The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land by Sally Denton
I have the Harris County Public Library to thank for this recommendation. Before jumping into The Colony, I have to confess, I wasn’t really aware that the Mormon Church had much of a significant presence in Mexico. But it turns out there a number of prominent fundamentalist Mormon families … [Read more]
Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen
Perspective is everything. To many readers, this may very well be a mystery. Reading as a disaster bisexual, however, my take was very different. The mystery is no mystery to me as a queer person, and I'm willing to bet a silk pajama that every single queer person who reads the book can determine … [Read more]
Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon by Michael P. Ghiglieri, Thomas Myers
Two veteran adventurers and employees who worked in the Grand Canyon compile the stories of all the many people who have died in the canyon and the diverse fates which have befallen them. I visited the Grand Canyon about a decade ago, and I remember being struck by the sheer immensity of the … [Read more]
Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers
July 18, 2021 Ginny Brandon, a senator's daughter, is sent to nominally ride a wagon train to California, but is actually smuggling gold to Mexico to support the Emperor's cause. She is relentlessly drawn to the wagon train guide, Steve Morgan. But unbeknownst to her, Steve is actually a spy … [Read more]
Beach Thriller by Jamie Day
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. This was really bad. I don't even know what to say. I think the ending was laughably bad. The parts in between weren't great and the character development was non-existent. Day has done dual POV's before … [Read more]
Let's Make a Scene by Laura Wood
Cynthie Taylor needs some positive publicity, fast. Once it was revealed that not only was the film director she recently broke up with married, but his wife is pregnant, former good girl Cynthie is now seen as a manipulative home wrecker (the cheating director is obviously not getting the same … [Read more]
