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The ending paragraph of The Time Between reads: “We live, we love. These are the choices we are given, to open doors or to close them. It is all we have and it is enough.” Like the ending suggests, this novel speaks wonderfully about the choices we make and how we choose to live with…
As a reader always on the hunt for unusual settings and non-wallpaper history, Daughter of the Sky sounded like it could be quite a book.And at times, it was. After all, romance readers don’t often get a chance to find their way to South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War. The pacing had some issues and…
Narrated by January LaVoy Whenever I get the chance to listen to a Karen Kingsbury book, I get really excited! After all, she is my very favorite author. If you read/listen to Inspirational fiction, chances are you have heard of Ms. Kingsbury. So when Lea (a.k.a. my mother) asked me to review The Chance, I was…
Fans of Probst’s Marriage to a Billionaire books will find The Marriage Merger to be a fitting new (and possibly last) addition to the series. Although this book breaks no new ground, it provides a fun enough read that will satisfy readers of the Probst’s earlier works who have been hungrily awaiting a new installment….
One major eye roll. That’s what Sometimes a Rogue was. Even now I look at the book and wrinkle my nose, as though even the cover conveys the overly sweet, life-is-perfect-and-nothing-bad-can-really-touch-me vibe that I got from the pages within. I am a fan of Mary Jo Putney’s work, generally, but this book just didn’t do…
Sunday’s latest gay romance twines three story lines together tightly to make one wonderfully refreshing novel. Divorced father Sam is facing his 30th birthday having done nothing but work and be a parent since he was 15. His next door neighbor Luke lusts after Sam but settles on being his ultra-support. And nearly 15-year-old Jeremy…
Fantasy and fairy tales – what’s not to like? I am a fan of fairy tale adaptations, and though this book isn’t really a retold fairy tale or classic, it has the same feel to the plot as some of Shakespeare’s works, and some of the same characteristics as stories like Aladdin or Cinderella (or…
Narrated by Leslie Bellair Last week AudioGals featured the trending New Adult market by talking with Jessica Bromberg, Publicity Manager for Hachette’s imprint Forever. What is New Adult? Although the genre is still evolving, the characters range in age from 18-25 and are in the process of exploring their newfound freedom. Angst seems to be…
I find that books are like expensive boxed chocolates—they all look delicious, but there’s really no telling what’s inside each. Some look normal but have hidden inside a strange neon green substance that doesn’t taste all that good. Others hide a caramel or truffle filling that’s just delicious. Faking It was a book of the…
By page 5, I had assigned Taking Chances a D grade because of an abundance of truly spectacular run-on sentences. I’d hoped that I’d be able to overlook this disregard of basic English grammar, which occurred at least three or four times per page, and get lost in the story or become captivated by the…
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