Caged Heat by Milly Taiden

July 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment

HEAT
Caged Heat by Milly Taiden
Publisher: Etopia Press
Genre: Contemporary, Paranormal
Length: Full Length (194 pages)
Other: M/F, Voyeurism
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Tulip

Everyone has a bit of a beast inside…

After five years traveling through third world countries to teach impoverished children, Samira Suarez has returned home to Black Meadows. What Sam didn’t expect was to be instantly overwhelmed by the desire to be with the one man she’s wanted since she was a teen, Riel Karven.

Riel has been patiently waiting for Sam’s return. For five long years he’s backed off and watched her come and go. This is it. His mate is back and he’s taking a stand.

Sam’s need for Ry grows to unimaginable proportions. It’s almost as if she were in heat. But she’s a human…isn’t she?

There’s more at stake than Sam and Ry’s future relationship when she inherits her grandmother’s estate. One of her many relatives wants her out of the way.

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What an amazing story! I absolutely loved it. Caged Heat had everything that I look for in a book. Passion, suspense, drama, and some very sexy shifters. You name it, this book’s got it. I was captivated by the steamy love scenes and the thrilling suspense that kept me on the edge of my seat.

After five years of spreading good will, teaching impoverished kids around the world to read, Samira is finally back home. Her beloved grandmother has passed away and left her fortune to Sam. Right away the drama kicks into high gear as the rest of the family are not happy. Threats are made and Sam’s life is in danger as somebody tries to take her out. Making matters worse are the strange symptoms that she keeps having that open up an entirely different mystery. This story was riveting as the suspense kept building and the twists and turns kept coming.

Then Sam hooks up with Riel, the wolf next door who has known all along that she is his mate. He made a promise to her grandmother that he’d wait to claim Sam as his mate. Now that she has returned all bets are off and he will do anything to protect her.

Wow! The chemistry was off the charts between these two. Although the steamy love scenes were plenty, they were written with an emotional intensity so that I never once felt the book was just about sex. Surprisingly for me that it was my favorite love scene, the first interaction they had was a voyeurism scene. Their little peep show was so hot and so well played out that it had me fanning myself. I knew right then that this was an author who knew how to set the stage for amazing love scenes. I was right. The book was loaded with lots of steamy love scenes that had me cranking up the AC.

There was a lot of stuff going on in this book to keep me entertained. The story was full of action . I liked that it contained surprises and I never knew where the story was going. It’s an intense story with some interesting plot twists that kept things moving at a fast and thrilling pace. The author did a great job of hiding the villains identity until the end. To this readers satisfaction the villains get their just comeuppance in the end.

I loved the characterization and the connection between Riel and Sam. The author brought them to life and got me interested in their lives. I felt sad for Sam cause, except for her grandmother, she kinda grew up alone. Her family was so mean to her. So I connected with her emotionally and that is a bonus for me when I’m reading a book. The mystery of her parents …. that was so sad that it made my heart ache. What can I say about Riel? Definitely a true alpha male and so sexy. Just the kinda guy I love to read about. I was cheering him on when he came to defended his woman and handed out some serious retribution. There was also some intriguing secondary characters that I’d love to read about. I’m looking forward to reading Troy and Nat’s book real soon.

I have so many good things to say about this book. I loved it! I recommend it to readers who enjoy a fast paced story that is loaded with suspense, steamy love scenes and HOT alpha heroes.

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Murder in the World Below by Lara Nance

July 15, 2013 By 1 Comment

MURDER
Murder in the World Below by Lara Nance
A Haven Mystery
Publisher: Self Published
Genre: Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Full Length (156 Pages)
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by Cyclamen

A Haven Mystery –
In 1922 the federal government built the largest facility for handicapped children in the country, hidden in the Shenandoah mountains of Virginia. It was closed forever in 1960 amid horrifying stories of deplorable conditions, overcrowding, illegal testing and sexual abuse of the young inmates.

Sixty-one years later, the academy is now a community college, all trace of its evil past swept away. Or is it? For under the campus of renovated buildings, escapees from the academy and their descendants still live in an elaborate series of tunnels and caves, hiding their differences and fear of the upper world.

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Aided by a professor from the college, Awen is in a race to expose the killer and hunt for a source of energy that will save Haven. Unfortunately, the murderer now has their sights on Awen as the next victim, and time is running out for the world below.

An entire community lives in the tunnels below what used to be the Parker-Dunham Academy for Retarded Children, a facility which had been closed in 1960. The facility had been closed because of the deplorable conditions under which the patients lived, and now the site houses Virginia’s Shenandoah Community College. Many of those living in this community, named Haven, were subjected to horrendous radiation experiments in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Children born to these “Testers” were frequently deformed or handicapped. But in Haven they have a good and satisfying life, that is until they learn that they will have to find a new source of power as the college converts its last coal furnace to electricity. Add to that the discovery that there is a killer in their midst and the tension builds.

Lara Nance has written a gripping novel which is much more than a mystery or suspense thriller. She has a real understanding for her characters who live their entire lives below ground. She demonstrates a true empathy with Awen, Gran, Billy, and others who are terrified of the Uppers, as they call those who live Topside. Then there are the Uppers, themselves, both good and bad. Awen likes to sit in classes at the college. She stays in the back and leaves the minute class is over, but she has a real hunger for learning. This leads to a friendship with Mimi, the daughter of a rich lawyer, and Jason, the English professor. Both of these people are good and true. Other Uppers, however, are cruel and vindictive, showing the utter complexity of the human experience.

Nance’s descriptions of Haven are incredible. I really felt as if I were underground where communication takes place using coded tapping on the pipes and the women long for things like a dryer since clothes take so long to dry in the damp. Many residents have trained pet rats to keep them company and provide comfort. And while there are a few who try to separate the residents into Testers and Pure (those not tainted by the radiation experiments), most of them accept and treasure each other for the many gifts they each bring to the community.

This novel is definitely a good mystery, and I didn’t guess the murderer until almost the very end. The clues are there, but lots of people seem to be good suspects as well. There are twists and turns in the plot all the way through, just as convoluted as the tunnels the Haven community lives in. But the novel would be an excellent read even without the mystery because of the way Nance deals with the sociology and psychology of Haven and its reaction to and interaction with Topside. I really enjoyed this novel and I would definitely recommend it to mystery readers as well as readers who want a different perspective on society.

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Elizabeth the First Wife by Lian Dolan

July 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

FIRST
Elizabeth the First Wife by Lian Dolan
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Full Length (269 pages)
Heat Level: Sweet
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Lavender

Elizabeth Lancaster, an English professor at Pasadena City College, finds her perfectly dull but perfectly orchestrated life upended one summer by three men: her movie-star ex-husband, a charming political operative, and William Shakespeare. Until now, she’d been content living in the shadow of her high-profile and highly accomplished family. Then her college boyfriend and one-time husband of seventeen months, A-list action star FX Fahey, shows up with a job offer that she can’t resist, and Elizabeth’s life suddenly gets a whole lot more interesting. She’s off to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for the summer to make sure FX doesn’t humiliate himself in an avant-garde production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Want to learn a little Shakespeare the fun way? Elizabeth Lancaster is an English professor who comes from an extraordinary family. Also, she’s the ex-wife of a movie star. One day, her ex surprises her with a proposition. He needs her help, after all these years. She agrees to be a consultant for him while he prepares for an acting job in a popular Shakespearean play.
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Should she take the job? The guy had broken her heart. She goes for it and learns a few things herself. Her ex-husband has done a little growing up since she last saw him. Might things resume between them? Then again, Elizabeth meets a handsome, charming guy who is working on her brother-in-law’s campaign to run for governor. They develop a real connection.

The cast is filled with interesting characters, from a Nobel Prize winner to a doctor in search for the cure for cancer. These characters help readers to see Elizabeth at her finest. The plot is interesting in a cozy way, not riveting. It’s wonderfully clever in comparing Shakespeare’s characters to modern-day people and situations. This author has bridged the gap between the sixteenth century and our modern day in a witty way. For example, there is a list of relationship red flags. What should someone watch out for then? “Eavesdrops behind Curtains.” And now? “Installs GPS Tracker.”

The book is filled with remarks that are sure to increase a reader’s understanding of the Bard’s work. Recommended to those who enjoy delightful, light-hearted, modern-day stories.

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Trouble in Disguise by Gem Sivad

July 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

TROUBLE
Trouble in Disguise by Gem Sivad
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Genre: Historical
Length: Full Length (178 pages)
Other: M/F
Rating: 4.5 stars
Reviewed by Dogwood

Since both his partners have married and retired from the hunt, Deacon McCallister is alone when he visits the Pleasure Dome, an infamous brothel in Fort Worth’s Hell’s Half Acre. He’s tracking a counterfeiter but what he finds is Trouble—dressed in a man’s ruffled shirt and nothing more.

Bounty hunter Miracle Beauregard pretends to be male, calls herself Beau and for years has fooled everyone. But underneath Miri’s disguise beats a feminine heart lusting for Deacon McCallister. Though she spends a lot of time dreaming about her rival, she never expects to act upon her longings.

When Miri follows an outlaw to the fanciest whorehouse in Texas and crosses paths with her heart’s desire, she trades her buckskins for bare skin to play the part of Deacon’s paid companion.

I applaud you Gem Sivad! Well done!  Gem Sivad is quickly becoming one of my favorite storytellers!

I love these historical romantic westerns that she has written and “Trouble in Disguise” is now tagged as one of my favorite books. Well written and very enjoyable, I have come to realize that Gem Sivad’s books are a must have on my future reading list.

“Trouble in Disguise” is one of the books in the Eclipse Heat series which are about bounty-hunters in the wild, wild west finding love in the most unusual ways.

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Miracle Beauregard (Miri) has lived in a world where the only way to survive on her own is to pretend to be a man. She does just that by acting as her alter-ego “Beau” daredevil bounty-hunter. She has seemingly fooled everyone that she has encounterd but now the stakes are different. She has found herself in love with Deacon McCallister, a bounty hunter she has watched and admired for years. Following a whim, Miri decides to go to Deacon pretending to be a “lady-for-hire” when in fact she is still an untouched maiden. Can Miri give her true self to Deacon and allow him to discover that she is in fact “Beau”?

These were great characters! Sexy Deacon had a past of tragedy that changed his life course from a “man-of-peace” to a dangerous and successful bounty hunter. He has been scarred by love before and is convinced he cannot risk his heart again. This reader could not help but fall in love with Deacon.

Miri is funny, adventurous and has alter-ego’s that she plays out to convinced people that more than one person is involved in any given scenario. I found myself smiling allot when reading about Miri’s adventures and yet pulling for her to finally show the world her feminine side. I loved this character’s banters and quirks.

I also enjoyed her secondary characters as I thought this contributed to making this story extremely entertaining and interesting. I felt that this was a well choreographed love story that offered intrigue and romance in a “wild west” historical setting filled with the “rough-um, touch-um” action that we tend to expect in a good western. I found myself lured into this fictional world that Gem Sivad had created and was excited about turning the page to read more about these two characters and their adventurous exploits.

As I stated in the past, with all of the Ellora’s Cave books that I have read thus far, I have found this story to be extremely heated also as it sizzled with sensual content that made the pages seem almost too HOT to handle.

If you find yourself wanting a tantalizing tale that shows the true historical western attitudes of that time and still offers an intriguing plot with sizzling romance, than this just might the story that you have been waiting on.

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Wicked Beat by Olivia Cunning

July 15, 2013 By 1 Comment

BEAT
Wicked Beat by Olivia Cunning
 A Sinners on Tour Book
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Full Length (399 Pages)
Other: BDSM, M/F, Anal Play, Toys, Voyeurism
Rating: Best Book
Reviewed by Foxglove

Voted BoM by LASR Readers 2013 copy

How Far Out Are Your Fantasies? When Rebekah Blake becomes the Sinners’ new soundboard operator, she has no idea that red-hot drummer Eric Sticks is the only man who can give her everything her dirty mind desires…

Wicked Beat is one of Olivia Cunning’s Sinners On Tour books, and, as with the others in this series, it is filled with laughter, tears and some very seriously hot role-playing between the main characters.

Sinners: heavy metal’s ultimate band is on tour, and the men are slowly but surely finding their perfect partners. Brian and Myrna, Jace and Aggie, even Sed has reclaimed the love of his life, Jessica. Drummer Eric Sticks is more than a bit envious, wishing he could find what they have.

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I love this world that Ms. Cunning has built, and her characters are engaging and well developed, with many facets to uncover as you get to know them. My biggest guilty pleasure is heavy metal music, and the groups playing it, so this was a fun peek into a world I’ll never see any other way. I also like that Ms. Cunning shows a softer side to her rockers, making them real people, not just cardboard cutouts or one dimensional jerks. After reading this series, I can say this about Sinners: Brian and Trey may be the soul of Sinners with their marvelous guitars, Jace may provide a solid base, and Sed may be the voice of Sinners, but Eric Sticks is its ever beating heart.

Rebekah ‘Reb’ Blake is talented, smart and determined to wring everything she can out of life. After her battle with cancer, she has some serious issues with self worth and body image, and her ex certainly didn’t help by telling her she was unattractive to him. When not one but two of the Sinners come on to her, she starts to hope he was wrong. As she grows closer to Eric, he is able to bring out the spontaneous and wild woman that lives inside, and I loved watching as Rebekah blossomed though her relationship with Eric. I liked her strength, and her willingness to try it all, at least once. And I loved that she was able to figure out what Eric’s problems in the bedroom were and come up with unique and totally hot ways to help him.

Eric Sticks is talented, sexy and, beneath it all, very lonely. He wants what his friends have found, but is willing to settle for what he can have; vicarious pleasure through voyeurism, and the occasional touch when allowed. When Eric met Rebekah, it was instant attraction for him, and he felt they were meant for each other; she even had the same blue hair color as he did. When she seems to want Trey more, he hopes she will agree to at least let him watch them together. But, for the first time, Eric doesn’t really want to watch, and I loved watching as he let Rebekah see the side he keeps hidden; the sweet and sexy man behind the wild drummer of Sinners. I really enjoy watching these two together, wondering just what they would get up to next.

Wicked Beat is not all fun and joy. There is the tension when Rebekah’s mother loses it and tries to sabotage Eric and Rebekah’s relationship, and her ex, Isaac, does his share to derail them as well. There are several surprising secrets in this one, and as they are revealed, not everyone is happy with the outcomes. But there are some very touching moments, especially when Rebekah has to go to the doctor for a checkup and Eric pours his heart out to her. The roles these two play, in and out of the bedroom, are such fun to see, and each one is an adventure, as is the screaming hot sex these two manage to have in the most unusual places. There were some tears shed as I read, and many smiles and giggles too.

To get the true feel for this tour with Sinners, to see how it all rolled out, I recommend the following reading order for the series: Backstage Pass, Rock Hard, Hot Ticket, Wicked Beat, and finally Double Time.

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Darkness Bred by Stella Cameron

July 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment

CAMERON
Darkness Bred by Stella Cameron
Chimney Rock book 2
Publisher: Forever
Genre: Action/Adventure, Contemporary, Paranormal, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Full Length (384 pgs)
Heat Level: Spicy
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Peppermint

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Ever since shapeshifter Elin escaped to Whidbey Island, danger has stalked her every move. Her human traits, combined with her unique supernatural gifts, make her a prized being to be possessed . . . or destroyed. It is only the passionate attraction she shares with werehound Sean Black that gives her hope for her future-if she can elude the lethal predators who are hot on her scent.

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Running has seemed to become a regular part of Elin and Sean’s life. Both of them have been running from a past that they cannot change. What they can change is their future, but first they have to realize that they are stronger when standing together.

The beginning of this story seemed a bit overwhelming to me. I had not read the previous story, therefore, I had a bit of a learning curve I needed to overcome. Once I became familiar with the characters and the storyline I was able to follow along and even become enthralled in the storyline and characters.

Elin’s past is something that captured my attention almost immediately. I enjoyed being able to discover more about the heroine at the same time she learns about herself. It made me feel as if I was part of the story. Elin also had a spit fire personality that had me smiling at times, because I just never knew what she was going to do next. She certainly was able to keep me and Sean on our toes as well as some of the supporting characters within the story.

Sean’s character was definitely all alpha male wanting to protect those he cares about. I liked that while this characteristic was a driving force behind his actions, it also at times proved to be his Achilles heel. This was especially true when it came to getting help from others, especially Elin. His willingness to do whatever necessary to protect her was endearing, yet it was clear that it sometimes got in the way of what needed to be done. Especially when Elin refused to be a weakling who cowers in the corner.

The story line in this book was extremely dynamic, since it featured a variety of plot conflicts. Both Elin and Sean had individual conflicts they needed to resolve as well as the main conflict from the evil that threatened them and their friends. This mystery antagonist helped to enhance the story line as well as allowed me to meet some other interesting characters such as Sally, Leigh and Niles.

This novel incorporated everything that I look for an a paranormal story with its variety of creatures, from vampires, fae and shifters, to a budding romantic interest and a diabolical antagonist (or two). I truly enjoyed the world the author created, and would love to read about more characters in the Chimney Rock series.

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The Temporary Detective by Joanne Sydney Lessner

July 11, 2013 By 7 Comments

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The Temporary Detective by Joanne Sydney Lessner
Publisher: Dulcet Press
Genre: Contemporary, Mystery
Length: Full (274 pgs)
Rated: 4.5 Stars
Review by Poppy

Phones, light typing…and murder.

Think breaking into show business is hard? Try landing a temp job without office skills. That’s the challenge facing aspiring actress Isobel Spice when she arrives in New York City, fresh out of college and deficient in PowerPoint. After being rejected by seven temp agencies for her lack of experience, Isobel sweet-talks recruiter James Cooke into letting her cover a last-minute vacancy at a bank. New to his own job, and recently sober, James takes a chance on Isobel, despite his suspicion that she’s a trouble-magnet. His misgivings are borne out by lunchtime, when she stumbles across a dead secretary in a bathroom stall. With her fingerprints on the murder weapon, Isobel sets out to prove her innocence by investigating the crime herself. While learning to juggle phone lines and auditions, she discovers an untapped talent for detective work–a qualification few other office temps, let alone actresses, can claim.

The Temporary Detective was the most fun I’ve had reading in quite some time! Isobel is such a hoot. She’s an interesting mix of naive and smart, with a mouth that sometimes forgets to close. From the moment she talked about her mishaps waiting tables as she was trying to get a temp job, I was hooked. James was a great character, too…though, honestly, even the secondary characters were really well created. I especially enjoyed Isobel’s brother.
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The author has done a great job painting a picture with her words. Maybe some of the situations stretched my belief just a tad, but that’s to be expected in a cozy mystery, I think. After all, how many temps do you know who find a body during a fire drill and then manage to somehow solve the mystery while juggling the job and trying to get a foot in the door on Broadway?

I chuckled and smiled through most of this book. That’s not to say there weren’t serious parts as well. For instance, James is struggling with an alcohol problem and desperately needs to keep his job (and Isobel isn’t making that very easy). He’s in a bad relationship, is attracted to Isobel (a skinny white girl and so not his type…) and really is just a teddy bear under all his bluster. Isobel takes good care of him (loved the part when she moved the wine out of his reach).

There were a few parts where things slowed a bit, but I adored the cast of characters so much, I never even though about stopping reading. In fact, the moment I finished, I grabbed book two and opened it up.

If you’re a fan of cozy mysteries with strong, individual characters who become your friends, then I recommend The Temporary Detective. I really enjoyed it!

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Corwin of Carrowkeel by Ed Sutter

July 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

CORWIN
Corwin of Carrowkeel by Ed Sutter
Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press
Genre: Action/Adventure, Contemporary, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Length: Full Length (303 Pages)
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Cyclamen

Corey, a pleasant middle-aged guy, is one of Ashley Forrest’s favorite customers. He’s polite, tips well, and he never causes trouble. But when trouble comes looking for Ashley, Corey helps her out, and the young waitress and pre-med student learns about the real Corey. For Corwin of Carrowkeel is a veteran of the wizard wars between the Order of the Magi and the Unseelie Knights. Suddenly, Corwin and Ashley must fight off evil wizards, vicious elves, and a beautiful sorceress or two. Ashley’s life will never be the same!

Corwin of Carrowkeel had retired from the Order of the Magi and now is living a quiet life as a writer in Arizona. He enjoys going out for breakfast just to be out with others, and when his favorite waitress, Ashley Forrest, is threatened by a jerk of a boy friend, he comes to her aid. After that, a former student and fellow mage, Joshua West, shows up to try to convince Corwin to come out of retirement because something strange is going on in the Phoenix area. That is the start of the adventures.

Ed Sutter has written an action-packed fast moving fantasy adventure with some wonderful settings and characters. Corwin is a powerful mage, but he is also a very kind man whom I like and believe in. Ashley is a waitress and a pre-med student at ASU. She is suddenly thrown into a world she never knew existed. As she says, she is a scientist and only believes in science which doesn’t include Faerie or other worlds. Corwin replies, “It’s okay. Most people have never heard of Faerie and would probably never believe in it anyway. But these other realms, other worlds, all occupy the same space, only kept apart by the frequencies at which they operate. You’d have to ask a physicist to explain that part.” Ashley is drawn into worlds she never even dreamt existed, and Sutter draws all of his readers into the magic and adventure along with Ashley.
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I like the way Sutter introduces relationships between some of the characters with flashbacks showing when they first met or previous adventures they had shared. I feel that this is an excellent way to add depth to Corwin’s character and show the reader what various other characters are truly like by means of their actions.

One of my favorite parts is Corwin’s explanation of pixies after Ashley is freaked because suddenly she can see them. Corwin says that There are “… various flavors of pixies. Sometimes, particularly if they’re on our side of the gate, they can masquerade as hummingbirds, though. Maybe half to two thirds of the hummingbirds you see back home are actually pixies. Some of that is Faerie glamour, and some of it is the refusal of the human mind to process anything that doesn’t fit its world view. Once you become attuned to the magical world, you start to see all kinds of weird things around you.” As a hummingbird lover, I like the idea that many of them are masquerading pixies, and I especially like the way Corwin encourages not only Ashley but all of us to become attuned to the magical world around us.

Corwin of Carrowkeel is a wonderful fantasy adventure with lots of action and suspense. I really hope that Sutton writes more novels about Corwin, and I can recommend this book to any lovers of magic and fantasy.

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The Hourglass by Sharon Struth

July 10, 2013 By 22 Comments

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The Hourglass by Sharon Struth
Publisher: Etopia Press
Genre: Contemporary, Women’s Fiction
Length: Full (275 pgs)
Heat: Sensual
Rated: 4 Stars
Review by Poppy

Can forgiveness survive lies and unspoken truths?

Until Brenda McAllister’s husband committed suicide, she appeared to have the ideal life: a thriving psychology practice, success as a self-help author, and a model family. But her guilt over her affair with Jack’s best friend prevents her from moving on. Did Jack learn of her infidelity? Was she the cause of his death?

The release of Brenda’s second book forces her into an unexpected assignment with arrogant celebrity author CJ Morrison, whose irritating and edgy exterior hides the torment of his own mistakes. But as she grows closer to CJ, Brenda learns she wasn’t the only one with secrets—Jack had secrets of his own, unsavory ones that may have led to his death. While CJ helps Brenda uncover the truth about her husband, she finds the path to forgiveness isn’t always on the map.

Well rounded and believable characters are what make The Hourglass a worthwhile read. The plot is no slacker, either, but it’s the characters that will keep you turning pages.
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From the moment I met coffee-deprived Brenda, I liked her. She is strong and determined and I really enjoyed her sense of humor. CJ took a little longer to like, but when he started to open up a bit, I understood what Brenda saw in him. Other characters are involved in the book, but they weren’t as clearly defined. That may be partly due to how sharply I could see Brenda and CJ, so everyone else faded a bit when compared.

I have to admit that having Brenda as an author of successful non-fiction books that focused on relationships stretched my belief system a bit, considering that she’d (almost) had an affair and didn’t realize her husband was suicidal. Still, whether I found that believable or not didn’t really matter, since that wasn’t focused upon, not even in her role as an advisor to CJ for his book. That was more pure psychology than having a focus on interpersonal relationships.

Their chemistry is apparent from the start, even though both spend the first part of the book dating other people. It was interesting watching them come to terms with their feelings, especially CJ as he really didn’t want to feel anything positive toward Brenda.

The mystery of Jack’s death isn’t really a driving force in this book. Its focus is on healing that both Brenda and CJ need to do, and how they do it, and on their relationship. The author does a wonderful job dealing with both things. It’s interesting … the book isn’t edge of your seat exciting, but I was really hooked and read it in just a few hours with very few breaks. I can’t explain exactly why I was so hooked, but clearly the author is exceptionally skilled and knows how to keep a reader entertained.

If you’re looking for a book that will keep you intrigued, even if it doesn’t make your heart pound (but does tug the heartstrings), then I recommend The Hourglass. It’s a book you will read cover to cover and then think about after you’re done.

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Spider Brains by Susan Wingate

July 10, 2013 By 2 Comments

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Spider Brains by Susan Wingate
Publisher: Astraea Press
Genre: Contemporary, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Length: Full Length (276 Pages)
Age Recommendation: 12+
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by Cyclamen

Susie Speider has big troubles. She suffers from A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder). Her future now lies in the cold, calloused palm of her gnarly teacher’s hand–a, one, Ms. Morlson–and Susie fears she won’t get into college. But when a small black arachnid bites her on the finger, Susie’s nights transform into fantastical adventures. The problem? Susie figures out the dreams are REAL! So, she ups the ante by visiting Morlson nightly…

…AS THE SPIDER!

(And on the back of Delilah, her pussy cat )

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This opening for Spider Brains captured my attention immediately. I was hooked. Susan Wingate has written a wonderful novel told in the first person by a high school student named Susie Speider. Susie is a wonderful girl, and Wingate has really captured the voice of adolescence. The plot is amusing and at the same time deals with some very important and difficult topics in ways that draw the reader in. As Susie tells her story, after being bitten by a small black spider, she develops the ability to turn into a spider when she is asleep. Riding on the back of her cat, Delilah, she visits the teacher who is making her life so miserable.

I feel that I really understand Susie and I like her, and I love her enthusiasm for words and their power. She has a lot to cope with. In addition to the two main issues she mentions in the opening of this novel, she also is still grieving for her father who died nearly a year earlier. A geeky boy named Matt and his father move into the house across the street and then Susie has to tutor him. Wingate supports Susie with a number of strong characters. Matt is very likeable and he, too, is coping with grief and bullying. And then there is their science teacher, Ms. Morlson, who obviously plays favorites in the worst possible way. She is every student’s worst nightmare.

The plot moves back and forth in time, but never by much and it is always clear where we are. The scenes where Susie is a spider in Ms. Morlson’s home are inspired. The grief of both Susie and her mom and Matt and his dad is handled realistically and with great compassion and empathy. The issue of privacy is approached as Susie’s mother insists on her right to read Susie’s diary when Susie starts acting strangely. Teacher-student interactions are explored so that the student’s side is heard. Finally, the use of medications and their possible side-effects also become part of the plot.

I think this is a novel that many teens would love. Universal themes are treated in a very direct and also a very humorous way. The first person voice of Susie works extremely well and we are definitely in her head throughout the entire novel. The language is distinctively hers, and she speaks directly to her reader, going so far as to tell the reader, “’Member? Please track.” This is truly a book to enjoy and savor.

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