14 year old Sherlock Holmes is celebrating spring break from Eton with his mother, and older brother, Mycroft. Waiting along the banks of the Thames River in London, for the start of the highly acclaimed annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race. The race is timed to use the Read more...
Gabriel Allan is an art restorer and spy, and presently heads the Israel Intelligence Agency. He and his family live in the Executive Suite on King Saul Boulevard. His wife, Chiara, now retired, was a field operative. She has gone to the Prime Minister because he's the only Read more...
THE HOUSE BY THE RIVER held me captive as Lena Manta portrays the stunning saga of five beautiful Greek daughters. Their parents, Gerasimo and Kyria Theodora lived in the shadow of Mount Olympus. Two big chestnut trees frame it, overlooking a large garden filled with vegetables and flowers Read more...
The Holmes family estate is overflowing with family and visitors in preparation for their annual Christmas festivities. In the barn, Sherlock, age fourteen, and his mother are practicing their Baritsu skills with their instructor, Mr. Moto. Mrs. Holmes has just accomplished a successful move for Mr. Moto and now Read more...
Public School teacher, Jayden Bennett is ready to begin a well-earned summer vacation. Teaching this year seemed harder than past years and Jayden was anxious to rest, and enjoy some peace and quiet. The ringing telephone annoyed her. She was tempted to ignore it. Jayden did not have Read more...
Libby Kingsley has arrived. A new address. A new job. A new life. She suffered an emotional breakdown when her boyfriend held her at gun point and tried to rob her. After two years, Libby is ready to start over. Her brother, Luke Read more...
Sarah Jane Jackson is fifteen years old and pregnant. The father is the son of their Mexican gardener, but he has since left the area. Sarah Jane now has to face her parents alone, who are shocked and unforgiving. There is no way they would welcome someone of a Read more...
It is 1963 in La Fontaine, Michigan. Childhood sweethearts Betty and Norman Sweet are happily married enjoying a peaceful life in their hometown. Norman works with his family-owned SWEET BAKERY. It is a close family filled with love, fun, and laughter. The only sad note for Norman and Read more...
In this era, twenty-five percent of weddings are Destination Weddings. What a perfect fit because A COTTAGE WEDDING presents to charming Heart's Landing. Along the rocky coast of Rhode Island, less than an hour South of the Read more...
MURDER ON PLEASANT AVENUE is a Gaslight mystery, set in the 1900s in New York's Little Italy neighborhood. New York is overflowing with immigrants from all over the world. It is a crazy time for newcomers settling in the Read more...
Attorney Norman Duffy receives a call from Rich, the curator at the Owens House Museum in Denver. Rich tells Norman about an abandoned steamer trunk left at the Union Railroad Station in Denver over two decades ago. He seeks Norman's help for any financial or legal concerns there Read more...
The flue epidemic of 1877 is killing parents and leaving children orphans in the Appalacian Mountain Community of Sourwood Mountain. The dead are piling up and no medical help available. Worie Dressar, at just 17-years-old, is devastated when her mother comes down with the disease and Read more...
THE KEY TO EVERYTHING is a heartwarming story about Peyton Manning and his coming of age. It is 1947 and Marshall Cabot, his father, has returned from World War II as a troubled veteran--a changed man and an alcoholic Read more...
From my top shelf of favorites, I selected MAREILLE , written by Molly Cochran to re-read and review. Mireille de Jouarre is one of my favorite heroines, and she stole my heart. Mareille, 17, near the end of World War II, lives in the small town of Read more...
Maxwell Cavanaugh has it all! He is a celebrity chef, has his own TV show on the Cooking Channel called To The Max, nine Michelin Stars, and seven successful restaurants. He is handsome and has a new beauty on his arm each evening while attending a party. Why is Read more...
Hope Wright is running for her life. After an abusive fight with her boyfriend Daniel, she had a black eye, a cut lip, and was terrified he would find her and continue his beating. Traveling with her is Tink, (short for Tinkerbell), her 10-year-old daughter, who witnessed Read more...
The Carson sisters have lived in Rooster, Texas, population 95, for their entire lives. Gone is the post office, the saloon, and the cotton mill. The Banty House, which their mother used as a bordello with strict rules, is the only home Kate, Connie, and Betsy have known. Their Read more...
Mia Emerson is a Hollywood star on the rise especially with the completion of her latest film, Twelve Hours, just wrapped. Excitement is high at the after midnight party at one of LA's most popular nightspots. Mia is exhausted, leaving to return home for much-needed rest. Jax Read more...
TOWARD THE LIGHT is Bonnar Spring's debut novel. It is an exciting tale of hate, betrayals and getting even. After seventeen years of waiting, Luz Conception is ready to avenge the murder of her beloved father who was killed Read more...
It's Friday night in London and Sophie Kincaid is ready to open the meeting of the secret society of the Debutante's Underground, made up of devotees of the column, Debutane's Revenge, where everything pertaining to love is explored. Women attend from all walks of life Read more...
Patricia Pascale
Live on lovely, quiet smith Mountain Lake with two fur babies, Olivia and Buddy. My husband collects knifes and I read and review, my passion! Hoping for a BRIGHT and BEAUTIFUL New Year.