News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Breeder by K.B. Hoyle is a brilliant example of dystopian fiction. Humanity has been forced to the brink of extinction, taking with it a large population of wildlife. Fortunately the Unified World Order has introduced a Controlled Reproduction Program, in the interest of survival only the most perfect genes will do. Flaws will not be… Continue reading Book review: Breeder by K.B. Hoyle
The Dead Dance Faster is a psychological, paranormal thriller by Julie Hacker. Jael is almost gently forced to leave her home following yet another break up with her boyfriend Shane, and even he thinks the move to Seven Hills is warranted. The fact that her childhood friend Robbie and his wife live there is just… Continue reading Book review: The Dead Dance Faster by Julie Hacker
Siren’s Snare an erotic romance by Jessica Marie Baumgartner . Savaunt has not long turned 500, middle age he longs for a child of his own, a son. There is only one problem. He is a Siren, a race of males who can only produce offspring with a human female. Leaving his lover and best… Continue reading Book review: Siren’s Snare by Jessica Marie Baumgartner
The Passion Season: Book I of The Covalent Series by Libby Doyle is a truly amazing urban fantasy guaranteed to set the heart strings aflutter and the pulse racing. At the start it follows Rainer Barakiel, son of Lucifer as he is exiled from his home. He is a Covalent, a race who above all… Continue reading Book review: The Passion Season: Book I of the Covalent Series by Libby Doyle
The Healer Book 1 by C.J. Anaya is a young adult paranormal romance, also suitable for new adults. Hope has been protected all her life, shielded and watched over. She remained hidden, despite the searching eyes of the Kami who sought her out. Hope is the embodiment of prophecy, a mortal with the power of… Continue reading Book review: The Healer Book 1 C.J. Anaya
Zenzoris Returns (The Sophie Radcliffe Series Book 1) by Jenny Burnley. Sophie Radcliffe is a top agent in the Intergalactic Law Enforcement Agency, feisty, with technology and computer skills that compete with even the most advanced species, not to mention a photographic memory make her the go to agent when things go wrong, and things… Continue reading Book review: Zenzoris Returns by Jenny Burnley
Fairfield’s Auction: A Witherston Murder Mystery by Betty Jean Craige is a murder mystery set in the town of Witherson. All is not well in the town of Witherston. Long ago the Cherokees were cast from their land, their belongings claimed by the white man, and now they are being auctioned off as treasure for… Continue reading Book Review: Fairfield’s Auction: A Witherston Murder Mystery by Betty Jean Craige
For those of you who follow my blog you'll have noticed it is more about the books I have read and the authors I have encountered rather than my own books, Darrienia and Herbal Lore. The reason is a simple one, I believe authors should support each other. I have recently been approved as an… Continue reading Readers’ Favorite: I’ve earned my stamp
Underland by Chanda Hahn is young adult paranormal novel, with urban fantasy elements. Kira hadn’t always been lost, once she’d had a family, a father who loved her and shared with her the experience of his Navy SEAL training. When she had awoken with night terrors he had chased them away, but when he died… Continue reading Book review: Underland by Chanda Hahn
The Memory of Lost Dreams by David Curtis is well placed in the Dystopian genre. Wanted for treason Malik has no choice but to flee his homeland, where his only crime had been to challenge poor leadership the people so blindly followed. A cave seems to offer salvation, the darkness all-consuming until a glimmer of… Continue reading Book review: The Memory of Lost Dreams by David Curtis
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