News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
The Mortal Fires by Anna Durand is the second book in the Undercover Elementals series. Lindsey Porter was the Janusite, a mortal born with the powers of a Roman god. But she still had no idea what that actually meant, what was expected from her, or even how to harness this apparently legendary magic. As if… Continue reading Book review: The Mortal Fires by Anna Durand (@TheAnnaDurand )
Our teenage homicide solving 'visionary' is back! But this time she finds herself working against the clock. Her friend has gone missing. No visions give Tara hope she's still alive and well, but they also mean she has no leads as to her whereabouts. Determined to find her friend before it's to late and she… Continue reading Book review: Dying Thoughts – Fourth Week by Joey Paul (@MsJoeyBug )
Courage of Ansgar is book 21 in the Windflower Saga by Aleksandra Layland. Edmond of Ingar had been raised in Aspatria, away from his birth place of Kimbria. They had left when he was a boy, and he had not so much as return for a visit. How he had been elected to be their… Continue reading Book review: Courage of Ansgar by Aleksandra Layland (@kbenart1 )
War is constantly advancing. Biological warfare was just another method. Tired of sending their young off to die the military have a contract to Concord Labs to design a 'super battlefield bug' something they could drop on the enemy, but that wouldn't spread and die out quickly. Under the guise of a drug treatment centre… Continue reading Book review: Addiction & Pestilence by Edmund Kelly (@edkell99 )
The idea of time being sentient had never occurred to Nathan. All he had wanted to do was conquer it and bend it to his whim. He had been an expert in this field, highly qualified, respected, he had even been on the cover of Time, twice. Then came a fateful day where it all… Continue reading Book review: Time Will Tale by S.C Barrett (@StevenCraigBar1 )
It had all started with a dream, mournful sounds carried through the realm of slumber to Chione, in her dream these sounds were connected to a tomb in Egypt, something that wanted to be found. Her dream was relayed to Clifford around the time reports of a new noise, possibly caused by the shifting in… Continue reading Book review: The Ka by Mary Deal (@Mary_Deal )
The Brotherhood are assimilating everyone, and Nicole's number is nearly up. She's biding her time when a knock at the door opens an opportunity she could never have imagined. She had never expected the appearance of her half-sister, Jenna, daughter of a billionaire and, more surprising, she has a plan for escape. What choice was… Continue reading Book review: Extolled by Karen Glista (@ElizabethGlist1 )
It had been an accident, how could a youngster of four be expected to control her powers? But her father had not seen it that way. In his eyes, like any parent of a nymph, she was but a product to be sold when she came of age, but this object had almost killed his heirs.… Continue reading Book review: A Thread in the Tangle by Sabrina Flynn
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Monsterland by Michael Okon is a gripping urban supernatural/ horror. Vincent Konrad swept into the dying town of Copper Valley like a knight in shining armour. He brought the rights to the pipeline, ensuring people could have water, built a new medical centre, and breathed life and renovation into a dying town. There was of… Continue reading Book review: Monsterland by Michael Okon (@IAmMichaelOkon )
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