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Fiction Finds Foothold with Immigration Issues: V.C. Andrews® Ignites Dialogue with the Re-Release of Delia’s Crossing [GUEST POST]

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A young immigrant comes to America to escape a cruel fate in V.C. Andrews’ Delia’s Crossing. (Photo by Jonathan Emmanuel Flores Tarello, Flickr)

There is no mystery as to why the publication of Delia’s Crossing, first in a three-book Series featuring a Latino main character, has since been aptly called “The Latino Cinderella.” Delia’s Cinderella reference comes from the plot driver: a teenage Mexican girl from a small village loses her parents in a truck accident. Continue reading “Fiction Finds Foothold with Immigration Issues: V.C. Andrews® Ignites Dialogue with the Re-Release of Delia’s Crossing [GUEST POST]”

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‘My Sister’s Bones’ Is Mystifying and Insightful [REVIEW]

Paranoia
A reporter suspects something sinister is going on in the house next door in Nuala Ellwood’s My Sister’s Bones.
(Photo by Flood G., Flickr)

When a war reporter returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, she soon suspects that something is seriously wrong in the house next door. But are the things she’s seeing real or is her mind playing tricks on her? Find out in Nuala Ellwood’s debut novel, My Sister’s Bones.  Continue reading “‘My Sister’s Bones’ Is Mystifying and Insightful [REVIEW]”

Unknown's avatarJathan Fink2 Comments
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‘Call to Engage’ Is As Funny As It Is Swoonworthy [REVIEW]

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The Navy SEALs who make up Team Poseidon are the best of the best.
(Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Iain L Stratton, US Navy via Flickr)

The men who make up the Navy SEALs Poseidon team work together with absolute cohesion because they train beyond the rest and study further than most. But when a mission goes south, one of the team’s finest is seriously injured. Will he ever be able to mend his heart and mind as well as his body? Find out in Tawny Weber’s latest, Call to Engage.  Continue reading “‘Call to Engage’ Is As Funny As It Is Swoonworthy [REVIEW]”

Unknown's avatarJ.R. Wallace1 Comment
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The Surprising Role of Women in Medieval Japan [GUEST POST]

Geisha
Over the centuries, Japanese women have been everything from shopkeepers and moneylenders to geisha and warriors. (Photo by Yiannis Theologos Michellis, Flickr)

Many people don’t realize the important roles women played in medieval Japan, or that a Japanese woman’s “place” was often in the shop—or even on the archery range—as well as in the home. Continue reading “The Surprising Role of Women in Medieval Japan [GUEST POST]”

Unknown's avatarSusan Spann1 Comment
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‘Betrayal at Iga’ Is A Captivating Ninja Mystery [REVIEW]

Iga Ueno Castle
Peace negotiations are interrupted by murder in Susan Spann’s Betrayal at Iga. (Photo by Keith Peters, Flickr)

In the autumn of 1565, a master ninja detective and his priest sidekick accept an invitation to visit a remote mansion nestled deep in the Japanese mountains. Upon arriving, they find themselves embroiled in a murder mystery with serious repercussions. Will they find the killer in time? Find out in Susan Spann’s fifth Shinobi mystery, Betrayal at Iga.  Continue reading “‘Betrayal at Iga’ Is A Captivating Ninja Mystery [REVIEW]”

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