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Cover reveal: Sun Storm, by Marlow Kelly

07 Monday Aug 2017

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Romance can be good all on its own, but adding a second element can take a novel up to new heights. If I’m reading a romance novel, one of my favourite secondary elements is suspense. Not the type of suspense that makes you wonder if the couple will end up together; I’m talking about the type that makes you wonder who’s going to survive.

Sun Storm, by Marlow Kelly, sounds like exactly that type of novel. The summary had me hooked, and I couldn’t resist helping to reveal the cover. And I have to say, the cover helps build suspense just as much as the summary.

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Cover reveal: Pitcher Plant: A Pacific Northwest Suspense, by Melissa Eskue Ousley

04 Thursday May 2017

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The relationship between a cover and book summary can have more of an effect on a potential reader than a lot of people realize. Sure, they both have to be great in their own right. But their they also need to come together to create a cohesive theme or vibe, rather than contradict each other.

Melissa Eskisehir Ousley’s cover and summary of Pitcher Plant: A Pacific Northwest Suspense do a wonderful job of coming together to create that cohesive vibe. And it’s one that fits the book’s summary perfectly: downright creepy. Which makes me very happy to be helping to reveal the cover.

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Book recommendation: The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins

06 Monday Feb 2017

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Have you figured out yet that I tend to be pretty slow to read really popular books? This isn’t on purpose, but it does seem to happen fairly often. Gone Girl, the Percy Jackson series, On Writing… and those are just a few of my more recent late-to-the-party reads.

I doubt my streak is going to end any time soon. It certainly didn’t when it came to today’s recommendation: The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins.

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Book recommendation: Comes The Blind Fury by John Saul

16 Monday Jun 2014

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There’s something about old novels that I love. I’m not sure what it is, exactly; maybe having the chance to discover an author or series that has plenty of books already available, or maybe the idea of reading something that has dropped out of popular trends.

Regardless of the reason, old novels draw me in. So when my parents offered me the chance to look through a couple of boxes of their old books and take home whichever ones I wanted, I jumped at it. I ended up with quite the collection — I filled a box with everything from historical fiction to fantasy.

I’ve only read a couple of the novels so far, but I’ve already found one I want to recommend: Comes The Blind Fury by John Saul.

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