Reviews of Books Written New & Emerging Authors

Our editors are keeping their eyes on new and emerging authors. Below you will find recent book reviews of some of our favorite titles by up-and-coming authors.



Cary Grant: A Celebration of Style
Richard Torregrossa

Beginner's Greek
James Collins

The Terror
Dan Simmons

The Sweetest Hours : Love Stories...of a Kind
Laura Pedersen

The Bird Woman
Kerry Hardie

Hello, It's Me
Wendy Markham

Finnegan's Parish & Other Stories
John Dahlgren

Cape Perdido
Marcia Muller

Palindrome Hannah
Michael Bailey

Seduced by the Night
Robin T. Popp

Guardians of the Dawn: Tales of the Tiberian War
Nick Capo

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
Susan Jane Gilman

Love and Country
Christina Adam

Cage of Stars
Jacquelyn Mitchard

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Fiction Book Reviews

The Girls
Lori Lansens
Turning 30 is a milestone birthday for anyone, but it’s especially monumental for twin sisters,...

The Untelling
Tayari Jones
There’s a certain beauty in watching a raindrop trickle along a window pain. There’s an almost...

Love and Country
Christina Adam
In a review on the jacket cover, Love and Country is billed as a classic novel of the west....

Playing God
Allen P. Bristow
It’s the summer of 1890 and while phones are a new novelty that may or may not survive, death is...

Almost Like Being in Love
Steve Kluger
The title ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE is used in reference to a song from the 1947 musical...

Chick-Lit Book Reviews

To Love a Thief
Julie Anne Long
Most romances, regencies in particular, are delicate little souffles; they must be handled with a...

Blackout
Annie Solomon
In BLACKOUT, Annie Solomon continues to firmly define her place as one of today’s top romantic...

Seduced by the Night
Robin T. Popp
Robin Popp has done it again. A solid read from start to finish. The excitement begins practically...

Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice
Kimberly Raye
In a celebrity-obsessed, image oriented world, true love is hard to find. Instead of waiting for...

The Big Love
Sarah Dunn
The last thing my dinner party needed was what actually happened: an hour after he left, Tom...

Thriller Book Reviews

The Manolo Matrix
Julie Kenner
If you aren’t familiar with Julie Kenner’s “Play-Survive-Win” series, THE MANOLO MATRIX is the...

Cape Perdido
Marcia Muller
Cape Perdido is a mystery set in a small town in Northern California. The story revolves around the...

Mississippi Flyway
Nel Rand
As adults, we often don’t know what drives us through life and causes us to make the choices we...

Dead Before Dying
Deon Meyer
It is a new day in Cape Town, South Africa literally and figuratively. The concept of Apartheid had...

Cave of the Painters Mind
Joe Dennis
Insanity has been defined as repeating the same mistakes over and over and expecting different...

More Book Reviews

Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Carrie Vaughn
Despite the cheesy title and cheesier cover art of “Kitty and the Midnight Hour” by Carrie Vaughn,... The Stewardess is Flying the Plane
Ron Hogan
When I think of cinema in the 1970s I tend to recall the blockbuster events my folks took me to see... Dating Amy
Amy DeZellar
How many dates does it take to find Mr. Right? Amy DeZellar intends to find out. She is in her late... Guardians of the Dawn: Tales of the Tiberian War
Nick Capo
Nick Capo's "Guardians of the Dawn" is quite good, and left me begging, wishing, hoping, and... Monkey Portraits
Jill Greenberg
A face says so much about the struggles and emotions of being human. Even when that face is on a... How to Set his Thighs on Fire
Kate White
I admit that I do read Cosmo magazine from time to time. While I don’t subscribe, the headlines... The Sweetest Hours : Love Stories...of a Kind
Laura Pedersen
The unifying theme of Laura Pedersen’s short story collection The Sweetest Hours is love. ... Finnegan's Parish & Other Stories
John Dahlgren
From start to finish, I never stopped laughing or gasping as I turned each page of John Dahlgren’s...

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