Category: Action/Adventure

“AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold” by Mary Ann Bernal

May 18, 2024

“AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold” by Mary Ann Bernal is the anticipated sequel to the award-winning novella “AnaRose and the Templar’s Quest,” and part of the AnaRose Action and Adventure Novellas series.  In this latest action-packed thriller, AnaRose showcases her specialty and skills by saving further artifacts from the sly and cunning grasp of espionage, murder, and suspense. … More “AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold” by Mary Ann Bernal

“Of Friction” by S.J. Lee

May 17, 2024

“Of Friction” by S.J. Lee is set in a world that humans have destroyed.  Ironically, science is humanity’s last hope to create a more adaptable and evolved race to survive in the remaining conditions of Earth.  The necessary creation of these altered humans brings with them extraordinary survival abilities, adaptable resilience, and a more advanced line of genetically altered humans. However, despite this new race being engineered as a means to survive what remains of Earth, the original hominids and these Altered clash as they each seek to maintain power.   … More “Of Friction” by S.J. Lee

“Blood of Fire” by Myrielle Glassman

May 16, 2024

 They called them the Bloodborn: human warriors who have burning blood that is toxic to faeries. Once there were hundreds of these formidable fighters, but after a brutal war between the faeries and the human realm, Elyria, The Order is all but destroyed. Meara is one of the few surviving Bloodborn Knights, but she has had enough of all the carnage and plans to hang up her sword for good. But after the public execution of some of the few remaining fairies in the human world goes dangerously awry, Meara gets dragged into a nigh-hopeless rescue effort. … More “Blood of Fire” by Myrielle Glassman

“The War Machine” by Barry W. Levy

May 15, 2024

For the last while, I’ve all but given up reading thrillers, even—or maybe especially—the long-running series by popular authors. What used to be excellent adventure with engaging characters has turned into little more than subtle propaganda exercises, where the underlying message shows the author hasn’t bothered to research beyond the New York Times. … More “The War Machine” by Barry W. Levy

MEET THE AUTHOR:  A Conversation with Jo McCarty – author of “Call Me Adam”

May 13, 2024

Jo McCarty is a first-time novelist from Michigan. McCarty shares her time between vibrant city life and rural lake living, inspired by the people and landscapes to write about both. Call Me Adam is her debut novel, though she has successfully written Children’s and YA fiction under another name. McCarty is at work on another novel. … More MEET THE AUTHOR:  A Conversation with Jo McCarty – author of “Call Me Adam”

“Model Wave” by TK Sheffield

May 11, 2024

When people in Midwestern cities escape to their summer homes by the lake, two things are certain.  First, they’ll be pointing the car north.   Second, they will cherish the peace, quiet, and pine-scented air.  A high-stress situation might involve burning some muffins or getting some fishing gear tangled up.   This is exactly the sort of experience our main character, Mel Tower, was hoping for when she closed up shop and drove to Glass Lake, accompanied by her beloved collie; her first real vacation in twenty years.  This is “Model Wave: Romance, Boats, and Bad Business in the Northwoods,” part of The Backyard Model Mysteries series by TK Sheffield. … More “Model Wave” by TK Sheffield

“The War Machine” by Barry W. Levy

May 10, 2024

Fans of military fiction, alphabet agency thrillers, suspense, and historical fiction- this one’s for you!  “The War Machine” by Barry Levy is a take-no-prisoners, leave-no-witnesses novel that ticks all the right boxes.  Set in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1988, this absolute tour de force flashes back frequently to Vietnam, 1968 as we get into the head of the main character, Kick.  He seems like an anomaly- a Canadian fighting with US soldiers in the special forces unit then known as MACV-SOG.  They were ghosts in the night.  Terrors by day.  Dropping into the jungles of Cambodia and Laos where no combat troops were officially allowed … More “The War Machine” by Barry W. Levy

“Codex” by Lisa Towles

April 29, 2024

In “Codex,” author Lisa Towles has created a world.  Not a world I’d want to live in, necessarily, but a frighteningly plausible world in which greed, secrecy and even mind control rule our lives.  Maybe it’s so convincing because every page seems horribly plausible.  Plausible, but surprising – when was the last time a washed-up drunk cornered you in a bar and ended the festivities by handing you the keys to his helicopter?   And that wasn’t even the biggest surprise in this gem of a thriller. … More “Codex” by Lisa Towles

“On Wahoo Reef” by Tim W. Jackson

April 23, 2024

Disgruntled public relations employee Wally Breight longed to leave behind his soul-sucking 9-to-5 life. The scuba diving enthusiast had visions of living an island life—leading dives, feeling the sand beneath his toes, and becoming a better version of himself. So, when an opportunity arose to purchase a diving business on idyllic Blacktip Island, Wally jumped quickly, making a spontaneous (perhaps reckless) decision to sell his condo, leave his stable job, and have only a small nest egg of savings at his disposal. … More “On Wahoo Reef” by Tim W. Jackson