Book Review - Broslin Creek Boxed Set (Books 1-3) Kindle Edition by Dana Marton

Title:  Broslin Creek Boxed Set (Books 1-3) Kindle Edition

Author:  Dana Marton

Review:  Well I bought these for my vacation trip - and I enjoyed them all - the writing reminds me of Linda Howard - who I miss reading since we have not heard from her in awhile -

Fast moving and a good mystery - the books kept me turning the page and reading late into the night - I bought the 1st book - read this and then ordered the set 1-3 books - and read them in 3 days - romance - suspense and a good story for all 3 books - the characters reappear in the books from the 1st and that was fun to read about.

If you enjoy suspenseful - romance - this is for you - I purchased these on Amazon for my Kindle - for only 99 cents at the time I bought these 3 books - so a really great deal - I am waiting for the other books to go on sale so I can read the rest - I am not on another vacation for a bit so it is OK to wait even though  I would like to read them right now!!!

Good books - some sex - some violence - loads of longing looks and sexy kisses.

4 stars for the set -

Synopsis:  -3 bestselling romantic suspense novels ON SALE for a limited time from USA Today bestselling author, Dana Marton.--

Book 1: Deathwatch

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The only person who can identify the most notorious hit man in the country, Kate Bridges is running for her life. Murphy Dolan is in the Army Reserves, returning from his 2nd tour of duty, only to find a stranger hiding in his house. She's scared spitless. He's completely burned-out on violence. Neither of them has any trust left to give.



Book 2: Deathscape

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After a near-death experience, artist Ashley Price is compelled to paint visions of the dead, and fears she's gone crazy. Then she paints a man buried alive and, recognizing the surroundings, she rushes to save him.



Instead of being grateful to her for rescuing him, Detective Jack Sullivan accuses her of being in league with a serial killer. He swears he will put her behind bars. Except, the more time he spends with her, the more he falls under her spell. Can he trust her, or is he walking into another deadly trap?



Book 3: Deathtrap

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She'd been "the sick girl" for most of her life. She refused to go straight to "the weird girl". Heart-transplant recipient Sophie Curtis has been in her own antiseptic bubble for so long, she just might not be able to venture out into the real world again. Her spooky body memories are scary enough, but then she finds herself in the cross hairs of a killer.



"Love was blind, people said. But lust was blind, deaf and reckless." Ethan Bing hadn't been a great romantic before he became a cop. Whatever shred of optimism he had left after becoming Broslin Chief of Police had been seared out of him by the unsolved murder of his wife two years before. A new case brings the killer within reach just as Sophie pops into his life. She gets through his defenses like no other before, but soon it becomes clear that she's been selected as the killer's next victim. (less)

Kindle Edition, 538 pages

Published November 13th 2013 by Dana Marton

Author Information:  Dana Marton writes fast-paced action-adventure romances that take her readers all over the globe. She is a Rita Award finalist and the winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence. She loves writing stories of intrigue, filled with dangerous plots that try her tough-as-nails heroes and the special women they fall in love with. Her books have been published in seven languages in eleven countries around the world. 

Book Review - Mundo Cruel Stories - Luis Negron

Title:  Mundo Cruel: Stories

Author:  Luis Negron, Suzanne Jill Levine (Translation)

Review:  Full disclosure-I didn’t read the whole book…it is short…but it is not my thing at all.  Sex, language and the 1^st story was about a child having sex with many, many , many people including his priest right after baptism.  Not my thing at all…not even a little bit.

That is about all I can say about this book of short stories….I will not be reading the rest.  My rating is based on my experience and I did not enjoy the bits I did read at all.

Published:  March 12th 2013 by Seven Stories Press(first published February 26th 2013)

 ISBN:  9781609804183

Pages: 96

Quick Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

Where I got the book:  Sent from the publisher for review.

Synopsis:  "Hilarious and heart-wrenching, provocative and pitch-perfect, each story is a tiny, transgressive explosion. I feel inadequate to the task of expressing just how wonderful this book is...read it slowly, and listen close; here is a master storyteller at his finest."

–Justin Torres, author of We the Animals

Luis Negrón’s debut collection reveals the intimate world of a small community in Puerto Rico joined together by its transgressive sexuality. The writing straddles the shifting line between pure, unadorned storytelling and satire, exploring the sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking nature of survival in a decidedly cruel world.

Author Bio:  Luis Negron shares deeply personal tales in his upcoming collection of short stories, called Mundo Cruel, coming out in February 2013.

In Sunday’s New York Times opinion pages Luis shares a beautiful and heartbreaking story about his experiences growing up in an impoverished family in Puerto Rico and the reaction of his parents when he tries to share his joy of reading Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.

Suzanne Jill Levine is the winner of PEN USA’s Translation Award 2012 for her translation of Jose Donoso’s The Lizard’s Tale. Her acclaimed translations, which include works by Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Three Trapped Tigers) and Manuel Puig (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth), have helped introduce the world to some of the icons of contemporary Latin American literature. She is the translator of the upcoming book of short stories by Luis Negron called Mundo Cruel, out in February 2013.

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Book Review - Driving the Saudis - Jayne Amelia Larson

Title:    Driving the Saudis

Author:  Jayne Amelia Larson

Review: On the cover of this book is the note “a Chauffeur’s Tale of the World’s Richest Princesses” and that explains the whole book, it was a total waste of time.

I started the book thinking it might just be interesting seeing how the other half lives.  It was not interesting for a lot of reasons but one is the writing was so poor, the language was not necessary to get the point across, but used for shock value, and the story wandered all over the map.  If you have lots of time on your hands with nothing, and I mean nothing to do, pick up this book, it is better than solitaire, but not by much!  I give this book 0 out of 5.

Thanks Eileen for this review.

Publisher:  Published October 16th 2012 by FreePress

Copyright: 2012

Pages:  224

ISBN:    9781451640014

Quick Review:  0 stars out of 5

Why did I read this title:  Sent from the publisher for review.

Synopsis:   Actress, producer, and occasional chauffeur Jayne Amelia Larson offers a funny and insightful memoir about the time she spent as a driver for members of the Saudi royal family visiting Beverly Hills, detailing her invitation inside one of the world’s most closely guarded monarchies.

When the Saudi royal family vacationed in Los Angeles, they hired Jayne Amelia Larson, an actress struggling to make ends meet, to be their personal chauffeur. She’d heard stories of the Saudis’ outrageously generous gratuities and figured that several weeks at their beck and call might be worth her time. But when the family arrived via their private jet with an entourage of forty and millions of dollars in cash, Jayne Amelia realized she might be getting into more than she bargained for.

For weeks, Larson observed the family’s opulent lifestyle: they occupied four luxury hotels, enjoyed day in and day out shopping binges, and servants catered 24/7 to Princess Zaahira and her entourage. From the thirteen-year-old princess who slapped down $100 dollar bills at a supermarket and didn’t bother to wait for her change to the nanny who ran away in the airport the moment she was handed her passport, the stories Larson shares are bizarre, poignant, and illustrative of the profound contradictions and complications that only such massive wealth can create.

Driving the Saudis, based on the author’s successful one-woman stage show, is a vivid portrait of the Saudi royals as few ever get to see them. As funny as it is insightful, this is a true-to-life fable for our times. But at its heart, it’s a story about the corruption that infinite wealth creates, and about what we all do for money.

Author Biography:  Jayne Amelia Larson is an actress and independent film producer based in Los Angeles, and has also been an occasional chauffeur between gigs. She has degrees from Cornell University and from Harvard University’s American Repertory Theatre Institute. Her one-woman show, Driving the Saudis, has been performed in Memphis, Ithaca, Boston, Roanoke, and Vienna (Austria), and won Best Solo Show at the 2010 New York Fringe Festival.  She is one of ten children and is an excellent driver. 

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