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4 | Beautiful, Funny, Poignant & maybe a little bit wacky | Quirky story set in Minnesota using simple narratives of the main character's experiences for 12 months. The story is told by Lucy Glass, a literature professor, and reveals her feelings surrounding the dying of her mother, Trudy (she of the Golden Jeep), dealing with the helplessness of her father, while in the proce... | [] | 087839432X | 087839432X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,340,667,110,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Was looking for a police procedural and just couldn't get into this | I gave up after 40 pages, I just couldn't get into the story, the characters or the writing. Was looking for a police procedural, maybe I'll try again in a few years.<br /><br />John Turner is a retired psychotherapist, a Vietnam vet, former Memphis Tennessee cop who spent 11 years in jail after being convicted of sho... | [] | B002STNAU8 | B002STNAU8 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,340,405,762,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Award Winner - Best Romance & Best New Novelist 2011 | A breath of fresh air. Loved this romance. Real characters. A total delight.<br /><br />Jenna McGovern is in the right place at the right time and gets the break we all hope for. She lands a role in the top Broadway touring production headlined by uber TV star Adrienne Kenyon.<br /><br />Jenna scores big on her opening... | [] | 1602825610 | 1602825610 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,340,313,695,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Best Lesbian Fiction 2011 | A beautiful, literary novel.<br /><br />Hands down a terrific book. I read a lot of fiction this last year and The Girls Club is a novel you want to recommend this year and 50 years from now. Sally Bellerose is obviously someone who has been crafting her words, her stories, her characters - seriously, thoroughly and ... | [] | 1932859780 | 1932859780 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,339,199,824,000 | 1 | false |
3 | I like to give every debut author a try | "Alicia Sanders has suffered constant humiliation at the hands of her unfaithful husband and, as a consequence, has been the victim of malicious gossip in the small town of Creswell Falls."<br /><br />UT OH!<br /><br />Supermodel Christina Brewster returns to her roots, also in Creswell Falls, after she retires. Christ... | [] | 1935627953 | 1935627953 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,339,195,970,000 | 1 | false |
3 | I tried to love it so I kept at it | Autumn day 2006, the Isle of Wight, in the English Channel, I'm thinking cold wet bleak. Jack is notified his beloved brother, Tom, (younger by 8 years and unseen for the last 12 years) has been killed in combat (Iraq). Jack, now nearly 40 years of age, was once a dairy farmer, the son of a farmer, in the beautiful Nor... | [] | 0307700127 | 0307700127 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,339,118,225,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Don't miss this!! | This was a rip roaring International ride. Excellent characters - very well written - a total page turner - I kept wanting to go to the last chapter I was so excited.<br /><br />Only one tiny thing - I just never believed that a document written 700 years ago and lost to the ages would result in the world chaos that ev... | [] | 0983211116 | 0983211116 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,339,114,530,000 | 0 | false |
5 | BATTLE OF WITS - new police procedural | The writing is right up there with my favorite Scandinavian/Icelandic novels.<br /><br />I love a good police procedural after a long day behind a desk at work.<br /><br />The series of "blogs," I could do without, they mostly took me out of the story.<br /><br />Gunna is the town's top cop and only cop (lol!), in addi... | [] | 1616950560 | 1616950560 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,339,113,050,000 | 0 | false |
4 | It's Helen's world | Love the book cover<br /><br />The author, Jennifer Handford, is a terrific writer and the story read quickly. On the first page I was smiling with delight at the humor. By the end of the chapter I wanted to tell Helen to grow up, snap out of her resentment, she was coming off as superficial and self-absorbed.<br /><br... | [] | 1612182925 | 1612182925 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,339,028,412,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Yummy, totally yummy! | Think how you feel after having your favorite dessert and this is the affect on me when I finished this novel!<br /><br />Dr. Gardner Davis `Gard' (I'll admit an unusual name - what were the parents thinking?) is oh so attractive and living in little ole' Little Falls, Vermont where she is veterinarian (by choice) and ... | [] | 1602821887 | 1602821887 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,942,627,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Fascinating | Didn't know the first thing about US Forest Service firefighters. First that they weren't year round. 2nd it is a tough job that I can't imagine anyone wanting to do. First of all you have to live in a barracks with no privacy - can you imagine sleeping in a common room with 30 people who snore - I think not. Throw ... | [] | 1602822328 | 1602822328 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,941,174,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Wish all 13 Varg Veum novels were in English right now!, | I read `Yours Until Death' and was hooked.<br /><br />Come to find out the author has written 13 novels featuring way cool private eye Varg Veum (plus another 7 crime novels) and Norwegian filmmakers have produced 11 movies based on the books.<br /><br />SADLY, only 5 are translated to English.<br /><br />* Yours Until... | [] | 1906413193 | 1906413193 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,934,806,000 | 5 | false |
3 | Paid off after 100 pages or so | I almost didn't stick with it - I plodded, then skimmed, through the first 100 pages or so and then it finally found it's grove and got as good as the 5 star reviews said it would. | [] | 1848876025 | 1848876025 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,933,155,000 | 0 | false |
5 | lovingly depicted | Pennsylvania Coal country, 1955 struggling with economic collapse - think small community with basically one industry slowly shutting jobs and cutting payrolls and pay checks (how does a family survive?) and an underground mine fire polluting what hasn't been polluted already. In the town of Giant's Despair, 12 year ol... | [] | 0984561609 | 0984561609 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,932,752,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Complex Psychological Thriller, the Tension never lets up | The author is a two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award winner. The story's atmosphere is creepy and completely unpredictable. I was hooked from the first chapter. The reader is dealing with the impacts of a soulless sadist the entire book. I was constantly trying to figure out what or who was behind the 19 bizarre deaths/... | [] | 0312600534 | 0312600534 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,851,555,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Fantasy Romance | Don't question the plausibility of the hows (because that will kill your enjoyment right there), just enjoy the fabulous writing and the total feel good romance. I picked this up Friday night to skim a few chapters and did not want to put it down. In this day with all the negativity and disasters this was a compelling,... | [] | 0399157646 | 0399157646 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,646,615,000 | 2 | false |
4 | a lovely story set on Martha's Vineyard | From the opening line you know the reader is entering a fantasy world -<br /><br />"No one knew his name. Everyone called him the Hermit. He had lived on Chappaquiddick Island for as long as most people could remember. Not that anyone could recall precisely when he had arrived. Perhaps he rode in on the tidal wave of s... | [] | 0765332388 | 0765332388 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,578,313,000 | 2 | false |
5 | GREAT WRITING GREAT CHARACTERS | A TOTAL WINNER.<br /><br />I was completely delighted in the writing. Mr. Atkins truly has given the reader the heart and soul of the main character Quinn Colson and the small town that has been home to generations in his family. At age 30 Quin has returned to his small town in Missisppi. A retired Ranger with 10 year... | [] | 0399158766 | 0399158766 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,524,453,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Political chronicle of the modern era search for gay equal rights | While I was disappointed that of the 114 in-depth interviews only 28 are with women, the appendices are terrific, my favorites are the gay-rights movement Timeline corresponding to other social upheavals, the voluminous footnotes and the comprehensive bibliography. This is an extensive book for political scientists, ci... | [] | 0061965502 | 0061965502 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,401,222,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Wish all 13 Varg Veum novels were in English right now! | First published in 1979. The edition I read was in English from 1993. At first the story and writing seemed almost American noir and then it took off! Perfect translation by Margaret Amassian.<br /><br />Come to find out the author has written 13 novels featuring private eye Varg Veum and Norwegian filmmakers have prod... | [] | 1906413703 | 1906413703 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,144,331,000 | 5 | false |
5 | wish all 13 books were in English right now! | Published in 1979. The edition I read was in English from 1993. At first the story and writing seemed almost American noir and then it took off! Perfect translation by Margaret Amassian.<br /><br />Come to find out the author has written 13 novels featuring private eye Varg Veum and Norwegian filmmakers have produced 1... | [] | 009471990X | 009471990X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,143,756,000 | 3 | false |
5 | go ahead and read the 1star reviews & know this is a 5star book | Ignore the ratings and read the content - this is an terrific book on many levels and should not be missed. I was revited to the story and the writing from start to finish. It took me a decade to get around to reading it but am so very glad I did. | [] | 0312427735 | 0312427735 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,338,139,860,000 | 0 | false |
3 | travelogue fit for a spread in the NYTimes Sunday Magazine | At 90 pages this was a fun read over morning coffee (or diet coke as I prefer). I got so interested that I googled the website. $2178 per person gets you the author's journey. I love the concept of train travel that comes with the Gold Service -<br /><br />*Outback Explorer Lounge Car for relaxation and refreshments<b... | [] | 0980855950 | 0980855950 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,337,144,506,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Riveting - started to skim it and never put it down | I happened on this book published in 1987 as a Kindle free for a day and it turned out a win win. Hard to believe this was written 25 years ago as it is still so very topical it wasn't dated at all. Hard to believe I have not read any of the Thorn books before, I even called my Dad to let him know how good it is. Havin... | [] | B000KK7PNK | B000KK7PNK | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,337,139,596,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Riveting - started to skim it and never put it down | I happened on this book published in 1987 as a Kindle free for a day and it turned out a win win. Hard to believe this was written 25 years ago as it is still so very topical it wasn't dated at all. Hard to believe I have not read any of the Thorn books before, I even called my Dad to let him know how good it is. Havin... | [] | B0012GC52M | B0012GC52M | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,337,139,524,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Riveting - started to skim it and never put it down | I happened on this book published in 1987 as a Kindle free for a day and it turned out a win win. Hard to believe this was written 25 years ago as it is still so very topical it wasn't dated at all. Hard to believe I have not read any of the Thorn books before, I even called my Dad to let him know how good it is. Havin... | [] | B000HF19KS | B000HF19KS | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,337,138,771,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Riveting - started to skim it and never put it down | I happened on this book published in 1987 as a Kindle free for a day and it turned out a win win. Hard to believe this was written 25 years ago as it is still so very topical it wasn't dated at all. Hard to believe I have not read any of the Thorn books before, I even called my Dad to let him know how good it is. Havin... | [] | 9994933531 | 9994933531 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,337,138,554,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Riveting - started to skim it and never put it down | I happened on this book published in 1987 as a Kindle free for a day and it turned out a win win. Hard to believe this was written 25 years ago as it is still so very topical it wasn't dated at all. Hard to believe I have not read any of the Thorn books before, I even called my Dad to let him know how good it is. Havin... | [] | B000PCCDPI | B000PCCDPI | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,337,138,239,000 | 0 | false |
4 | more than a beach read - may even read again | The book opens on New Years Eve. Lolly and her husband are babysitting her sister and brother-in-law's two daughters (16 year old rebel Isabel and adorable 13 year old June) along with her own daughter 10 year old Kat. Flash forward in the next chapter and we see what life has brought them 15 years later. All four a... | [] | 1451655398 | 1451655398 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,337,101,665,000 | 3 | false |
5 | RIVETING | This is the sixth volume of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's diaries and letters (the Introduction by her daughter Reeve is a must). I have now orderd all previous volumes -<br />Bring Me a Unicorn: 1922-1928 (1971)<br />Hour of gold, hour of lead; 1929-1932 (1973)<br />Locked Rooms Open Doors: 1933-1935 (1974)<br />The Flower ... | [] | 0307378888 | 0307378888 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,336,510,717,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Fascinating but Just didn't do it for me, maybe too introspective? | We have an emotionally distant and internalized 40 something New Yorker. At the request of his BFF from college (who has just died from cancer and who he hasn't corresponded after she left for Paris after graduation) he travels to the Berkshires and meets an equally fragile, emotionally distant and completely internali... | [] | 0061449725 | 0061449725 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,336,433,780,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Totally entertaining | I loved every minute because the writing is so entertaining. Somewhere between a rollicking good story and a mystery is `Wildcat Play'. Filled with characters who could easily be stereotypes or caricatures but weren't, they were all too human.<br /><br />The first scene is spot on perfect and will appeal to everyone, I... | [] | 0151004293 | 0151004293 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,335,826,490,000 | 0 | false |
4 | The writing is lovely | For me the best part of The Cottage at Glass Beach was it flashed me right back to summers at the Connecticut shore with my young parents and my two little sisters. The author does a wonderful job of putting you right on the beach and right at the dinner table where everything tastes better after a long day in the sun ... | [] | 0062107968 | 0062107968 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,335,706,537,000 | 20 | false |
5 | Total Entertainment, Excellent Picturesque feel for Locations | Beautiful women, genius geeks at the CIA, motorcycle chases, sexy women, dastardly CIA managers, killings, gorgeous women, suicide bombers, car chases, and of course, available women.<br /><br />With all that going for it I could have done without the torture element, that always puts me off.<br /><br />Through Cairo, ... | [] | 0062064584 | 0062064584 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,335,639,842,000 | 2 | false |
3 | It made me very sad | When the book begins it was like Adam and his daughter Anne were teetering over the pit of hades (located in Leonard, Texas) determined to dive in and Maurene, the wife/mother, was merely a shadow in her life and theirs.<br /><br />I had never read any books by the authors, but it appears by the other reviews that this... | [] | 0310336104 | 0310336104 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,335,307,553,000 | 0 | false |
5 | YUMMY, FUNNY & WONDERFUL! | ok - so I have used the butch cook book for the last 4 years and have made a couple dozen of the recipes. I highly recommend for the ease of making, the humorous commentary and the variety of dishes. Favorites so far:<br /><br />Foccacia by Tret Fure<br />Air Popcorn with Pam SPray by Kate Clinton (lol!)<br />Beleague... | [] | 0979270103 | 0979270103 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,335,192,357,000 | 2 | false |
4 | would have loved to have seen him play! | A remarkable man. I also especially enjoyed reading more in depth about the man and his family. Not only was it interesting to see how special he is but that his personality comes through as like any other pro ball player I have seen on TV, a regular superstar. Pretty cool. Looking forward to getting my Dad a copy for ... | [] | 0345523253 | 0345523253 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,334,267,644,000 | 0 | false |
3 | A little bit Murder She Wrote and all to the good! | Jane Bunker, the 42-year-old marine insurance investigator and deputy sheriff, formerly a Florida police detective now living in Maine. She is investigating vandalism on a research vessel, that becomes a missing person case, then involves a fatal heroin overdose and an attempted murder. The novel brings her in contact... | [] | 1401322352 | 1401322352 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,334,188,708,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Why did Burr shoot Alexander Hamilton? | The answer will surprise and delight you as you read this fun historical novel. It doesn't hurt that I enjoy history and American history at that. I enjoyed the way the chapters alternate between the two characters, you really get to know them rather well, and you look forward to seeing how the author will bring the tw... | [] | 1400064201 | 1400064201 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,334,096,730,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Who Killed Seth Lipton? | Young Joel Deveraux is at the beginning of his career with New York's most prestigious law firm, earning a six-figure salary and putting in 16 hour days at the office after graduating from Columbia. He epically fails in the first chapter by falling in with the wrong people and in not thinking he had developed a drug ha... | [] | 038552580X | 038552580X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,333,842,550,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Casting for Recovery | I love a good romance before any other genre and this suited nicely. I had recently travelled to North Carolina where the novel takes place and I particularly enjoyed reading so much detail about mountains near Asheville. A favorite movie of mine is A River Runs Through It so the fly fishing aspect attracted me also.... | [] | 1416544364 | 1416544364 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,333,757,380,000 | 0 | false |
5 | I love these glimpses of life after the book comes to a close! | I am always wanting a little more after the story ends in favorite novels, so this collection from Bold Strokes Books is a KEEPER that will always be on my bookshelf.<br /><br />Winter Pennington's "HARVEST SINS" opens the collection and follows the characters from 'Raven Mask; Book 2 in the Kassandra Lyall Series' pub... | [] | 1602822077 | 1602822077 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,295,293,143,000 | 6 | false |
5 | International, coast-to-coast, something for everyone delightful read | The authors in this collection hale from all over: Australia & Ireland (Cheyenne Blue), New York City (Kathleen Warnock), California (Clifford Henderson & Jamie Schaeffner), England & Yugoslavia (Rebecca S. Buck). There is also first time published authors (Theda Hudson), Lambda Literary Winners (Colette Moody), and au... | [] | 1573444278 | 1573444278 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,294,714,863,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Action Packed | Intense compelling vividly sexy romance. Twenty-eight year old Beau Cross is a paramedic in the Philadelphia Fire Department. She exudes confidence, is magnetically attractive, she can have her pick of romance partners but prefers to keep things light and commitment has no attraction for her - she is young and wants to... | [] | 1602821577 | 1602821577 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,279,472,053,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Amazing World Building | Weeks after first reading this novel I am still amazed at the detailed world this author created. Utterly fascinating.<br /><br />Sylvan has inherited from her parents the title of Alpha of the Adirondack Timberwolf Pack. Her base of power is located in and around Albany New York. She is single by choice. Because she h... | [] | 1602821402 | 1602821402 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,279,463,572,000 | 1 | false |
5 | California Dreamin | Great reviews already posted (beware of spoilers!) and they all sum up the book very well from different directions.<br /><br />I enjoyed this novel. I wouldn't classify it as a romance, I think it better belongs in General Literature.<br /><br />Several story lines are set within, and without, a family and California.... | [] | 1933149310 | 1933149310 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,277,011,256,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Fun story set in Bryce Canyon National Park circa 1980 | Mandy Barnes, a twenty-seven year old adult education teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is at an all time low. Her husband has snookered all their friends from their church out of most of their savings (think Bernie Madoff). She has taken a summer job at the national park in Utah to regroup and recover.<br /><br />J... | [] | 1935053116 | 1935053116 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,277,009,007,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Sequel to 'Conflict of Interest' | The story takes place six months after the start of the novel 'Conflict of Interest'. Twenty-eight year old psychologist Dawn, a divorce', is seeing Aiden, a sex crimes police detective in Portland, Oregon. One big surprise enters their new life together and takes most of the novel to work out.<br /><br />Also as main... | [] | 1934889423 | 1934889423 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,276,974,730,000 | 2 | false |
5 | One of a kind story | The book cover describes the novel as a romance crime novel. I am a romance reader first and also very much enjoy thrillers & mysteries and crime novels.<br /><br />The book opens in October in Portland, Oregon and gives the reader a nice flavour of the city.<br /><br />Dawn is a twenty-eight year old psychologist who... | [] | 1934889407 | 1934889407 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,276,972,459,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Opens with a Crash and a request for date | Kelly is a 34 year old firefighter paramedic who falls for Talia, a 36 year old insurance claims adjustor, while rescuing her from a harrowing disaster. My favorite parts were the descriptions of life as a firefighter and Kelly's life with her mom.<br /><br />In addition to the romance we have Talia's mother who would... | [
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5 | Edge of your seat thrill ride! | This is one book you shouldn't start in the evening as I did because you will not want to stop reading after the first two chapters.<br /><br />Laney has taken over the presidency and running of the boutique bank set on glamorous Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills California. In her thirty-four years she has been as conserva... | [] | 1602821445 | 1602821445 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,274,645,997,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Totally enjoyable Hollywood tale where the good gals & guys win!! | This novel was a sheer pleasure and joy to read. The insights of Hollywood, the location shooting in Spain, the power moves, who the players are and how to become one - this novel was sheer delight.<br /><br />You can't help rooting for Gail Welles, she has been working a local diner for 3 years in Los Angeles looking ... | [] | 1594931607 | 1594931607 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,274,644,069,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Excellent and diverse collection of stories - not to be missed! | I had the pleasure of attending Saints & Sinners this year and the opening night was lucky to listen to 5 of the authors read their stories from this collection. All were excellent and I was so glad we purchased copies of the book in advance so I could take it home and read them again plus the other 6 stories.<br /><br... | [
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4 | Topical story, | The novel opens when thirty-four year old Major Logan Sharp, a Canadian doctor serving at the military hospital, meets Pulitzer award winning photographer thirty-six year old Michigan native and Columbia graduate Jillian Knight on a crushingly hot landing strip of Kandahar Afghanistan. Over a two week period the two ar... | [] | 1594931593 | 1594931593 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,269,540,745,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Thriller ala John Grisham | Thirtysomething Marty Edwards from Atlanta, Georgia has a niche in the book market, she investigates (with the help of locals, the local police and district attorney's office) cold cases. She finds herself in sleepy Brownsville Texas (population 100,000) investigating a 10 year old murder of an 18-year old, but the l... | [] | 1594931623 | 1594931623 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,268,690,927,000 | 4 | false |
5 | 16 short story romances some hot and some sweet | A truly enjoyable collection with a wide range of authors from Scotland, Canada, the US and England. There really is something for everyone in the collection.<br /><br />Nell Stark & Trinity Tam have an erotic vampire first time story,<br />Pamela Smiley writes about her city Chiang Mai,<br />Sacchi Green has a terrifi... | [] | 157344376X | 157344376X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,267,552,212,000 | 4 | false |
5 | sexiest and darkest in this series | Characters are either living, reliving or planning their romance on almost every page, and when they aren't the author has them being followed by a mysterious stalker.<br /><br />WOW! This was the sexiest and the darkest entry in this series. First let me assure those who are new to this series that you don't need to r... | [] | 1602821232 | 1602821232 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,263,858,490,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Humor and really hot romance | Three couples leaving snowy cold Rochester New York (where the sun shines maybe 3 months out of the year - lol), for an extended cruise of the Caribbean in the dead of winter.<br /><br />Yvonne and Steph have been a couple for years and have a wonderful relationship. Their friend thirty-seven year old Mississippi nativ... | [] | 1594931585 | 1594931585 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,263,850,046,000 | 1 | false |
5 | More than a romance | This story was pure pleasure to read from the first page to the very last. I loved how the strength in the relationship shifted back and forth between Kicker and Madelyn.<br /><br />This is an honest insightful and very believable novel of how two women find each other, decide to live thier lives together and take the... | [] | 1933720611 | 1933720611 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,261,340,532,000 | 5 | false |
5 | So happy - such diverse stories - really something for everyone | 23 stories from different authors - each story I read gave more more incentive to read the author's novels. I love it when they use the short story format to revisit a character in a novel.<br /><br />A really neat thing is that in front of each story is a brief profile of the author.<br /><br />Radclyffe writing as LL... | [] | 160282116X | 160282116X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,260,119,558,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Riveting 'Who Done It' | There is so much plot in this book that keeps you wondering where the author is going to take you next!<br /><br />Living in Dallas, Texas, thirty-four year old Parker Casey is top of her class in law school, and will have her pick of any firm when she graduates. She is working her way through graduate school by tendi... | [] | 1602820864 | 1602820864 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,260,114,882,000 | 6 | false |
5 | Vivid depiction of Life in the remote Alaskan Arctic | This is a fascinating look at life in a remote Alaskan village. Bettles is the small dot located above the Arctic circle and when the land is not frozen is only accessible via the air. With twenty-four residents, all are dependent on each other for existence and entertainment.<br /><br />Bryson Faulkner is forty years ... | [] | 1602820872 | 1602820872 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,254,087,337,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Full of passion, intrigue and depth - very satisfying | Before I forget to mention it, I loved the cover - if I hadn't enjoyed this author's works in the past I would have picked it up for the cover alone.<br /><br />I loved the setting of the Hudson River in Dutchess County NY, very authentically presented - makes me want to take a road trip there this year.<br /><br />The... | [] | 160282083X | 160282083X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,253,881,914,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Unexpected Bonus!! | I totally expected a fabulous romance. What a nice bonus that one heck of a mystery (with an antagonist of the "boo-hiss" variety) was thrown in as the catalyst for the story and also kept the reader flipping pages long into the next day because you just had to know what happened.<br /><br />The story delightfully sta... | [] | 1594931461 | 1594931461 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,251,591,130,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Adorable & Laugh out Loud Funny | This is one of the sweetest books. Read it if you are in a good mood - read it if you want to be in a good mood - read if you are wondering if there good people in this world.<br /><br />This is the third novel in a series that originally debuted in the book 'Shaken', the author has changed some plot points that I fel... | [] | 1594931496 | 1594931496 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,251,585,365,000 | 1 | false |
5 | A sexual odyssey | What a story! Where to begin? You can't define this novel as it has so much going for it. Lots of dark humor. A terrific who-done it. A decadent sexually promiscuous plot. A completely dysfunctional family.<br /><br />College grad Megan comes home to the family estate in Oregon to find her older sister Ashley and thei... | [] | 1602820813 | 1602820813 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,247,367,631,000 | 7 | false |
5 | It's autumn and Romance in Vermont !!! | I have such fun reading this author's romances. This new novel touches on several serious issues. Career burnout, autism, defamation, small town ostracism, parental terrorism and family dysfunction on many layers.<br /><br />Luckily for thirty-two year old Deanna and twenty-nine year old Faythe they find each other at ... | [] | 1602820805 | 1602820805 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,247,366,795,000 | 3 | false |
5 | If you enjoyed Wuthering Heights this is for you! | Loved this book! Enough plot for three novels! I grew up reading the likes of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier and this story delivered on all my expectations.<br /><br />The novel opens with a fabulous opening chapter that sweeps you in. This is a book to be savoured so don't rush the r... | [] | 1602820368 | 1602820368 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,247,363,356,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Could almost be a horror story | Sasha Lewis is doing nothing to end her four year relationship with Lee Simpson. After year one it has been a struggle emotionally, with forty going on fifty year old Sasha, who doing all the placating. Lee is a loose cannon whose escalating abuse of Sasha is actually scary to read. It's all too much for Sasha who pre... | [] | 1935053078 | 1935053078 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,245,120,129,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Who Killed twenty two year old Susan Stevens? | Is it protective Chis or her secretive partner Chelsea? Is it her nephew Doug the trust fund baby or Chris' brother Jake? Could it be Victor who has opportunity but no motive? Perhaps Donna who seems to bother everyone? And what became of Carly's older sister Anne? And what role does Jack Walthrop play?<br /><br />I di... | [] | 0976755807 | 0976755807 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,245,119,156,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Just who is Valerie Skye? | Alix Morris lives in Ft Lauderdale Florida where she attends college. She is about to turn 21. She is also going to be in her BFF's wedding. Should she wear here hair blue? Will she have to wear a pink dress? Her BFF Jessica is fabulously wealthy, her wedding makes the cover of People magazine but her family is a no ... | [] | 1934452041 | 1934452041 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,245,117,274,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Live free Or Die Hard!! | A rollercoaster action thriller! This is a second book (Black's Magic) following the adventures' of British Special Agent Addison Black & MI5's latest Special Ops recruit, Dr. Skyler Tidwell and you won't need to have read the first to enjoy this, but I am sure you will go out and read it once you are done.<br /><br />... | [] | 0979412021 | 0979412021 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,244,673,532,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Super fun read | As a third story involving Tori Hunter of the Dallas, Texas police force you don't have to read the other two novels (Hunter's Way or In the Name of the Father) to enjoy this book.<br /><br />The story opens up with the murder of a college student. The only suspect Casey, Tori and John have is a report of a peeping tom... | [] | 1594931305 | 1594931305 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,244,421,145,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Intriguing characters | Lane is a truly fascinating woman. Since high school she has known exactly what she wants and what she needs to do to get it. Her entire existence is driven toward one career goal to the exclusion of any outside pursuits.<br /><br />Bryce Clayton is a thirty something Texas millionaire rancher, and highly respected bu... | [
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5 | Fascinating!! | If you have ever wondered what it is like to obsess, in a romantic way, about someone you barely know this is the book for you! I would not call this a romance but more a slice of life, a page out of someone's life story.<br /><br />Dana is a thirty something school teacher who works during the summer temping at a loc... | [] | 1425139663 | 1425139663 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,244,154,737,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Very original! Very sexy!! | The self titled romantic adventure is a farce wrapped in a roller-coaster of scams! This novels flys from one outrageous moment to the next.<br /><br />Ginette Felstrom is the girlfriend of the 497th richest woman in America - or is she?<br /><br />Mickey Rapowski kidnapped Ginette to get back at the CEO of her company... | [] | 1602820422 | 1602820422 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,243,913,631,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Fun Fun Fun! | A really terrific story and characters. Not just the main characters but all of the supporting characters are lively, interesting and wonderfully fleshed out.<br /><br />Kate is a high powered successful movie producer in Hollywood. She is attractive, funny and down to earth with plenty of smarts and self assurance to ... | [] | 1602820163 | 1602820163 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,243,864,972,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Raw excitement - passion - drama! | Sydney Cabot has been on the police force at High Point North Carolina for 12 years and loves her job. Eight months ago she used her gun in self defense in the midst of a robbery and since then she has been on a binge of mindless sex which has always been her escape. Finally cleared from wrongful death she now must fac... | [] | 1602820538 | 1602820538 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,243,807,111,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Wow! what a read! | Cate Canton is a thirty-four year old American living in Italy for the last 16 years, she has seen more than her share of tragedy. Her mother dies when Cate is just in her teens, her only sibling dies in a car crash when she is sixteen and her father becomes so remote that they become virtual strangers. Cate runs away ... | [] | 1602820554 | 1602820554 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,241,560,030,000 | 9 | false |
3 | If you enjoyed this novel don't miss the author's other title 'Green-eyed Monster'. | Rollicking fun. Solid first book from this author. This 186 page novel in the publisher's Matinee line is packed with characters, plot and action. Solly Raynor has taken her three children to visit her sister Janie and Janie's lover Marsha at their Hollywood beautiful resort home. Solly is escaping her no good philande... | [] | 1602820236 | 1602820236 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,241,398,532,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Absolutely Fun read! | Soon to be thirty-six years old Mackenzie Lewis is addicted to romance novels (been there, done that!). Being the owner of a popular patio bar and restaurant in Dallas is a time consuming career so most of her personal effects are located in her comfortable office adjacent to the restaurant.<br /><br />Mac has a good s... | [
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5 | Eagerly awaited and fabulously rewarding read | Has it really been four years since 'Justice Served' was published? The characters are so vivid!<br /><br />From the first chapter involving the sinister and diabolical thirty-seven year old Kratos Zamora the head of a Philadelphia crime syndicate the reader is enveloped in the story.<br /><br />Back at the heart of t... | [] | 1602820740 | 1602820740 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,241,390,505,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Seat of your pants thriller | Zig zaging from the CIA to the US Treasury to billion dollar corporations. To start up high tech companies who have made the big time and their star employees who can hack anything and surf the October waves off the Atlantic Coast at dawn, to bio-terrorism and rogue government agents this book is a thriller you won't ... | [] | 1602820481 | 1602820481 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,237,164,536,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Fasten Your Seat Belts! | Intense followup to the author's terrific romance novel 'Without Warning' where - two women - 29 year old Anna Kaklis ("whose perfectly planned life never included falling in love with another woman--is thrown for a loop, but she doesn't doubt her heart") and 30 year old Lily Stewart ("abandoned too many times by peop... | [] | 1594931356 | 1594931356 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,237,124,565,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Fabulous story with a delightful romance | I could not be happier having read this novel. I truly felt I was on this adventure with the characters.<br /><br />Mary Kate is using her college degree at her home town school and dating the assistant principal who is the catch of the county yet gets on her last nerve enough that she has already declined his initial ... | [] | 1594931429 | 1594931429 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,235,957,010,000 | 8 | false |
5 | Love & Politics from Chicago to the slopes of a ski resort | I totally enjoyed this lovely romance!<br /><br />Campbell's family manage and own a ski getaway call Bear Run in Wisconsin. She has recently broken up with her partner of five years when both realized they wanted different things in life. Twenty-eight year old Campbell has moved back from her job in Madison to the ski... | [] | 1602820392 | 1602820392 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,235,942,782,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Entertaining, insightful and fun! | Colby Dennis had a miserable four years in high school so you would think she would be the last person to go to the ten-year reunion. However she has developed into a self-confident and successful business woman, and is looking forward to seeing what the ten years has wrought for others.<br /><br />Mackenzie Brandt app... | [] | 1602820465 | 1602820465 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,234,824,810,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Unforgettable characters.- Lamda Literary Award Winner ! | Karita is a total joy - I just love and admire how she lives her life - I liked her from hello. Moving from Minnesota to Denver two years earlier she is vibrantly a part of her community after being in the Peace Corp for four years.<br /><br />Thirty-four year old CJ's back story was enthralling and compelling. Her f... | [] | 1594931313 | 1594931313 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,234,756,095,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Seat of your pants joy ride!!!, | Jett McNally, helicopter pilot, who recently left the US military after thirteen years and is keeping to herself, for more than one reason, in her new position flying the night shift for a hospital in Philadelphia.<br /><br />Dr. Tristan Holmes, at age twenty-nine, is a highly qualified doctor who comes into frequent ... | [] | 1602820317 | 1602820317 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,234,751,724,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Fabulous fiction set in Washington DC | The daily give and take, back door deals and vote for my legislation and I'll vote for yours of politics is perfectly depicted.<br /><br />Glynn Wright is in her early forties and is an eleven year veteran of Capital Hill who took her husbands Republican seat when died suddenly. In addition to the machinations of her f... | [] | 1594931259 | 1594931259 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,234,747,641,000 | 1 | false |
5 | A truly lovely collection of short stories | A perfect gift to yourself anytime of the year!<br /><br />This collection from Bold Strokes Books features new stories from favorite authors. Most of the stories are new and some are a delightful treat to readers who have read a novel and want a peak at what happens after the last page.<br /><br />A huge variety of ro... | [] | 1602820279 | 1602820279 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,234,623,327,000 | 1 | false |
5 | 24 story volume of Radclyffe's collected short stories (2001 thru 2008) | PLUS 4 new stories not published before - Winner! I have been collecting Radclyffe's short stories since they first appeared in all the top erotica publications. Now they are all (I think) compiled in this fabulous collection of 28 stories that include four new short stories.<br /><br />Long awaited sexy collection of... | [] | 1602820503 | 1602820503 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,234,619,606,000 | 3 | false |
5 | A perfect Valentine gift for your sweetheart ! | This is such a fabulous selection of stories I had to make myself read only one or two at a time to totally savour them all.<br /><br />A huge variety of stories: a first date after a three year relationship ends; a snowstorm in Provincetown; friends since college find love right in front of them; yearnings set on a ho... | [] | 1573443336 | 1573443336 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,234,575,590,000 | 6 | false |
4 | Delicious novel ... | Set in lovely Nashville Tennessee, A Place to Rest is about family, with a wonderfully sexy romance for Sawyer and Jori a big plus!<br /><br />Sawyer is thirty-two years old and has comfortably bounced from one job to another (none of them amounting to a career). Younger sister Erica is pregnant and deeply resentful of... | [] | 160282021X | 160282021X | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,217,165,985,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Wonderful escapism! | Highly enjoyable Sci-fi story. You do not need to have read the earlier books in the series but it makes for an added bonus to those readers who have.<br /><br />Filled with a host of fabulous characters. We have the dastardly bad guy M'Ekar who will do anything to regain the power he once had as Ambassador for his wor... | [] | 1602820201 | 1602820201 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,217,096,297,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Lesbian Erotica meets Sex in the City !! | Philadelphia to be exact - in this case, the city of Sisterly love!<br /><br />Oh My! what an erotic book! and yet it had just the sweetest love story!<br /><br />From hospital corridors to not so private sex near the softball diamond this book has it all!<br /><br />Thirty year old Bren is attractive, thoughtful and ... | [] | 1602820058 | 1602820058 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,216,572,963,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Total Entertainment !!! | Be prepared to spend the rest of your day reading this fast-paced thrilling novel after picking it up the first time. The book opens with a fabulous opening prologue, leaving the reader on the edge of their seat.<br /><br />Thirty-three year old Domino is utterly believable and at the same time quite original, she is a... | [] | 1602820228 | 1602820228 | AFWVN52MRBWOTIK7UGXBWGOY4HBA | 1,216,561,138,000 | 16 | false |
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