News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Some may call it fate, others would call it a perfectly executed plan. When Daniel Walters walked into Carla's life she had no idea he already knew her. He had been watching her closely, but he had never expected to feel this way about her. He knew more about her life than she did, like… Continue reading Book review: Patricia C. Jackson – Mask Weavers for Hire (@PatriciaCJacks2)
Marika had been left a tidy sum by her father. One her mother was using to fund the Haven. Over the years the law changed allowed her to inherit what was rightful hers, and such was the start of her trouble. With her inheritance came another gift, the truth about her origin, and a warning.… Continue reading Book review: Mari Collier -Marika (@child7mari)
In S.I. Taylor's Guilty Photographs, Barbera knew she could only rely on herself. Her body was a cavass to the betrayals she had experienced. But this latest edition had her concerned. Unable to recall the events of the night before she awoke bleeding, sore, and alone. She knew better than to call the cops, no… Continue reading Book review: S.I. Taylor – Guilty Photographs (@sitaylorwrites)
In Vicki Stewart's Saving Jia, 'It's over for today. Tomorrow is a long time away,' was the mantra Jia repeated to herself every day once her terrible vision subsided. She knew it was coming, it started like clockwork at 5:55 pm, the time her father had been declared dead after taking a bullet to protect… Continue reading Book review: Vicki Stewart – Saving Jia
Pestilence, War, and Famine have ridden, changing the world forever. Times of equal rights and respect had been long forgotten. Those of wealth rule, their servants little more than property, easily swapped when one becomes too damaged to perform their duties. Tzadkiel seeks to prove there is still hope, that one person in the godforsaken… Continue reading Book review: Cynthia A Morgan – Misericorde (@MorganBC728)
The recession had hit hard. Already Penny could see houses on her estate popping up for sale as desperate people tried to make a sale, and then there was the dreaded foreclosure sign opposite, almost mocking her as her husband broke the news he had lost his job. With their daughter, Lani, being almost 20… Continue reading Book review: Eve Gaal – Penniless Souls (@EveGaal)
In Imania Margria's, The Pacemaker, Minerva had fought tooth and nail through the five years of life she remembered. She had learnt she could not trust anyone. To survive was to be alone. But when she was accepted into Calendula University, a prestigious school thought to be the best in the country, her outlook had to change,… Continue reading Book review: Imania Margria – The Pacemaker (@ImaniaMargria)
All Gailin wanted to do was help people. She had dedicated her life to learning healing, to treating the sick and injured. But when a patient dies she is convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to hang by the neck until dead. What looked to be the end of her life wound up to be a… Continue reading Book review: Lisa Lowell – Ley Lines (@LisaLowell15)
Georgia was a victim of circumstance. Her husband left her for another woman who was carrying his baby. He was unaware his wife was also pregnant. She was returning home when she found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Caught up in a desperate retreat by two bank robbers she is taken… Continue reading Book review: June V. Bourgo – Winter’s Captive (@junebourgo)
In Willliam David Ellis, Kisses Of My Enemy, the nameless one had been sealed in Tartarus long ago. The key entrusted to humanity. Occasionally, from time to time, there are those who find the means to unlock this prison, liberating the terror from within. Now is one of those times. With Germany set to fight… Continue reading Book review: Willliam David Ellis, Kisses Of My Enemy
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