“Even love has been known to decimate.” “Yes sir, yes ma’am, my daughter’s birth made everyone in that room into better storytellers.” “Fuck the red, the white, and the goddamned blue. Fuck it all. I need air. And fuck anybody that wants me to stay in a place that does nothing but suffocate me. IContinue reading “PEOPLE LIKE US – Jason Mott”
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OATHBOUND – Tracy Deonn
“What is a bargain if not an oath? And what is an oath if not a promise with a price? Call these what you will. All are cut from the same cloth -a cloth woven of intention, will, and sacrifice.” The long-awaited third installment of Tracy Deonn’s remarkable The Legendborn Cycle was released this pastContinue reading “OATHBOUND – Tracy Deonn”
BLOODMARKED – Tracy Deonn
“That dragons are fiercely loyal, and never forget what was taken from us. That eventually, we decide to protect what is ours… and burn the rest.” The second installment of a series tends to be the biggest let down. Not so for the highly anticipated second novel in Tracy Deonn’s The Legendborn Cycle. Bloodmarked (SimonContinue reading “BLOODMARKED – Tracy Deonn”
BIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN – Diane Chamberlain
Diane Chamberlain’s Big Lies in a Small Town (St. Martin’s 2020) is fantastic, page-turning thriller of a candy book. Chamberlain is a North Carolina author, and the novel is set in sleepy Edenton, which is not far from where I grew up. One of the characters is even from Cary, which is where I currentlyContinue reading “BIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN – Diane Chamberlain”
A Girl Named Tommi 