News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
In JCR Paulino’s The Swords of Blood and Gold, Jon had found his passion early in life and had excelled in the field of deep-sea treasure hunting. There was nothing he loved more than planning a voyage and reaping the rewards of their hard work, nothing, except maybe the comradery of his friends and colleagues… Continue reading Book review: JCR Paulino’s The Swords of Blood and Gold
Celia, aka CC, has spent years protecting her heart, throwing up mental roadblocks, looking for a reason why a good thing won't last, why the person she is with will let her down. She can't help it, her past ensured she'd be wary when it came to loving and trusting a man. The problem is,… Continue reading Book review: The Frozen Flame – Sionna Trenz
Robert thought he had his life on track. He was part of a successful upstart, he trained diligently, oh and he saved unsuspecting people from invisible assassins only he could see. This was the hand he'd been dealt since his parents were murdered, but never did he expect something magnificent to rise from it, and… Continue reading Book review: Andrei Saygo – Oath Breakers (@AndreiSaygo)
Sonya had been torn from her home at the height of tragedy. Ripped from the place and people she loved and every time she tried to make her way back her path was blocked. But finally she made it. But Sonya finds more than just her childhood home waiting for her. Friends of old and… Continue reading Book review: Witch’s Return – Sionna Trenz
Mudesa Black worked hard to get where she was. She helps people with their problems, hiding her own demons and secrets. She didn't believe in magic, but insanity, that was something she understood. Her parents had conditioned her to the point she couldn't even look in a mirror. They thought magic was real, but the… Continue reading Book review: C.A. King – Shattered Reality (@PortalProphecy)
In Nicholas Woode-Smith's Part-Time Monster Hunter, Kat Drummond was a novelty at first. She was young and her rates were the cheapest. They had to be, she needed to pay rent and eat, not to mention find the money to study. Life as a monster hunter, even a part-time one, was challenging. If not for… Continue reading Book review: Nicholas Woode-Smith – Part-Time Monster Hunter (@Zaggeta)
In Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville's, The Sigil, we meet Lake, who idolised his brother, he was everything he aspired to be. Brilliant, clever, successful. So when tragedy strikes, Lake's world is torn apart in more ways than he can imagine. Through his grief he encounters a secret his brother had been harbouring, another world,… Continue reading Book review: Shakeil Kanish & Larissa Mandeville – The Sigil
Alice was running. She had to escape, to be free. But little did she know that even freedom has its price. Her desperate retreat sends her spiralling down a rabbit hole, a large seasonal sink hole known to open this time of year. Nothing is as it should be in this world. Everything is opposite… Continue reading Book review: C.A. King From Alice to Malice (@PortalProphecy)
Sam had been having a tough time. Her father had been murdered and accused of something she just knew he hadn't done. As a minor she was assigned into care, but no one could keep her from investigating the truth. On the run from her carers she soon finds the list of people she needs… Continue reading Book review: Gnosis – Rick Hall
Gabriel had everything to live for, a job he enjoyed, a woman he loved, and the most recent news had him over the moon. He had never expected his life to end so suddenly, or to be asked to make another sacrifice in death. He had been chosen to be Beloved. A being who could… Continue reading Book review: Encounters with Demons – P.A. Minyard
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