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Special Feature: Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen

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With a slight nod to Wicked, veteran film critic Lisa Jensen trades Oz for the Neverland and reimagines one of Great Britain’s most beloved classics of children’s literature in her sparkling new novel, ALIAS HOOK (Thomas Dunne Books; July 8, 2014; Hardcover; $24.99).

In Jensen’s retelling, Captain James Benjamin Hookbridge is no storybook villain, just a misunderstood Restoration-era privateer trapped forever in a nightmare of childhood fancy. By filling in the back story, Jensen leads us to question what really is so wonderful about that “infernal, eternal boy” and his band of Lost Boys. The result is an ingenious send up, with Jensen providing a thoughtful meditation on love, war, the masculine and the feminine, and the delicate art of growing up.

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Review: Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (Outlander #8) by Diana Gabaldon

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Four long years is how long I’ve been waiting for the latest Outlander installment, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (MOHB).

The last book (AEITB), left some MAJOR cliff hangers and I was actually pretty upset about the way AEITB ended for at least a week after finishing it.

MOHB picks up right where AEITB ended, literally. I am not going to get too much into the back-story or other books as I am assuming if you are reading this review, you have already read the series up until this point.

I will admit, I should have re-read AEITB before I started this one. I was literally so lost for the first part of the novel.

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Review: Suspicion by Joseph Finder

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Danny Goodman is a single dad who wants to provide his daughter with the very best things in life….at any cost. Sadly, that cost is rapidly mounting.

He can no longer afford to pay her private school tuition and has no one to turn to for any financial support or to borrow money.

Just when he is in desperate straights, a solution presents itself.

His daughters new best friend has a very very wealthy father. In fact he’s one of the wealthiest men in Boston.

When Thomas Galvin offers Danny $50,000 as a charitable gift, he sees no harm in accepting it.

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Review: Baudelaire’s Revenge by Bob van Laerhoven

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During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, Paris is stuck in a proverbial gridlock.

Social and political tensions are mounting and the people are looking for any kind of distraction from their daily lives.

A grizzly series of murders provides that distraction.

Not only are the murders grotesque in nature but they have an interesting signature.

Each body is inscribed with a verse from the controversial Charles Baudelaire’s  poetry written in Charles Baudelaire’s own hand.

There’s only one problem, Charles Baudelaire’s  is dead.

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Book Blast: Successio (Roma Nova #3) by Alison Morton

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Successio Follow Alison Morton’s Book Blast for SUCCESSIO, the third book in her Roma Nova Series, from June 16-27 for a chance to win your own autographed copy and bookmark!
Publication Date: June 4, 2014

SilverWood Books

Formats: eBook, Paperback

Genre: Alternative Historical Thriller

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Roma Nova – the last remnant of the Roman Empire that has survived into the 21st century – is at peace. Carina Mitela, the heir of a leading family, but choosing the life of an officer in the Praetorian Guard Special Forces, is not so sure.

She senses danger crawling towards her when she encounters a strangely self-possessed member of the unit hosting their exchange exercise in Britain. When a blackmailing letter arrives from a woman claiming to be her husband Conrad’s lost daughter and Conrad tries to shut Carina out, she knows the threat is real.

Trying to resolve a young man’s indiscretion twenty-five years before turns into a nightmare that not only threatens to destroy all the Mitelae but also attacks the core of the imperial family itself. With her enemy holding a gun at the head of the heir to the imperial throne, Carina has to make the hardest decision of her life… Continue reading “Book Blast: Successio (Roma Nova #3) by Alison Morton” →