I know Rick Riordan has written 200+ books, but I think this is the first one I have read and this epic fantasy, with a vividly detailed world and characters come alive through his words, making this a wild action packed adventure…and you will be forced to pick a side.
4 Stars
GOODREADS BLURB
Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.
One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about. When Magnus tries to outmaneuver his uncle, he falls right into his clutches. Randolph starts rambling about Norse history and Magnus’s birthright: a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years.
The more Randolph talks, the more puzzle pieces fall into place. Stories about the gods of Asgard, wolves, and Doomsday bubble up from Magnus’s memory. But he doesn’t have time to consider it all before a fire giant attacks the city, forcing him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents. . . .
Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die.
It Started with a Dance Tinia Montford (Pacific Grove University, #2) Publication date: July 28th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
WILL THEY PULL OFF THE PERFECT PERFORMANCE?
It’s double time for Cami Clinton…
Dance is in Cami’s blood, but a bombshell diagnosis puts her on the sidelines. Now returning for her senior year of college, she’s determined to prove she is the dancer she once was. Each year, at the end of the semester, the campus hosts a dance festival. Cami knows this is her shot at redemption, but while at a party, things go horribly wrong and Cami suddenly has a new boyfriend: Marsh Lincoln.
Marsh Lincoln has two left feet…
He doesn’t dance. A nasty accident haunts Marsh and he’s just ready to graduate. Until he’s told he’s missing credits. The only class left to fill his missing credits? Ballroom dancing. To make matters worse, his girlfriend breaks-up with him in front of everyone at a party, leaving him with a new girlfriend he’s never met before…
It takes two to tango…
Acting like the perfect couple isn’t easy when you’ve just met. When the lines between what’s real and pretend blurs, they have to ask themselves: Can you catch feelings for something that’s all pretend?
Tinia (TUH-NIA) Montford is a Pisces who’s a sap for romance, especially when there’s (tons of) kissing. Loves eighties sitcoms and will consume anything with chocolate. She graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in English and Graphic Design.
She is a world traveler having climbed a volcano in Nicaragua, scaled Angkor Wat in the blistering sun, and roamed the Acropolis of Athens. Oh, she also dabbles in short stories occasionally.
If you can’t catch her writing, you can bet she’s overindulging on poke bowls, listening to the same four songs, or chilling with her adorbs doggie. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Fiction.
A
workaholic bio-medical scientist, Beth Armstrong, is torn between saving her
sabotaged ground-breaking multiple sclerosis research or honoring an obligation
to care for her chain-smoking, Cuba Libre drinking, ex-flapper aunt. Nursemaid
ranks just above catching the plague on Beth’s scale, yet her ex-flapper aunt
would prefer anything deadly to losing her independence under the hands of her
obsessive compulsive niece. While a murderous culprit runs loose in the science
institute, the raucous aunt entertains Beth’s neglected husband with nightly
cocktails and stories form the Roaring twenties. The Flapper, the Scientist,
and the Saboteur intertwines a corporate espionage mystery with a generational
battle-of-wills story between a dedicated professional intent on fighting chaos
to restore order and a free-spirited aunt who needs her niece to live in the
moment.
EXCERPT
Beth lunged to the bed, snatched the cigarettes out of
Kathleen’s hands, crushed them, then flung the pack into the waste basket. She
bent close to her aunt and inhaled deeply.
“Beth, what in the world—”
“I don’t know you, but I know people like you. You
seriously need help.”
“What on earth are you fretting about?”
“Fretting? Not me, I’m happy as a loon.” Beth’s
lungs needed more air.
“Beth, I didn’t start that fire.”
“Now you’re going to say it was Mrs. Harrison?”
Beth’s words filled the room. Until today, she never yelled.
“It wasn’t her.” Kathleen said.
The room felt small, dark, smoky—no air. She heard her
breath coming in short little bursts.
“Dear, you didn’t mean to, but you started the
fire.”
Something snapped in Beth’s brain. She shook her head. But
Kathleen, with innocence etched in her wrinkled face, kept looking at her.
AUTHOR Bio and Links
Charlene Bell
Dietz writes science and historical-suspense, award-winning mystery novels and
short stories. Her award-winning short
stories have been published in the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2016
Anthology and SouthWest Writers 2019 Anthology. The Flapper, the Scientist, and the Saboteur
combines family saga with corporate espionage. The Flapper, the Impostor, and
the Stalker propels readers back into 1923 frenetic Chicago during the Roaring
Twenties. Both these novels were named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2018,
and each won the coveted Kirkus Starred Review.
Her latest novel, The Scientist, the Psychic, and the Nut, gives readers
a frightening Caribbean vacation. Her current work in progress, a biographical
historical novel, starts in England in 1638 and ends in precolonial Maryland.
Charlene, a retired educator, traveled the United States as a consultant for
Houghton Mifflin Publishers after a career of teaching little ones, older ones,
and college graduates. Surrounded by forests and meadows, she currently lives
in the foothills of the mountains in central NM several miles from the small
village of Torreon. Charlene is the current president of Croak & Dagger,
New Mexico Chapter of Sisters in Crime. She belongs to Rocky Mountain Fiction
Writers, Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and
SouthWest Writers. Connect with Charlene on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/charlene.dietz.9),
https://inkydancestudios.com/ or chardietzpen@gmail.com
