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Mar

27

2020

If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane

Now, a couple of months ago, this book would have seemed like a charming romantic comedy, but these days? Well, it has this . . .  fantastic tone to it now. See, Laurie is a hot young lawyer who is having a relationship with another hot young lawyer. In fact, they both work at the same …

Mar

13

2020

The Case of the Dotty Dowager by Cathy Ace

Author Cathy Ace (yes that is her name) was recommended to me by a trusted source. I am so glad.  The Case of the Dotty Dowager is the first book in a series featuring the women of the WISE Enquiry Agency of London England. There are three more books in the series plus another seires. …

Mar

11

2020

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H. G. Parry

H. G. Parry’s deliciously literary bangity-bang The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep is out in paperback now. The premise is pretty simple: Charlie can make characters in books come to life. The complication is, uh, as frantic as a cave full of bats caught up in silly string. Naturally, Charlie and a handful of literature’s greatest must …

Mar

6

2017

Kings of the Wyld

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

Nicholas Eames’s debut novel, Kings of the Wyld, is one of those rollicking epic fantasy novels that starts big and gets bigger. Time hasn’t been kind to Clay Cooper and his merry band of marauders, and most of them have parked their ponies in Clay’s front yard and are banging on Clay’s door. It’s time to get …

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