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October 9, 2023

SEA GLASS MEMORIES

By Anne Marie Bennett
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

The literary equivalent of a hot cinnamon roll and a cup of cocoa, Anne Marie Bennett's SEA GLASS MEMORIES is a sweet, heartwarming novel about...

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October 4, 2023

HALF A CUP OF SAND AND SKY

By Nadine Bjursten
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Nadine Bjursten’s HALF A CUP OF SAND AND SKY beautifully balances global risks with the stakes of a single woman’s heart, imbuing both with compelling...

September 29, 2023

BEACH OF THE DEAD

By Cynthia J Bogard
Rating:
2.8 / 5.0

Cynthia J. Bogard 's BEACH OF THE DEAD is a potentially uplifting work of fiction about overcoming trauma and rediscovering self-worth. Regrettably, the novel fails...

September 15, 2023

WHEN CARDINALS APPEAR

By Katie Eagan Schenck
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Katie Eagan Schenck's well-crafted WHEN CARDINALS APPEAR provides a fresh and satisfactory read that delivers on the author’s goal to write a “sweet romance that...

September 11, 2023

ANOTHER SIDE OF THE HEART

By C.H. Lazarovich
Rating:
2.9 / 5.0

C.H. Lazarovich's novel about choices, ANOTHER SIDE OF THE HEART, starts strong with haunting imagery and an interesting sub-plot; but the novel is seriously weakened...

August 23, 2023

SHE DIED THEN SHOWED ME

By Samar Reine
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Strong storytelling skills and vivid descriptions are marred somewhat by an unsympathetic protagonist and a predictable love triangle in Samar Reine's SHE DIED THEN SHOWED...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

A luxurious and sensual story of a young woman's journeys around the world, BEYOND THE SEA by Nina Purtee is pure wish-fulfillment, if occasionally less...

IR Approved
June 9, 2023

GRACE’S LAW

By Ashley Norman
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

GRACE’S LAW is author Ashley Norman's well-written, fast-paced and timely novel of the prejudice and struggle survivors of sexual violence face in the pursuit of...

IR Approved
April 7, 2023

UNCONTROLLABLE

By Sara Staggs
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

UNCONTROLLABLE by Sara Staggs is a wrenchingly-painful but ultimately heartwarming look at the way that the human brain can wreak havoc on its owner's life,...

March 20, 2023

THE HEART OF FAMILY

By Renee Field
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

THE HEART OF FAMILY by Renee Field astutely portrays a family’s experience with and reaction to conventional familial problems—difficulties related to strained relationships, shaky finances,...

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February 6, 2023

A HISTORY OF SILENCE

By Cynthia J. Bogard
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

The first in Cynthia Bogard’s Heartland Trilogy, A HISTORY OF SILENCE is an intriguing crime novel that takes a closer look at the complicated process...

January 27, 2023

THE ELBOW GREASE LEGACY

By Beverly A. Li
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

With a writing style that is fluid, well-structured, and easy to read, Beverly A. Li's THE ELBOW GREASE LEGACY is a memoir-like novel that will...

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