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July 3, 2013
Book Review: Sinners and Saints, by Elaine Dryer
Sinners and Saints by Eileen Dreyer My rating: 5 of 5 stars Digital books are wonderful. Wander into a Web site, browse through a screen or two, stumble across a title I haven’t read by an author I admire, and – presto, it’s on my ereader. Sinners and Saints is classic Eileen Dreyer, with a [...]
July 1, 2013
THE HIT – by David Baldacci
The Hit by David Baldacci My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m a definite fan of David Baldacci’s Will Robie series. I read this book on the heels of Baldacci’s first Will Robie book. The Innocent. Both are excellent, although I connected more deeply with The Innocent, and loved its character-driven plot. The Hit is [...]
June 28, 2013
A very enjoyable read! NO ROLE FOR A GENTLEMAN
No Role for a Gentleman by Gail Whitiker My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a pleasure to read! I just finished reading friend and fellow writer Gail Whitiker’s new historical, NO ROLE FOR A GENTLEMAN. The author’s prose is beautiful and evocative, but the true beauty of her novel lies in the creation of [...]
May 30, 2013
If You Loved Me – free eBook as a present to readers
As a present to my readers – and to encourage new readers – I’m giving away free eBook copies of my romance IF YOU LOVED ME on KOBO and Apple iBooks. IF YOU LOVED ME When Seattle surgeon Emma Garrett’s son disappears on an adventurous kayaking trip, Emma desperately needs the help of an expert [...]
December 26, 2012
Wool places author Hugh Howey among Science Fiction’s greatest authors!
I just finished reading the Wool Omnibus, and I’m floating. WOOL is everything a great Science Fiction should be – amazing, visceral, delightful story filled with powerful characters caught up in an epic search for meaning! The birth of a great science fiction author is a very special event, and WOOL puts its author up [...]
December 22, 2012
Seeing Stars – free December 25 to 27 for Amazon Kindle
Take a man, a woman, and a starlit night. Mix thoroughly, and add love. Seeing Stars - free on the Amazon’s Kindle store, December 25, 26, and 27. Download your free copy and take a journey with mountaintop astronomer Claire Welland, who is anything but starry-eyed, and the man she remembers as the bad boy from [...]
December 7, 2012
If You Loved Me – Kindle version free Dec 8 and 9
I’ve always been fascinated by the power of certain settings to wield control over so much of our lives. When the universal themes of survival, love, and the dreams that drive human men and women interact with extreme environments, lives can be transformed in unexpected ways. In IF YOU LOVED ME, I plunged a busy [...]
Think About Love is free Dec 7-9 on Amazon!
To celebrate my birthday, I’m offering the Kindle edition of THINK ABOUT LOVE free this weekend! One of the things I love about being a writer is the joy of sharing my belief in love with my readers. I treasure the joy of sharing life and love with the man I love, our five adult [...]
November 8, 2012
A Powerful Memoir of Healing and the Spirit of Survival
Tonight I finished reading one of the most inspiring books I’ve read in a long time – M. J. Adam’s Unforgiving – the Memoir of an Asperger Teen I met the author at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference a few weeks ago, and talking with her was a pleasure from the first moment. How could [...]
October 19, 2012
Think About Love is free this weekend on Amazon!
One of the things I love about being a writer is the joy of sharing my belief in love with my readers. I treasure the joy of sharing life and love with the man I love, our five adult children, and six (seven soon!) grandchildren. This weekend, I’d like to share Think About Love – [...]
