by envisionmg | Nov 19, 2020 | Fiction, Staff Review
What a delightful surprise this novel was! The reader goes from feeling sorry for Ivy to castigating her for her choices. Through the many plot twists and turns, this hard to put down novel will have the reader guessing and making their own choice on how to perceive...
by envisionmg | Nov 16, 2020 | Fiction, Staff Review
“Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop with his mother, Ruth, church-going and proper, and his Aunt Idgie, the fun-loving hell-raiser. Together they ran the town’s popular Whistle Stop Cafe, known far and wide for its fun...
by envisionmg | Oct 28, 2020 | Mystery, Staff Review
This is the first entry in a new series by Vermont author Sarah Stewart Taylor, author of the Sweeney St. George mysteries, which include the Agatha Award finalist O’ Artful Death (2003). The Mountains Wild follows homicide detective Maggie D’Arcy from her home...
by envisionmg | Sep 11, 2020 | Fiction, Staff Review
While showing off in a petty contest, power-hungry aspiring wizard Ged accidentally unleashes a shadow upon the world. It maims him, haunts him, and hunts him wherever he goes. Ged must master his wizardry skills and make right in the world. Using words of power and...
by envisionmg | Aug 13, 2020 | Fiction, Staff Review
Lydia is a bookstore owner in Acapulco. After she befriends a customer with similar reading tastes, she learns he is the head of a Mexican cartel. Even when her journalist husband writes an expose on this cartel, she does not believe her life is in danger. When...
by envisionmg | Aug 4, 2020 | Fiction, Staff Review
The author of THE ORPHAN TRAIN has written an exceptional novel based on the real life of the title subject of Andrew Wyeth’s painting Christina’s World. With alternating timeline chapters she has painted an historically accurate portrait of Christina’s family life...
