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Thrillers

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:7 April 2020
Post Category:Readers / Thrillers and Suspense
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This genre is huge not only in popularity but in the variety of subjects on which the plots are based: spies and political intrigue; policemen seeking criminals; doctors versus diseases;…

Nancy Thayer

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:31 March 2020
Post Category:Featured Author / General Fiction / Readers / Romance
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Whether through General Fiction or Romance, Nancy Thayer portrays unforgettable characters, male and female, young and old, that you would like to meet. Her Hot Flash Club series has you…

Exotic Locales

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:24 March 2020
Post Category:General Fiction / Readers / Writers
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For a reader, unusual settings may represent an escape from current reality, a sort of virtual vacation to a place that may be out of reach in the real world.…

Louis L’Amour

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:17 March 2020
Post Category:Adventure / Featured Author / Readers / Western
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In a sense, Westerns can be considered Romances: The cowboy rides into town, meets pretty girl, falls in love; then, he must rescue her, himself, and possibly the town from…

Paranormal

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:10 March 2020
Post Category:Fantasy / Featured Author / Horror / Readers / Thrillers and Suspense
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Paranormal easily describes most stories of fantasy and magic, but tales of ghosts or psychic phenomena are a niche of their own most associated with the term. Eerie and often…

Jennifer Robson

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:3 March 2020
Post Category:Featured Author / General Fiction / History / Readers / Romance / Women's Fiction
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Well researched is the first description that comes to mind pertaining to my introduction to Jennifer Robson's writing: Somewhere in France, a story of men and women working behind the…

Magic

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:25 February 2020
Post Category:Adventure / Fantasy / Readers
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Although magic can be found throughout the Fantasy genre, a specific subgroup revolves around witches and wizards, with or without mythical creatures such as fairies and elves, centaurs and giants. …

Dick Francis

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:18 February 2020
Post Category:Adventure / Featured Author / Mystery / Readers / Thrillers and Suspense
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Ex-jockey Dick Francis writes thrilling tales of corruption and intrigue in the world of horse racing. While some of his books are fairly short, like For Kicks, others like Come…

Fantasy

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:11 February 2020
Post Category:Fantasy / Readers
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Elves and trolls, dragons and hobbits, fairies and gnomes: Fantasy tales open whole new worlds populated by imaginary creatures, some good and some bad. The stakes are usually high in…

Susan Gourley

Post Author:Allison Azulay
Post published:4 February 2020
Post Category:Fantasy / Featured Author / Readers

I was introduced to Susan Gourley's books when I picked up an advance reader copy, an uncorrected proof, at a charity event. Despite typos and other mistakes, the tale riveted…

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I NOTICED THE SWAGGER FIRST: that arrogant saunter that said, “I’m irresistible and I know it.” He was good-looking, yes—as emphasized by the tight jeans that displayed every muscle and more than hinted at one in particular. And the chambray shirt open to show off a broad chest matted with jet hair that proclaimed his masculinity.

–excerpt from Bad Twin

GINETTE LAY STARING into darkness in the low cot by the grand canopied bed in which Lady Barton snored softly. To her surprise and dismay, the old woman had roused from her fireside dozing when she entered the room and had insisted on regaling her with more tales of the foibles and weaknesses of the aristocracy as Ginette helped her undress.

Thinking back on it, she realized there had been a subtle urgency in the manner of the viscountess. Indeed, now that she recalled her months as maid-cum-companion, she recognized that she had felt yet dismissed a sense of impendence. At first, she had wondered was it she who anticipated something vaguely threatening, or was it Lady Barton who expected some event? Now, a certainty filled her that Lady Barton’s choosing to employ her signified much more than she had guessed.

But what?

–excerpt from Propositions and Proposals