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Review – Deadly Sanctuary by Shannon Hollinger @thiswritersays #deadlysanctuary

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I have a weakness for books that have a Florida setting, especially in the Everglades. It’s not just the people that can be dangerous, so can your surroundings. So, that being said, welcome to Gator Glade and FBI Agent Cassidy Knox’s nightmare.

Cassidy had left Gator Glade in the dust, but when her grandfather dies, she returns to her home town. She is recovering from her confrontation with a serial killer. and she is the only one left to take care of her grandfather’s affairs. Will she stay? Will she be able to conquer the demons that drove her away?

Things are not as they first appear. Danger surrounds the animal sanctuary, which puts Cassidy in danger too. There is a subtle hint of menace that mounts with each page I turn and I anticipate something bad happening. We have a romance slowly developing, but characters that have baggage tend to make for complicated relationships. Will there be a happy ever after? I’m not telling.

I want to thank Shannon Hollinger for the opportunity to read and review for the first book in the Cassidy Knox series, Deadly Sanctuary.

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4 Stars

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She’s no stranger to trouble…

Deep in the heart of the untamed Florida Everglades lies a web of secrets, danger, and deceit. For FBI Agent Cassidy Knox, it’s the only home she’s ever known—one she vowed never to set foot in again. But after a harrowing confrontation with a serial killer, Cassidy finds herself with no choice but to return to the animal sanctuary of her youth. Grieving the recent death of her beloved grandfather, Butch, on top of her own trauma, she hopes for a brief respite to heal her wounds.

Only the swamp, where the past lurks just beneath the surface, has other plans. When a neighbor is found murdered, the suspicion surrounding her grandfather’s death intensifies, drawing Cassidy into a chilling investigation that threatens everything she holds dear. With old friendships rekindling and new betrayals surfacing, the lines between ally and enemy blur.

As Cassidy races against time to uncover the truth, she clashes against her inner demons—and the boy who once stole her heart. With danger lurking around every corner, the only thing she knows for sure is that she can’t trust anyone. Because the killer’s taking aim… and they have her in their sights.

Get ready to dive into a heart-pounding mystery where trust is a luxury and survival is a game of wits. A gripping, heart-racing thriller that will leave you breathless.

  • Genre: Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
  • 256 pages, Kindle Edition
  • Expected publication September 8, 2025 by Scene Of The Crime Publications

ABOUT SHANNON HOLLINGER

With degrees in Crime Scene Technology and Physical Anthropology, Florida writer Shannon Hollinger hasn’t just seen the dark side of humanity—she’s been elbow deep inside of it! She’s an avid animal lover, reader, and hiker, and has been known to use her forensic skills to figure out who ate the last cookie in the house.

A multi-genre, Amazon charts top 20 best-selling author, Shannon writes psychological thrillers filled with jaw-dropping twists and shocking endings, the police procedural Chief Maggie Riley mysteries, where the darkness of the Maine wilderness is rivaled only by the deadly secrets it conceals, and the romantic suspense Cassidy Knox mystery thrillers, where the animals will steal your heart and the nights are as hot as the days.

Her novels have been translated into multiple languages, and her short fiction has appeared in Suspense Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and The Saturday Evening Post, among many other magazines and anthologies.

Shannon is a member of the International Thriller Writers and the Short Mystery Fiction Society.

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$25 GC – Burying Ben by Ellen Kirschman @partnersincer1me

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BURYING BEN

by Ellen Kirschman

June 23-29, 2025 Book Blast

Synopsis:

The Dot Meyerhoff Mystery Series

 

As her police department’s newest hire, police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff has much to prove. No one on the force sees any reason to have a shrink on staff. When a rookie cop commits suicide, everyone blames Dot—even Dot herself. How had she missed the signs that he was at the end of his rope?

With her reputation on the line, Dot searches for answers. What she discovers is the dark underbelly of a police force that has no patience for a woman who asks too many questions. Determined to get to the truth behind the young officer’s tragic death, Dot risks losing both her job and her life. . .

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Praise for Burying Ben:

“A deftly crafted novel of compelling complexity,” this first book in the mystery series featuring cop therapist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff is “absorbing”.
~ Midwest Book Review

“Riveting, compelling and authentic! Ellen Kirschman’s been-there done-that experience makes this a real standout.”
~ Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today-bestselling author of The House Guest

“Psychological thriller writing at its finest.”
~ D.P. Lyle, award-winning author of the Jake Longly series

“Highly satisfying . . . Perceptively treats complex racial, feminist, personal, and political issues while providing intimate knowledge of cops’ shop procedure.”
~ Publishers Weekly

“Gutsy and emotionally anchored in real life.”
~ Hallie Ephron, New York Times–bestselling author of Careful What You Wish For

“Ellen Kirschman is one to watch.”
~ Bookreporter.com

Book Details:

Genre: Mystery, Psychological Suspense, Domestic Suspense, Amateur Sleuth, Woman Sleuth, Police Procedural
Published by: Open Road Media
Publication Date: April 23, 2024
Number of Pages: 280
ISBN: 9781504094160 (ISBN10: 1504094166)
Series: The Dot Meyerhoff Mystery Series, Book 1
Book Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookShop.org | Goodreads | BookBub | Open Road

The Rest of The Dot Meyerhoff Mystery Series

The Right Wrong Thing
The Right Wrong Thing, #2		 The Fifth Reflection
The Fifth Reflection, #3		 The Answer to His Prayers
The Answer to His Prayers, #4		 Call Me Carmela
Call Me Carmela, #5

Read an excerpt:

From Chapter 1

It is a day of firsts. My first day on the job and my first dead body. Chief Baxter wants me to see it. His whole face is concentrated with the effort to make his point, as though he were explaining blood spatter analysis or the biomechanics of tasers. He is wearing gold cufflinks shaped like barbells. Short and barrel chested, he looks like a well-dressed fireplug. I can imagine him as a street cop, pugnacious and badge heavy.

“Don’t sit around your office and wait for cops to come to you. That’s why I’m giving you a car and a scanner. Get out in the field.”

He speaks in short staccato bursts as though he is transmitting over the radio, dropping any unessential words. A slight spray of saliva leaves shiny droplets on his desktop. He walks around the desk and stands close to me. I smell his pine-scented aftershave and mouthwash.

“This is why I have credibility. I make it my business to suit up and get out on the street once a month. I stay in shape. And I always carry.” He opens his jacket and shows me his shoulder holster. He is wearing “a custom fitted dress shirt that shows off the inverted triangle made by his broad shoulders and narrow waist. “Street cops are the lifeblood of this organization. The street is where I started. I’ve never forgotten that and I don’t want anyone else to.”

He leans against the edge of his desk, his arms folded over his chest. “I have a rookie on scene at a suicide. Ben Gomez. He’s been having trouble. Talk to his field training officer. See what you can do to help him. I’ve met the kid. Not my best hire, but I think he’s salvageable.” He lifts his index finger. “I’m putting a lot of faith in you, Dot. I’ve had a lot of trouble in my organization since I took over as chief. Some days I feel like Typhoid Mary. I’ve got four officers on stress leave and three on admin leave under investigation. No telling when any of them will come back to work. I have a small organization—seventy-five officers. I can’t afford to lose this rookie, too. It’s bad for morale plus my overtime budget is off the charts.”

He extends his hand to me. “It’s one thing to study us and write books about us. It’s another thing to hit the streets with us. You come highly recommended by Mark Edison. That says a lot. Most men don’t have much good to say about their former wives.”

He laughs a little too loudly. I wonder if he has an ex and, if he does, what she was like.

“So, welcome aboard. I know this is a tall order, but Dr. Edison said you’re the one for the job. Don’t disappoint me or him. Now, get in your car and get out in the field.” He opens the door to his office and shows me out.

As the new department psychologist, I am in no position to protest or to tell him that I’m scared to death because I’ve never seen a dead body before. Not even my father’s. What if I embarrass myself, faint or, God forbid, get sick to my stomach? I wonder how he expects me to suit up. Maybe I should put wheels on my “couch and tow it behind my car?

The radio traffic on my scanner crackles briskly, drowning out my thumping heart. Listening to it is a guilty pleasure, like eavesdropping. This is the best of two possible worlds, close to the action but at a safe remove– the unobserved observer listening to the breathlessness of the chase, the escalating octaves that betray fear, the barked commands, the unnatural calm of the dispatcher, and the final “Code 4” signaling that the short reign of terror has given way to hours of report writing and investigation.

I drive under a cool green canopy of old oaks. Light filters through the leaves dappling the street. Fifty years ago this old northern California neighborhood was considered the ultimate in affordable, architect-designed family houses. Now the current selling prices are beyond my reach and the reach of any Kenilworth cop, firefighter or schoolteacher. Neighbors are congregating in small worried clusters on the sidewalk in front of a uniquely shabby one story home. They watch as I park my car. I take ten slow deep breaths and step to the sidewalk. Spindly trees flank the walk that leads to the front door. The grass on either side of the cracked concrete path is brown and freckled with splotches of hard, dry dirt. The front door is open. I grit my teeth and walk in.

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Excerpt from Burying Ben by Ellen Kirschman. Copyright 2013 & 2024 by Ellen Kirschman. Reproduced with permission from Ellen Kirschman. All rights reserved.

 

 

Author Bio:

Ellen Kirschman

Ellen Kirschman, Ph.D. is a police psychologist. and clinician at the First Responders Support Network. She is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, The American Psychological Association, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Public Safety Writers Association. She is the recipient of the California Psychological Association’s award for distinguished contribution to psychology as well as the American Psychological Association’s award for outstanding contribution to the practice of police and public safety psychology. Ellen brings her expertise and decades-long experience to both fiction and non-fiction. She is the author of three non-fiction books and a five-book mystery series featuring police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff.

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    Review – Elder by Raine Thomas @Raine_Thomas

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    MY REVIEW

    Elder by Raine Thomas is book three of the Firstborn Trilogy and book six of the Estilorian series. I have loved each and every book in the fantasy series and Elder did not let me down.

    “Angels are just one of the mythical creatures humans createdd based on their memories of Estilorians….”

    We start out with Clara Kate and Ini-herit on Earth and they are madly in love. She is one of the eight that will be needed to activate the Elder Scroll. When they return to the Estilorian plane, she remembers their love, but Ini-Herit doesn’t. That makes working together difficult, but lives are at risk…and I can only hope that things will work out for them. They put their lives on the line and deserve to have a happy ending.

    Zachariah has been one of my favorites since the beginning and I felt he held a special place in the series…seeing Raine Thomas put him through hell. 🙂

    I have been spending a lot of time in Raine Thomas’ fantasy world and have loved every minute of it. The characters are vibrant and captivating, drawing me deeply into their world, and I don’t want the story to end.

    Thanks, Raine, for the opportunity to read and review your fabulous stories.

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    4 Stars

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    Clara Kate is one of the eight beings needed to activate the Elder Scroll, an ancient artifact causing tragedy and darkness on the Estilorian plane. She knows that her focus needs to be on finding the final piece and stopping the evil Mercesti, but Ini-herit isn’t making it easy.

    He’s working closely with Clara Kate on the quest to stop their enemies…too close for her comfort. His presence serves as a constant reminder of the love they shared on the human plane, a love that he no longer remembers at all.

    Her life and the lives of those she loves are at risk, and she knows she has to put aside her personal problems. So far on their journey, she’s endured heartbreak, terror, pain and loss. She’s even been brought to the brink of death.

    She thinks things can’t get any worse.

    She’s wrong.

    • Genre: Angels, Dystopian, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Supernatural, Young Adult
    • 269 pages, Kindle Edition
    • First published December 25, 2012 by Iambe Books, LLC
    • Series: Firstborn Trilogy #3, Estilorian #7

    ABOUT RAINE THOMAS

    Raine Thomas is the award-winning author of more than 20 bestselling romances spanning contemporary romance, Sci-Fi romance, and YA fantasy romance. She’s a hopeless romantic with a background in the fields of mental health and wedding planning…two areas that intersect far more than one would think. She’s also a book fiend, grammar nerd, and editing Red Queen, depending on who you ask.

    Be sure to follow Raine on BookBub (https://www.bookbub.com/profile/raine…) to be among the first to learn of any sales, and hop over to her website for your first free read!

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    • The Prophecy (Daughters Of Saraquel, Estilorian #1)
    • Becoming (Daughters Of Saraquel, Estilorian #2)
    • Central (Daughters Of Saraquel, Estilorian #3)
    • Foretold (Daughters Of Saraquel, Estilorian #4)
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    Review – Fatal Consequences by Amanda Siegrist @amanda_siegrist

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    All right, another Amanda Siegrist novel and book three, Fatal Consequences, in the Consequences series. This will be Rider and Junelle’s story. Each book can stand alone, but that doesn’t matter to me. I will read anything Amanda writes.

    Fatal Consequences is all about second chances. Can they overcome the present threat, allowing them to work through their issues?

    Characters from previous books in the series make an appearance. I love when that happens. Especially when I’m able to visit and get some laughs from them. Amanda has created some fascinating characters that put their lives on the line for each other. No wimps here.

    Romantic Suspense novels most always have characters with communication issues and I do enjoy watching them work out the kinks to create happy ever afters. And that’s what you will find at the end of Amanda Siegrist novels.

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    4 Stars

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    Get ready to dive into this intense romantic suspense by USA Today bestselling author Amanda Siegrist.

    One decision can have fatal consequences…

    Detective Rider’s life is spiraling. After nearly dying in the line of duty, now he’s saddled with two babysitters as partners and an attitude problem his captain won’t let slide. Just when he thinks his luck can’t get any worse, he’s thrown a case involving a woman who shattered his heart years ago—and the best friend he was forced to leave behind.

    Junelle Swanson thought she’d moved on after Rider walked away. Until her dog is brutally killed and threatening letters start arriving, giving her no choice but to trust the man who broke her heart. She just wishes her brother Jason, who welcomes his former best friend back with open arms, wouldn’t ask uncomfortable questions about the past that Rider isn’t ready to answer.

    As the investigation intensifies, clues surface, pointing to a sinister threat lurking closer than they imagined. With a killer watching their every move and their past feelings complicating everything, Rider and Junelle must confront both their painful past and a deadly present before they become the next victims.

    Perfect for fans of high-stakes thrillers who crave their love stories with a dangerous edge. One-click Fatal Consequences now and discover how far one detective will go to protect the woman he never stopped loving.

    The entire Consequences (Each book can be read as a standalone.)
    Dark Consequences (Book 1): Tate & Abby
    Cruel Consequences (Book 2): Wyatt & Briella
    Fatal Consequences (Book 3): Rider & Junelle

    • Genre: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Suspense, Thriller
    • 256 pages, Kindle Edition
    • Expected publication May 21, 2025 by Amanda Siegrist

    ABOUT AMANDA SIEGRIST

    Amanda Siegrist

    Love! Gimme some love and heaps of romance. I have a sappy heart that just loves two people meeting, going through the cycles of a relationship, and ultimately, falling in love. Give me a good book like that and I’m a happy camper:)

    I write contemporary and romantic suspense, but I am partial to suspense. I just love a good mystery.

    Besides writing, I love baking, crafts, and baseball…oh, and meeting new people. *smiles*

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    Review – The Doorman by Chris Pavone #chrispavone #netgalley #thedoorman

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    The Doorman by Chris Pavone is one of those books that lured me in with the blurb and the fact that Chris Pavone is a New York Times Bestselling author. For me, it was a frustrating book. Most of it consisted of telling me all about the rich and their life style. The mystery came at the end and felt rushed after reading so much about politics and the American caste system (you know what I mean). Getting to the end did make it worth reading because of the mystery, which was a nice little twist.

    I would like to thank NetGalley and Farrar, Strauss and Giroux for the opportunity to read The Doorman by Chris Pavone.

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    3 Stars

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    In the new novel from the bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon, on the worst night in the greatest city on Earth, a doorman at the toniest address in town is drawn into a web of intrigue, robbery, and murder.

    Chicky Diaz stands on his little patch of the earth, the clean quiet sidewalk in front of the Bohemia Apartments, there sure are a lot of great places to kill someone in this city.

    Chicky Diaz is everyone’s favorite doorman at the Bohemia, New York City’s world-famous home of celebrities, financiers, and the cultural elite.

    Chicky serves at the pleasure of residents like Emily Longworth, who, up in her penthouse, leads a life of her perfect kids in her perfect home, her perfect worries about museum boards, charity work, and so on. Emily’s husband, though . . . perfectly wealthy, but she has quietly loathed Whit Longworth since well before the revelations that he’s a private-equity war profiteer. But their marriage came with an iron-clad prenup, and Emily can’t bring herself to leave all that. Yet.

    Meanwhile, in apartment 2A, there’s nothing perfect about Julian Sonnenberg’s middle-aged life. Already struggling with the indignities of turning fifty—a stale marriage, teenage kids who no longer need him, his work as an art gallerist making him feel culturally obsolete—and now his doctor tells him that he needs openheart surgery, immediately. Things are falling apart awfully fast.

    In the basement staff room, the life-and-death stakes of daily life are hardly news to the primarily Black and Latino hospitality. So when the NYPD fatally shoots an unarmed Black man and the streets swell with both protestors and counterprotestors, the staff’s concerns are less about the building and more about their survival—and what justice will look like.

    Enter Chicky in his epauletted suit, manning the line between the turbulent streets outside the Bohemia and the far more sanguine world within. And not that the Bohemia’s residents care much (except maybe Emily Longworth), but Chicky has his own problems, the kind that mean that for tonight’s shift, for the first time in thirty years, Chicky will be carrying a gun. Because someone, tonight, is going to die.

    In what is far away his best and most ambitious book yet, Chris Pavone has delivered a piercing portrait of the way we live now that is also a finely honed thriller of ticking-clock suspense. The Doorman is a book about class and privilege in a city poised to boil over its proverbial melting pot, and the ever starker divisions testing everything the City likes to believe about itself.

    • Genre: Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
    • 402 pages, Kindle Edition
    • Expected publication May 20, 2025

    ABOUT CHRIS PAVONE

    CHRIS PAVONE is the New York Times-bestselling author of international thrillers including THE EXPATS and, most recently, TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON; his sixth novel, THE DOORMAN, publishes May 20, 2025. Chris’s books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and IndieNext; have won both the Edgar and Anthony awards, and have been shortlisted for the Strand, Macavity, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize; are in development for film and television; and have been translated into more than two dozen languages.

    He has written for outlets including the New York Times Book Review and Magazine, the Telegraph, and Salon; has appeared on Face the Nation, Good Day New York, All Things Considered, and the BBC; and has been profiled on the arts’ front page of the New York Times. He is a member of the Authors Guild Council, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America, for which he has served as an Edgars judge.

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    Review – Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen @Carl_Hiaasen #feverbeach #netgalley

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    Fever Beach is not my first Carl Hiaasen novel. It’s a satirical commentary on current events and I found myself laughing out loud. Carl’s writing is twisted and when I read one of his books, I know I don’t have to take anything seriously, just be along for the ride.

    My thanks go out to Netgalley and Knopf for the opportunity to read Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen.

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    3 Stars

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    Another instant classic from Carl Hiaasen—laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of Squeeze Me), with two wonderful new Hiaasen heroes.

    • Genre: Comedy, Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Politics, Satire, Suspense, Thriller
    • 561 pages, Kindle Edition
    • Expected publication May 13, 2025

    ABOUT CARL HIAASEN

    Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. After graduating from the University of Florida, he joined the Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter and went on to work for the newspaper’s weekly magazine and prize-winning investigations team. As a journalist and author, Carl has spent most of his life advocating for the protection of the Florida Everglades. He and his family live in southern Florida.

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    Horror Short Stories – A Graveside Gallery by Eric J Guignard @ericjguignard

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    I love the eye catching cover and the short stories inside A Graveside Gallery by Eric Guignard. It is an anthology of horror short stories sure to entertain. The great thing about anthologies is we get an assortment of stories. The great thing about short stories is we can read the story in full quickly when time is at a premium, whether standing in line at the pharmacy or waiting for your name to be called at the doctor’s office.

    These tales of ghosts and dark matter is sure to entertain. Some of my favorites are If I drive before I Wake, The Telephone Game, A Stroke Of Death, Ommetaphobie, and Incident At The Red Hawk Road Stop. Whether it’s self driving cars, haunted phones, paintings, eyes or butterrflies, Eric kept me reading, wondering what horror-ible story would come next.

    I am fascinated by author’s imaginations, and Eric J Guignard is full of surprises. So, if you are looking for stories that can give you the willies, making you uncomfortable, A Graveside Gallery fits the bill.

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    4 Stars

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    From hauntings and oblivion to monsters, murder, and anthropomorphism, A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters, by award-winning author Eric J. Guignard, explores the literary odd and macabre that reside in the vast shadows of our existence.

    In “A Kingdom of Skulls and Marigolds,” a gay Hispanic teen in 1950s Los Angeles, mourning the loss of a friend, has a chance to make amends during Day of the Dead.

    In “Bummin’ to the Beat of the Road,” a Beat-era youth leaves home to travel the land, only to find madness, murder, and the teeth of a new generation.

    In “The Ascending Lights of Yu Lan,” an embittered sailor in 1917’s San Francisco Wharf encounters an immigrant from China who offers peace from ghosts.

    In “Perchance to Dream in Voices of a Fiend,” an intimate epilogue is suggested to the famous novel Frankenstein, offering a more hopeful closure to the characters’ lives.

    …and fifteen masterful others.

    Visit Eric J. Guignard’s second collection and behold that which is captivating, startling, and darkly enriching.

    Table of Contents includes:

    • Penny’s Diner
    • A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds
    • If I Drive Before I Wake
    • Bummin’ to the Beat of the Road
    • The Telephone Game
    • The Tale of Samuel Whiskers Continued; or, A London Digression
    • Drink, Drink From the Fountain of Death
    • Ritual Sacrifice to the Great God of Skates
    • The Moon Over Andersonville
    • A Stroke of Death
    • The Shimmer of Trees
    • Ommetaphobia
    • The Ascending Lights of Yu Lan
    • Two Hearts Make a Half; or, Ghosts of a Rodeo Clown
    • Perchance to Dream in Voices of a Fiend: A Fanciful Epilogue to Frankenstein
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    • Genre: Anthology, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories
    • 266 pages, Kindle Edition
    • Published April 22, 2025

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    Review – Fifty Shades Darker by E L James @E_L_James #fiftyshadesofgrey #librarylove

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    MY REVIEW

    The more I read of the Fifty Shades series, the more I love it. I was already sold because I watched the movies. Now, I am reading straight through, beginning to end, devouring the words, getting lost in their world. I love the characters, sometimes fun and playful, other times wrestling with their demons. Their affair is sizzling hot and my ereader is smokin’.

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    5 Stars

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    Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. 
     
    But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven and demanding Fifty Shades.
     
    While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her, and make the most important decision of her life.

    This book is intended for mature audiences.

    • Genre: Adult, BDSM, Contemporary Romance, Erotica, New Adult, Romance
    • 538 pages, Kindle Edition
    • First published September 16, 2011 by Bloom Books
    • Series; Fifty Shades #2

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    Review – Fifty Shades Of Grey by E L James @E_L_James #fiftyshadesofgrey #librarylove

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    I was late hopping aboard the Fifty Shades Of Grey train, but once I started, I couldn’t stop. I watched the movies first, but knew I had to be checking out the series from the library. I never used to read erotica, but since I’ve been blogging I like some spice in my romance…and Fifty Shades Of Grey is definitely spicy hot. I already loved the characters, so they didn’t need to win me over. Anastasia Steel may be young, but she’s no pushover. She can hold her own against Christian Grey. On to Book II, Fifty Shades Darker.

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    4 Stars

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    Goodreads Choice Award

    Nominee for Readers’ Favorite Romance (2011)

    When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.

    Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

    Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

    This book is intended for mature audiences.

    • Genre: Adult, BDSM, Chick Lit, Erotica, Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance
    • 513 pages, Kindle Edition
    • First published May 25, 2011 by Bloom Books
    • Series: Fifty Shades #1

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