News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Doctor Thomas Applegate was on the brink of financial ruin. His vices, gambling and drinking, played their part and made him the perfect pawn in Jules Signet's scheme. It was a time of racial intolerance, and people openly expressed their small minded thoughts, Signet not only shared this viewpoint but planned to exploit it to… Continue reading Book review: Eddie Price’s One Drop – A Slave
His mother had given everything she had to protect him. Born Noss touched there were those who would call Ruka cursed. Children like him were not allowed to live in some places, although some northern laws protected them from the death sentence that people were all too willing to preach was right. She loved him,… Continue reading Book review: Richard Nell’s Kings of Paradise (@rnell2 )
Mason was last seen running towards a man the teacher assumed to be his father, and getting into a dark blue Toyota RAV4. Days pass and there is no sign or ransom, word of mouth reaches Mason’s desperate mother, giving her cause to approach Tuper. He is thought to be the best, and she would… Continue reading Book review: Teresa Burrell’s Mason’s Missing (@teresaburrell )
The chosen have returned to Dema-Ki to further their training, exploring abilities that are beyond even the Elders' guidance, and yet guide them they must. This group of friends must learn to combine their powers, for they will be called upon sooner than they could imagine. Riots, raids, and crop destruction has put strain on… Continue reading Book review: S.S. Segran’s AEGIS EVOLUTION (@SegranBooks )
The birth of her sister's child stirred a gift Laykyn had never imagined. All it took was one touch of the newborn and she had a vision, one of fire and violence. A dangerous force sought the child, but why any would wish to harm a baby was beyond her. Then there were the dreams,… Continue reading Book review: Holland C Kirbo’s A Flame in the Night
The true nature of humans is one of love. If we do not experience joy or peace then something is inhibiting this. Purpose - Volume I by Noura attempts to display and explain how meditation can be used to better oneself and how to gain strength, wisdom and knowledge of not only yourself but humanity as a whole. It… Continue reading Book review: Purpose – Volume I by Noura (@nourabooks1 )
Shepherds always had partners. Then again there was an exception to the rule, Nakio Atana. Her partners either died, or found her incompatible, and so Command allowed her to work alone, she was one of their best anyway. That was why they called upon her to face the latest problem. In the sky above a… Continue reading Book review: E.L. Strife’s Stellar Fusion
Charlotte had a lot to prove. Especially to her father who thought she would always be, like her mother, second rate in her profession-or at least she was in his eyes. Often she had fantasised about shoving her ground breaking research down his throat, literally. She was comfortable, lived in a nice house with her… Continue reading Book review: Ginny Fite’s Lying, Cheating, & Occasionally Murder(@unwrinkledbrain )
Summer Cassidy was an earthweaver with a passion for archaeology. A passion her university exploited. Her talents made her an asset, she could manipulate the earth, unbury sites, all without the others needing to lift a finger. If she ever got her doctorate she would rise through the ranks and earn herself a comfortable living,… Continue reading Book review:Susan Copperfield’s, The Captive King
Megan knew there was something wrong before Celeste even walked through her doors. She could feel the malevolence, the evil, in the air. She knew something was coming, but not what. When Megan finds herself involved in what was about to be passed off as a murder suicide she had no idea how deeply she'd… Continue reading Book review: Judy Bruce’s Lies in the Wind
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