News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
The Abode was run by Mrs Smilt and her husband. There were rules for everything, and severe punishments for any breaking of the never ending list. Fel had escaped, but not before becoming attached to some of the children there, specifically Molly, whom she had taken under her wing and shown the ropes. In return,… Continue reading The Abode by Patricia Mather Parker (@pmparker6)
Josh just wanted to go fishing with his dad and quit school. One day, he ventures across the swamp intending to go to town, but something about his familiar resting place was different. For a moment he had feared himself lost, but all the markers indicated this was the place, and yet at the same… Continue reading Book review: Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door by Bruce E Arrington
It had always been Sara's dream to own a Victorian mansion and, although Talbot House was in need of some renovations, her dream had finally come true. Strange noises in the night left her on edge, but when she and her friend Daphine found fresh marks in the concrete where someone had tried to pry… Continue reading Book review: River Bones by Mary Deal (@Mary_Deal )
La Fortuna: The Wheel of Fortune by Vera Zegarac is a romance, but it is so much more. Uma and Carla had been friends from a young age, but their lives could not be more different. Uma's parents were loving and supportive, even when her love life saw her move to France with her husband. Carla,… Continue reading Book review: La Fortuna: The Wheel of Fortune by Vera Zegarac
When first they spotted the crescent shaped craft they had thought it was some new aircraft made by the Germans. They had never imagined what these Foo Fighters actually were, nor what their sudden and unexplained appearance actually meant for the people of Earth. Over fifty years this same alien species performed reconnaissance, experiments, abductions,… Continue reading Book review: Flight of the Black Stork by Bill Broocke
Special Agent William Garret, FBI, had been assigned to Holden for an unusual case. A three-person family murder which, given the strange symbols found at the scene, appeared to be the work of cultists. But the symbols were the least concerning aspect of the case. The bodies had been exposed to an unknown fungus, a… Continue reading Book review: Beyond the Chaos Gate by Quentin Ravensbane
The Wisdom and Valor Treasury is brought to you by Aleksandra Layland and includes Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace, which is part two of the Windflower Saga Trilogy, and three novellas, Bind Not the Heart, Leofric of Longridge, and Keridwen Rose, part of the Sword of Ansgar. There… Continue reading Book review: The Wisdom and Valor Treasury by Aleksandra Layland(@kbenart1 )
A separation and then divorce is difficult enough for any child, but for a new man to be abruptly inserted to Nate's life as his new 'dad' was too much. Then came the mysterious parcel, the visions, the graphic drawings transferred from mind to page in terrifying reality. Not to mention the strange behaviour of… Continue reading Book review: The Maker by D. F. Anderson
Aleksandra Layland presents The Far Haven Treasury, an amazing combination of fantasy, romance, and action. This wonderful tome contains the third part of the Windflower Saga, Far Havan: A Quest for Certitude. A Fight for Justice, but also enriches the saga by the inclusion of Alvina, Courage of Ansgar, and the second half of Swords… Continue reading Book review: The Far Haven Treasury by Aleksandra Layland (@kbenart1 )
Writing his father's biography while the man himself still lives, forced Bernard, or Bernie as he likes to be known, to also put himself under the microscope. His father, Ephraim Goldman, Eph, had written a book called 'The Global View', and it was a publishing phenomenon, and fame followed suit, placing Eph in the company… Continue reading Book review: The Global View by W.L. Liberman
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