reviews

A Christian Romance that Examines the Horrors of Slavery Author: Lori Benton Ian Cameron is disgraced, haunted, semi-wild, and he is returning home to his family’s plantation, Mountain Laurel, to help his ailing uncle and serve as an heir. It’s a duty he cannot avoid. One he is not comfortable with undertaking. He doesn’t belong with his family. He does not want to own slaves, much less a slave plantation. To make everything more complicated Ian’s friend, Thomas, is posing as his slave and has a scheme up his sleeve that will only cause more dissension. When Ian arrives, he is [...]

The Real Sherlock Author: Lucinda Hawksley I came across The Real Sherlock as an Audible freebie a few months ago and instantly downloaded it. Just seeing the title made me recall my childhood fascination with anything Sherlock Holmes, starting with The Hound of the Baskervilles in grade school. The Real Sherlock poses as a biography of the genius behind the famous detective. However, the story starts jerkily, zig-zagging interview style between fans and actors before finally settling, late in the two-hour recording, into a bit of background of Doyle. Listeners learn about Doyle, or at least the highlights, including his [...]

Life, Opportunities, and Love Lost Author: Keith McWalter Conrad Burrell is living in grief. Every day he thinks about his wife, her sudden death, and their life together: the little moments that were just right and the subtexts that ran through their marriage, their aging, their sense of self worth and fulfillment. Going back in time is not difficult for someone alone, and as the novel takes shape, Conrad concentrates more on the thread that makes a life than the aftermath of the grief that breaks it. He mulls over everything he did right and everything that fractured and broke and [...]