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Twice the Cowboy: Manuel Santos Fuentes was not the type of cowboy Jess Graff was used to. From the moment they met during the El Paso International Rodeo, Jess wanted the Charro. When Manuel is injured during El Paso de la Muerte, Jess seizes the opportunity to get his vaquero into bed. But cross-cultural misunderstandings and family feuds threaten to destroy their relationship before it really starts. Can two men from wildly different backgrounds overcome hatred and jealousy and learn to trust in each other?
From a lonely man succumbing to the wiles of a mysterious female to a young woman confronted with her own possible insanity, Greene’s captivating tales will take you down a macabre and mesmerizing path.
I don’t try to conjure a single word to describe a given book, but in this case the word “lingering” comes to mind when I think about the stories in Nancy O. Greene’s Portraits in the Dark. This is subtle writing that sort of wraps around you unawares. There’s also a surprising degree of variety in play here, in both content and approach. Bad decisions, bad luck, and sometimes a combination of the two force Greene’s characters into vulnerable and sometimes dangerous positions. Greene is at her best when she delves deeply into the human mind to stir the juices of mental illness, obsession, and insanity. I especially liked the way a disturbed character’s dialogue would suddenly take on manic proportions, taking me right along with it as my own reading pace quickened along with the breathless pace of the character. – Amazon.com Top 50 Reviewer, Daniel Jolley. December 5, 2006.
Simplicity: Richness of Life: Clary has done an excellent job bringing to our attention the importance of simplicity within a world starving for substance. It is obvious humanity starves for something more than the mundane. Clary Lopez invites us to a place of balance which can be found in us through the simplicity of Christ. May we all embrace this richness of life. – Chris Padgett, author of Not Ready for Marriage, Not Ready for Sex
The Thief Maker by D.H. Schleicher ($14.95, ISBN 0-595-40518-5) is a suspense novel that explores the destruction and restructuring of human relationships in the wake of personal and communal tragedies. Told in “thematic chronology,” the non-linear, multiple point-of-view style is meant to reveal the psychological complexities and intimate details of human interactions.
– Needless to say, you won’t find the words “and they lived happily ever after” on the last page of The Thief Maker, although a measure of peace does finally prevail in the end. The conclusion is a tight and fitting one, and I think Schleicher deserves some real literary kudos for pulling that off. With most mysteries, you get the big “reveal” scene at the end, and you basically forget about what you just read as soon as you put the book down. The Thief Maker, though, hangs around in your mind, percolating with its pathos and all of its insights into human relationships. – Amazon.com Top 50 Reviewer, Daniel Jolley. April 18, 2007.
Taryn Simpson tells quite a story in her …paperback, ‘Glittering Secrets’….Glittering Secrets is about a woman, Theresa Holleman, and her marriage, her money, a mental health facility and an conniving stepfather. Holleman, who works in Nashville’s music industry, is finding her blinding headaches are leading her into a new world, or so she thinks. Simpson succeeds in carrying through several plots to their juncture at the end of this…story….overall, the book is interesting, as well as entertaining. -Anita Moyt, Editor of Family & Friends Magazine.
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Y’know… somehow I think I’ve read the thiefmaker. *ponders* When my library is back in order (new bookshelves are being put in) I’m going to have to look. 🙂
Cyndi, that would be very odd. The ThiefMaker has only been out since November. But perhaps you should…
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David – The cover is oddly familiar and I did walk out of a bookstore closing in Commerce with a ton of new hardback books. I am going to have to research this anomoly in my brain!
However successful, this is a very worthwhile venture, one I’ll be sure to check in on often. I wish you all the very best.
Some New Reviews:
From TCM Reviews
TCM Reviews http://tcm-ca.com
Portraits In The Dark
Nancy O Greene
Fiction, Short Stories
Reviewed by Dave Thompson
Excerpt:
A sharp, economical writer, Greene’s thoughtful merging of the mundane with the mysterious grants her stories an impact that belies their brevity, and one hopes to hear more from the Maryland resident. In this volume, her portraits are mere cameos. Perhaps, next time, she will be working with landscapes.
I really enjoyed visiting you blog in the past and I think I’m going to make it a regular stop from now on- what great reading and writing and insights!
amm
Thanks Anita! Glad you enjoy the blog; a link will be put up to yours as well.
This is an intriguing site. I’ll prowl through more of it at a later date. Neat stuff 🙂
~Saoirse
Thanks, Saoirse!