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Random Word Stories: Volume 1 is a collection of short stories written by Eli Goldfarb. Throughout this book the author chooses a single word, defines it, and writes a story based around it. This provides the perfect opportunity for an author to show their diversity, creativity, and imagination. The words chosen are often little used,… Continue reading Book review: Random Word Stories: Volume 1 by Eli Goldfarb
Infertility Cured Naturally: Get Pregnant Now by Janie Lee Barlow is a short but interesting read addressing the many causes of infertility and ways it can be addressed. Divided into sections it first introduces and discusses female problems which result in infertility and difficulty conceiving and then male, shedding the forced illusion that a majority… Continue reading Book review: Infertility Cured Naturally: Get Pregnant Now by Janie Lee Barlow
Speared by a Merman by Shady Fae is an erotic short story. Jacee was a pop sensation, desperately seeking a moment of respite from her adoring fans. They, like the paparazzi, hounded her relentlessly, her most private moments on display for the world to see. She had to get away, take time for herself or… Continue reading Book Review: Speared by a Merman by Shady Fae
Venators: Through the Arch is a supernatural / epic fantasy written by author Devri Walls There's no such thing as vampires, and werewolves are a tale spun from the imagination of authors. The supernatural does not exist. At least that is what Rune thought, hoped. Yet every time she saw something portraying this mystical nature… Continue reading Book review: Venators: Through The Arch by Devri Walls
Chakra: The Quest (The Pha-yul Trilogy Book 3) is a fantasy/ sci-fi by Jan Raymond Within the seemingly random rambles of an ancient text, written in a forgotten dialect and protected, held in secret for the coming of the Phyag-Ide, lies the key to the world's salvation. Or so it is believed. Sam, having discovered he… Continue reading Book review: Chakra: The Quest by Jan Raymond
Dog Training the American Male is a romantic comedy written by L.A. Knight Nancy Beach hosts a relationship counselling show called 'Life's a Beach', but with two failed engagements and little success in making her own relationships work her listeners are losing faith. Her ratings are plummeting, her job is in danger. Then her sister… Continue reading Book review: Dog Training the American Male by L.A. Knight
The Invasion of Heaven is a Thriller/ urban fiction written by author by Michael B. Koep exploring the realms of madness, heaven and hell, and broaching questions on life itself. Bethany Winship was the beginning, or was she the end? Either way he had been warned it happened to everyone in his profession at some… Continue reading Book review: The Invasion of Heaven by Michael B. Koep
Lora Lee by PJ Webb is the first book in the Cliff House Series and one of the best ghost stories I have read for some time. Add into that the budding romance and you have an amazing tale. Cliff House had been the source of many whispers. Fables have been passed through generations, tales of… Continue reading Book Review: Lora Lee by P.J. Webb
A Shadow in Doubt is a time travel, Sci-fi written by Roari Benjamin Samantha Marquet, or Sam as she is generally known, has a decision to make. One which could shape the very future itself. An alarming thought given the fact her actions need to preserve the timeline, not alter it. As the protector of… Continue reading Book review: A Shadow in Doubt by Roari Benjamin
A Wisp of Hope is a short story written by author A.J. Chaudhury Prasanta idolised the great bandit Binjal, he loves nothing more than to pretend to be this feared figure. One night his mother asks Prasanta for a favour, her husband, Prasanta's father, has been sneaking out at night. He had changed and is… Continue reading Book review: A Wisp of Hope by A.J. Chaudhury
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