Q: When did you begin writing your books? A: When I was nine or ten, I basically wrote a novelization of the Jackie Chan movie POLICE STORY. I remember being really proud of it and showing it to my dad, who wasn’t particularly impressed, suggesting that it was a waste of time, and that what I... Continue Reading →
Review: Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
Synopsis: When odd, supernatural events plague the town of Comtosook, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince the residents that there's nothing spiritual about the property. An intricate tale of love, haunting memories, and renewal. (An interview about the book is included below the reading guide). "Sometimes I wonder....Can a ghost... Continue Reading →
Meet This Author: Humphrey Hawksley
Q: When did you begin writing fiction?In the mid-1990s, I was the BBC’s Bureau Chief in Beijing. China was a fascinating assignment, a vast country waking up and turning itself into the factory of the world, building cityscapes, freeways, high speed rail and everything that makes up the glitter of the modern China we see... Continue Reading →
Review: In Hitler’s House by Jonathan Lane
Synopsis: William Weber was on tour in Germany in the summer of 1931 when he chanced to meet a struggling politician, Adolf Hitler. Hitler soon discovered that Willy was a wealthy innocent and set out to exploit him in every way that he could. There follows a startlingly... Continue Reading →
Author Interview with Brian Gallagher
Author Interview with Brian Gallagher ULM: What lead you to becoming a writer? I’m not sure I know. Years ago, I started a novel, but never finished it. Sometime in 2011, I grabbed my computer and started writing. The Vatican Protocol, more or less, wrote itself. When I’d come to a new thought or direction, I’d... Continue Reading →
Review: Things We Don’t Say Out Loud
Synopsis: Rising star, Sheila Burkes, has a new position as the resident psychologist/radio talk show host at Memphis’s premier Black radio station, WRLM. With this new venture, she seeks to heal others by helping to guide them through their subconscious, mental blocks and into their greater possibilities. There’s only one problem. She has her... Continue Reading →
Review: Madness of Mercury
Synopsis: San Francisco astrologer Julia Bonatti's life is turned upside down when she becomes the target of the city's newest cult leader, Reverend Roy of the Prophet's Tabernacle. Driven out of her apartment in the midst of a disastrous Mercury retrograde period, she takes shelter with a client who's caring for two elderly aunts.... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Nirvana by J.R. Stewart
Nirvana by J.R. Stewart is a masterpiece unlike any other I have ever read. Readers will instantly be drawn into this stunning high quality of fiction with many interesting themes to keep readers hooked all night long. J.R. Stewart's novel takes reality and evil to a whole new level. The plot is complex, fast-paced and... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Smart but Dead by Nancy G. West
Smart But Dead (An Aggie Mudeen Mystery) by Nancy G. West is one of the funniest yet most intriguing novels readers will read. The main character Aggie is nothing but a funny, sharp witted woman who makes solving mysteries a fun and suspenseful adventure. Readers will feel excited and laugh all the way until the... Continue Reading →
Book Review: A Love Story for a Nation by Mark Sasse
A Love Story for a Nation by Mark Sasse is one of those novels that readers won't ever forget. For fans of The Fault within Our Stars, this is a must read. Though the plotlines differ it holds the same value and hearlt melting power as the famous book turned movie. I found the mystery... Continue Reading →
Book Review: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn is exactly that. Readers will be lured into a curious beginning of events that will keep them even more puzzled as the characters go about finding the truth. A romantic mystery thriller that readers everywhere will come to love. The plot is fast-paced, complex, and suspenseful. I could hardly... Continue Reading →
Book Review: A Thorn Among the Lilies by Michael Hiebert
A Thorn Among the Lilies by Michael Heibert is an astounding masterpiece that readers everywhere will enjoy. A woman who goes out and beyond to solve cold cases that continue to share the same patterns. Eyes sewn shut. This brilliant novel will take readers deep into a serial killer's path where suspense and danger are... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Ghost Image by Ellen Crosby
Ghost Image by Ellen Crosby is a dynamic thriller that will have readers coming back for the next incredible book in this intensifying series. A freelance photojournalist who is friends with a a Franciscan Friar is set out on her most dangerous task of all. Right before her friend, Brother Kevin Boyle, is found dead... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Spiraled by Kendra Elliot
Spiraled by Kendra Elliot is exactly that. For FBI agent Ava McLane, her world goes spiraling out of control fast when her troubled twin sister reappears within her life and then fate traps her in as a witness to a crime happening within a mall. Ava is trapped without her gun as the shooters begin... Continue Reading →
Book Review; Boderline by Liza Marklund
Borderline is a new novel that takes thrillers to a whole new level. Annika Bengtzon's leads from a web of lies and violence take her face-to-face with a dangerous enemy. Annika worked as a newspaper correspondent in Washington DC and when she returns drastic events start happening with four murders and officials thinking there is a serial... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Lilac Lane by Ann Swann
Lilac Lane by Ann Swann is a must read novel. A mystery thriller that catches readers from the beginning and lures them deep into a dark and luring world of intrigue. A woman name Ella and her son mange to escape her husband anger but for how much longer? Her and her son are free... Continue Reading →
Book Review: A Treacherous Trader by Ellery Adams and Parker Riggs
A Treacherous Trader is a must read mystery for all! Both Ellery Adams and Parker Riggs have created a fantastic world full of intrigue. This fascinating story is aboout a reporter getting ready for her big day. She has promised everyone that she will stear clear of any murders and crimes. But little does Mollie... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Stiff Penalty by Annelise Ryan
Stiff Penalty by Annelise Ryan is must read mystery thriller. This story is highly unusual for its kind making it the number one novel that readers will want to read. The story is about a pregnant woman who is a deputy coroner is out on the prowl as to who stabbed a math teacher with a... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Southern Spirits by Angie Fox
Angie Fox has created the best mytery suspese novel that I have ever read. The plot will hook and captivate readers into this fun, addictive, and suspenful world. I loved reading this novel and the characters are so compelling. Such as graphic desginer Verity Long. She moves into an old and very haunted house and... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Blood Moon by Alexndra Sokoloff
Blood Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff is astounding. Her creative talents have lured readers to award nominated FBI series. This story is mysterious, thrilling, and enough intrigue to keep readers hooked forever. Twenty-five years since the slaughtering of three families. And only one survived. This one lone survivor was a child. But now is a main... Continue Reading →
New Agent Looking for Submissions
I found this info on Writer's Digest Website and I wanted to share it with you all! About Genevieve Nine: Genevieve has had a lifelong love affair with books. Her tastes are eclectic, ranging from the classics to quirky. She’s drawn to the fantastic, the curious, and the unexpected. Genevieve is looking to represent authors... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #4-2 Thriller Suspense
In the first part of the Thriller Suspense writing challenge, we wrote about a woman who came to realizing with an instant panic that she was trapped in a small dark place with something being piled on top of her. The only other thing she can hear is the evil laughter from above her..as... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #4-1 Thriller Suspense
In today's writing challenge, we will be writing a thriller suspense novel. Using only 700 words we will write about: A woman is instantly filled with panic as she comes to, realizing she's trapped in something dark, fighting with her life to get out, she hears evil laughter from above as something keeps hitting what... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #2-3
Western Writing Challenge Part 3: Using only 600 words describe what both the cowboy and his beautiful neighbor try to do to avoid each other at all costs. Make one of them the stubborn one, and the other one make a risk taker. How does this now make them want to be near each other... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #2-2
Western / Western Romance Writing challenge part two: Using only 600 words tell us what happens between the young hardworking cowboy, a father of two twin mischievous boys, and new neighbor, a young beautiful, down to earth woman. Tell us how she offers to help the young cowboy out with his two boys. The two boys... Continue Reading →