Book Review
Surviving Curtis Hall
by Jill Allen
In Surviving Curtis Hall: The Lure of Blood, debut author L. A. Matthies artfully navigates the teen angst generated by changing schools, new love, and significant secrets. To escape the drugs and violence of their old school, poet and...
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Faded Acts of Love
by Jill Allen
Veteran short story author Joseph F. Alexander’s debut novel, "Faded Acts of Love", is a sweeping saga spanning several years of love battered by loss, unresolved grief, and impulsiveness. When adman Peter is an impressionable...
Book Review
Escape from Paradise
by Jill Allen
Walter F. Wild, a native of Hawaii and former psychologist, gives new meaning to the phrase “trouble in paradise” with his second book and first novel, "Escape from Paradise". Who would want to leave the lush paradise of Oahu? Does...
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Murder at the Villa Museum
by Jill Allen
In his eighth novel, the second with protagonist Los Angeles detective Dale Lipinski, Californian Roberto de Haro weaves a tale about the unsavory bedfellows of crime and politics. The killing at the heart of "Murder at the Villa Museum"...
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A Passion for Prying
by Jill Allen
In Nancy Mangano’s debut novel, "A Passion for Prying", private investigator Natalie North is bored by the task of merely catching cheaters. The sexy Los Angeleno longs to solve more dastardly crimes. So when a murder happens nearby,...
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Red Roses, Bloody Snow
by Jill Allen
In 1867 Philadelphia, widowed Jessie O’Hara lives a solitary life working for nuns, having lost her spouse and children years before. Friendless, she now spends much of her time running errands and reading. One fateful day, the nuns...
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Where Magic Dwells
by Jill Allen
Andrea Archer’s novel "Where Magic Dwells" puts a refreshing twist on timeless fairy-tale conventions. Twenty-year-old Jason VanLord should be happy about his impending wedding to Princess Mia, but instead he feels trapped. After all,...
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Global Anger
by Jill Allen
In this compelling thriller by debut author Kent Politsch, college buddies Rodney Armstrong, a Baltimore cop, and federal employee Jack Fitzgerald reunite after many years to stop a wealthy Korean drug dealer’s product from...