Dr. Rick Quinn is a veterinarian who became fascinated with the great apes (Gorillas, Chimpanzees, Bonobos and Orangutangs) to the point where he spent seven years crossing Africa and Indonesia to photograph them.  This tribute is part memoir/part nature book and he delves into the issues of why they are endangered today.  The photographs in... Continue Reading →

Synopsis:  Flora Mancini has been married to her husband, Julian, for over twenty years and she feels that they have a successful, happy marriage.  They have a daughter, Ruby, that is about to graduate from high school and head off to college soon.  She feels that life has been good to her -- that is... Continue Reading →

Synopsis:  In this book we are treated to speculative fiction with magic, dual timelines and cities – 1925 Paris and 2005 Virginia.  In 2005 Virginia, Lara Barnes is stood up at the alter on her wedding day when her fiancé disappears and his car is found the next day on the bend of a quiet... Continue Reading →

Synopsis:  Danny Pine is serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage girlfriend, Charlotte.  His family, except for his brother, Matt, believe strenuously in his innocence.  A documentary on the murder brought to light issues with how the police interrogated Danny and although the Supreme Court has refused his appeal, work continues to... Continue Reading →

Synopsis:  Clarissa is a 60-something year old author living in Paris who has recently left her second husband and is desperate to find an apartment.  Several years previously Paris, London and Venice had been the victim of attacks and landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Sistine Chapel and Big Ben no longer exist.  Climate... Continue Reading →

Synopsis:  Cassie is a fire fighter in Texas and loves her job and her co-workers so when her estranged mother requests that she move home to Boston for a year to help her with a medical issue, Cassie really doesn’t want to.  However, when Cassie refuses to apologize for assaulting a representative from the mayor’s... Continue Reading →

Synopsis:  First Washington DC is hit with a nuclear bomb, then New York, London, Berlin and Glasgow.  Even if you were not in the bomb zone but were downwind, you were probably dead from radiation.  In the woods of Switzerland lies a hotel called L’Hotel Sixieme which has a morbid history of suicides and murders. ... Continue Reading →

Synopsis:  Zorrie was born in Indiana but when her parents die, it falls to her only living relative, an aunt to finish raising her and when the aunt passes, Zorrie is once again orphaned and must look for work.  It is the time of the Depression and work is hard to find.  She drifts west... Continue Reading →

Synopsis:  Four female friends take advantage of using a private island for free to have an opportunity to work on their art, however, the reader soon finds out that each woman is there to escape something in their life.  Shortly after they arrive at the island, things don’t go as they had planned and soon... Continue Reading →