Book recommendation: Haven by Kay Hooper

Emma Rayburn lived a quiet life in the sleepy town of Baron Hollow, North Carolina, until she injured her head in a riding accident. Afterwards, her dreams were full of nameless girls being tortured and murdered, nightmares that didn’t seem to have any link with her life…until her estranged sister, Jessie, returned to Baron Hollow. […]

Review: Thieftaker by DB Jackson

The particulars: Historical Fantasy, TOR, available in print and as e-book The Source: Purchased at Kobo The Grade: B+ The blurb: Boston, 1767: In D.B. Jackson’s Thieftaker, revolution is brewing as the British Crown imposes increasingly onerous taxes on the colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. But […]

Review: The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Silhuette, out of print ( but Nora Roberts book pops up regularly) and maybe available as ebook. The Source: The bookshelf The Grade: B The blurb: In one exraordinary moment, Darcy Wallace was transformed from being down-on-her-luck into a millionaire sharing candlelight dinners with Robert MacGregor Blade. Mac was the most […]

Recommended series: The Elfhome series by Wen Spencer

I love this series, for me it is the perfect mix of action, fantasy, and romance.  Inventor, girl genius Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves. She runs her salvage business, pays her taxes, and tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down with […]

Book Recommendation: Blade Song by JC Daniels

Kit Colbana—half breed, assassin, thief, jack of all trades—has a new job: track down the missing ward of one of the local alpha shapeshifters. It should be a piece of cake.So why is she so nervous? It probably has something to do with the insanity that happens when you deal with shifters—especially sexy ones who […]

What I am reading in May/ June

Note: This is just  a sample.  Slave to pleasure by Eliza Gayle:I was in the mood for erotica, and I decided to read this. And um… Honestly, this must have been the worst written Award nominated book I have read.  The only good thing I can say was that it sizzled. Serendipity by Carly Phillips: […]

Boosting the Signal: The Oatmeal vs TheFunnyJunk

The Oatmeal is a satiric cartoon site run by Matthew Inman. About a year ago, he noticed that his content was being uploaded without attribution to a site called “The FunnJunk.” The FunnyJunk is a site that contains user generated content. This means that account holders post things that they like from all over the […]