News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Fed up with her humdrum life where she is overworked, taken advantage of, and underappreciated Penny feels like its time for a change, time to reignite the spark she once felt. So when Dan, a handsome charming pilot, woos her she is on his trip to Hawaii before she has time to think. Leaving behind… Continue reading Book review: Eve Gaal – Penniless Hearts (@EveGaa)
Jane had wanted to be a writer but with a quick last-minute panic, she changed her specialty and took job she didn't really want, a safe job or so she thought. Jobless and forced to return home it seems her life is falling apart, no job, no boyfriend, no future, that is until Christian pitches… Continue reading Book review: M.J. Sewall – Seven Ways to Jane (@MJSewall)
It has been over three years since Roxanne donned the mantle of Remo's familiar. Over three years in a stark, cold world obeying his every whim, following his every command, suffering and becoming the monster she always feared she would. She hunts for him, kills, and brings things through the portals that have no place… Continue reading Book review: Jina S. Bazzar – Heir of Fury (@Jina_Bazzar )
Roxanne thought she was free. Yes, she was contracted to the Hunters but she could live her life without looking over her shoulder, without worrying she would be dragged back to the PSS to endure more of their brutal experiments. Her so-called clan had left her in their clutches for 9-years, sacrificed her to keep… Continue reading Book review: Jina S. Bazzar – Heir of Doom (@Jina_Bazzar)
Mal knew what it was like to lose people. Her father vanished when she was young, and her mother disappeared during her tenth winter. But that was the way of the world. People vanished, hunted by Reapers who descend where humans gather. Survival was a daily struggle, thankfully it was one she did not have… Continue reading Book review: Joy Johnson – The Death Dealer Diaries
At the age of twelve Roxanne Fosch was dragged away from the life she knew kicking and screaming. And for nine years the screaming never stopped as she was poked, prodded, tortured, and abused to the point of death. She was something unique, something the Paranormal Scientists Society (PSS) had never before got their hands… Continue reading Book review: Jina S. Bazzar – Heir of Ashes (@Jina_Bazzar)
In Whitney Dineen's, The Dream, moving to Creek Water was meant to be a new start, a new beginning for her and her mum. But on the first day of school Chad ensured she will never fit in, never belong. No one gave her the time of day unless it was to ridicule her. Seeing… Continue reading Book review: Whitney Dineen – The Dream (@WhitneyDineen)
Micki O'Sullivan had messed up, and with a step-father who can't stand children, let alone teenagers, it was just the excuse he needed to have her shipped off to her father in Eastwick. It would be a new beginning for her, but little did she know this little Louisiana town harbors a dark secret, and… Continue reading Book review: Jo Wilde – The Crossing
In Geri L. Dreiling's Crime Beat Girl, moving back to Saint Louis hadn't been part of Debbie's plan, but when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer it seemed a good opportunity for a fresh start. She left behind a promising career for a small local press, and a fiancé who loved his job more… Continue reading Book review: Geri Dreiling – Crime Beat Girl
I wrote this small poem a long time ago for my son, who is never without his best friend, Bear. Recently someone who read it reminded me about it by creating these amazing pictures. Sir Galavant Darkness fills the peaceful slumber, nightmares claim their latest souls. They jade the youth and taint the old that’s… Continue reading Sir Galavant (@simmillkj)
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