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Seb Kirby, master of the unreliable narrator: An independent novel review

Here the Truth Lies review Seb Kirby has once again hit it out of the park. Seb Kirby has proven he’s a master of the unreliable narrator. In his 2016 novel, Sugar for Sugar, Kirby presented Issy Cunningham, a woman who wakes up with no memory, but is implicated in a murder. Kirby managed a […]

Cover reveal: Driving Tempo—a rock star romance

Announcing the third novel in the House of Archer rock star romance series By Raine Thomas Fantasy and romance novelist Raine Thomas has returned to her series about the rock band reality-TV show, following up Imperfect Harmony and Unsteady Rhythm. What is a rock star romance about? A rock band. A reality show. A life […]

How well do you know the Dark Age?

I’ve been working on The Triumph of the Sky, the sequel to my first-published novel, The Bones of the Earth. Both books are set around the turn of the fifth to the six century, the darkest part of the Dark Age. I thought I should familiarize you with this fantastic, yet historical universe so you’re […]

Since the publication of Wildfire last month, I have returned to the work-in-progress that I have been promising for so long: The Triumph of the Sky, the sequel to The Bones of the Earth and Book 2 in the Dark Age trilogy. A story set more than 1,400 years ago, requires a lot of historical […]

Independent book review: Still Life with Memories

By Uvi Poznansky I have recently discovered the books of Uvi Poznansky, and she has written a remarkable series of books. Together, they tell one unified story, but from multiple points of view. The author does a remarkable job of capturing each individual voice Still Life with Memories is about Lenny and Natasha Kaminsky, and […]

You could win a Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

Filled with 45 fast-paced thrillers—but don’t delay. There is no cost to enter this giveaway. If you win, you’ll get an e-reader, filled with all the books you see above. Runner up gets all 45 books. One of the books you could win is one of mine: Torn Roots, the first Lei Crime Kindle World […]

It's Wildfire Launch Day!

Wildfire, Wine Country Mystery number 1, is now live on Amazon and ready for pre-order on Smashwords. I’m very excited about this book. It’s a new direction for me: the first mystery I’ve written entirely set in my own fictional universe. Inspired by a trip my wife and I took to California wine country last […]

Meet Tara Rezeck

Wildfire, the first Wine Country Mystery, launches on Thursday, March 22. I’m very excited about it. So at this point, I thought I would introduce the protagonist, Tara Rezeck. Who is Tara? She’s a smart, passionate 27-year-old woman from Vermont who has just graduated cum laude from the prestigious Vermont Law School. Daughter of a […]

Don't miss your chance to save on this hot new book

You can reserve your advance copy of Wildfire for just 99 cents—but only until midnight March 21. It’s only 6 days till the first Wine Country Mystery goes live on e-book retailer sites. That means there’s less than a week left to pre-order your copy for just 99 cents. As of launch day—Thursday, March 22—the […]

Cover update: Wildfire, a Wine Country Mystery

Hold the presses! I’ve decided to change the title of the series I will launch into the world next week. The story will still be the same, with the same character and the same title. However, the name of the series is more descriptive, more informative to the readers. It’s now Wildfire: A Wine Country […]