“Authentic and moving fantasy tale” – “The Dragon Dreamer” (Book #1) by J.S. Burke

#IARTG THE DRAGON DREAMER BY J.S. BURKE, #YA #SCI #FANTASY

Marc Secchia
Authentic and moving fantasy tale

An authentic and moving friendship develops between a dragon and an octopus in this beautifully crafted tale for all ages. Arak the dragon is a dreamer and adventurer. Scree, the curious octopus, is a healer willing to rick it all to help those in need. My 10-year-old bookworm daughter (who is quite a discerning reader and not often lavish with her praise!) says, “The story’s fabulous!” and I fully agree. This is a story to dive into, literally, because there’s so much more to this tale than meets the eye.

Author J. S. Burke brings the undersea world to dazzling life, using her background in marine biology to salt her world-building with just the right amount of authentic and fascinating detail. As someone who grew up beside the ocean, I can attest to that! Further, she tells a gripping yarn. While the story at its surface level follows the unfolding of friendship and cooperation of a most unusual kind between two different species, there is tension well sustained throughout and wonderfully imaginative descriptions of octopus and dragon art forms and dance, accompanied by a flawless depth and growth of the main and supporting characters in the tale.

The art of this tale for me lies in how the author brings these disparate threads together while never allowing the narrative pace to slacken. Engrossing, uplifting and superbly crafted, this book is a keeper. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

“The Dragon Dreamer”
(Book #1)
by J.S. Burke
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“It’s a fun, easy mystery with a lovable character, Carson Reno, who carries you through the story like he’s your best friend” – “Horse Tales” (Carson Reno Mystery Series, Book 4) by Gerald W. Darnell

Yellow crime tape surrounded the burned barn area and stretched all the way around many of the surrounding buildings. Among all this confusion were several large tractors, which seemed to be removing the rubble and what was left of the animal carcasses. It was a terrible sight, and the misting rain made it worse.

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Carson Reno RocksThis is the first I’ve read of the Carson Reno series. It’s a fun, easy mystery with a lovable character, Carson Reno, who carries you through the story like he’s your best friend. You will come away feeling like you sat at Chief’s with him and had a hamburger while he told his tale. Enjoyed this book!

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“Horse Tales”
(Carson Reno Mystery
Series, Book 4)
by Gerald W. Darnell
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“Surprisingly Sweet Romance Blended With Sci-fi” – “Eve of Destruction” (Soldiers of Destruction Series, Book 1) by E. Kay Sims

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I’m Capt. Eve Stone and I’m a cyborg. I woke up in a top-secret lab with no memory of my past, except that I was once human. They erased my memory, more than once. I’m more machine than human now, but once my sleep cycle begins, my memories from my human life return, and so do those of a man with stormy silver eyes. He haunts my dreams, and something in me knows he’s the key to my human identity. I need to remember…

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I’m SSgt Wyatt Powell, former USAF Military Training Instructor at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. I met and fell in love with Airman Katica Hajek nineteen years ago. A relationship between us was against the rules. But she agreed to explore our explosive relationship anyway. I thought I lost her, but now I am not so sure.

Eve of Destruction is Book One of the Soldiers of Destruction Series and ends in a cliffhanger.

Disclaimer: This book is intended for readers 18+ as it contains sexually explicit themes and adult language. It is a dark read and may contain triggers for some readers including violence and rape. Read at your own discretion.

Gina Briganti
Surprisingly Sweet Romance Blended With Sci-fi

Eve of Destruction” is grab your honey hot, sigh with pleasure sweet, delivers on the action and technology front, and has a solid sci-fi base. This foodie loved the scenes where food was detailed. I could taste that juicy cheeseburger after months of nothing by chow hall food. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series!

“Eve of Destruction”
(Soldiers of Destruction
Series, Book 1)
by E. Kay Sims
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As you read this book you will travel with Diana, and you will experience her pain, love, and trails and tribulations! – “Diana’s Magic” (Time Travel Society Series Book 2) by Crystal Miles Gauthier

#Historical, #Paranormal, #Shifter, #Romance, #Adventure, #Witch’s

Finding Her True Potential. “Diana Elizabeth, you are a very powerful sorceress, it is true. And you may not ever need to know these things. However, there may come a time in your life when knowledge of this backward way of doing things could come in handy when your powers are diminished, and you cannot perform to your full ability.” “Aunt, when would that possibly ever happen to me?” “Diana it could happen any time a demon is near or a follower has attached itself to you.” Being one of the most powerful sorceresses in the world is a challenge for sixteen-year-old Diana. Still haunted by the evil forces who kidnapped her in infancy, she is taught to fight those who want to steal from her everything she loves. One night during what was supposed to be a teenagers rebellious night out, she encounters a sight that rocks her to her knees. Diana runs away angry, veering off the normal path, a small accident leaves her unconscious. When she wakes, she finds herself in a strange new place. Everyone seems to be joyful and content in this place called Shae’lan. What awaits Diana in this happy place will not only leave her wanting more, it will also have her questioning her life’s decisions. Two men will determine Diana’s fate. One is Evil, One is Good. Both will be a factor in determining the rest of her life.

Jacquelyn
I’m in love with this Time Travel Series

I have never really like Time Travel Books! Once I started reading Troianne I couldn’t put it down, I had to read the whole series! I just finished reading this book Diana’s Magic! This book leaves you wanting more! You will laugh and cry when you read it! Diana is this most amazing young woman who grows into this extraordinary woman, and she finds her soulmate at a young age! As you read this book, you will travel with Diana, and you will experience her pain, love, and trails and tribulations! The twist to the story of her father wedding her beloved’s mother was a kicker! I never see it coming! This is truly a great book! Can’t wait to read the next one…

“Diana’s Magic”
(Time Travel Society Series Book 2)
by Crystal Miles Gauthier
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A fantastic book! “Cross-Ties” by Carolyn M. Bowen

 #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #Romance

Leah was a rebel. She chose to live her life outside the constraints of 19th century English society. She rebuked any parental control and choose to decide her own fate. From England to the Caribbean and then frontier America, she was loved by family and friends yet still had enemies. Sailing the seas with pirates lurking about helped chisel her character as she created a life of her own near the sea.

Explore the scenic countries with Leah and learn of the native cultures and taste their delicacies. As a mixed race female, she placed prejudices under her feet and learned to recognize and accept love even if it was against the law.

A fantastic book!
By Viv Drewa
Bowen keeps you interested in the story in “Cross-Ties”. I read it in two days; I just couldn’t put it down.

You feel for Leah on her amazing journey to find not only love but herself.

This book holds remarkable adventurers, and I highly recommend it!

 

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by Carolyn M. Bowen
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“A wonderful love story!” – “Blue Lake” (Time After Time) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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When widowed Nicole decided to step back into life in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico with Richard, a young, handsome British actor who professed his undying love and devotion to her on a daily basis, she mistook his boundless enthusiasm for her as little more than youthful impetuousness. She had no idea where their relationship would take her physically or emotionally. She would find herself in many dazzling international locations, putting her own life on hold, simply to be with him. She had no concept how strong her commitment to him would grow and to what extent she would go to protect him and ensure his safety and well-being. And she certainly had no idea the depth of his devotion to her, an unlikely but undeniable love that would span continents and a decade of their lives, entwining them closer and closer, while his career, their families, and other relationships pulled them farther and farther apart. BLUE LAKE is a story of the power of love.
The series, TIME AFTER TIME, follows a pair of quintessential lovers, Richard and Nicole, through their lives together, in different places, in different times, with different names and faces and sometimes even on other planets. This follows the alternative theory that the relationships we forge in this lifetime, both the good and the bad, are continued into the future, and are rooted deeply in our past. Whatever we do, whoever we love, and the good and evil deeds we do today follow us into the future. Unsettled issues will present themselves again and again until they are ultimately resolved. Those people who have had a profound effect on us in this lifetime will find us again in the future. And although everything changes, love remains.
Books in the TIME AFTER TIME series are BLUE LAKE, BELTERRA,
The BASLICATO, BENTLEY SQUARE, WAITING FOR RICHARD, and LORD OF BLAKELEY. They do not need to be read in order.

Kata Mlek
A wonderful love story!

Love at first sight, the BIG and REAL one, happens occasionally but if it does, it’s spectacular. However, the relationship with the true soul mate or twin flame isn’t easy, requires sacrifices and sometimes even inflicts pain. On one hand, perfect couples deal with overwhelming joy, on the other hand with doubt, worry, remorse and fear. Carol and Richard, the main characters in Blue Lake, initially sharing a strong connection, have to face the hidden, dark side of love as well and fight together for their future.
Despite being a down-to-earth person, I got carried along with this novel. I suppose it’s a matter of the cast, great and versatile setting and emotional charge. Even stone-cold readers like me would need some tissues to get through the Blue Lake, and it’s absolutely fine–it feels good to realize there is love out there. And it conquers all.

“Blue Lake”  
(Time After Time) 
by Carol Ann Kauffman
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“Fantastic addition to the Never Land universe” – “Out of the Woods: A Mother Goose Legend” (The Never Lands Saga) by Andi Lawrencovna

#amwriting, #novel, #mswl, #romanticfantasy, #darkfantasy, #paranormalfantasy

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe;
She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do.
She fed them all broth without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed.
~Mother Goose, The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes (2000)

She took them from the woods, and she took them from dells, from hamlets and homesteads and across the wide world, she found young orphans, those abandoned and left on their own, and gave them a home.

And all she asked for was a little piece of their soul in payment…

Whoever said nursery rhymes were harmless?

Fantastic addition to the Never Land universe

Another great twist on a classic fairy tale. Ms. Lawrencovna is excellent at writing complicated, interesting characters who you learn to love (or love to hate).

“Out of the Woods: A Mother Goose Legend” 
(The Never Lands Saga) 
by Andi Lawrencovna
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