Review of THE INDIAN ROSE (Paperback)

A beautiful love story well worth reading. Particularly loved the time travel aspect of how someome from the past could possibly deal with some of our modern conveniences, like TV and cars. And then the twist of someone from today ending up in the past. Nice touch that Jessica just won't accept it until she's really faced with it. Totally lovable hero and very realistic, modern day heroine.

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Having recently lost her father to cancer, the last thing Jessica Hart needs is to come across a confused and injured stranger on the beach near her home. Not only does Patrick O'Hara believe its 1778, he also thinks Jessica is a boy. As a psychologist, she wonders how he came up with his ancient sea-faring life. As a woman she can't help being drawn to his charming old fashioned ways.Patrick talks her into taking out her family yacht, and Jessica soon realises she's made a big mistake when a storm sweeps them both overboard and into the path of The Indian Rose. Rescued by his own crew, Patrick knows they have returned to the past, but Jessica is convinced The Indian Rose is just an authentic reconstruction complete with crazy sailors willing to go along with their insane captain's desire to live in the past. So begin Jessica Hart's adventures into the past.

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Review of Moon In Gemini (Paperback)

This is a great book. I am not a book worm. I usually put books down after a while, but not this one. With its crazy character and very graphic nature, it was hard not to finish this book because you want to see what happens to Jefferson. I ask that you please don't stereotype this book as a hip-hop book because it is not. I probably wouldn't have read it if it was. It is reality.

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There's something wrong with Shawn Jefferson. Life couldn't be any better for the charming, handsome, and talented NBA guard. He's got money, he's got clout, and he's got plenty of women. But when an injury cuts his career short, Shawn finds out just how hard starting over really is. He sinks into depression...and something even more terrifying, altering the lives of those around him forever. Complicating matters is the fact that he's falling in love with his physical therapist, Karen Bradshaw, who's dealing with the demons of her past in her own quietly destructive way. Despite repeated warnings from her brother, Alan, Karen is determined to find happiness with Shawn-but at what cost?

Moon in Gemini. If it's too good to be true, scream.

About the Author
Brandon Bennett lives, loves, and drinks in Baltimore City. He has worked as a waiter, a bartender, a librarian's assistant, and a pre-school teacher. His first novel, easy 'cause you're beautiful, was published in 2000.

He can be contacted at bb_da_twin@yahoo.com

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Review of In the Arms of the Enemy (Paperback)

For a short time in my life I became interested in Romantic Suspense.Patricia Guthrie has renewed this interest a bit if only to eagerly await her next book.
Authors today seem to have an excess of sex, violence and curse words in their books.IN THE ARMS OF THE ENEMY has none of these things overdone.As a matter of fact the curse words that others seem to think are necessary to writing are absent from Ms. Guthrie's book.The other two are done to a level adequate to this grand read, which delights me to no end.

Ms. Guthrie uses a storm to set the scene for big troubles to come and she has a spinning wheel of suspects that keeps one actively involved in the plot.

In short spurts you grow to dislike a character and then in a brief scene you begin to see another side and then the author kills the character.At the moment I found this character was dead, I screamed and hollered at Patricia with all the fury within my soul.She evoked such emotion in me that I for one cannot wait to read her next book.I also thank her for sharing her creative soul with us.Great job, Patricia.

Suzanne Valente

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Author Note. . . In the Arms of the Enemy is dedicated to those horses lost to man s greed and inhumanity, and to those humanitarians who make it their mission to save and protect them. When law enforcement fails him, horseman Adam Blakely goes undercover to search for a killer. Only problem he falls in love with his prime suspect. Maggie McGregor leaves the tumultuous world of horse racing determined to never train again, until a handsome boarder moves his horse into her father s barn. And that s when the accidents begin. Maggie and Adam find themselves drowning in a sea of deception and lies to uncover an insurance scam so insidious it could rock the foundations of an established horseracing empire and bring the killer too close to home. Adam and Maggie must learn to trust each other before they face extermination.

From the Author
In the Arms of the Enemy is dedicated to those horses lost to man's greed and inhumanity, and to thosehumanitarians who make it their mission to save and protect them.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Review of Christietown: A Novel About Vintage Clothing, Romance, Mystery, and Agatha Christie (Cece Caruso Mysteries) (Paperback)

Cece Caruso's latest project is a biography of Agatha Christie.Unfortunately, her publisher seems to think it needs more work.Specifically, Cece is told to beef up the section on Agatha Christie's mysterious disappearance during December of 1926.She has a little over a week to rework that section and get it back.

As if Cece doesn't already have enough on her plate.She's supposed to be planning her wedding to Detective Peter Gambino and a baby shower for her daughter.Her ex-husband and his new fiancee are in town for that last event, causing more conflict in Cece's life.Additionally, she's in charge of the opening day festivities for Christietown.

Christietown is a retirement community based around the works of the famed mystery author.The subdivision resembles a small English town complete with Vicarage and Pub.

Unfortunately, the play doesn't go well when the woman set to play Miss Marple disappears only to turn up murdered by poison.Is someone going too far with the Christie theme?Why was the woman murder?

This is another book that will please Cece's many fans.Cece and her family and friends are always fun to spend time around, and this book is no exception.The main mystery seems a bit slow at times due to the various sub-plots, but for those who love the characters, this isn't an issue at all.Along the way, we get snippets that offer one theory on what really happened during Agatha's real life disappearance.

Cece never fails to entertain, and this book is no exception.

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A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open, and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend, Cece is staging a play featuring the beloved sleuth Miss Marple. Of course, everything goes wrong, including a leading lady who ends up dead.

All is not well in Christietown; its secrets are as complicated as the truth behind Agatha Christie's real-life disappearance. The developer, an Englishman who claims to be Dame Agatha's descendent, has ruthless investors breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Cece's got a wedding to plan, a baby shower to give, and an ex-husband who shows up on her doorstep with his fiancée and future mother-in-law. And when another body surfaces, the intrepid amateur sleuth knows she must play the famed detective for real-or suffer the same mysterious fate.

About the Author

Susan Kandel is a former art critic for the Los Angeles Times. She has taught at New York University and UCLA, and served as the editor of the international journal artext. She lives with her family in West Hollywood, California.

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