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Arthur C. Clarke

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:24 November 2020
Post category:Featured Author Readers Science Fiction

Like many other extremely successful authors, Arthur C. Clarke co-wrote some of his books with another author. In the case of a three-book series that includes Time's Eye, Sunstorm, and…

The Weirdness of Words

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:17 November 2020
Post category:Opinion Readers Writers

The definitions of words are, well, defined, right? Wrong. Apart from the fact many words have multiple meanings, some derived from one language and some from another, and apart from…

Isaac Asimov

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:10 November 2020
Post category:Featured Author Readers Science Fiction

Masterful is the word that describes The Robots of Dawn. That may seem overblown for what amounts to a whodunit in space, but it was a word that sprang to…

Common Threads

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:3 November 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

In a series of books, the main characters may return for new adventures, or their offspring or other relatives may appear in their stead. And devotees of series enjoy seeing…

Joel Salatin

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:27 October 2020
Post category:Featured Author Readers

This recommendation is a little different from my usual: Joel Salatin, for those who have not encountered his name before, is a farmer and advocate for old-style natural farming techniques…

Heroines

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:20 October 2020
Post category:Adventure Fantasy General Fiction History Horror Mystery Readers Romance Science Fiction Thrillers and Suspense Western Women's Fiction Writers

Once upon a time women in novels were frail creatures always in need of rescuing, or silly dolts who could not be expected to know the time of day, or…

Robert Crais

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:13 October 2020
Post category:Featured Author Mystery Readers Thrillers and Suspense Writers

More mystery than thriller, Robert Crais's Chasing Darkness follows a detective's hunt for the truth after a man he had helped clear of murder is found dead with evidence he…

Condensed Books

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:6 October 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

Shortened versions of books have been popular for some time, condensed editions that (hopefully) have all the emotion and action of the story without the extra descriptions and scenes that…

Mallory Kane

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:29 September 2020
Post category:Featured Author Mystery Readers Romance Thrillers and Suspense Women's Fiction

If you like Harlequin Romances, you'll enjoy Mallory Kane's intriguing heroes. Solving the Mysterious Stranger, subtitled The Curse of Raven's Cliff, is set in a coastal Maine village and pits…

Over and Over

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:22 September 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

Some think it absurd to read a book more than once. Others reread because they forgot they have already read it. And another group simply enjoys the same tale again…

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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