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A Love Unquenchable By Rosie Chapel

12/25/2017

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​Multi-volume author Rosie Chapel introduces us to A Love Unquenchable:
Jessica Drummond, a bright and cheerful young woman, rarely gives romance, let alone love, a thought. Long hours working in her brother’s shipping office affords little chance of her ever meeting an eligible bachelor. 
Duncan Barrington, veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, believes himself wounded in both body and soul. He has no intention of inflicting his demons on anyone, certainly not a beautiful and, in his opinion, irresponsible city lady. 
One cold & snowy morning, the plight of a bedraggled puppy throws Jessica and Duncan together and, as a spark of something indefinable yet wholly unquenchable begins to burn, it is unclear who rescued whom.
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​This is the third book I have had the pleasure to read written by Rosie Chapel. I have found her writing to have a wonderful mix of action, dialogue, and scene-setting. She provides hours of wonderful reading pleasure. She is so adept at bringing her characters to life, I experience many of the emotions her characters display. This book is no exception as it brought laughter to me and some tears also, as all her books do.
This particular volume has something extra going for it. While the story is pretty typical of the genre, seemingly mismatched but chosen by Fate to be lovers; Rosie tackles a very contemporary issue of PTSD, and expertly weaves this new thread throughout the story. Bravo Rosie for a job superbly done!
This story is also connected to a previously written story, “Once Upon an Earl”, which I had the pleasure of reviewing at an earlier time.
This magnificent story gets 4.9 stars of 5. 
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You can buy this book:
https://www.amazon.com/An-Unquenchable-Love-by-Rosie-Chapel-ebook
https://www.amazon.com.au/Love-Unquenchable-Rosie-Chapel-ebook
https://www.goodreads.com/-a-love-unquenchable
 
You can follow Rosie:
https://twitter.com/RosieChapel2015
https://www.facebook.com/RosieChapelTheAuthor/
http://rosiechapel.com/ 

Romance, Regency, Regency romance, historical romance, fiction, historical fiction, PTSD 
Copyright © 2017 Mark L Schultz except for the author's introduction
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Shadow of the drill by Rhani D'chae

12/11/2017

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Born of Circumstance, Bred for Revenge

​Multi-volume author, Rhani D’Chae introduces us to Shadow of the Drill:
A Gritty and Violent Thriller. 

A brutal experience transforms an unproven young tough into a ruthless killing machine. 
For fifteen years he waited, building his body into an unstoppable weapon so that vengeance would be had through the strength of his will and the power of his hands. 

On the bloodstained streets of a northwestern city, the enforcer known as the Drill stalks his prey. Judge, Jury, and Executioner; he seeks out those who target the weak, condemning them to the kind of justice that has made him a legend.
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​I am quite blown away by this book. There is an amazing depth of character for all the actors in this story! Rhani breaks one of my pet peeves of head-hopping, but she does it so very well. I can’t hold it against her. 
This is a steamy action thriller! The milieu is faithfully captured, the mean streets have never been meaner, the strippers are never off the stage, and the action leaves me breathless! This is one of the seamier sides of society that few of us ever stare into. But Rhani has brought these people to life in a way that reveals the humanity shared by us all. We all want success, security, and acceptance.
A darkly honest and wonderful picture of the human condition, Shadow of the Drill gets 5 stars!
I have it on good authority that a sequel is in the works. 

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You can buy this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Drill-Born-Circumstance-Revenge-ebook
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Drill-Born-Circumstance-Revenge-ebook
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17823252-shadow-of-the-drill
 
You can follow Rhani D’Chae:
https://twitter.com/rhanidchae
https://rhanidchae.wordpress.com/  

action, fiction, thriller, suspense, enforcers, strippers, mystery, ​

​Copyright © 2017 Mark L Schultz except for the author's introduction 
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The Crystal Sphinx                                                         By G. D. Talbot

12/2/2017

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​Multi-volume author, G. D. Talbot introduces us to The Crystal Sphinx:
This pulse pounding mystery, is full of surprises, twists and turns and cliff hangers. It's a little archeologists hunter, a little science fiction adventure, a little murder mystery with a genius master mind villain behind it all.

This is the story of The Tower of Babel meets The Twilight Zone in present time.
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​A modern story with some biblical backgrounds really piqued my interest. I loved the cover, looking so old with all the different languages scattered thereon. I didn’t realize what a big hint that was when I started reading.
The story was interesting and enjoyable except for one small thing, followed by another and many more after that. I found more than 200 spelling errors in this story. They ruined the anticipated pleasure.
I will say, the writing is pretty good, Talbot does an adequate job of maintaining POV. There were only 2 instances of having to reread a paragraph to be sure who was talking. The action was nice, the descriptions of the dig were pretty good. Towards the end, a lot of the backstory was brought out and that was a little confusing to me, at first, but I got it straightened out in my head.
There is a lot of potential in this story for sure. It feels like a lot of the hinted at back story could turn this into a trilogy.
 I can only give The Crystal Sphinx 3 of 5 stars. 

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​You can buy this book at:
https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Sphinx-G-D-Talbot-ebook
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crystal-Sphinx-G-D-Talbot-ebook
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35707933-the-crystal-sphinx

You can follow G. D. Talbot:
https://twitter.com/GDTalbot
https://www.facebook.com/Books-By-G-D-Talbot
https://www.amazon.com/G.-D.-Talbot  

​Christian fiction, science fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, mystery

​Copyright © 2017 Mark L Schultz except for the author's introduction 
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