by Liz Lawler | Oct 8, 2021 | Features, Five Things
Nursing Nursing exposes you to traumatic events. Wearing a uniform doesn’t protect you from the impact of feeling. You are trained to understand what patients and families are experiencing. You are in the thick of it, often without warning. In the emergency department...
by Elise Cooper | Oct 7, 2021 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
The Gathering Table Kathryn Springer Love Inspired Trade Pub Sept 28th, 2021 The Gathering Table by Kathryn Springer would be great for a Hallmark movie. The characters and the plot are relatable to anyone who has struggled with betrayal. Despite the many bumps along...
by Dana Perry | Oct 5, 2021 | Author Workspaces, Features
Where do you write your books? That’s one of the questions a thriller author like myself gets asked plenty of times by readers. Many of them think that an author wants to be left alone to write to write a novel – away from people or noise or distractions of any...
by Marnie Riches | Sep 30, 2021 | Behind the Book, Features
I have been a crime fiction fan for thirty years, since reading Thomas Harris’, The Silence of the Lambs, and my enthusiasm for thrillers dates back to Peter Benchley’s Jaws. I had always aspired to write a great crime thriller one day. When I read the Stieg Larsson...
by Elise Cooper | Sep 29, 2021 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
A Midnight Dance Joanna Davidson Politano Revell Pub. Sept 7, 2021 A Midnight Dance by Joanna Davidson Politano brings to life a mystery involving the ballet. But the plot has more than a mystery. As with many ballet romances, there are tragedies. Combining...
by Rebecca Griffiths | Sep 23, 2021 | Features, Five Things
Maigret at the Crossroads — Georges Simenon I found this in the library when I was thirteen. It was the first detective novel I read. It is an early Maigret (1931) and reading his later novels (there are 75 in total) I realise his character may not have been fully...
by Sheryl Browne | Sep 21, 2021 | Author Workspaces, Features
Ah workspaces, a sacrosanct, tranquil place you dream of calling your own, where you can write uninterrupted by the demands of everyday life whilst inspired by tumultuous skies or ice cream clouds skittering by as you gaze through your picture window and contemplate…...
by Erin Mitchell | Sep 16, 2021 | Books, Reviews
We wanted to do something special for HER PERFECT LIFE, the newest book from one of our favorite authors, Hank Philippi Ryan because this is truly an extraordinary story. A thriller that moves on multiple levels, it’s the story of Lily, whose life appears...
by Verity Bright | Sep 14, 2021 | Author Workspaces, Features
“We’ll stay 6 months max. It’s fine if you’re a hobbit, but no one else could live here.” “Okay. I might be able to do a year if we can’t find anything else. But no more. Agreed?” “Agreed.” 6 years later and we were still living in our Hobbit House with nowhere to...
by Elise Cooper | Sep 13, 2021 | Books, Features, Reviews
High Stakes Iris Johansen Grand Central Publishing Sept 7th, 2021 High Stakes by Iris Johansen will remind readers how talented she is in writing gripping characters. Per usual, she puts her heroines through the ringer, but has them come out on top and with more...