News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Tina goes the gym, teaches at the local school, and is the friendly neighbourhood dog lady. Not in the sense she keeps them, but even after her own dog died she continued to carry dog biscuits, relishing in the joy such small tokens gave. She had, like any woman, had her fair share of heartbreak,… Continue reading Book review: The Healing Touch by Tita Horvat
Up and coming go-to advice girl, Kylie Lewis, is something of a loner. She has her best friend Cat, and her mother, Sarah. Since her last relationship failed she has found it hard to offer that part of herself to someone again. She used her heartbreak as an excuse to further shut herself away from… Continue reading Book review: Waiting for You by Allison Williford
Reiza made a prophecy. She predicted that one day Emperor Jugan's first born son, Ryore, would marry the enemy and secure his father's throne. Nothing could be further from what the Emperor desired, for himself, or for his kingdom. Ryore was weak, he would make an awful king, and such a thing could not be… Continue reading Book review: Phoenix by Daccari Buchelli
Kacey once had a normal life, a normal best friend, a normal crush. Or so she had thought. In the blink of an eye, or more accurately within the final gift left to her by her mother, everything changed. This final gift had been kept from her, sealed away until her eighteenth birthday, and it… Continue reading Book review: Dauntless by Thomas G. Atwood Jr.
Goldie had been alone a long time, she just hadn't realised it. She gave Jake her first everything, and it seemed she was nothing more than a game to him. He started to control her, subtly, like not wanting to hang out with her friends, until she became isolated from them. Then one day she… Continue reading Book review: Goldilocks (Flirtatious Fairytales Book 5) by Jess James
Toby had been haunted by dreams so vivid, so real that he questioned his sanity. He dreamt of murder, but that which plagued him seemed to be more than just a dream. Toby was under the care of psychiatrist Dr Louis who started to have had his own theories, ones he shared with Dr Niles,… Continue reading Book review: In Between Dreams by Eugene Knight
Greer had sacrificed so much for her husband Michael. She supported his decision to change career, she funded his education as he studied to become a sleep therapist. She gave and she gave. Committed to her marriage, to building a better life, not once did she resent putting her dreams on hold while he pursued… Continue reading Book review: What I’d do for Love by K.F. Johnson
Morgan knew little but slavery. She had small glimpses of peaceful times in a world with a sky of green, then she awoke in the land of the blue sky, mutilated. She was but six summers old when the slavers killed the old woman who had harmed her. Her throat scarring seeing her turned to… Continue reading Book review: Chalice of Shadows by C.N. Lesley
The Biography of Prophets by Javon Rahman Bertrand is not your typical book on prophets, it aims to offer insight into their life, and create more of a person from the myth, to help the reader understand the life and assignment of a prophet. The Biography of Prophets states being a prophet cannot be learned… Continue reading Book review: The Biography of Prophets by Javon Rahman Bertrand
Enquiry Agent Samantha Smith was just scraping by, her office, like her life, refurbished and in desperate need of some TLC. Then along came Milton Vaughan-Urquhart who worked for multi-millionaire Derwena de Caro, a pop-star and diva with more than her own share of baggage. The most recent addition to the list, a stalker. Derwena… Continue reading Book review: Sam’s Song by Hannah Howe
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