News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Fifty thousand pounds a year to every psychiatris--with the option to nominate a beneficiary to receive it in their stead on death--was enough to ensure most detrimental secrets remained undisclosed to the masses. It was better they were kept where they belonged. When the house was built it was created with its own unique scruples and guidelines,… Continue reading Book review: Anthony Carinhas – Clever Ruse (@anthonycarinhas )
Pepper Anne Wright knew all too well the importance of being a doggy mummy, especially after last time, so when Rufus didn't come when she called she left in search of him. She didn't think of the danger, just preventing her father's tears. Little did she know her actions that day would cause him more… Continue reading Book review: Sam Knupp – Smoke on the Mountains
Conrad Ellis the Third, or Eli as he was known, was a spook. Spooks assisted the Royal Guard by turning the creepers loose in the Neverway and keeping them outside the city. But Eli had an uncanny sense when it came to them, he could smell the, sense them coming long before anyone else could.… Continue reading Book review: Savannah Jezowski – After (@SavannahJez )
Major Areg Sebi dared to dream of a better life. Where people had access to level-two technology to make their quality of life and chance if equality better. He dared to voice this, his punishment was swift, swifter than any war criminal. First he was publically lashed, then forced to confess to a crime he… Continue reading Book review: Alix Nichols – The Traitor’s Bride (@aalix_nichols )
Rachel was part of a successful small band, Trinity Beat, until one night a cancelled gig left them at a loose end and they wound up exploring a haunted ghost ship. Rachel had always been drawn to the paranormal, but this place felt different. No sooner had they stepped foot aboard she wanted to leave.… Continue reading Book review: Athena Daniels – When Darkness Follows (@AthenaDaniels11 )
The doll had perhaps been the last straw for John, Janie's father. Whenever he was taken into hospital his daughter was sent into care where she was bullied, beaten, and her things were stolen. Last time they had taken the keepsake given to her by her long deceased mother, a doll. John decided she would… Continue reading Book review: Rosie Burthom, The Doll (@BurthomRosie )
Ryan led a double life. In reality he was a 17 year old boy, relying on crutches to get through the day while he cared for his dying mother while his jerk of an older brother did seemingly nothing. But when he was in his rig he was Ryan, the miner, who saved endlessly to… Continue reading Book review: Rick Scott, Dodge Tank
Lexi just wanted to learn, she wanted to know how to defend herself. What she couldn't understand was why Christian refused to be her mentor. Their last fight was a big one, he handed her off to Phillipe and made himself scarce. He loves her, so she keeps being told, he wants nothing more than… Continue reading Book review: Sue Wilder The Fire in Vengeance(@SueWilderWrites )
Kaze had been sentenced to death, but his foes, including the High Mage King himself and the resources at his disposal, had greatly underestimated his abilities. Dark magic had been banished from the kingdom along with any who had once practised it, and Kaze's crime was returning, or at least that was the reason presented.… Continue reading Book review: C. Wain, A Prayer for the Necromancer
Phase one, infect a local population and turn them into engineered zombies. Phase two, relocate the patients who had the mutated strain for further experimentation. That appeared to have been the plan for Baseborn Identity Research, or at least the immediate one, but they hadn't taken into account Dave Pulaski, and his insatiable desire to… Continue reading Book review: Steven Ramirez, Even The Dead Will Bleed (@byStevenRamirez )
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