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In Rick and Jane Learn To Listen & Talk The First Step To Intimacy , authors Al and Autumn Ray show us how important it is to communicate in our marriage and then they explain how to communicate clearly and effectively and, perhaps most importantly, how to communicate with respect . I am pretty sure that every couple in the world has had an issue with miscommunication at one time or another and ended up in yet another argument. Before reading this book I thought that my husband and I had pretty good communication in our marriage but after reading it I began to think back on all the times that we had misunderstood each other and, at times, had even hurt each other's feelings by snapping back at a remark rather than thinking through a respectful way to discuss whatever the issue was. Why is it that we take out our frustrations and disappointments on the one person that God has given us to be our love, our friend, our supporter, our life long mate? Is it because we know we can...

5 out of 5 ***** Elise is a young werewolf who loves life in her pack. She is in love with her best friend Bryan and cannot wait to become his mate. One day, out of the blue, she is summoned before her packs council and told that she will be mated to the neighboring packs Alpha, Kane, in order to create an alliance and expand their territories.  She is heart broken over the loss of the future she had imagined with Bryan but knows she must do as her father asks for the good of her pack. Kane has just become the new Alpha of his pack and needs a mate. He knows that this is not how Elise pictured her life but hopes to make her happy. After their first mating, he takes her back to his home and pack. Everyone seems to be so excited to meet her and accept her as part of their pack. Elise slowly begins to feel at home in her new pack but trouble is surrounding them on all sides. Someone wants the pack off  their land and will do anything to make it happen. Could it be Kane's br...

If you follow my reviews, then you know I  reviewed  Rougarou by Judith before. This woman has an amazing imagination and talent for writing! She can drag a reader into her story from the first page and keep you there until the book is finished. THE HAY FORT is no different. The storyline isn’t her usual but; nevertheless, she was on top of her game with this book. Here is the book description from amazon.com: When teens Willie and Butch Coby stumble on some filled jars in an old abandoned bus they have no idea what they are inviting by taking the jars away. Not until their biology teacher checks out what the jars contain do they begin to realize some adventures can cost you your life or worse turn that life into a living nightmare. Let all who know the name of the beast... Give up his name for he will not hold back his wrath against a child of the most holy. This story will take you places you never expected it to go. It has all of the elements that make up the best parano...

A BIT ABOUT GEORGE: I write fiction, frequently seasoned with a dash of supernatural flavor. My stories have appeared in several on-line magazines and paperback short-story anthologies. In the 70s, I worked in radio & dabbled in music as a songwriter, singer, and drummer. Since then I've been a sales manager at several places in Houston. Originally a therapeutic hobby that I started in 2000, writing has become a passionate obsession. "Welcome to my imagination."   Cloned from the  remains of an ancient Egyptian god, a young man named Horace is sent to Boston's M.I.T. to study molecular biology. After graduation, he is expected to return to Egypt to recreate The Fluid of Life, an ancient elixir capable of eliminating death. The Egyptian government plans to use the magic potion to create an immortal army that will restore them to their former glory as the world's premiere superpower. Horace becomes sidetracked, however, when he falls in love with Jeanne Mo...

Over the weekend and into the next week, I will be posting some reviews. The Hay Fort by Judith McDowell and The Falcon and His Desert Rose by George R. Lasher will be the first two. Keep an eye open for them!

Hot and balmy Louisiana nights in a dark and dangerous swamp is the setting for JUDITH McDOWELL’s novel, ROUGAROU. People in Saint Anthony’s Parish, Louisiana know how to deal with the lethal and slithering creatures that call the swamps home. What they can’t deal with, however, is the Voo-Doo magic that brings forth an extremely deadly creature with a thirst for human blood. When the body count starts to rise in Saint Anthony’s Parish, each one mutilated to the point of being almost unrecognizable, Detective Donovan Hays and his close friend and ex-partner, Jack Olivier’, get a crash course in what it’s like to live in a horror movie. As they race against the clock to save their loved ones and their town, the questions weighing on their minds are; what sort of creature are they up against and can they find it before it’s too late? This was a pulse pounding read that kept me scared silly and on the edge of my seat the entire time. It has been newly edited, (by yours truly! ), and re-...

The Wisdom of Evil By Scarlet Black Q&A with Scarlet                 1)       At what age did you decide you wanted to be an author? I’ve always wanted to write. I was around 8 years old when I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (My favorite children’s book to this day.) I wrote little pamphlets up and tied them with a ribbon to give away as presents at around that age. I was always an avid reader. Believe it or not, I started writing short screen plays while in the fifth grade, which were actually performed in the auditorium at school. What a rush it was! I then went onto short stories and finally full length novels.     2)       Where do your ideas come from? Are they based on your life experiences or do they just come to you? My ideas come from both. A lot of my characters are based, at least in part on real people I’ve come across. The Wisdom of...

Everyone who knows me, even a little, knows that I absolutely LOVE editing and reviewing books. In the process of doing both, I get to know the authors and they become "my" authors and my my friends. Every accomplishment makes me proud to know them. Every five star review, every special interview or recognition makes me smile. The point to all this is; I love the authors I work with. A while back, I did a review for Danielle D. Smith , the author of COYOTE NIGHT . She is a graphic artist, an author, and now, she is designing a line of handbags. These handbags feature Skriker and Rose, the two main characters in COYOTE NIGHT. I am so proud for her and want to celebrate her success by posting a link back to her review and also a link so that everyone can go and see her handbags. Please let her know that you are proud of her too. Click on her name to visit her website and leave her a message. You can also leave comments on the review post, which is here . Here is the link to go...

Today is an odd Saturday as I have, not one, but two guest posts and giveaways. This review is for NIGHT JOURNEY by GOLDIE BROWNING . This was an awesome read that actually made me stop and wonder about past lives. You know when you get that feeling that you have done something before or been in a particular place before? NIGHT JOURNEY is packed with these types of remembrances. The hotel in the book is a real place and the historical aspects of this novel are true and dead on. Goldie writes in such a way that you feel as if you are right there with the characters and in the places described. This was a truly enjoyable read that I would have to put in a class of its own. It has supernatural elements, mystery and suspense, romance...it has a little of everything. There is no way you can go wrong with this one. There is also a giveaway for two e-book copies of NIGHT JOURNEY and one lucky winner will get a paperback copy, (as long as you live within the U.S.). Below is the guest post...

I am so excited! Today I have my friend and extremely talented author, DEBBIE KUMP, guest posting on my blog. This is my very first guest post ever and I am thankful it is with such an all-around awesome person. I had the honor of editing DEBBIE'S novel, 7G, before it was published and I must say it will leave you with a different feeling about technology after you read it. I did a review for 7G which you can read here . Please help me make her feel welcome. Read the review for 7G and visit Debbie's site here  . Come back to leave a question for her and you could win an autographed copy of 7G! The winner will be picked at random by Debbie and notified via email so make sure and include your email address in your comment. The winner will be announced on Monday, August 1st. I’m a big fan of black moments in fiction. But in real life…not so much.             In literature, I love reaching that emotional climax when the protago...

Every town has that one old and spooky looking house that the kids make up ghost stories about. Teenagers looking for a thrill on Friday night  will double dog dare some poor kid to show their bravery by going up onto the porch or going all the way inside. But what happens when the house is actually haunted? In  TROY McCOMBS' novel THE HOUSE ON MAYBERRY ROAD, that is exactly the problem.  Most  people have forgotten that the house on Mayberry Road even exists. That is until thrill seeking teens come up dead or insane. After one adventurous teen is torn in half and thrown out of a window on the second story of the Mayberry house, Sheriff Charlie Steera enlists the help of paranormal investigator John Rollings to help him solve the mysterious case.  Once Rollings goes inside the house and is the only one to come out alive, he begins to think that maybe he was brought to this point for a reason. He becomes obsessed with figuring out what lurks in the ordinar...

I will have several reviews posted tomorrow, July 16, 2011. Among these awesome books will be 7G:SEVENTH GENERATION by DEBBIE KUMP. This is a must read book, especially since we as a nation depend almost entirely on technology. It's actually really creepy!  I will also have a review for THE HOUSE ON MAYBERRY ROAD by TROY McCOMBS. This one is scary beyond belief and has all sorts of ghosts and monsters, a haunted house, and, yes, even a love story thrown in, although that isn't the main point of the story it does help to push it along. Ewetopia A Land Far from Normal. Can be either a bedtime story for the kids or a light hearted read for a grown up. There will several more also, just not sure which ones! :)  

A few weeks ago I did a review of an incredibly marvelous book by an amazingly talented author. The book is SALEM MOON by SCARLET BLACK. Here is the link to the review: http://bethswritingopinions.blogspot.com/2011/05/salem-moon-by-scarlet-black.html I told you I would let you know when it was available for purchase...IT IS!!! I am so excited! Partly because this was the very first book I edited for World Castle Publishing and partly because Debra, (aka: Scarlet Black), is a wonderful person. She is a genuinely good hearted individual and I wish her all the luck in the world! Don't forget that there is a part 2 to this story. She is working on it now(YAY!) Here are the links to purchase this book. Please read it and then come back and let me know how much you enjoyed it...because I know you will. You can go straight to the Publisher's website here: World Castle Publishing Once you click the link to go to the publisher's site you will be asked to register to purchase the...

So, as most of my followers know, I got a job as editor for World Castle Publishing about a month or so ago. (God Bless Karen's sweet heart!) As an editor, I have had the privilege to get to know some wonderfully awesome, warm, and friendly people. I talk with most of them either by phone or email a couple of times a week and have come to think of them as friends. I have also learned, through this job, that the words in the book that you buy at the bookstore or on-line don't just magically fall onto the pages ready to read. From what I've seen, writing a book and polishing it for publication is a lot like having a baby. It starts as a thought, grows into an idea, and then it is slowly shaped and molded into the finished work by its creator. It is, simply put, someone's work of art. This work of art is then fine-tuned by creator, publisher, and editor so that it can be sent into the world for others to enjoy.  I have loved books for as long as I can remember. When I rea...

I have been contacted via my blog by author Goldie Browning to review her book NIGHT JOURNEY ! I can't wait to get started on it. Instead of telling you what it's about, I am going to post a link for you to go read an excerpt of it http://www.goldiebrowning.com/ Once you read the excerpt you will want to read it also. Goldie gives the run down on where she got the idea for the book(hint: it has ghosts in it). So go fourth and read! And keep checking back here for the review. It will be up in a couple of days.

Mr. Lasher has been kind enough to let me link to some of his writing so my followers can read his work. In a previous post, I talked about what an awesome author he is and how, in my opinion, he could give Dean Koontz a run for his money. Dean Koontz is my favorite author, so that is saying a lot. Please feel free to come back and leave your opinion after reading the stories. I ask that anyone leaving comments be respectful and encouraging. Thank you! This first link will take you to Amazon.com where you can purchase a short story anthology in which Mr. Lasher's short story, The Book , is included. The Writers Bump Anthology consists of several short stories by some of the best writers on writing.com. I hope you enjoy! http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Bump-Anthology-Short-Stories/dp/1442148586 This link will send you to a sampling of Mr. Lasher's work on writing.com   http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1689416-Peripheral-Visions

Scarlet Black is a pen name. The author’s ‘real’ name is Deb. Deb is an amazingly talented author who writes in the Psychological Thriller, Horror, and Paranormal Romance and Dark Urban Fantasy genres. She has become one of my very favorite authors. Her books are well written with tight plots, lively characters and action and suspense that will have you jumping out of your chair and shouting at the hero or heroine! I have to warn you, though, before you pick up SALEM MOON or any of her other books, you should clear your calendar. Once you start reading, you will not stop until you have read the very last word. Scarlet has a website which you can find here . This site has all the latest information on her release dates and next book. Now, on to the review of SALEM MOON ; ************* This story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts both in the 1600’s during the Salem Witch Trials and also in present day Salem. Gabriel Blackstone is a young man in Salem during the witch trial hysteria. ...