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Goodreads Book review: Truth or Dare by Laura James

Truth or Dare? by Laura E James

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I had heard about Truth or Dare well before it came out. A few years back, I met Laura who told me that most readers were, apparently, ‘stumped’ as to how to classify the book. Having read it, I can see what they mean.

Truth of Dare is a dark and intricate novel. The main character Kate is troubled and, frankly, messed up. All the characters have complicated pasts. The only one from a conventional background is Josh, and even he has a nut j...

Inheritance Books – Alethea Kontis

This week’s Inheritance Books are from Alethea Kontis. Hi Alethea, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please, tell us a bit about yourself.

My name is Alethea Kontis. I am a princess and the author of many shiny books for children of all ages. (I’m published in more genres than you think!) I am both timeless and versatile, much like the fairy tales I love.

Which book have you inherited from the generation above? Why is it special?

I began reading at the age of three, and was an avid reader by the age...

Inheritance Books – Halloween Special – Spoooky books (well, old ones anyway)

This week I asked my friend, Information Ninja and fellow Jem and the Holograms fan, RF Long to do a guest post for Halloween. When she’s not writing amazing YA Fantasy books, she’s a librarian who looks after a collection of rare and ancient books. She has very generously taken them out and photographed them for us too.

Hi Ruth, thanks for doing this Halloween special on old books. First of all, can you tell us a bit about yourself?

I’m a writer and a librarian. It’s fair to say books play a p...

‘How I learned to write’ or ‘Two emails about one 22nd of a book’

I had two nice emails today. Amazon emailed me to say that there was a new version of Choc Lit Love Match, which I purchased ages ago (before I was signed up with Choc Lit), to tell me that I could update the version on my Kindle for free. This, I promptly did.And Choc Lit emailed me to confirm that my short story ‘Just Add Milk’ was now added to Love Match.

These two emails were a small reminder of how lucky I am. For years (decades even!) I wanted to be a published author. When I finally lef...

Two emails about one 22nd of a book

I had two nice emails today. Amazon emailed me to say that there was a new version of Choc Lit Love Match, which I purchased ages ago, before I was signed up with Choc Lit and that I could update the version on my Kindle for free. This I promptly did.And Choc Lit emailed me to confirm that my short story ‘Just Add Milk’ was now added to Love Match.

These two emails were a small reminder of how lucky I am. For years (decades even!) I wanted to be a published author. When I finally left uni, I s...

Inheritance Books – Mary Schiller

This week’s Inheritance Books are from Mary Schiller, writer of rock star romances.

Hi Mary, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please tell us a little bit about yourself.

Hello, Rhoda and All! This is M.J. Schiller, romance writer/lunch lady and I’m so glad to join you today. First, a little bit about myself. I was born, raised, and still reside in the Midwest with my husband of over twenty-five years, my eighteen year old and my three sixteen year olds. That’s right, triplets! I spent a lot of tim...

Inheritance Books – Caroline James

This week’s Inheritance Books are from Caroline James, who is stopping by as part of her tour with Fiction Addiction Book Tours

Hi Caroline, welcome to Inheritance Books.

Hi Rhoda, it’s lovely to be on your blog – thanks so much for hosting me.

It’s my pleasure.Tell us a bit about yourself.

I am the youngest of three daughters and was born in Cheshire. My parents had a box-making company and produced boxes for the food industry, my school holidays were spent in the factory working on the many sta...

Inheritance Books – Judith Arnold

This week’s Inheritance Books come from Judith Arnold, who has published 90 novels!

Hi Judith, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please, tell us a bit about yourself.

As a child, I loved being read to. But sometimes no one was available to read to me, so I made up my own stories to entertain myself. It’s no wonder I wound up becoming a writer! After spending time as a playwright, an English teacher, a guitar teacher, a tax preparer and a few other jobs I’d just as soon forget, I started writing ful...

A lovely review from Best Chick Lit

The lovely ladies at Bestchicklit.com have reviewed Having a Ball.

Having a Ball

You can read the review here: http://bestchicklit.com/?p=4130

I love hearing from people who have read and enjoyed my books, so it’s made me verrrry happy!

Inheritance Books – Heather Ashby

This week’s Inheritance Books post is from Heather Ashby, writer of military themed romance (men in uniform! Oh yeah!)

Hi Heather, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please tell us a bit about yourself.

I am a Navy veteran and retired teacher who spends her days writing Navy romance novels to entertain our women at sea—and those civilians who would like to vicariously join the Navy without doing a single pushup. The four novels in my “Love in the Fleet” series are my gifts back to the military for t...