DDBook Reviews

"Some rules are meant to be broken" click on the image to go to amazon D.M. Barr writes a quirky and engaging “coming of age” story with a kinky twist.   Dani Barrett has just come out of an unfulfilling marriage carrying with her the stigma of adult ADHD, which had in the past led her to impulsive actions.   As she restarts her job as a travel trade journalist at 35, she arrives in Argentina with nine other journalists for a country tour, her long-time friend Liam, some female writers and James Aldridge, a wealthy owner of Aldridge Publications. She has laid down some rules for herself, and therefore she is not on the lookout for a relationship.   However, intriguing Brit, James, catches her eye, and they begin a tentative friendship leaden with a promise of things hinted at and not said.   James is on the writing tour as a cover for his investigative writing,   taking days away from the tour group as he needs to follow up on his sources.   Dani is writing...

  click on image to go to amazon A Flight of Broken wings is an enchanting and riveting fantasy of humans and Aerials in constant conflict. Ruban is the top Hunter on Earth, and Ashwin, an Aeriel prince in disguise, are on a secret mission. Together they face battle and lies, betrayal and heroics and shared love for their planet. This is a fresh new world with lots of action and adventure if you love fantasy—a good read. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

  Remember where we left the friends of Maple Bend at the end of Blood Creek Beast? We wanted to find out if the friends will prevail and save two worlds if Jenny and Annabelle are in time to save their friends, and what happened to Sean? In Blood Creek Phantom, the third book in the series, we find out what Sean has been up to.  He is still looking for Debbie, the ghost that brought him to Maple Bend.  When Chrissy King asks for help to keep safe from Avery, the ghostly serial killer, he makes a mistake that sets him up for much trouble.  He ends up meeting Hattie’s great-great, maybe one more great-grandma kills another giant and resolves some issues he has had with his family, and unintentionally literally wakes the dead.   click on the image to go to amazon Jenny has learnt a lot from Annie but still has much more to master when she ends up in the war between Lila and the Wardens.  She finds Jack and Jessabelle and joins them in fighting to hold...

  Luke Lancaster is a good bounty hunter.  His Christian upbringing has made him unique in that he never killed a criminal.  He has a troubled relationship with his father, a Comanche warrior, who left his English wife and young children. When Luke realizes that the criminal Billie Batson, whom he was supposed to bring in for justice, is a woman, he knows he is in trouble.  Billie, a schoolteacher, is on the run from Clovis Caldwell and the law after her co-worker was shot and she was framed.  When she is shot, Luke has no other option than to take care of her.  In his endeavour to help her, she meets his family and is kidnapped by Comanche Indians.  Luke has to make a decision that will affect his and Billie’s future.  And how does this decision fit in with life in Arkansas? In The Bounty Hunter’s Bride, taking a chance on people and trust in God is apparent in the actions and words of the characters.          ...

click on the image to go to amazon   Blood Creek Beast starts where Blood Creek Witch ended.   Jack and Jenny stayed behind in “Round the Bend” with Annabelle Rose to seal the gateway and keep guard over it. Jessabelle and Sean went back to Maple Bend to keep watch on the gateway on their side.   When Annabelle sends Jenny and Jack to buy provisions in the nearby town of Hobbfield, they end up chasing away bandits who were extorting the poor villagers.   Jenny goes back to Annabelle for help, and Jack sets off to find the sheriff in the next town..  Jack always wanted an adventure; as he travels further away from Jenny, he is thrown into the deep end of a fantastical fairytale reminiscent of Jack and the Beanstalk.  He encounters friendly Giants and evil Fae creatures.  An as in any good fairytale, there is a Princess, conspiracies, loyal guards and torturers. While Jack is living his adventure, Jessabelle is discovered in her Panther form and take...

click on the image tot go to amazon Angelina has noticed a dark presence wherever she goes.  When she finally corners the man she has seen all over the world, hovering on the fringes of her vision, in New Orleans, a new world full of intrigue opens to her.  When Jude insists she will be his wife, they start a three-week intense dating experience. She meets the family and other members of The Society of Messengers on Earth, some of whom are a great surprise.  Jude has been following Angelina for three years, making sure that she is trustworthy and honest, he has learnt all about her, and when he lets her corner him in New Orleans, he is sure that he wants her to be his wife, The New Queen of the Vampires. In The History of Vampires, Amanda Lewis tells a story filled with strong yet humble characters.  Personalities from history grace the pages with their appearance in a story that sets the scene for a great series to follow.  Devoid of explicit sexual or graphic ...

  Late Checkout by Beth Dolgner is the second book in the Eternal Rest Cozy Mysteries series.  Emily Buchannan has her hands full as she receives some businessmen who are planning to renovate and reopen an old hotel just outside Oakhill.  The townspeople are not excited about the soon rumours are all over town.  Emily has to bute her tongue as one of the guests is a very entitled and rude man Jaxon Knight-MacGinn who treats her as his personal assistant to run his errands.  Luckily, Tripp, a young man from town, has started working at Eternal Rest, giving Emily time to complete the to-do lists Jaxon leaves for her.  Even the ghosts at Eternal Rest are restless, and Kelly voices her opinion about Jaxon in a note in his room.  When one of Emily’s guests turns up dead, murdered, Emily realizes that she has a new ghost at the bed and breakfast.  As Emily’s psychic abilities develop, several ghosts lead her to solve the recent murder.  It seems th...