REVIEW: When Summer Comes by Brenda Novak
Dear Ms. Novak: I read the first in the Whiskey Creek series. It introduced us to a small town in California and a group of friends who have been connected since high school. They are close friends, up...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry
Dear Ms. Perry, While I’m past the point of “issue novels” in YA, I do like seeing some of those topics tackled within the context of other conflicts. In The Summer I Found You, we have a girl freshly...
View ArticleREVIEW: Thornbrook Park by Sherri Browning
Dear Ms. Browning, Your publisher, Sourcebooks Casablanca, sent out a review request for some of its late summer books, including The Great Estate, a historical romance set in Edwardian England. I...
View ArticleREVIEW: Primal Force by DD Ayres
Dear DD Ayres, Primal Force is the third book in your K-9 Rescue series. I was able to follow the story without any drama so I’m confident it can be read as a stand alone. An Author’s Note in the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Forever a Soldier by Genevieve Turner
A wounded soldier searching for healing… Hank Moreno returned home from combat not quite broken but definitely battered. His job now is to recover from his tour of duty and to keep a hundred-year-old...
View ArticleREVIEW: All I Am by Nicole Helm
Recovering from his time in Afghanistan, Wes Stone prefers the company of his dogs and himself. People, especially of the female variety, are…difficult. He appreciates that Cara Pruitt doesn’t treat...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Christmas Phoenix by Patricia Kiyono
Jess Tate is trying to make a life for herself and her teenage son after her husband’s sudden death. Running the family’s struggling landscape business in Northern Michigan has been hard work, and her...
View ArticleREVIEW: Waking Up On the Appalachian Trail: A Story of War, Brotherhood, and...
Nate Hankes returned home from his tour in Iraq unable to answer one simple question: Had his mission overseas been honorable? Determined to find clarity and forge a new identity outside of the U.S....
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