Book Review – My Sisters by Ann Roth

March 16th, 2012 admin

By  Maria Lokken

The Lansing Sisters aren’t close; they don’t even know each other’s phone numbers. But, when a car accident kills their mother Susan, they return home to bury her and pack up their past.

Margaret, Rose and Quincy Lansing couldn’t be more different, the only thing they have in common is how much they disliked their mother. Carrying the scares from their unhappy childhood they’ve each become uncommunicative solitary adults. Margaret has retreated into her lab work with no hope of finding a man. Rose is treading on thin ice in her marriage, and Quincy will give her body to any man with a smile. And so begins the journey of three sisters finding themselves amidst a personal tragedy.

Susan Lansing, their mother, was not a kind woman. She had no time for her three daughters, and resented their father for leaving them so many years ago. This is the mother all three sisters remember; too busy and too bitter to be kind or caring. While going through their mother’s belongings and receiving condolences from neighbors and friends they come to discover she was quite another person and she wasn’t what they always believed her to be. Her marriage to their father isn’t what they once thought it was. The very fabric that has created who they are and how they live their lives gets torn down as they dig deeper into their mother’s past and as a result their own lives begin to unravel.

This is a story of finding oneself through the loss of a parent and a love for one’s sisters that had been forgotten. The author creates every reason for the sisters and the reader to despise Susan. As a reader you’re not sure these sisters can ever be close, but as they discover the truth about themselves, they also discover a love for each other.

My Sisters, is a well written novel, with a realistic point of view on relationships and family. I found myself caught up in the story until the end, when everything wrapped up a little too neatly. However, the author’s development of each character keeps you reading until the last page.

Maria Lokken
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The Book of Lost Fragrances by M J Rose: A Review

March 16th, 2012 admin

By  Holly Weiss

A French perfumer is commissioned in the 1800s to recreate a scent formula from Cleopatra’s fragrance factory. It is believed that those who smell the euphoric scent find a portal to past lives. The Book of Lost Fragrances: A Novel of Suspense – part thriller, part ancient history, and part romance-surprises on many levels.

Martyred Tibetan monks attempting to prove reincarnation. Napoleon. Cleopatra’s secret soul-mate fragrance formula. A modern-day near-bankrupt perfume company. The famous 18th century French L’Etoile House of Fragrance. Children cooking up scents to be used as a secret language for the nose. A jazz musician and martial arts instructor tied to the Chinese mafia. A past-life therapist.

All are linked by a secret fragrance.

Jac L’Etoile, haunted by the past and her psychotic episodes, tries to cope when her brother, Robbie, disappears. Preferring to live in reality, Jac reluctantly delves into the hazy history of her family’s two hundred and fifty year old perfume business to find her brother and save their legacy.

Well-known for her erotic thrillers, best-selling author, M. J. Rose, produces a new historical fiction suspense novel. Fascinated with reincarnation, as evidenced by her three-book Reincarnationist series, Ms. Rose imbues her new novel with a unique plot line.

This is bold writing with an intriguing, original plot. Ms. Rose is a master of intrigue. Suspense and sensuality build through the novel as the characters embark on separate treasure hunts for the mysterious fragrance. While the plot concept is compelling, the execution is less impressive. The novel is overpopulated, dampening its intensity. The story line digresses into so many changing points of view and scenes that the reading is frustrating. The many elements are fascinating and informative, but don’t relate well to each other. Finally, congruence is found but seems forced. If the reader is patient, the last third of the novel satisfies as an electrifying thriller. The book’s most interesting elements are the art of fragrance making, the reoccurring link to reincarnation, and unexpected rekindled romance.

Atria Books through Netgalley graciously provided the review copy.

Holly Weiss is the author of a historical fiction novel, Crestmont, writer and reviewer of newly-released books.

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A Review of Unforgiven Pleasure by Tempest Knight

March 16th, 2012 admin

By  Regina Paul

UNFORGIVEN PLEASURE

TEMPEST KNIGHT

2006

ISBN#: None

Midnight Moon Cafe

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E-book

Erotic Paranormal Romance

13 Pages

Price: Free

Rating: 4 Worlds

Lara is a young werewolf betrayed by her boyfriend Johnny, and Susie her best friend. Challenged to a mating duel for the right to mate with Johnny, Lara has no option but to fight her best friend and the crowd she brought with her.

Draken is a Sentinel, one who watches over shifters and other twilight creatures. His job is to kill those creatures of the twilight who prey and murder innocents disrupting the balance between the worlds.

When Draken finds an unconscious Lara beaten and bloody he takes her into his home and tends her wounds. Lara wakes up and has no idea where she is, nor she does not realize immediately what Draken is. However, when she does, she is afraid because werewolf children are raised believing that if a Sentinel catches them they will be killed on the spot. When these two discover they are highly attracted to each other, and decide to act on it, things really get interesting. But will Lara be able to reconcile what she was raised to believe with what she is actually experiencing at the hands of a Sentinel?

Unforgiven Pleasure is an erotic reading delight! It has all the markers which make it a truly exceptional read; shapeshifters, a tortured alpha hero, and hot steamy sex! The world buildling is original and interesting to read, the characters realistic and easy to relate to. I recommend this story to any and all who enjoy their erotic romance mixed in with the paranormal. I look forward to reading more by this author.

Regina Paul is a full-time author. She has four books available, Getting Out Alive, a science fiction romance, Illara’s First Christmas, a holiday novella which is a continuation of Getting Out Alive, The Mark of the Guardian, a free fantasy romance novella, and Destiny’s Choices, a romantic suspense recently released from Amira Press. To find out more about Regina and her books you can visit her website http://www.reginapaul.com

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