Choices
While most are hiding behind masks and behind closed doors or closed shops, effectively living George Orwell's dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four, a sizeable and growing number of free souls are seizing…
STEVE BERRY
The Emperor's Tomb takes the reader from Denmark to Belgium to Vietnam to China, following a former American agent and his friend, a wealthy woman with a passion for archaeology…
Family of Man
Much angst surrounds the matter of race. For the record, I believe that humanity is made up of many races, each a genetic subspecies capable of interbreeding with other human…
DAN BROWN
I've featured Dan Brown's work before, but The Lost Symbol bears special consideration. Even the cover hints at the complex layers of symbols and meanings found throughout the story: When…
Burning Questions
So much has happened in only a year, but many questions have arisen. Is there truly a pandemic? The official figures put the survival rate at over 99%, which does…
JUDITH MILLAR
Most of the books we read are mass produced by large companies like Harlequin, Dell, Penguin, and so on. Some may have been published by smaller companies like Medallion Press…
Happy New Year
May the end of the extraordinary year of 2020 be celebrated with gusto. May 2021 be filled with health, love, and the freedom to enjoy both. And may your days…
‘Tis the Season
It's that time of year again: The end of one season and beginning of another. In the north, Autumn ends and Winter begins the season of slumber that ultimately segues…
Evolution of an Idea
"Where are my socks?" Those were the first words of the original version of Citizen Marg, written in 2012 and unpublished. The story sat for years in my "done" box,…
Scarlett Scott
Writer Scarlett Scott has written contemporary novels, but the majority of her steamy tales are historical romances―many of her characters noblemen, though not necessarily noble men. At least, not until…