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The Book that Changed My Life

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Leading lifestyle blogger and cultural curator focusing on fashion, footwear, travel and gadgets. Founded his blog, Marcustroy.com, in 2008. He is considered an “influencer”, who filters daily lifestyle choices into blog posts featuring original images, opinionated commentary and videos.  Read On »

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IR Review
Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story

Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story is a young girl’s coming of age story showing her struggles as she grows up with a religious fanatic mother, a step-father she can’t stand and the man she idealizes – her father.  Read On »

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The Adventurist
Desert Pirates, and the Meteorites of Gold Basin

The valley of Gold Basin is really a plain, a beautiful olive and ochre pebble-covered plain that slopes ever so gently toward jagged aquamarine mountains. It is an ancient and undisturbed landscape stippled with tumbleweeds and hardy cacti. If a herd of dinosaurs ambled across your field of view, they would fit in so perfectly you would not even look twice.  Read On »

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Ir Review
Blaze of Glory

Sixteen-year old Tea and twenty two year old Jaden are desperately trying to fight their attraction to one another because they are certain their parents will not approve – after all, they are cousins.  Read On »

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All About the Book + Giveaway
Kathleen Long on “Chasing Rainbows”

Some people leave behind notes. Some leave behind journals. Some leave life lessons carefully documented for the good of future generations. My dad left cryptograms.  Read On »

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IR Review
Four Kings

James Hale, a history professor, is drawn into a world of mystery and dangerous manipulation, when he begins to investigate the murder of his close friend, Aaron Miller. Chief Inspector Darley and Miller’s daughter also become unwitting players in the game of deceit and even with great cunning, it looks as though they are not going to win against their opponent – the Illuminati.  Read On »

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IR Interview
Indie Erotica: 20 Questions with Eden Baylee

At the age of eleven, Eden Baylee, bestselling indie author of Fall into Winter, purchased a copy of Story of O by Pauline Réage. “It’s amazing what they sold to kids back then in Montreal,” she says.  Read On »

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Sweet Tea and Secrets (An Adams Grove Novel)

★★★★★ 

IR Verdict: Sweet Tea and Secrets is a charming tale about love and following your heart, delightfully sweetened with a touch of mystery. A dulcet read with a cup of tea.

Purchase Sweet Tea and Secrets (An Adams Grove Novel)

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The Safety Expert

★★★★★ 

IR Verdict: Safety Expert is a high tension, riveting and gritty thriller. Richardson unearths complex and sometimes frightening characters in an imperfect, creepy world where no one is safe – not even the Safety Expert himself.

Purchase The Safety Expert

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Name Your Link

★★★★★ 

IR Verdict: Come Back to Me is perceptive and penetrating look at the intricacies of love, respect and relationships. Foster’s characters are solid; her writing style engaging and her story moving.

Purchase Name Your Link

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Kisses of an Enemy

★★★★★ 

IR Verdict: Ray Flynt does an excellent job of keeping things moving along in a storyline that has more twists and turns than the Pacific Coast Highway.

Purchase Kisses of an Enemy

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A Small Fortune

★★★★★ 

IR Verdict: First-time novelist Braun writes with verve and confidence in this stunning debut.

Purchase A Small Fortune

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IR Review
Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story

★★★★★ 

Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story is a young girl’s coming of age story showing her struggles as she grows up with a religious fanatic mother, a step-father she can’t stand and the man she idealizes – her father.  Read On »

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The Adventurist
Desert Pirates, and the Meteorites of Gold Basin

The valley of Gold Basin is really a plain, a beautiful olive and ochre pebble-covered plain that slopes ever so gently toward jagged aquamarine mountains. It is an ancient and undisturbed landscape stippled with tumbleweeds and hardy cacti. If a herd of dinosaurs ambled across your field of view, they would fit in so perfectly you would not even look twice.  Read On »

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Ir Review
Blaze of Glory

★★★★☆ 

Sixteen-year old Tea and twenty two year old Jaden are desperately trying to fight their attraction to one another because they are certain their parents will not approve – after all, they are cousins.  Read On »

Back view of a woman walking with an umbrella
All About the Book + Giveaway
Kathleen Long on “Chasing Rainbows”

Some people leave behind notes. Some leave behind journals. Some leave life lessons carefully documented for the good of future generations. My dad left cryptograms.  Read On »

four kings
IR Review
Four Kings

★★★☆☆ 

James Hale, a history professor, is drawn into a world of mystery and dangerous manipulation, when he begins to investigate the murder of his close friend, Aaron Miller. Chief Inspector Darley and Miller’s daughter also become unwitting players in the game of deceit and even with great cunning, it looks as though they are not going to win against their opponent – the Illuminati.  Read On »

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Paper Weights
Sleepless: Insomnia and Inspiration

Despite a clear recollection that it’s inadvisable to fall asleep to television, I tried anyway, but failed immediately as infomercials kept me awake; go figure.  Read On »

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Top 10
High Heel Mysteries Boxed Set

Includes first five volumes of the High Heel mysteries featuring fashion designer turned amateur sleuth Maddie Springer .  Read On »

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Top 10
Daddy’s Home

A serial killer of the worst kind is on the loose. The killer the police have dubbed “The Family Man,” appears to be seeking out his “perfect family,” preying upon single mothers and their children. He watches them…He takes them…and he plays out his role as the “the perfect father.”  Read On »

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A Modern Witch

Light contemporary fantasy with a good dose of humor, a little romance, and characters you won’t want to leave.  Read On »

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IR Interview
Indie Erotica: 20 Questions with Eden Baylee

At the age of eleven, Eden Baylee, bestselling indie author of Fall into Winter, purchased a copy of Story of O by Pauline Réage. “It’s amazing what they sold to kids back then in Montreal,” she says.  Read On »

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Kirkus Review
Sendero

Tomlinson’s princely, epic debut spans decades in a Peruvian family’s separation and reunion amid political unrest and terrorist atrocities.  Read On »

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Kirkus Review
Blood Money

Nick Ceratto is a young attorney at the prestigious Philadelphia firm of Maglio, Silvio and Levin, a rising star and protégée of “supreme litigator” Joe Maglio. But when Maglio and his family turn up dead Christmas Eve, apparently the result of a murder-suicide, the incredulous Nick begins to suspect Silvio and Levin.  Read On »

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IR Column
The Big Difference: From Screenwriter to Novelist

I was sipping cocktails with a couple of motion picture agents from a big Hollywood that represented me as a screenwriter. During the conversation I mentioned that I’d begun writing a novel. Looks were exchanged between the pair. The more curious of the reps went on to innocently ask, “So what’s the big difference?”  Read On »

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Cover Me
Illumination

The photograph of the woman lying down in a dark field at the edge of the forest with light radiating in the distance is a quite literal representation of the story within the pages. She is surrounded by a looming dark forest, and may look, at first glance, weary and defeated.  Read On »