Desert Isle Keeper

  • A Drink Before the War

    I’ve been hearing great things about Dennis Lehane for some time now, and I finally bought the first book in his series of mysteries set in Boston. All I can say is, believe the hype. Great writing and a funny yet tortured hero/narrator has me eagerly anticipating the rest of the series. Patrick Kenzie is…

  • Archangel by Sharon Shinn

    I stumbled across the book Archangel as a result of a conference I went to on the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. In no time at all I had read this book, its sequel, and much of Sharon Shinn’s backlist, which is, unfortunately, not nearly long enough. Sharon Shinn is a buried treasure and someone…

  • Menage by Emma Holly

    Emma Holly is one of the better known erotica authors; although her current historical Beyond Innocence is near the top of my TBR pile, I had previously read and enjoyed a couple of her contemporary erotica books, including one of her most famous titles, Menage. Thirty-three year old Kate Winthrop, a Philadelphia bookstore owner, has…

  • Born in Ice by Nora Roberts

    I don’t consider myself a terribly picky reader. If the story has likable characters, a fairly understandable plot and a happy ending, that’s enough for me. I find myself liking a whole lot of books but there are very few that I love. What makes this book a Desert Isle Keeper for me, then, is…

  • Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

    Oooohh, I love a good monster story! Vampires, werewolves, the supernatural, the undead; I just eat them up. If you’re like me, and you’re always up for some romance served spooky style, Bitten, Kelley Armstrong’s first book, is one of the best on the menu this year. Elena Michaels is a werewolf, the only female…

  • When We First Met

    When I was in fourth grade, I had opportunity to take home some books that were being discarded from a local bookstore. When I picked up Norma Fox Mazer’s When We First Met, I thought, what the heck? Seventeen years later, I’m still glad I did. Jenny Pennoyer is a pretty normal seventeen-year-old. She works…

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