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Review Round-Up March 21 - May 2, 2014

Enjoy our latest review round-up. As always we appreciate our readers, reviews and authors as you are all the life blood of Torquere & Prizm.  If you have a review we missed please post it in the comments for others to enjoy as well.

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Cryselle's Bookshelf

Captive Magic by Angela Benedetti



Mrs Condit & Friends

Top Bidder by Sean Michael
Ruby: Lost and Found by MD Grimm
Peridot: War and Peace by MD Grimm


Love Romances & More Reviews

Roll by Lynn Townsend
Another Believer by Stephanie Vaughan


Hearts on Fire Reviews

Your Heart Was a Legend by Emily Nakanishi
Controlling Parker by Sean Michael
Another Believer by Stephanie Vaughan
Roll by Lynn Townsend


Manic Readers Reviews

Herc's Mercs: The Bigger They Come


Joyfully Jay Reviews

Begin and End with You by AR Moler
Call of the Night Singers by Ari McKay
Take it Like a Man Anthology edited by Elizabeth L. Brooks


Long and Short Reviews

The Co-Walkers Awakening by Hermine G Steinberg
Ghost of a Chance by Ari McKay
Eagle Peak by Elizabeth Fontaine


MM Good Book Reviews

All Will Be Revealed by U Z. Eliserio
Full Moon Dating: Coy and Denver by Julia Talbot


Love Bytes (formerly Sid Love Reviews)

Stories Beneath Our Skin by Veronica Sloane


Rainbow Book Reviews

Amber by T. Strange
Eagle Peak by Elizabeth Fontaine
Herc's Mercs: The Bigger They Come by Ari McKay
Secui Domos by Kiernan Kelly
To Command or Be Commanded by Mychael Black
Tempering Cross by Jaya Christopher
Dragonfall by Winnie Jerome
Ollie's Jock by Nicole Forcine
A Taste of Sin by Kassandra Lea
Another Believer by Stephanie Vaughan
Subspace by Kiernan Kelly
Yes, Master: a BDSM collection by Sean Michael
Velvet Scars (VG Resurrection 2) by Sean Michael


Top 2 Bottom Reviews

Velvet Scars (VG Resurrection 2) by Sean Michael


Read the Rainbow

Wild Ride by Raven de Hart

New Release from Alyx J. Shaw

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A Strange Place in Time - Book 3
by Alyx J. Shaw
278 pages / 81500 words
ISBN: 978-1-61040-664-2
$7.99
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Blurb:
The battle has begun, and old friends become new enemies, and allies become traitors. The Court of Hercandoloff realises that the only way to avert true disaster is attack the instigators of the rising darkness, and that will take a great deal of secrecy and deception. As Arrowsmith returns to Earth to persuade a friend to come to Dargoth, the Wizard-King Blackbird finds himself facing foes alone in his own palace, as the army rides north to the Kingdom of Kirianna.
With the Master Thief blinded and missing, Blackbird sick and injured, and only a matter of days before one adversary is brought back form the dead, plans have to be made, and quickly. There is no chance of real victory, only of a stalemate, and that is with every member of the Court present.
The search for Infamous leads the Court to the dead remains of the holy city of Palaklais, and the Temple of the Creator, but what they find there does not give them hope. The god of madness, SkullDigger, awaits them, as the most powerful of their adversaries, Rhaklan the Damned. The Court is without one of its most important members, and the strongest of their foes have joined forces. The Court has no choice but to fight, after they make plans for their own imminent demise.

New Release from Elizabeth Fontaine

Eagle Peak
by Elizabeth Fontaine
191 pages / 59700 words
ISBN: 978-1-61040-661-1
$6.99
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Blurb:
Eagle Peak, population 596, has two bars, five churches, and a vibe (or lack thereof) that couldn’t be more different than Sean's native Minneapolis. Moving to rural small town Minnesota, Sean must leave his life of acting classes, going to all-ages shows, and hanging out with friends, to enter into a world of pep rallies, pick-up trucks and country pop.
Sean’s inclination for heavy eyeliner, black attire, and surly attitude make him an easy target of suspicion, intrigue, and prejudice in the small town of Eagle Peak. But despite Sean’s growing sense of dread and depression, small town Minnesota also offers a lot of firsts: he becomes the love interest of three classmates of which one is a closeted gay boy afraid of his own sexuality, he is surprised to discover and chant with a Buddhist family in town, and he gets in the middle of an abusive father and his town jock son. Sean’s old life of theater, live music, and diverse friends collides with his new life in Eagle Peak, and Sean is left confused about what he thought he knew about small towns, the world he left behind, and himself.
Coming Next Week...


A Strange Place in Time Book III – The Merry Executioner Returns
by Alyx J. Shaw
The Court is without one of its most important members, and the strongest of their foes have joined forces. The Court has no choice but to fight, after they make plans for their own imminent demise.
Genre: Sci-fi/Fantasy

New Paranormal Release from Foxglove Lee

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Tiffany and Tiger's Eye
by Foxglove Lee
234 pages / 67000 words
ISBN: 978-1-61040-648-2
$6.99
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Blurb:
How many secrets can a family keep?
If there's one thing Rebecca knows, it's how to hide her problems. But with a rock-and-roll dad who drinks too much and a mom who works day and night, Rebecca needs a sympathetic ear. That's why she tells her troubles to Yvette, an antique doll that once belonged to her grandmother.
In the summer of 1986, after her father's strange disappearance, Rebecca and her little brother are sent to the cottage with Aunt Libby and Uncle Flip. Rebecca's relieved to get away from the city, and her relief grows to bliss when she meets Tiffany, a water-skiing blonde who dresses like Madonna, makes her own jewelry, and claims to see auras.
But strange things happen when Rebecca spends time with Tiffany. Her aunt and uncle are convinced she's acting out -- and she'd have good reason to, considering they obviously know where her father is and won't say -- but she can't convince them she isn't the one trashing her bedroom and setting fires. As crazy as it seems, Yvette must be the culprit.
There's nothing more dangerous than a jealous doll that knows all your secrets...

Designing a hero

I have never liked Helen of Troy. She seems so helpless. Homer and others portray her as beautiful, yes, but to me she seems egotistical, self-centered and weak. So when it occurred to me that a kidnapped princess was a good place to begin a story, I set out to describe a  very different young woman than Helen.

Yes Thalassai, the heroine of my novel  Moon of the Goddess, is pampered and lives sheltered in a palace, but when she is plunged into danger, she faces her fears and her kidnappers. She finds there is strength in her, and smarts.  

Sure there is a hero, her brother Melanion, who sets out to free her. He has an important role, and a dangerous journey to make. But when he gets to the kidnappers’ city, he finds that Thalassai has grown stronger and can play a role in her own rescue.

True, it wouldn’t be a novel if things were simple. The god Poseidon is fighting an ancient goddess so the situation is tangled. But it seems important to me that our protagonists offer strong role models not just beautiful, helpless heroes and heroines. They can be flawed as we all are, but finding a way to face and conquer our flaws can make a good story.

Cathy Hird
openonemore.com

Coming This Week...

Coming This Week…


Your Heart was a Legend
by Emily Nakanishi
Frankie is hopelessly in love with his best friend, Tobias. In a small town with even smaller minds, how can he even come out of the closet, let alone confess his feelings?
Genre: Contemporary, Teen, Coming of Age