Beginning a few weeks after the events of the previous installment, Marked, book three in the Mindscape Investigations series, finds Adam Ward, telepath consultant to the police department, leaving yet another successful interrogation to go help Isabella Cherabino, his partner and not-so-secret crush, with a murder case. On his way, Adam receives a message to call Kara, his ex-fiancée, immediately. The two have a recent history of helping each other out when necessary, so Adam decides he will return the call a bit later. Read More »

Life on the streets was hard, but for 17-year-old Kalli, it was a better option than returning home. After her father left, supposedly to find a better job and provide for the family, her aunt from India moved in and decided that the best way to save the family was to marry teenaged Kalli off to a rich man. Her aunt let the men “sample the merchandise” and her mother did nothing to stop the abuse, so Kalli ran. Then one night, Kalli was attacked and beaten in an alley. Gravely wounded, she was carried away by a handsome stranger whmo she thought was an angel. Read More »

Because It Is My Blood picks up shortly after the first book in Gabrielle Zevin’s Birthright series, All These Things I’ve Done. Anya Balanchine’s sentence at Liberty is coming to an end, and she finds out that her nemesis, Charles Delacroix, has something to do with the easy time she has received there. Although she promised to stay away from his son, that becomes impossible when an anonymous donation lets her back into Holy Trinity. Read More »

A future where chocolate and coffee are banned could be pretty bleak, and if your family is the US’s top exporter of chocolate, that means your family is a bunch of criminals—a mob, actually. This is the predicament that sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself in. As if she does not have enough trouble keeping track of her older, mentally-challenged brother and her spunky, younger sister while their guardian, their grandmother, is on life-support, she is accused of poisoning her ex-boyfriend with chocolate. Read More »

Zenobia Fox (an assumed name to conceal her identities as both an author and an heiress who seems to get kidnapped frequently), sets out on a trip with her longtime, friend, Helene, now married to an ambassador. Viewing the journey as an adventure she can use as fodder for her next Lady Lynx story, Zenobia feels secure on the airship, especially given the presence of her bodyguards-in-disguise, Mara and Cooper. Read More »

Six weeks after nearly shorting out his brain and his telepathic ability with it on a big case, police department-consultant Adam finds himself trying to hide from his co-workers the fact that his telepathy still remains at less than full strength. To make matter worse, his former homicide detective partner (of sorts), Isabella Cherabino, has been actively avoiding him due to the mind-link Read More »

Movie Review by Renee George

I want to start this review by saying I’ve read the entire Divergent series. No spoilers here, but I know how it ends. That being said, when I went to opening night of the Divergent movie, I wasn’t sure what to expect. My date for the evening was my fifteen-year-old teenage girl, who, along with a whole theater full of teenagers, was dying to watch premiere event… on a school night!
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Mad Tales is a collection of four short stories and an absolute jewel of a read. The author shows his versatility and skill by covering four different genres of the paranormal with exquisite style, ironic humor and fiendishly clever twists and turns. Each story holds surprises and unexpected conclusions, all done exceptionally well. Read More »

Princess Olivia of Andromeda will do anything to avoid her arranged marriage to a greedy prince from a neighboring planet, including running the night before her wedding. But not all is as it seems on board the Hummingbird. Captain Roy and the rest of the crew are the best con-artist in several galaxies, and rescuing princess is just a small part of their greater mission.
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Jebediah Miller has a secret that has been handed down to him, but can he keep it hidden? When situations arise that cause this group of Amish to flee their home they have no ideas of what sorts of things exist in the rest of the universe. God’s plan unfolds from the beginning to the end.
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Evelyn Stone walked out on Gavin MacRae three years ago in an attempt to protect her heart from his hero complex. However, when he “kidnaps” her in order to help an injured woman upon his ship, Evie has a tough time putting aside all of her feelings for him. But she will do what she has to in order to save her patient. Mac reveals that the patient is his wife, but someone does not want the secrets that she carries revealed. Mac and Evie work together in order to find out who the spy is. As they work together, some of the old flame rekindles and they must decide whether to explore it or walk away again. Read More »

Exiled to Earth, Emma continued to protect Maddie as she had done on Askara. Working in a diner and preserving her glamour was difficult, but it was still much easier than allowing herself to think of Harper. When Harper and his brother, Clayton, returned to Earth, Emma realized they had risked everything by helping the slave revolt in Askara, and she was furious. Escaping to Earth had been the only way to keep Maddie safe from the political machinations and untrustworthy advisors so prevalent, and Emma’s own position as Maddie’s handmaiden was insecure with the changes in leadership. Read More »

My dad first introduced me to the TV show Eureka and I have been hooked ever since I saw the first episode. The show is funny, interesting and always has something mysterious happening. Eureka is the home of Global Dynamics, a government funded research facility. Therefore, the town is made up of a highly-intelligent population. Jack Carter, the main character of the show, is the bumbling sheriff, who always seems to be the one to take the risks to save the town.
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Daimones starts off by reminding the reader of the actual deaths of thousands of birds and fish all around the world over the past several years that have gone unresolved. But in this book, there is a definite reason why.

Dan Amenta had recently been fired from his job and was taking his daughter to school one morning when they noticed all of the crashes on the road, everybody dead. Read More »

Necessary Evil, the third book in the Milkweed Triptych series, begins with Raybould Marsh being transported back in time to 1940. His mission: to save the world. The British war efforts’ use of Eidolons, powerful, formless, ancient demons, has led to the destruction of the future world. Raybould has given everything to protect his country from Hitler and the Nazis, including his Read More »

Jack Campbell shows us the alternative viewpoint with the lead characters in Tarnished Knight. In previous books, the point of view was through Admiral Black Jack Geary, who leads the Alliance into victory against the Syndicate Worlds. In this novel, we see things through the eyes of two leaders in the Midway Star system. Read More »

Invincible is the follow-up to Dreadnaught in The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier series. Alliance Admiral John “Black Jack” Geary has kept The First Fleet mostly in one piece through a voyage deep into the uncharted frontier past their former enemies, the Syndic-occupied space. In the process, they discover another fierce enemy whose manner of battle confounds human Read More »

Plot: Orius is home to a people called the Grey, however due to civil war and mistrust they have split into two groups the Black and the White. When Orius becomes uninhabitable the two join forces and warriors to find themselves a new home… Earth, and to two female assassins sent to ensure there will be no trouble in their new home. Read More »

Riggs is a retired intelligence officer who just wants a little peace and quiet. Still mourning the loss of his wife, his only desire is to be left alone. After being coerced into one last mission by the government, he is about to make a discovery that will change his entire belief system. But will he come out the other side better or worse? Read More »

Weber and Yadira meet under dire circumstances; Yadira is a part of a kidnapping ring, while Weber is an I-Marshal (think intergalactic marshal/police/detective). The two find themselves neck deep in a shadowy slavery ring that is headed by something darker and more demonic. It turns out that both Weber and Yadira have secrets that are just as big as the war that is brewing. Weber has an angel side, and Yadira is not who she seems. Read More »