pages. Setting: Finless takes places in an urban setting though (unless I missed it) it’s not actually stated which city it takes place in. Offices, hotels and apartments are the primary settings. While I found some of the descriptions a little formal (they could have used a little more personality in description) each was well realised and made for believable settings. Personality: I mentioned personality above as a minor issue with the settings. There is, however, some truly nice shows of the author’s personality with delightful Read more [...]

Synopsis: David Julius Arthur Bowles (posh name, ay?) is a lecturer in English at BostonCollege whom Laura Adamsky is gets a date with. He’s an attractive guywhose idea of a date isn’t entirely conventional. He decides that he and Laura should become friends, which means meeting at specific times every week. The relationship may then progress to courting, if Laura so chooses. Wow, what a weirdo. And that’s only the beginning of it. You might have guessed by the title of the book that David is a slightly Mad man. The plot proceeds to ask some intriguing questions about dating and relationships, along with presenting strong Christian themes. The book is written in first person from Laura’s point of view. The writing is clear and easy to follow as well as being entertaining and involving. Being a self published ebook, you’ll likely want to know about it’s grammar and style (as such fine points are the bane of so many authors when publishing their own book). The books editor Read more [...]

Bedtimes stories should serve one purpose: they should stimulate the imagination. Children (well, and the rest of us) need to have great imaginations, and one of the best ways to get one is through reading (and, to a greater or lesser degree, through movies and books). It’s rarely that I read bedtime stories (which is quite probably something to do with the fact that I’m a 30 year old guy). But, feeling like reading something completely and utterly different, I took a look at The giants Get a Pet. I was surprised to find a truly well written bedtime story that is straight-up a feel-good read. This really is a perfect book for kids. The fairies have happened upon a scary sound in the woods and so they call their allies, the Giants who promise to keep them safe and do so. With the help of their queen, the fairies speak with the giants, who investigate the mysterious sound to discover a life changing surprise. This is a great story and well worthy of a read. Pick up a copy Read more [...]