Category: 5 paws

Review – Eye of the Beholder by Jim Bates

  Synopsis When Jena’s new boyfriend Herm announces that he is traveling the Northshore of Lake Superior to meet Commander Donner, she is skeptical. After all, Herm is convinced that he is an alien from the planet Xylan who has been sent to Earth to search for rare minerals. As far as Jena is concerned, […]

Review – A Song of Silence by Steve N. Lee

  Synopsis War thrust them together. Love will tear them apart. Inspired by a true story… When the Nazis invade his sleepy Polish town, Mirek swears to keep everyone in his orphanage safe at all costs. Yet, despite his struggles and sacrifices, the war drags him and his children deeper and deeper into its violent nightmare. […]

Review – Forgotten by A. Gural

    Synopsis Edwardian England Gwendolyn Deering was sent away to St Ursula’s School for Young Ladies six years ago, and she has no idea why. Estranged from her own family, she forms a new one with the troubled teens at her school, and tries to be at least a tiny bit happy. Except that […]

Review & #Giveaway – The Heaven Spot by Mary Frances Hill

    Synopsis The Heaven Spot is a modern-day mystery set in Palm Beach, Florida, that depicts opioid addict Maggie Robert’s desperate attempt to come to terms with her estranged daughter, Lilly’s, murder. When divorcée Maggie Roberts stumbles into her Virginia bookstore for the last time to close up shop, she expects the morning to be […]

Review & #Giveaway – Magical Elements of the Periodic Table by Sybrina Durant

    MAGICAL ELEMENTS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE   PRESENTED ALPHABETICALLY   BY THE ELEMENTAL DRAGONS   Magical Elements of the Periodic Table, Book 2   By Sybrina Durant   Children’s Picture Book / STEM / Chemistry Publisher: Sybrina Publishing Page Count: 44 Publication Date: March 9, 2024     Scroll down for a giveaway! […]

Review – Dead Girl by Kerrie Faye

    Synopsis   Dying has its perks…mostly. Bullied teen, Ember O’Neill goes from the weird girl to the tyrant of her school when she is resurrected from a deadly prank. Now secretly supernatural, she dethrones the school drama queen and snags the hot new guy, but her reign is at risk when the Order, […]

Review – The Healing Train by Kim Cano

    Synopsis   A devastating diagnosis. A family with a broken past. Embark on an uplifting journey of love, hope, and the ultimate second chance.   When health-conscious Sarah gets diagnosed with breast cancer, her world spins out of control. She’s supposed to grow old with her husband and see her daughter graduate college. Her future […]

Review – The Garden of Changing Blooms by Madison McAuley

    Synopsis   He doesn’t want to be her enemy. She doesn’t want to be his friend. But when their paths keep crossing, can a change of heart lead to a chance at love? In the Kingdom of Kalopsia, Dahlia has grown tired of the cloying perfumes and swirling silks of ballrooms. Her reality […]

Review – All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore

      Synopsis   The paths of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia unexpectedly—and dangerously—collide in this debut novel inspired by the explosive history of a divided city. Philadelphia, 1837. After Charlotte escaped from the crumbling White Oaks plantation down South, she’d expected freedom to feel different from her former life as […]

Review & #Giveaway – Amethyst, The Shallows by Kellye Abernathy

      Amethyst, The Shallows   by   Kellye Abernathy   YA / Magical Realism / Coming of Age Publisher: Atmosphere Press Page Count: 296 pages Publication Date: February 6, 2024 Scroll down for a giveaway!         “This is a night for being brave.” In the aftermath of a devastating sickness […]