Mr. Darcy Parries Forth in Love is a continuation of the celebration of love between Jane Austen's characters in Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Mr. Ayers transports us to the Regency Era as he explores the bond between the two main characters as newlyweds, six weeks after the wedding. He presents the reader with a happy and devoted couple whose attraction to each other continues well after the honeymoon. Several explicitly romantic scenes are worthy of a few blushes, although the language used to paint them is consistent with that of Austen's time.

I was impressed by Mr. Ayers's portrayal of the characters' enduring love, and the side stories he presented, such as that of Charles Bingley and ...

 The Man with the Blue Hat is creepy and unsettling from the start. From the beginning, the reader is introduced to Beth Fennick, a recently divorced interior designer who is definitely losing it. Obviously, she harbors a grudge against her ex-husband, but also included in the resentment is her ex-best friend, whom Beth alternately calls a "harlot" and "his concubine" and some other choice words. However, as the tale unfolds, Beth also shows some flashes of ill-will toward her seven-year-old daughter, Kirsten. It soon becomes clear that the entire town of Breckenridge is going around the bend, from lack of sleep and very cold weather (in July)...and murderous rages, all possibly caused by The Man with the Blue Hat ...

Rebekah Lyn has a beautiful voice in each of her stories. Her latest, Julianne, is an excellent exploration of the conflict that young professionals experience in contemporary society. They fall into many traps when dating and finding careers. Julianne illustrates how we take many wrong turns in life, but can find our way through love, trust, and spirituality. This Christian romance novel by the author of Summer Storms contains characters that are clearly defined and relevant to the storyline and a plot that is romantic without being sappy. The references to Christianity are not preachy, but instead show the effects of sound decision-making and personal choices that young adults create in their lives, making this novel appealing to all ...

Stephen Faulds narrates Ian's fall from grace and Maureen's descent into mental illness in a lyrical style reminiscent of Australian writer Tim Winton. In Ian's Story, the reader finds a man who is troubled by life, who attempts to find solace in his writing, reading, spirituality, his best friend, and the woman he describes as his "soul mate." Told from many points of view, the characters are humanly flawed, with raw emotions and tragic failings clearly depicted. As in Landscape, Faulds has a knack of getting to the core of his characters' motivations and desires and paints a portrait of each one into the mind of the reader. Faulds is more than a writer; he is an artist as well, using the backdrops of the ...