Reviews - Contemporary

FANTASY  Nicholas is a dragon trained to study humans, but his attachment has gotten him into some trouble.  He lost his mate, and his objectivity,  then spent the next thousand year trying to figure out what went wrong.  When a human stumbles into his cave in North Texas, there are things about her th

The Calico Heart
Patricia Kiyono
Stephanie Michels

On the surface, Sylvia Miller has a perfect life. She’s married to her college sweetheart, has three great kids, a rewarding career, and wonderful friends. But beneath the appearances Sylvia is restless. She loves her husband, but wants to see more of the world than their peaceful Michigan town.

Lucy Wyndham was once an underprivileged teen with nowhere to go.  Now she has her dream job - working for John Matthew. In her position she can protect the camp for wayward teens that turned her life around, until Mr. Matthew succumbs to age and illness.

Running Against Traffic
Gaelen
Vandenberg

Paige Scott lives in a beautiful home.  She’s married to a man with beautiful teeth.  She shops.  She plays her role within her husband’s social life.  Paige’s life is not so bad.  She can live with it.  Fortunately, her husband can’t.  In a drastic change of events, Paige is taken on a long drive away from her cosmopolitan life to a dilap

Dimitri, a Russian expat, and Rafi, an Israeli,  meet on a kibbutz.  They have a lot in common  - math, music, girls -  but go on to live their lives apart – musical theater, lounge piano, a business analyst, music school, teacher - girlfriends and a wife for Rafi appear throughout.

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