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Kingdom of Ruins (D.C. Marino) – Review

~ About the Book ~ In the Lands Within, history does not rest. Each archaeological layer communicates with the living generation, choosing its friends and enemies—and its kings. But an alliance has been struck no one could have anticipated, and an ancient evil is soaking into the soil. History is being erased, purchased and re-written at a terrible price. And a kingdom that shouldn’t have been forgotten is fading from memory. In the Lands Without, archaeologist Lori Brickland has found a pottery shard with a heartbeat. The pulse might be a trick of the mind, or it might be the

2 August 2018

Points Worth (D. C. Marino) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Genre: Fantasy Series: Kingdom of Ruins Novelette Release date: 30 March 2018 Pages: 31 Publisher: Celebrate Lit For centuries the small port town of Points Worth has been able to communicate with the ocean in its own language. But the water has just gone silent and its last word has shaken those able to translate it. A knowledge of sea-script won’t be enough to mend the broken relationship between man and the deep. Gil, a young nautical linguist, will have to break rules and search the past to discover why the ocean ceased its tides—or had them stolen.

16 June 2018

Fast Five Review Roundup

Welcome, reader friends! It has to have been at least a month since my last Fast Five Review Roundup, but I’ve been able to put one together for you at last. It’s a bit of a mixed bag today—some more enjoyable than others—but I hope you’ll find something to tickle your fancy.

12 April 2018

Interview + Giveaway with Gloria Clover

Welcome, book lovers! Come and join me for a chat today with author Gloria Clover, whose novel Washed Under the Waves just released on 6 March 2018. Washed Under the Waves is the first of five novels in her Children of the King series, which will be releasing over the next few months.

12 March 2018

Washed Under the Waves (Gloria Clover) – Review

~ About the Book ~ A hidden island. A prince in disguise…and a lady torn between love and duty. Lady Tayte Bashan never desired the distinctive black hair that marks her as Undae royalty, but when her family perishes in a devastating tsunami, the burden of leadership falls upon her young shoulders. Even as she prepares her island for the prophesied prince, she fears the duty to marry him is truly meant for another. Sent from the King to an island untouched by the outside world for centuries, Prince Geoffrey Athan D’Ambrose’s mission is to lead its people to the

12 March 2018

Cover Reveal! – Gloria Clover's Children of the King Series

Welcome book lovers! I have a big cover reveal for you today. Not just one, or even two, but FIVE books! The Children of the King series by Gloria Clover, published by By The Vine Press, will begin releasing in March 2018. This is a speculative series that weaves historical fiction and a tangible spiritual thread with action and romance! But before we get to the big reveal, let’s meet the author.

21 November 2017

Day Moon (Brett Armstrong) – Review

~ About the Book ~ In A.D. 2039, a prodigious seventeen year old, Elliott, is assigned to work on a global soft-ware initiative his deceased grandfather helped found. Project Alexandria is intended to provide the entire world secure and equal access to all accumulated human knowledge. All forms of print are destroyed in good faith, to ensure everyone has equal footing, and Elliott knows he must soon part with his final treasure: a book of Shakespeare’s complete works gifted him by his grandfather. Before it is destroyed, Elliott notices something is amiss with the book, or rather Project Alexandria. The

2 November 2017

Siren’s Song (Mary Weber) – Review

A creaking sound erupts behind me through the red-illuminated dark and someone’s poking my shoulder. “This way.” A door opens, sending in a candlelit glow over my shoulder to light up the heavily curtained room and the three elderly Luminescents all seated in a row. They’re so old it appears as if their skin is decaying. I cough, and it’s as if I’m inhaling that scent of dead bodies on ice again. I gag and shove off from the freezing chair I’ve been sitting on. I am done with this place. Out of the dim, the dancing Cashlin guard’s

29 February 2016

The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.