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For America, the period of 1800 to 1920 was an unparalleled time of broad expansion and growth driven by extraordinary factors unlike almost any other in history. It was a period of empire building and empire builders. The risks are high, but then too, the opportunities and rewards were high as well. The men in… Continue reading Out Where the West Begins: Profiles, Visions, and Strategies of Early Western Business Leaders, Vol. 1 by Philip F. Anschutz
Sometimes revenge is the deadliest game of all. A derelict farmhouse in the Essex countryside. A deranged family. Innocent victims being picked at random. If you're chosen, Turn The Other Way. Simon Bairstow is a top London Surgeon. He's performed dozens of life-saving operations. But something goes horribly wrong. The machine Eve Johnson is attached… Continue reading Turn the Other Way by Stuart James
A spy on a mission…Until he meets this heiress! Miss Theodora Cranford’s learned to keep her impetuous nature locked away. She won’t be deceived by another man who can’t see past her fortune. She wants an honourable, sensible sort – not a self-assured scoundrel like her new neighbour, Lord Gray. Although she’s sure there’s more… Continue reading The Disgraceful Lord Gray (The King’s Elite #3) by Virginia Heath
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in July 2010. This is a debut highlander romance by Claire Robyns who has gone on to write contemporary romance series, steampunk/paranormal… Continue reading Betrayed by Claire Robyns
Kit Kat is a fifteen-year-old adoptee who writes letters to her favorite literary character, Jane Eyre, as a means of surviving a violent childhood in Greece and a harrowing adoption in New York that requires her to silence her memories and her voice. In writing letters to Jane, Kit Kat discovers a connection to literature… Continue reading Dear Jane by Marina Delvecchio
Title: Unlikely FriendsAuthor: Sahar AbdulazizGenre: Contemporary Fiction/ Humor/ SatireRelease Date: February 19, 2019Cover Designer: Patrick Knowles (Patrick Knowles Design)Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC. Irwin is not only the local Librarian; he’s also a book snob and an all-around grouch. There’s nothing he values more than his privacy. As a loner, he’s happy to be… Continue reading Unlikely Friends (Abernathy & Crane #1) by Sahar Abdulaziz
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. This was my second review on my blog posted in February 2009. I was still new to the blogger role and was thrilled to find such a… Continue reading Prime Choice (Perry Skky Jr. Series #1) by Stephanie Perry Moore
Publication date: February 5, 2019Genre: Fiction/Young Adult/Action and AdventurePages: 244 Finn Jupiter lives in the idyllic mountain town of Victory, Colorado. She’s a smart, daring, and fiercely independent young woman. She also has a gift for seeing the small things that others can’t. Connecting lines that, for most, don’t exist.While happy to live out a quiet life, hiking,… Continue reading My Name is Finn Jupiter by Gareth Crocker
Publication date: March 5, 2019Genre: Fiction/Literature/LGBTPages: 368 As a star basketball player in her last year of high school, Nancy Takahiro's life is about to change forever. Faced with the college recruitment process and unsure of where her skill will take her, Nancy is not prepared for meeting Raina Webber, an All-State shooting guard whose… Continue reading The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in June 2012. The story is an emotional rollercoaster and I remember finishing it in a day. You get ten days, someone… Continue reading 15 Seconds by Andrew Gross
Yeah, I don't trust them.Who are they? The family who takes me in after they catch me making a rare mistake. They offer me a deal that allows me to make amends while staying with them and working. I've never had a permanent home and I'd long since run away from the foster care system… Continue reading Wesley (Son #1) by Leanne Davis
A suited man runs from a burning tower in Melbourne as bodies rain down upon him. Before the city’s millions can compose, he boards a train into the countryside. Hiding his identity and changing his appearance, the man finds his way to Sulley Ridge, a lawless town in the heart of the harsh Victorian outback.The… Continue reading This Strange Hell by C.J. Sutton
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in November 2009. While fans knew Chris as the sweaty, swaggering Motivational Speaker and the hyperkinetic Chippendales stripper, his family knew him… Continue reading The Chris Farley Show by Tom Farley, Jr.
In the near future, a paranoid society overreacts to the newly created race of advanced androids that are overloading the job sector. By popular demand, the androids are denounced as second-class citizens and relegated to life in a metallic ghetto. Among them is former police officer RMD3000, or Raymond, now forced to eke out a… Continue reading A.I. P.I. (A.I. P.I. #1) by Ian Patrick Williams
The She is going to the Jamestown colony because she has been driven out of Eastern Europe and needs to continue her line. Unlike the others, She was not choosing a husband. She already had one. She was choosing a male specimen intellectually and physically worthy to plant his seed in her belly. This was… Continue reading Girl Desecrated (The Fergus She Vampire #1) by Cheryl R. Cowtan
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in June 2010. This story interested me because at the time my mother was diagnosed with dementia and my mother loved cats… Continue reading Making Rounds with Oscar by David Dosa
Welcome to my blog stop on the fabulous blog tour and giveaway by R&R Book Tours for One Flew Through the Dragon Heart, the first book in a new steampunk series by C.S. Johnson. Today I have my book review, an exclusive excerpt for you to read, and a chance to win a paperback copy of the… Continue reading One Flew Through the Dragon Heart (Faven & Flew #1) by C.S. Johnson
In 1942, Birch Bai, a Chinese pilot, and Danny Hardy, a downed American pilot, become sworn brothers and best friends. In the summer of 1945, both airmen’s planes go down in Yunnan Province of China during one of many daring missions. They are captured, imprisoned, and tortured by the Japanese for information about the atomic… Continue reading Will of a Tiger by Iris Yang
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in June 2012. Leverage's message of tragedy, courage, and justice sticks with me almost 7 years after discovering this amazing story. A must… Continue reading Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen
Welcome to my blog stop on the blog tour for “Glasgow Kiss, Episode One” by CS Duffy and don't forget to sign up below for a fantastic box set giveaway of Episodes 1-5. Title: Glasgow Kiss: Episode OneAuthor: CS DuffyGenre: Thriller/MysteryPages: 193 How far would you go to catch a serial killer? Haunted by the… Continue reading Glasgow Kiss by CS Duffy