Author Archives: Emma D.
Emma – From early childhood my parents encouraged me to read and I spent most of my time either with my nose in a book or on my horse. While my parents can take the glory for my love of reading they have no idea where I got my love of animals (horses and dogs in particular) from. I got my first dog when I was 8 but had to hand him back as my younger siblings where scared of him (he was a bouncy puppy). So I got a horse and my parents promise I could get a dog when I was fourteen (they thought I would forget). Well I turned 14 and asked for my dog J I’ve had one ever since.
Now days as an adult my time is split between work, reading, my dog (just in the last year and a half I’ve taken up dog agility) and still occasionally some horses.
When reading I read across a wide variety of genres from sci fi and fantasy to murder/mystery. I’m not particularly fond of historical but otherwise I’ll give anything a try.
Emma D.
November 1, 2014
Mystery / Suspense, Reviews
Forced Disappearance opens with Glenn about to be tortured again by his Venezuelan capturers who believe him to be a US spy trying to steal state assets. We are given a glimpse of what Glenn has suffered and how he has survived till now. Then his torture escalates and he realizes he needs to escape now.
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Emma D.
June 14, 2014
Erotica, Reviews
Raesa has nowhere else to go so follows the directions her father gave her long ago if anything ever happened to him. Escaping after being captured to become a slave, Raesa breaks into the pirate ship Crimson Star. What she finds there will change her life forever.
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Emma D.
June 9, 2014
Reviews, Urban Fantasy
Verity comes from a family with plenty of
“augmentation” (super powers). Not everyone has augmentation, so while her family has always used their powers for good they wear masks so their identities are kept secret. Breaking out of the asylum where she has been kept for what she thought was weeks, Verity makes it to the safety of her brother’s house.
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Emma D.
June 8, 2014
Reviews, Romance
This has to be one of the more intriguing first lines I have read in a long time:
“The worst time for a police cruiser to fly off a bridge was when you were handcuffed in the back.” Where can you go from there? Dana manages to live up to the excellent first line and takes you on a journey of intrigue in the now-familiar Broslin Creek setting. Not only do we get to follow two new friends on their journey, but we catch up with old friends and see the start of some potential new stories.
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Emma D.
June 8, 2014
Reviews, Romance
Sophie has a fresh start ahead of her. Finally a chance to live her life and try all the things on her IFL (If I Live) list. Taking charge of herself she is putting herself first and using her new-found strength to try things she never thought she would do. Peaches is just a sign of all the new things to come.
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Emma D.
June 5, 2014
Reviews, Romance
A bit darker than Deathwatch, Deathscape is still a good read. Set in the now familiar town of Broslin Creek, it follows the journey of Ashley and Jack. I enjoyed the development of the characters in some very trying circumstances. Dana has very good world-building skills, and I’m enjoying how true to Read More »
Emma D.
June 5, 2014
Reviews, Romance
Kicking off with a bang, this book keeps you involved every step of the way. Although short, there is a good bit of information that is given in such a way as to build the story and characters, not just as information. Having seen an assassin’s face, Kate’s life is in jeopardy until he is caught. Can she trust someone else to help her again? She believed others could help once before only to be proved wrong.
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Emma D.
April 7, 2014
Erotica, Reviews
Raised her entire life to believe that shifters are evil, Sarah is a bundle of confliction. She is finding it harder and harder to reconcile what she has been taught with what she is learning about shifters from living with Dmitry and Dastan. She’s finding it harder and harder to fight the growing attraction she has for both men. Can she put aside the beliefs her mother has instilled and act on the attraction?
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Emma D.
March 8, 2014
Paranormal, Reviews
The premise of
The Kindling sounds great. Tru has a close encounter with electrocution after lightning downs some powerlines. She miracously survives but starts to experience some odd visions and her eyes spontaneously change color. Somehow she has become able to see when people are ready for love, and even better she can identify their perfect match.
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Emma D.
March 8, 2014
Erotica, Reviews
Tiger Magic is the fifth book in a series. I have read all other books and do highly recommend others do so, as well, in order to get the full background to this fascinating world. You could read them as stand-alones, but they really are written as a series and should be read as such due to the overall story arc that threads through all the books.
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Emma D.
February 26, 2014
Erotica, Reviews
Katelyn (Kate) has just landed her dream job at WindHaven, and is both excited and nervous. WindHaven is a premier psychiatric hospital and it has long been her desire to work here. Amazingly, she is offered the job as the head nurse in the long-term care unit. This is more than she had hoped for.
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Emma D.
February 26, 2014
Reviews, Science Fiction
From birth Sage had always been different, so different he scared his mother as a newborn baby with his ability to focus and follow her with his eyes. He always seemed to be listening, and worse, understanding everything. Once Sage learned to read at an extremely early age there was no stopping him. Not only did he excel in all subjects, but he pushed himself physically, as well, and was far more advanced than other children his age.
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Emma D.
February 25, 2014
Erotica, Reviews
Surrounded by Secrets is the fourth book in a series. I had not read the previous three when I read this and believe this had an impact on my enjoyment of the book. I do feel that with more understanding of the characters and how they came to be at their current points I might have enjoyed it more.
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Emma D.
January 31, 2014
Reviews, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
This is a second book in a series, and I highly recommend reading the first book,
Haunting Blue, first. I also read the in-between novella that isn’t necessarily needed but does flesh out some background of a new character,
Haunting Obsession.
Blue (Fiona) has never fully recovered from the events two years ago when her mother was killed and she almost died fighting a ghost. Read More »
Emma D.
January 31, 2014
Paranormal, Reviews
Daryl is obsessed with Maxine Marie (think Marilyn Monroe) and has quite a memorabilia collection. His girlfriend, Loretta, has coped with this up until the night Daryl takes her shopping for her birthday present only to insist on buying himself a framed rent check Maxine had signed before becoming a household name. Storming off in a fury, Loretta makes her own way home,
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Emma D.
January 30, 2014
Horror, Reviews, Urban Fantasy
At only ten, Edmund knows how to talk to living things and perform magic. Then tragedy strikes and Edmund dies only to reawaken two years later in a different world with no memory of the life his body had lead up till that point in time. We then follow Edmund through his discovery of where he is and how he adjusts to the different words and odd visual memories that inhabit his head. Just as Edmund starts to gather his thoughts, his life is thrown into turmoil again.
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Emma D.
January 26, 2014
Paranormal, Reviews
Raised via the foster system, Lana has always wondered why she was given up. Does it have something to do with the blackouts she has suffered every new moon since she was eighteen?
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Emma D.
January 26, 2014
Paranormal, Reviews
The night before she starts college Patricia has a bad case of nerves and falls into a troubled sleep. A disturbingly vivid dream of her dead grandmother is compounded when she finds a necklace that was given her in the dream is really present. This is the beginning of the end for the life Patricia has always known.
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Emma D.
January 15, 2014
Paranormal, Reviews
Darla has always had a knack with the old outlawed technology heaped in the ‘Boneyard’. This knack has helped her survive since branded a Dissident as a child. She has even managed to avoid the Yardman until now.
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Emma D.
December 3, 2013
Erotica, Reviews
Mally has always chaffed under the rules of her ultra-restrictive guardian. She has always felt there is more to life than fending off the unwanted advances of her foster brother and doing as she is told. Lately she has been having some decidedly erotic dreams, and she is realizing that something has to change.
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