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The Hammer of God
by Tom Avitabile
"Psycho-Ops Terrorize the Terrorists!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted May 1, 2012
Twenty-four small jars of cold cream are ready for
shipment and it's a job well-done. So begins the innocuous
journey that ends in a crushing accident and what seems to
be deliberate end to this shipment, forever encapsulated
in layers of concrete. Yet is that really the end?
Read more...
All He Saw Was The Girl
by Peter Leonard
"Mess With The Mob, Really?"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted April 12, 2012
Two college students, McCabe and Chip, are students out on
the town who've had a wee bit too much to drink. Chip gets
the bright idea to steal an Italian taxi and enjoy a joy
ride. But things don't turn out so well for McCabe. Chip's
very wealthy and powerful Read more...
Against the Night:: The Raines of Wind Canyon
by Kat Martin
"Sexy Perils!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted April 12, 2012
Former Army Ranger and now Private Investigator, Johnnie
Riggs is hanging out in a strip joint looking for a crook
who's skipped his bail. But his attention is very
distracted by a sexy gal who's an exotic pole dancer.
Finally, he sees his prey and grabs him, but Johnnie
returns Read more...
The Way
by Kristen Wolf
"Branching Out The Way!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted April 12, 2012
The Earth is the Mother's and all that flows from there.
Staying one with the Mother through meditation and respect
for creation yields right relationships and blessings in
the fruits of creation. These are some of the fundamental
beliefs that the followers of the Way have followed for
centuries, but Read more...
When Dreams Come True
by Cathy Maxwell
"Courage to Be Free!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted April 12, 2012
The Widow, with the help of several village woman, calls
forth a spell to bring a future bride for their Cornish
earl, a woman who will grant an heir to this noble family
on whom everyone in the area depends. None who participate
doubt the event will soon bring forth Read more...
Beirut in Shades of Grey
by Dana Kamal Mills
"Love Defies War's Reality!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted March 28, 2012
Beirut in the 1980's was a time of total transformation.
The phrase Dana Mills uses in this novel is one a dear
friend said to me in exactly the same words, "The 'Middle-
East Paradise' is gone!" Yet in this novel we have such a
fine balance between the way things Read more...
Love Thy Neighbor
by Mark Gilleo
"The Race for Revenge!!!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted March 28, 2012
Clark Hayden is a very bright graduate student doing
specialized work in robotics. But for now he has decided
to move back in with his mother who is slowly beginning to
demonstrate diminished ability to remember and often
breaks out in strange behavior. But she's also taking
multiple medications that Read more...
The Book of Lost Fragrances
by M. J. Rose
"Odours of the Past"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted January 13, 2012
Rob and Jac L'Etoile are brother and sister inheritors of
the famous House of L'Etoile perfume manufacturers and
sellers. But their interest lies far beyond just selling
appealing perfumes and colognes. For the family has many
secrets, all going back centuries when it was believed
that a perfume existed that Read more...
Julia's Child: A Novel
by Sarah Pinneo
"Mmmm, Pass the Muffins, Please, Mom!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted March 9, 2012
Julia Bailey is a stay-at-home Mom who takes the topic of
her children's nutrition quite seriously, but her kids are
slow to get the point and frequently pose comical and
crazy questions that challenge Julia on a daily basis -
very funny often! But Julia's trying to start a new Read more...
Abby Finds Her Calling
by Naomi King
"Ancient Ways Gone Awry!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted April 12, 2012
Welcome to a new series about the Amish community in Cedar
Creek, Missouri. It's a beautiful fall day which
bridegroom James Graber is relishing as he watches the
carriages of Amish from surrounding and far away
communities converge on Cedar Creek for James's wedding
that day. Watching them arrive, Read more...
The Land of Darkness
by C.s. Lakin
"A Sacred Adventure to A Better Place!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted February 17, 2012
Jadiel has a horribly wicked stepmother who literally
wants Jadiel to die. But before she dies, she must find a
certain combination of herbs and flowers to make a
concoction that will give the evil greater power than one
could imagine. First she sends Jadiel off to find bark and Read more...
Brightarrow Burning
by Isabo Kelly
"Hot, Hot, Hot Power!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted February 9, 2012
It's been many years since this reviewer read an Isabo
Kelly story - my word, what a difference! Here we have two
main and some minor characters, the former two very strong-
willed, focused individuals. Layla Brightarrow lives in a
world invaded by a species called Sorcerers who know how
to Read more...
Lamb
by Bonnie Nadzam
"A Witness to the End of Decency!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted February 9, 2012
David Lamb is a middle-aged man disappointed in life,
having recently been asked to take a long break from his
job, suffered the death of his father, and having failed
in a romantic relationship. So he's got a lot of pent-up
hurt and anger inside; at least that's how it Read more...
Gods and Fathers
by James LePore
"Middle Eastern Terror at Home!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted February 9, 2012
Matt DeMarco is not too happy with his life. He has
finally begun to be successful in his law career but has
the lousiest possible relationship with his son, Michael.
His ex-wife has married an Arab who is very rich and she's
turned his son against him. Michael is a Read more...
Home by Morning
by Alexis Harrington
"Hometown Healing!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted February 9, 2012
Jessica Layton, a medical doctor in the early 20th Century
when women were frowned on for becoming doctors, is on her
way to Seattle, Washington to take up a new position.
She's been working in New York City and been overwhelmed
by the poverty and needless illness bred from dirty Read more...
The Golden Hour
by Margaret Wurtele
"War Makes One Grow Up Fast!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted March 19, 2012
Giovanna Bellini is a very young 17 year old at the
opening of this story occurring in 1944 Tuscany, Italy.
The Germans have taken over Italy and confiscated the
bottom floor of the Bellini home as residence for German
soldiers. Giovanni really hasn't absorbed the horrors that
the Nazis have Read more...
The Last Storyteller
by Frank Delaney
"The Legacy of the Irish Muse!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted February 9, 2012
Ben McCarthy has finally taken up the professional mantle
of his mentors as a collector of folklore, and he is
certainly at his best in this latest novel by Frank
Delaney. Three stories are interwoven herein, Ben's
collecting, recording, and sharing of numerous Irish tales
that have an uncanny resonance Read more...
The Turning of Anne Merrick
by Christine Blevins
"Victory At All Costs!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted March 9, 2012
Anne Merrick is a spy for the Revolutionary Army in the
late 1700s in the colonies. Jack Hampton and she are
deeply in love but don't get many opportunities to be
together. Caught up in the war between the Patriots and
the British, Anne is spying in the camp of Read more...
Diary of a Mad Fat Girl
by Stephanie McAfee
"A Funny, Intriguing Mission for Justice!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted March 19, 2012
Ace Jones is one crazy, feisty, and funny gal! She has had
a few very close friends who sheltered and comforted her
when she lost her entire family in a very brief time, a
fact that just might be a trust issue with Mason McKenzie
who worships the ground she Read more...
Fury of Fire
by Coreene Callahan
"Loving Fire Consuming All!"
Courtesy Crystal Book Reviews
Posted March 19, 2012
Bastian and Rikar are dragons appearing in the guise of
humans. They are on a mission to save their race from
extinction, one in which they must unite with a human to
produce more half-dragon-half-human sons. However, the
focus of his mission is diverted when he meets Myst, a
fiery Read more...
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