tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80164610528046146312024-03-08T12:36:23.129-08:00Genre Go Round ReviewsHarriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.comBlogger17115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-36866727283529148392015-10-24T07:18:00.000-07:002015-10-24T07:18:07.213-07:00Harriet's Death<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">I am Harriet's son, </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100006169092486" href="https://www.facebook.com/eric.klausner.14" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration: none;">Eric Klausner</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">. On October 15, 2015, my mother Harriet Klausner passed away in her sleep. She was an excellent and loving mother who will be missed by myself and by my father, </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000487638841" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000487638841" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration: none;">Stan Klausner</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">. My mother was a savant reader who enjoyed novels. She was a very intelligent woman and was a fighter nicknamed spunky. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.</span></div>
Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-22121085525550204292015-10-12T23:13:00.002-07:002015-10-12T23:13:14.344-07:00Adrenaline - John Benedict <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The support staff </span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">prepares patient Mr. Rakovic for a routine arthroscopy of his right knee by orthopedic surgeon Dr.
Sanders. However, anesthesiologist Dr.
Mike Carlucci panics when his patient suddenly suffers from a potentially
lethal V-tach, something he never encountered in his six years at Our Lady of
Mercy Hospital. He and others in the
operating room frantically try to save Mr. Rakovic’s life. With tears, Mike informs Mr. Rakovic’s
sobbing wife that her husband died from a massive heart attack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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its professional anesthesia staff; who recently begun to doubt their competency
as several other egregious errors by anesthesiologists occurred. Filled with remorse and wondering whether
they are the cause of these terrible mistakes, these dedicated employees also
fear downsizing due to a merger with nearby General and a potential hostile
takeover of their work by rival Pinnacle Anesthesia. Increasingly Carlucci and his BFF Dr. Doug
Landry wonder if a cold-blooded maniac wants to destroy the reputation of the
anesthesiologists regardless of the cost to innocent patients. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Using surgery that seems authentic (though my
credentials are on the receiving end), this superb medical thriller showcases
the criticality of anesthesiologists beyond just administering pain
relief. The opening Rakovic case, another
involving a woman who feels the excruciating scalpel but unable to tell anyone and
several others come across very frightening.
Though the final confrontation is over the top of Mount Davis, readers
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times shocking hospital suspense; while also looking forward to the sequel (see
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-26548688297490017682015-10-12T23:10:00.001-07:002015-10-12T23:10:03.834-07:00Onward Drake! - Mark L. Van Name (Editor) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Baen, Oct 6 2015, $25.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fourteen of the sixteen short stories and four
personal essays (by </span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Mark L. Van Name, </span></em><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">S.M. Stirling, Toni Weisskopf and Tom Doherty) that make up
this anthology pay homage to David Drake; the other two entries were fictional
works written by Mr. Drake. Included
with all the fictional entries are short afterwards in which each author
explains how their respective tale links to the renowned military science
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fittingly the collection starts and ends with Mr.
Drake’s two contributions. Near the
Viminal Gate, the bronzesmith’s widow wants to hire Hesperus the wizard to melt
the bones of Tychos the bully and Murmilla; while his twelve years old nephew
“The Great Wizard, Cabbage” (by Mr. Drake) listens intently. Sergeant Krotcha assigns Hammer’s Slammers’
officer Raney at her temporary new post with the First while her jeep gets
repaired, but the Bessies attack may make her vehicle someone else’s as she
knows from combat experience to “Save What she Can” by Mr. Drake. Others also use the Hammer’s Slammers
universe like Larry Correia’s “The Losing Side” that explores the enemy’s
morale as they faced their seemingly invincible foe. Capricious King Bertrand of Wollend demands a
special celebration to honor the birth of antiquities General Chefferax, but
the bards have a different message to sing in Eric Flint’s “A Flat
Affect”. Perhaps the most direct
accolade comes from Eric S. Brown whose “The One That Got Away” is a sequel to
an early Mr. Drake’s horror short “Something Had To Be Done” to that damn
vampire. </span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Onward
Drake! achieves its lofty objective of honoring the great author; but also
reminds readers that he wrote in other genres besides his acclaimed military
science fiction bibliography.</span></em><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-42556072443947847942015-10-11T23:52:00.001-07:002015-10-11T23:52:06.199-07:00Belshangles - Susan Altstatt <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 1983, superstar Tommi Rhymer and his band the Belshangles
complete a tour at Bill-Graham-Presents Oakland Day-on-the-Green concert. After the show the twenty-nine years old
rocker and his mates expect the usual sex with groupies and the affluent, and
plenty of drugs at the hotel. Fifteen
year old Miranda Falconer loves the Belshangles and worships Tommi as she has
since she was a tweener. She and her BFF
Skye Milligan attend the concert.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harlan Parr pushes Tommi to get his underage friends out of there. Tommi, Miranda and Skye leave the party
before he passes out. Miranda bullies a scared
Skye to drive them to the former’s family’s cabin in the Sierras with an
unconscious Tommi. Frightened, Skye
drops them off, but heads back to Stanford.
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wondering where he is and how he got there.
As Miranda dreams of having her God to herself, Tommi begins to suffer
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Capturing the essence of the pre-digital instant
YouTube legend-making era, Belshangles is a fascinating drama that looks back
to the near end of three decades in which sex, drugs and rock and roll
converged. Character-driven by the lead
couple and a strong support cast, armchair rockers (figuratively though some of
us geriatrics might be literally) will enjoy </span><span class="a-size-large"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Susan
Altstatt’s homage to a different musical period.</span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-41146379107119776572015-10-11T23:47:00.001-07:002015-10-11T23:47:29.266-07:00Rising Tide - Rajan Khanna <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In North America though he knows he did the right thing by saving
the hidden city of Tamoanchan from raiders, airship captain Ben Gold hurts over
the loss of his vessel <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Cherub that was destroyed when he did his first ever heroic deed (</span></em><span style="background: white;">see Falling Sky)</span><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">.
Instead of a hero’s welcome, Ben awakens from his myriad of injuries
amazed to find his close friend Malik alive; as he thought his buddy died. Irate with his former BFF for abandonment during
a crisis, Malik holds him prisoner while also incarcerating Ben’s beloved
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<em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Using Miranda as a pawn, Malik demands Ben
do his bidding in the wasteland or else his scientist girlfriend dies. Miranda has been working on a cure to the
pandemic plague that turned much of mankind into the Feral beasts. She wants to test her elixir; but needs Ben
to rescue her team. To do that, they
must escape from Malik at a time when a new deadly disease followed by invaders
attack </span></em><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tamoanchan occurs</span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The second Ben Gold futuristic post-apocalyptic thriller continues
the escapades of an anti-hero who prefers flight over fight though his love for
Miranda has him continually breaking the family Golden Rule of save yourself at
all times. The stark Khanna realm is
filled with Feral zombies, mad friends, terrible diseases that made the
planet’s </span><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">desolate </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">surface deadly and the air
outside of fortresses treacherous, and horrific marauders as if The Walking
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-65451940122210855212015-10-10T23:49:00.002-07:002015-10-10T23:49:13.785-07:00The Guise Of Another - Allen Eskens <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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deeper into the cesspool he can fall.
Once a highly regarded and decorated cop, Rupert faces potential </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">corruption charges as a Grand Jury looks into whether he
stole confiscated drug money.
Transferred to the Frauds Unit while waiting for the outcome of the
investigation, his peers treat him as a pariah who may taint them. Even his personal life seems flushed down the
toilet as </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rupert believes his wife, instead of commiserating and supporting
him, has turned to someone else. </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">James Putnam on a Minneapolis highway. He knows people die in car accidents, but
Putnam officially died fifteen years ago in a boating accident off the Coney
Island spit. As he ponders who the
second coming of Putnam really is and why he stole a dead man’s identity,
Rupert struggles with his wife’s abandonment and the apparent end of his
career. To make matters exponentially
worse for him, Rupert is attracted to the deceased’s non grieving girlfriend
and worse has the attention of ruthless soulless killer <span style="background: white;">Drago Basta</span>. While he
works the case to resurrect his career and reputation that instead may bury
him, Rupert’s well-regarded detective older brother tries to help him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">This exhilarating police procedural for the most stays focused on
the imploding world of a cop facing corruption charges while working an
investigation he believes is his Hail Mary redemption. The storyline engages the audience whether
looking at Rupert’s devastated marriage, the Grand Jury corruption probe or the
case. Only caricature Basta feels out of
place in this stark storyline; as he belongs in the Big Hit as the fifth wheel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kingdom of Manticore parliament debate continues over whether the isolated in a
remote area of the galaxy nation needs
a defenseless naval fleet loaded with obsolete in terrible shape ships and
corrupt lazy officers. Those in favor
insist on modernization though know budgeting remains an issue; those opposed
insist no one out there gives a crap about this out of the way orb. Changing the pros and cons is the discovery of
a strategic wormhole that the external superpowers want to control. The parliamentary members mostly ignore the
impact except to consider leasing the rights to control of the wormhole to one
of the coveting outside powerhouses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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remains patient with the minor Star Kingdom’s internal argument. Hostile takeover comes to Manticore, but the
underfunded obsolete Royal Navy led by courageous in corrigible officers like </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lieutenant
Travis Long defends their nation while the Parliament deliberates over going to
war or less costly (and personally profitable) surrender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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plot builds a solid foundation that leads to an exciting military science
fiction. Once again loyal Long thinks
outside the crypt while preparing for war at a time when the Manticore
Parliament seems to mirror our Congress (take credit for success and blame
others for failure; but mostly do nothing except claim exceptionalism and patriotism). In spite of a sameness to the overarching
premise to the previous Manticore Ascendant thriller (see A Call To Duty), this
is an interesting space opera that Harrington fans will enjoy; especially how
ancient history differs from what future generations and historians, and the “books”
believe happened.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This fabulous collection contains 20 biting short
stories that focus on the throwback terror in the night (and in some cases
24/7) vampire. Each tale is unique thus
keeping the compilation fresh with no bad entries; as the majority of
contributions are excellent. “Something
Lost, Something Gained” by Seanan McGuire stars teenager Louise coming home
drenched carrying a jar of fireflies while knowing what her wicked stepfather
will try do to her. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Laird
Barron’s “In a Cavern, in a Canyon” in Alaska, a woman facing hell looks back
to her past for her lost courage.
Believing her teacher </span><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">is an energy sucking
vampire, Susan rationalizes “Miss Fondevant” (by Charlaine Harris) must die before
this evil drains the students of their respective essences. The Normans conquer England, but some of William’s
more violent soldiers rape the losers, but eat them too; while helpless Winfred
the monk prays for guidance. In Brian
Keene’s angst </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Last Supper”, the </span><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">lonely
vampire mentally struggles with to be or not to be following a pandemic
eliminated his food source. Following a
deadly typhoon that hammered the Philippines, the Canadian developer evicts an
elderly woman from her tree house to the abject terror of the locals. She is the willing sacrifice to the Gods, but
when the child fails to complete her mission she learns what the deities in
this “Blue Hell” (by David Wellington) truly are. These “…</span><cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">New <span style="font-style: normal;">(more apropos descriptor: return to ye old) Tales of Vampiric
Terror”</span></span></cite><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> will be on the short lists of best anthology
of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-46767451752102367882015-10-08T00:13:00.001-07:002015-10-08T00:13:19.108-07:00Second Chance Colton - Marie Ferrarella <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After a stint with the Marines, Ryan Colton returned home to
become a homicide detective with the Tulsa Police Department. He becomes very concerned when a vandal
commits several acts at his family’s Lucky C Ranch that recently escalated to
dangerous levels with a fire and a house invasion that led to the beating of
his still in a coma mom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">TPD Forensic Lab Chief Susie Howard informs Ryan that a stable
break-in contained DNA evidence that points to his sister Greta as the culprit. Angry and disbelieving of Susie’s assertion,
Ryan challenges her contention, but retesting affirms her initial finding. Recalling a decade ago to when he and Susie
were in love, but Ryan abandoned her when he deployed. Still believing he did the honorable thing by
the woman he will always love, Ryan and Susie were stunned when she joined TPD
four years ago. Forensics at the
bunkhouse murder scene of ranch hand Kurt Rodgers also names Greta as the only
suspect. As the former lovers
investigate the homicide and vandalism that increasingly means arresting Greta;
each realizes they remain in love with the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The fifth Coltons of Oklahoma (see The Temptation of Dr. Colton by
Karen Whiddon and Protecting the Colton Bride by Elle James) is a gripping
second chance at love police procedural.
Although Ryan’s failure to recuse himself from a case involving his
sibling seems unlikely especially in a big city police department and readers
will suspect early on what truly happened; Marie Ferrarella provides a tense
romantic suspense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-86385796277782380812015-10-08T00:10:00.001-07:002015-10-08T00:10:08.051-07:00Falling For Her Fake Fiancé - Sarah M. Anderson <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Harlequin Desire, Oct 1
2015, $5.25<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Denver, Ethan Logan takes over modernizing the over century and
a half old Beaumont Brewery starting with bringing interoffice communications
out of the 1970s. However, Ethan never
expected the pushback from the frightened staff who overtly opposes the needed
reengineering changes to save the business and their jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ethan realizes he needs a family member to help him win over the
employees. Thus he turns to the fifth
heir Frances Beaumont for assistance with a whacky concept of a marriage of
convenience between them. Frances agrees
to marry him if he meets her stipulations.
Neither the businessman nor the first daughter debutant expected to fall
in love; but who will risk their heart first to renegotiate a permanent deal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The fifth Beaumont Heirs romance (see His Son, Her Secret) is an
enjoyable boardroom contemporary that ironically uses the overused, typically
historical marriage of convenience premise to modernize a Colorado
brewery. The protagonists are a nice
pairing of a married couple preparing for their divorce even before they exchange
I do; until each wants to modify the contract, but fears confessing how they
feel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-8019075007348295202015-10-08T00:07:00.001-07:002015-10-08T00:07:10.295-07:00The Immortal’s Redemption - Kelli Ireland <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Kelli Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 1718 Scotland, as he waits in ambush for the fat genocidal
Laird of Clan McKay, Dylan knows he lacks a key trait that successful assassins
require: patience. Still he somewhat controls
his anxiety to kill the abomination for mass murdering of Druids. However, before he can complete his task,
Danu the Mother of All visits him with a vision of a beautiful woman who along
with mankind will need his help three centuries in the future when a Shadow Realm
god escapes bondage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Three hundred years later Danu returns; she informs Dylan the time
is now for him to find the woman who will lead him to the truth or his death as
he must kill this Kennedy Jefferson to prevent the end of the world. When she awakens in a hospital, Kennedy has
amnesia and fears she suffers from mental illness apparently common in her
family. Only her best friend Ethan keeps
her stable. When Dylan and Kennedy meet,
they are attracted to each other, but his mission must come before his
heart. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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an entertaining romantic urban fantasy with an intriguing dilemma faced by the
lead male. The support cast and Dylan
are fully developed, but Kennedy acts irresponsibly foolish and feels for the
most part incomplete as perhaps more insight on her memory loss and sudden
moments of recall would have helped readers to understand her better. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-62738517582785228082015-10-06T23:33:00.002-07:002015-10-06T23:33:43.872-07:00An American Duchess - Sharon Page <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 1922, accompanied by her Mother, twentyish Zoe Gifford drives
her car on the Brideswell Abbey Estate in Hertforshire to visit the aristocrat
she plans to marry in haste Lord Sebastian Hazelton. The marriage will enable Zoe to use her trust
fund to pay off Mother’s disastrous debts and also her husband for cooperating
before they divorce. A blown tire forces
the two women to start walking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">When Zoe and Sebastian's older brother Nigel, Duke
of Langford, meet, both are attracted to one another. However, Nigel suffers from war-related PTSD
and hates the monstrous changes wrought by the Roaring Twenties as epitomized
by the upstart American female who does not know her proper place. She, in turn, rejects his antiquated
beliefs. Love has blossomed in </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hertforshire,
but seems unable to overcome the vastly different philosophies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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War I romance starring a Thoroughly Modern Millie and a <span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Brontosaurus</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">in love. Though the angst loses its edge in the last
quarter of the historical, <span class="a-size-large">Sharon Page captures the
essence of a radically changing world (see the early episodes of the People’s
Century) as epitomized by this lead couple, Mother and other family members and
servants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-76817978697766060192015-10-06T23:29:00.001-07:002015-10-06T23:29:56.451-07:00If Not For A Bee - Carol Ross <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Harlequin Heartwarming, Oct
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the bakery in Rankins, Alaska, thirteen year old Gareth Everett
holds the specially made birthday cake when a bee lands on the box, panicking
the teen. His widow mom Janie rolls up a
newspaper to swat the insect, but a beach bum interferes protecting the
bumblebee. Gareth drops the box. She realizes the <span class="a-size-large">bee patrol protector</span> is
renowned scientist Dr. Aidan Hollings AKA as brother-in-law to her sister <span style="background: white;">Emily</span> (see <span class="a-size-large">Mountains Apart). The baker Lilah cannot make a timely
replacement because another of Janie’s four children Reagan is lactose
intolerant. Gareth watches mother and
son walk away as if part of a funeral march.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the state study of bumblebees. However,
he likes the feisty Janie the journalist and enjoys the enthusiasm of her two
oldest sons (Gareth and Reagan) who still struggle with the death of their dad;
though he admits he is not very comfortable with their two year old twin
brothers. As the two adults fall in
love, she must overcome her doubts that a famous hunk would want a ready-made
family of five; and he must overcome his doubts that a widow with four children
would believe a globetrotting scientist would want a ready-made family in the
middle of nowhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deftly combining jocularity with anxiety, the latest Seasons of
Alaska (see A Case for Forgiveness) contemporary is a delightful family drama
romance in which the two oldest boys play significant roles in this love
fest. Readers will relish the tale of
the matchmaking bumblebee as love thrives in Rankins, Alaska.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-34240915764937379482015-10-06T23:26:00.001-07:002015-10-06T23:30:27.417-07:00Enchanted by the Wolf - Michele Hauf <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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negotiates with an emissary from the Unseelie Fairy that as part of the deal
allow the werewolves to hunt in the latter’s kingdom. To seal the deal, Valoir werewolf Kirnan
Savauterre and Fairy Princess Beatrice the undesirable half-breed will wed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loyalty to his pack; Bea welcomes a chance to leave her always disappointed in
her father in search of her mother.
Neither the purebred werewolf nor the hybrid princess expected to fall
in love. Still both must come together
based on mutual trust to deal with prejudicial prenotions, interspecies interference
and animosity especially towards Bea living with his pack. To prove his love, Kir seeks the truth re his
wife’s maternal DNA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by their mutual races’ distrust and misconceptions of each other. The protagonists are terrific as </span>Michele
Hauf uses real world problems a society causes (though radically changing in
the last few decades) towards a mixed race couple as the springboard to a magnificent
urban fantasy romance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-81293399635760293502015-10-05T23:49:00.001-07:002015-10-05T23:49:11.449-07:00The Baby Who Saved Christmas - Alison Roberts <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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she was doing, twenty-eight years old Scotswoman Alice McMillan’s search for
her family takes her from Edinburgh to Nice and by bus to
Villefranche-sur-Mer. The Kindercare
Nursery School teacher walks along a beach to St Jean Cap Ferat where she plans
to meet for the first time her famous racing car father André Laurent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">When she arrives at her destination, a stunned Alice observes
paparazzi and security guards stationed at a luxurious chateau. A guard notifies celebrity chef Julien Dubois
that Alice claims André is her father and seems unware that he just died. Expecting a con artist, Julien invites Alice
inside where he challenges her contention that she did not know Lauren crashed
his car three days ago and was buried today; three months ago his wife
(Julien’s sister) Colette died in childbirth.
Alice meets her half-brother Jacques who suffers from the measles. Julien explains his sister named him guardian
while Jacques paternal grandmother files a lawsuit in Paris to claim the baby
belongs with her. When the local doctor
quarantines everyone inside the chateau, Alice and Julien spend time together
and fall in love; but each distrusts the other and besides Jacques comes first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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never quite gels; <em><span style="background: white; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Baby Who Saved Christmas is a fresh endearing Joyeaux
Noel European contemporary.
Character-driven, fans will enjoy this warm holiday story.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-28028561969905517872015-10-05T23:46:00.001-07:002015-10-05T23:46:56.473-07:00Streams of Mercy - Lauraine Snelling <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bethany House Publishers, Oct 6 2015, $14.99<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN: 9780764211065<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 1907 accompanied by her children (Melissa, Joseph and Gilbert),
Widow Anji Baard Moen visits her kind in-laws in Norway, who beg her to stay
with them. Instead Anji and her kids
return to Blessing<span style="background: white;">, North Dakota. Anji balances being a supermom with teaching
Norwegian history once a week to high school students and writing articles for
the Blessing Gazette.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The circus comes to town by train, but proves not to be a joy when
they bring diphtheria with them. <span style="background: white;">Dr. Bjorklund and Dr. Jeffers invoke strict health
measures to keep the disease from turning into an epidemic. When the paper’s publisher Thorliff becomes
ill, Anji takes over running it.
Newcomer Minister Thomas Devlin provides carpentry services to the
townsfolk and courts the widow; while healing Thorliff wishes he acted first. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The third Song of Blessing historical (see A Harvest Of Hope and
To Everything A Season) is a tremendous early twentieth century Northern Great
Plains inspirational drama that once again transports readers to a different
bygone era (a trademark of <span class="a-size-large">Lauraine Snelling)</span>. Life in small-town <span style="background: white;">North Dakota during a terrible disease outbreak grips the audience, but
it is Anji and several other caring folks who bring a personal touch to the
captivating storyline; she in particular wonders what God prefers she choose between
two caring men who both want her and her children in their respective lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-37865047246878326442015-10-05T23:43:00.002-07:002015-10-05T23:43:46.855-07:00Raising Caine - Charles E. Gannon <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Raising Caine <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Charles E. Gannon<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Baen, Oct 6 2015, $17.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN 9781476780931<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After successfully preventing the <span style="background: white;">Arat
Kur and Hkh’Rkh alliance from conquering his home world Earth</span> and
stopping his angry retribution-seeking <span style="background: white;">Consolidated
Terran Republic </span>Terrans from committing genocide against their enemies, Caine
Riordan anticipates a respite. Observing
what happened in the recent war, another <span style="background: white;">Arat
Kur ally the Ktor believes the Terrans are very weak when they failed to
eradicate their defeated opponents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Instead of R&R, a diplomacy opportunity arises when the much
more advanced Slaasriithi, impressed by the Terran’s display of controlling the
urge of retaliatory mass executions, request Caine to come to their planet to
discuss a pact. As Caine and his entourage
journey to the meeting, Ktor operatives plan to destroy the Terrans’ first
diplomat and his retinue to prevent their adversary from obtaining a powerful
though peaceful ally; unaware how deadly first contact with the <span style="background: white;">Slaasriithi can be.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The third Caine Riordan Tales of the Terran Republic military science
fiction (see Fire With Fire) is a superb first contact entry, but this time
with a friendly yet deadly species rather than a belligerent adversary; though
there is plenty of the latter too. Less
of a political statement than <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Trial By Fire, t</span></em>he keys to this enjoyable outer space
adventure are the various species that make up the Gannon universe seem real
and the protagonist’s wise ability to recognize that each race requires
different means of customized diplomacy as one size fits one sentient people
only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-5243816377623189112015-10-04T23:36:00.003-07:002015-10-04T23:36:24.116-07:00Devil of Delphi: A Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis Mystery - Jeffrey Siger <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Devil of Delphi: A Chief Inspector
Andreas Kaldis Mystery</span></cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jeffrey Siger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poisoned Pen, Oct 6 2015, $26.95 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN 9781464204326<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some containing poisons like bleach, counterfeit booze with
perfect labels of name brand liquors overwhelm Greece and end up threatening
the lives of people and the legitimate of the industry. While Greek Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis
and his team confiscate a lot of the illegal alcohol, places as far away as
Russia and Britain does likewise; but the police know they barely skimmed the
surface. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">When a Greek dies from drinking the bad booze, Kaldis and his team
investigate the homicide hoping to prevent more, but fearing an epidemic of
poisoned alcoholic deaths. At the same
time, the Teacher employs hitman Kharon to add needed muscle to insure her
hostile takeover of the lucrative wine smuggling industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The seventh <cite><span style="font-style: normal;">Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis Greek police procedural</span> </cite>(see
<em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Sons of Sparta
and Mykonos after Midnight) is an engaging cautionary whodunit due almost
entirely to the macabrely captivating lead villains; their vastly different
moral code makes for a tenuous relationship.
Only the hero matches them in depth as his unit members comes across
somewhat interchangeable. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-67706294252032108822015-10-04T23:33:00.002-07:002015-10-04T23:33:13.076-07:00Murder in Megara: A John the Lord Chamberlain Mystery - Mary Reed and Eric Mayer <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Murder in Megara: A John the Lord
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mary Reed and Eric Mayer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poisoned Pen, Oct 6 2015, $26.95 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN 9781464204081<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Following his banishment from Constantinople by Emperor Justinian,
former <span style="background: white;">Lord Chamberlain John the Eunuch,
accompanied by his beloved Cornelia and their two loyal servants Peter and
Hypatia, return to his family estate </span>near Megara, Greece. In the agora, fears of the once mighty
government bigwig’s return and enhanced by an oracular fowl lead to almost all
wanting John to leave before his enemies cause havoc on the villagers. In the marketplace, a coward emphasizes that
contention by throwing a rock that hits Hypatia.<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">John quickly realizes his estate overseer Diocles and others have
been stealing from him. Upset he fires
Diocles; who shows no remorse but instead tells his former employer that he
will be here long after John is exiled from his home or worse. Not long after John’s confrontation with
Diocles, City Defender Georgios accuses him of murdering his stepfather
Theophilus as a “sacrifice” in the nearby temple; John loathed Theophilus. Soon after that, the homicide of Diocles also
points to John as the killer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The eleventh (and first unnumbered) refreshing John the (former)
Lord Chamberlain murder mystery (see <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Ten for Dying</span></em>) is an excellent
transitional whodunit. The investigative
storyline captures the essence of mid sixth-century Greece; while providing
insight into the protagonist’s estranged relationships with family and
neighbors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-6253749406285046172015-10-04T23:29:00.002-07:002015-10-04T23:29:52.256-07:00Lincoln’s Wizard - Tracy Hickman & Dan Willis <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lincoln’s Wizard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tracy Hickman & Dan Willis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">WordFire Press, Oct 1 2015, $14.99<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">www.wordfirepress.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN: 9781614753377<cite><o:p></o:p></cite></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Confederacy continues to win each battle due to its ability to
reanimate fallen comrades and a special unit of Southern Knights riding dragons
like intrepid and very confident Lieutenant Marcus Burnside. This Gray army cannot be stopped as it
marches north; forcing Lincoln and the Union leaders to relocate to New York.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lieutenant Braxton Wright designs an iron clad ship the Monitor
that stealthily navigates waterways while also rises on a tripod to fire down
on the slower enemy vessels. These Tall
Guns bring hope to the despondent President and the Northern Army, and make
Wright a hero he knows he does not deserve.
With no time to grieve the death that he caused of his best friend Dr. <span style="background: white;">Lawrence Hancock in Ohio, </span>Wright promoted to
captain, receives orders from Union Intelligence Chief Allan Pinkerton. With a chosen few including top espionage
agent <span style="background: white;">Hattie Lawton, the mission of the very
reluctant warrior </span>is to lead a top secret desperate gamut behind enemy
lines to end the Dead Gray Army. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Dragons of the Confederacy </span>steampunk is
a fast-paced Civil War fantasy that starts at hyperspeed and accelerates
without ever slowing down; yet also contains a diverse and three-dimensional
prime cast. <span style="background: white;">T</span>he wizard (<span style="background: white;">Warlock) <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">in Spite of Himself (by </span></em>Christopher
Stasheff)</span> prefers pencil, eraser and paper to battles; Hattie appears to
have quite a history and is very comfortable behind enemy lines; Hancock
remains an enigma; while cocky Southern Knight Lieutenant Marcus Burnside is a
swashbuckling dragon rider.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-19942239840723471292015-10-03T23:31:00.001-07:002015-10-03T23:31:50.740-07:00Mistletoe Rodeo - Amanda Renee <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistletoe Rodeo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amanda Renee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Harlequin American Romance, Oct 1 2015, $5.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN: 9780373755899<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Las Vegas at the National Rodeo Championship, bull rider Chase
Langtry feels depressed for failing to win his event even if a shoulder injury
cost him the title. As he slinks home to
the Bridle Dance Ranch feeling sick; Chase knows he let down everyone at the
Ride 'Em High! Rodeo School and in his hometown of Ramblewood, Texas especially
his brother; they relied on him taking the gold for a needed PR boost. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reporter Nola West wants to interview Chase for an article on
someone who lost though she finds him a difficult elusive subject even tougher to
cover than Kuwait. Though attracted to
her beauty and feistiness, Chase persistently declines. Obstinate Nola refuses to accept his refusal. Acquiescing if she also writes an article on
the Mistletoe Rodeo; he soon wants even more from the journalist. She feels the same, but accepts they have
nothing else in common as their differences are wider than Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The fifth Welcome to Ramblewood (see Back to
Texas and Home to the Cowboy) is an enjoyable small-town romance starring
opposites in love. Although a third
party adds unneeded tension, the storyline is tremendous when the protagonists
struggle with unwanted feelings both distrust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-7379257840007717532015-10-03T23:28:00.001-07:002015-10-03T23:28:09.151-07:00The Hidden - Heather Graham <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="a-size-large"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Hidden <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="a-size-large"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Heather Graham<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="a-size-large"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mira</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">,
Sep 29 2015, $7.99<span class="a-size-large"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="a-size-large"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN: 9780778317586<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="a-size-large"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just outside </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Estes
Park, Colorado, historian Scarlet Barlow is the Conway Ranch Museum curator. She is organizing and renovating the
historical site; a place where a married couple was murdered just after the
Civil War ended. Finding corpses places
Scarlet’s work on hold as the police investigation supersedes her project even
while she is the only suspect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">When her camera shows photos of the dead that Scarlet did not take
and quickly vanished without a trace, and statues talk to her; the historian
knows she needs specialized help to bring down a recreationist serial
killer. Scarlet contacts her former
husband FBI Krewe of Hunters Agent Diego McCullough. Dropping everything Diego heads to the
Rockies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The latest Krewe of Hunters urban fantasy romantic police
procedural (see The Betrayed and The Forgotten) is a marvelous mystical mystery
starring a recurring support player and his ex in the lead roles. The locale contains an interesting history
that enhances the paranormal plot; as <span class="a-size-large">Heather Graham
authors her best Krewe entry in quite a while</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016461052804614631.post-55182841699544396432015-10-03T23:25:00.002-07:002015-10-03T23:25:23.058-07:00Return to Dust: A Rick Van Lam Mystery - Andrew Lanh <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Return to Dust: A Rick Van Lam Mystery</span></cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Andrew Lanh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poisoned Pen, Oct 6 2015, $26.95 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN 9781464204289<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Farmington, Connecticut, house cleaner Marta Kowalski tumbles
off the Farmington River Bridge to her death.
The FPD quickly concludes she committed suicide. Though he detested Marta’s inability to
silently clean his home, Amerasian insurance fraud investigator Rick Van Lam
sends flowers but feels he has no reason to attend the funeral of an
acquaintance he employed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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death. She pleads with Rick to
investigate. Even though he knows Karen
has a powerful monetary incentive to get the ruling changed as Marta’s beneficiary,
Rick agrees to look into her aunt’s death.
Inside Marta’s home, Rick finds no evidence of a depressed person, but
instead learns the deceased was a devout Catholic; which makes killing herself
less likely. As he interviews people who
knew Marta, Rick finds many adored and cherished her; while others like her
nephew and a gardener loathed her; but a motive for murder remains elusive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vietnamese-American whodunit in which the sleuthing provides a fabulous look at
the subculture. The strong cast starting
with the late housecleaner turns this into a terrific mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 2010, while waiting for his nine-month pregnant wife Karin’s
call that the time is now, NYPD Detective Tolya Kurchenko and his partner Pete
Gonzalvez head to a luxurious apartment building in Washington Heights where
the super called in a concern. The two
cops break down the apartment door of a single woman. The overwhelming smell leads them to a
female’s posed corpse. Pete collapses
when he recognizes the victim, as Mariela Camacho who remains the love of his
life though he married someone else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In spite of a suicide note and the medical examiner’s contention;
Pete adamantly insists Mariela would never slice her throat; other evidence
surfaces that supports his assertion. Grieving
Pete thinks back to the Dominican Republic when he was a teen whose parents
died. Tio Polito took Pete in and raised him along with Mariela and two other
girls. However Pete also knows Polito’s
business interests are deadly illegal, but when he and Tolya find evidence of
an international serial killer both fear for Karin as the Jewish Heritage
Museum chief curator seems lost likely next.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">A. J. Sidransky refreshes his overarching Forgiving Maximo Rothman
premise of connecting a current Washington Heights police investigation with Judaism
thriving and welcomed in the 1940s Dominican Republic compared with ugly suppression
by Soviet Russia. The main characters
are three-dimensional and the rotating subplots superb. We fans will never forgive Mr. Sidransky if
he fails to bring back Kurchenko and Gonzalvez for a third Upper Manhattan
investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Fulton family resides in the upper class Roseoak Park
neighborhood of Queens. Dan manages a
nearby bank; while his wife Lori stays at home raising their son Billy. Their idyllic lifestyle ends when intruders
invade their home. They place bombs on
Lori and Billy before ordering Dan to “withdraw $250,000 from his bank or his
wife and child will die with him soon afterward. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">While the FBI investigates, Newslead reporter Kate Page also makes
inquiries. As the truth unfolds with
ties to Lori’s employment before her son was born, a threat too many more
people than just the Fulton trio seems increasingly likely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Even with the premise frequently used, Rick Mofina shows why he is
a top gun thriller author as he hooks his audience from the opening house
invasion scene and never slows down until the final climatic
confrontation. Faster than the speed of
light, the third Kate Page investigation (see Full Tilt and Whirlwind) is an
adrenaline pumping, gender-bending (don’t mess with a momma grizzly protecting
her cub or an intrepid journalist snooping the story) chiller.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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