“After Spin the Bottle” by Janet Saunders

AFTER SPIN THE BOTTLE Janet Saunders Authorhouse (2016) ISBN 9781504984782 Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (04/16) Article first published as Book Review: ‘After Spin the Bottle’ by Janet Saunders on Blogcritics. In “After Spin the Bottle” by Janet Saunders, we meet Julie Taylor. Life was pretty simple for Julie, growing up in the...

Namesake (eBook) by Marie Harte

Namesake (eBook) Marie Harte Ellora’s Cave (2010) ISBN 9781419927508 Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (3/11)   The year is 2078, and the place is Cross Step, Kansas.  Cross Step has been isolated from the rest of the United States by the government because of its unusual inhabitants.  About 100 years before, three giant...

Memories Die Last by Tim Smith

Memories Die Last Tim Smith eXtasy Books (2011) ISBN 9781771110280 Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (11/11)   Retired CIA operative Nick Seven finds himself drawn into an intriguing situation when it appears that a man who was responsible for the death of his wife has reappeared and is once again creating mayhem.  What...

Match Maker by Alan Chin

Match Maker Alan Chin Dreamspinner Press (2010) ISBN 9781615815876 Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (2/11)   Alan Chin is one of my favorite authors. His writing is exciting, fun and always has a societal conflict. In this story, Daniel Bottega and Jared Stoderling have been forced to leave the professional tennis circuit...

Desperate Desires (A Sweet and Spicy Novella) by Terri Wolffe

Desperate Desires (A Sweet and Spicy Novella) Terri Wolffe Amazon Digital Services (2011) ASIN: B004MME1HA Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (2/11)   In London, England, in 1796, beautiful and feisty Lucinda is about to become a widow. Her much older wealthy husband is in ill health.  Fearing that his devious relatives will try...

Butterfly’s Child by Alan Chin

Butterfly’s Child   Alan Chin Dreamspinner Press (2010) ISBN 9781615816583 Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (2/11)   Alan Chin is one of my favorite authors. The author's stories of the gay and lesbian community have universal appeal for all  readers. You will read about love, relationships, parenting and prejudice in our society....

Unacceptable Destiny by Tara Engle

Unacceptable Destiny Tara Engle AuthorHouse (2010) ISBN 9781449080433 Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (07/10)   Lately I’ve been reading a lot of fantasy and paranormal romances, and enjoying them far more than I’ve ever thought possible; so it should come as no surprise that a book talking about “Ancient Norwegian Powers” on its...

Counterpoint: Dylan’s Story by Ruth Sims

Counterpoint: Dylan’s Story Ruth Sims Dreamspinner Press ISBN 9781615815333 Reviewed by Tyler R. Tichelaar for Reader Views (4/08)   “Counterpoint: Dylan’s Story” by Ruth Sims follows the lives and loves of three men, two of them musicians, one a novelist, in England and France at the end of the nineteenth century. The characters’ lives focus...

Zudd: No Bargain in Debasement by Alan Grossberg

Zudd: No Bargain in Debasement Alan Grossberg Piera Press (2007) ISBN 9780977956142 Reviewed by Tyler R. Tichelaar for Reader Views (8/08)   Catherine Harlow has a sexual appetite, and she also is ambitious in other ways, but sometimes sex gets in her way from making rational decisions. Catherine is intelligent and she has a great...