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Authentically, Izzy

Authentically, Dull Author: Pepper Basham Izzy Edgewood is your stereotypical representation of a nerd: she never wears heels, likes to read all the time, and lives to watch and quote Lord of the Rings. She’s hopeless and helpless, and always picks the wrong type of man for herself, until her domineering cousin takes romance by the horns and creates Izzy an online dating profile. Despite herself, Izzy plays with the profile a bit until bammmm, a magical, book loving man who is socially awkward but extremely handsome, owns his own bookstore, has a Scottish brogue, and also knows the Lord of [...]

2024-04-28T12:38:57-07:00April 28th, 2024|Tags: , , , |

Possessed, The

A Gothic Horror Novel That Falls Flat Author: Dorothy Daniels I’ve been wanting to read Dorothy Daniel’s The Possessed since I first saw the old school paperback with its blood red edges in my mom’s book collection as a kid. The amazing cover art promises a morbid romance, supernatural villains, and a Dark Shadows like setting. What more could you want? Well, as it turns out . . . quite a lot. Like the actual promised atmosphere. A plot. Realistic characters. A smattering of subtlety. Decent dialogue. An attempt at coherence. . . Lizabeth, a beautiful young orphan, lives with her [...]

2023-11-19T13:58:16-07:00November 19th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

Always Orchid

Fate Has Put Them Together Again, But Tragedy is Stalking Them Author: Carol Van Den Hende Phoenix Walker, successful CEO and entrepreneur, had everything going for him, including a blossoming new romance, on the day he jumped in front of a train to save a homeless man. After two traumatic amputations (one arm and one leg) and a year of physical therapy and soul searching, Phoenix is starting to recover emotionally. A chance encounter, a moment of vulnerability transformed into honesty and bravery, and Phoenix has a second chance at the love he pushed away, at the woman he insisted on [...]

2023-11-13T20:02:07-07:00October 13th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |
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