AETHEREAL’S CHILDREN
CHRISTOPHER W WILCOX SR
Fantasy
Whiskey Creek Press
Senauality: N/A
ISBN# 978-1-59374-727-5
Pages 328
Price $5.99
Ebook- Available Now
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Many of the Æthereal warriors surveying new planets disappear and the huge dragons turn to their human partners to help them solve the mystery. For twenty years there has been no sign of the Gray and the guardian leaders wonder if the Æthereal disappearances indicate the return of their eternal enemy. The children of the original human partners are now adults and they are charged with investigating the disappearances. They discover a new Gray species, but meanwhile rebellion from within threatens the Guardian alliance. Æthereal and humans are forced to face the truth about the past, present, and to question whether there is any future for the Guardians.
Ms. Wilcox has hit the jackpot with his Æthereal series and the latest one is as enthralling as the previous four books. If you like dragons, fantasy and high tech, this series is a must. ÆTHEREAL'S CHILDREN answers some of the questions of the future of the human race and their association with the dragons.
Mr. Wilcox presently works in the IT industry for a Fortune 500 company. He has a library of over 1,000 books of almost every genre. While he enjoys a wide range of fiction, Mr. Wilcox says he has always had a special affinity for Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. The Æthereal series is a blend of Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Hopefully we will see more of the Æthereal books and Mr. Wilcox’s new series The Alurian Chronicles. Read more at http://christopherwilcox.wcpauthor.com/.
Suzie
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
July 2008
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MY EYES ONLY by Judith Otto
MY EYES ONLY
JUDITH OTTO
Young Adult Adventure Romance
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN# 978-1-59374-129-7
190 pages
Price: N/A (ARC)
eBook - Available October 2007
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Mandy Rossiter is a on the point of taking a giant leap into the unknown world of adolescence. The era is the 1950s.
Her story starts with the gift of a diary from her best friend, Sally. From this point on, she’ll record everything that happens to her, from the trivial to the important. And also, she’ll put her secrets in the diary, secrets even Sally won’t know of.
As Mandy embarks on her journey, the world is changing around her. Her friends are wearing makeup, trousers, and going out with boys. Mandy’s parents are old fashioned and forbid her from doing all this.
Yet, Mandy has discovered the fascination which boys present to adolescent girls. There is the older, stovepipe-wearing, slicked back hair and dressed-in-black guy she meets while on vacation, who gives her her first real kiss. Then back home, there is sweet and handsome Gary, who wants her as his steady girlfriend. Then there is Roger, the bad boy spelling trouble.
There is the journey of discovery, complete with the lure of adventure and the thrilling temptation of seduction... It is also a time of love, sweet kisses, and betrayal.
While I will admit that at the start of the book I wasn’t too keen on this story, I cannot recall where Mandy Rossiter pulled me into her world and made me want to stay there. Ms. Otto writes in a poignant way which makes the reader feel Mandy as if she was there and the reader was her best friend. The reader is taken along this journey, and sometimes is terribly frustrated to be only a silent observer, wanting at times to laugh with Mandy, bash her on the head when she is about to do something stupid, and cry with her when her life goes hay wire.
Mandy’s story is one any woman can relate to, because we’ve all been there at one point, be it in different eras or decades. At heart, Mandy is the girl in us.
Thanks Ms. Otto for having caught this elusive essence of growing up in this book.
Zee
Enchanting Reviews
October 2007
JUDITH OTTO
Young Adult Adventure Romance
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN# 978-1-59374-129-7
190 pages
Price: N/A (ARC)
eBook - Available October 2007
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Mandy Rossiter is a on the point of taking a giant leap into the unknown world of adolescence. The era is the 1950s.
Her story starts with the gift of a diary from her best friend, Sally. From this point on, she’ll record everything that happens to her, from the trivial to the important. And also, she’ll put her secrets in the diary, secrets even Sally won’t know of.
As Mandy embarks on her journey, the world is changing around her. Her friends are wearing makeup, trousers, and going out with boys. Mandy’s parents are old fashioned and forbid her from doing all this.
Yet, Mandy has discovered the fascination which boys present to adolescent girls. There is the older, stovepipe-wearing, slicked back hair and dressed-in-black guy she meets while on vacation, who gives her her first real kiss. Then back home, there is sweet and handsome Gary, who wants her as his steady girlfriend. Then there is Roger, the bad boy spelling trouble.
There is the journey of discovery, complete with the lure of adventure and the thrilling temptation of seduction... It is also a time of love, sweet kisses, and betrayal.
While I will admit that at the start of the book I wasn’t too keen on this story, I cannot recall where Mandy Rossiter pulled me into her world and made me want to stay there. Ms. Otto writes in a poignant way which makes the reader feel Mandy as if she was there and the reader was her best friend. The reader is taken along this journey, and sometimes is terribly frustrated to be only a silent observer, wanting at times to laugh with Mandy, bash her on the head when she is about to do something stupid, and cry with her when her life goes hay wire.
Mandy’s story is one any woman can relate to, because we’ve all been there at one point, be it in different eras or decades. At heart, Mandy is the girl in us.
Thanks Ms. Otto for having caught this elusive essence of growing up in this book.
Zee
Enchanting Reviews
October 2007
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON by Bruce Cooke
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON
BRUCE COOKE
Romance Contemporary
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN# 978-1-59374-072-6
Price: N/A (ARC)
200 pages
eBook - Available October 2007
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Life is bleak, grey and ugly for fifty-year old widow Joanne Montgomery. Not wanting to hurt their children with the stark, ugly truth about their father, she carries the burden of his infidelities and abusive streak alone. Depression lurks like a pernicious cloak around her, and she often seeks solace in the bottle. Until the day Ritchie steps into her life.
Richard Collins, better known as Ritchie, is fifty-three years old and a divorced father of three. Ritchie has brought his kids up single handedly, and there has never really been time for him to seek more from life. When he meets Joanne, Ritchie knows she is his second chance at love.
From here starts a quest to win over first Joanne’s trust, then her love, both of which he gains after his relentless pursuit of her. Joanne, wary of love, finally falls for Ritchie. Things couldn’t be better – if only her daughter Becky could be happy for her. Becky held her father in saintly light, and she is aghast at her mother being with another man, especially Ritchie, whom she views with much distrust. To further stir things up, Ritchie’s gold-digging ex-wife steps back into the picture. She’s been ditched by her latest lover, and wants back into Ritchie’s life. She won’t let a small obstacle like Joanne stand in her way, and she convinces Joanne she and Ritchie are back together.
Joanne is hurt and feels betrayed. She withdraws from the relationship. But Ritchie is not ready to let her go, at least not without putting up a fight. He will expose the lies keeping them apart, come hell or high water.
Here is one story with an apparently simple plot. Simple? Not so much. While I will admit the plot is rather uncomplicated, there is a big surprise awaiting all the readers, and this is the author’s delightful writing voice. Mr. Cooke’s mastery of relationships and the characters he creates in Love in the Afternoon is simply to be applauded. Rarely have I read of a hero more worthy of being termed a hero – Ritchie, despite being in the afternoon of life, is a man any woman would find hard not to fall for. The interaction of the characters in this set-up is simply marvelous, especially where Ritchie and his daughter Sally are concerned. I had one laugh after another with these two.
This is one story to curl up with and read in one single go. It will fill you with a soft warm glow, and you will fall in love along the way.
Zee
Enchanting Reviews
October 2007
BRUCE COOKE
Romance Contemporary
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN# 978-1-59374-072-6
Price: N/A (ARC)
200 pages
eBook - Available October 2007
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Life is bleak, grey and ugly for fifty-year old widow Joanne Montgomery. Not wanting to hurt their children with the stark, ugly truth about their father, she carries the burden of his infidelities and abusive streak alone. Depression lurks like a pernicious cloak around her, and she often seeks solace in the bottle. Until the day Ritchie steps into her life.
Richard Collins, better known as Ritchie, is fifty-three years old and a divorced father of three. Ritchie has brought his kids up single handedly, and there has never really been time for him to seek more from life. When he meets Joanne, Ritchie knows she is his second chance at love.
From here starts a quest to win over first Joanne’s trust, then her love, both of which he gains after his relentless pursuit of her. Joanne, wary of love, finally falls for Ritchie. Things couldn’t be better – if only her daughter Becky could be happy for her. Becky held her father in saintly light, and she is aghast at her mother being with another man, especially Ritchie, whom she views with much distrust. To further stir things up, Ritchie’s gold-digging ex-wife steps back into the picture. She’s been ditched by her latest lover, and wants back into Ritchie’s life. She won’t let a small obstacle like Joanne stand in her way, and she convinces Joanne she and Ritchie are back together.
Joanne is hurt and feels betrayed. She withdraws from the relationship. But Ritchie is not ready to let her go, at least not without putting up a fight. He will expose the lies keeping them apart, come hell or high water.
Here is one story with an apparently simple plot. Simple? Not so much. While I will admit the plot is rather uncomplicated, there is a big surprise awaiting all the readers, and this is the author’s delightful writing voice. Mr. Cooke’s mastery of relationships and the characters he creates in Love in the Afternoon is simply to be applauded. Rarely have I read of a hero more worthy of being termed a hero – Ritchie, despite being in the afternoon of life, is a man any woman would find hard not to fall for. The interaction of the characters in this set-up is simply marvelous, especially where Ritchie and his daughter Sally are concerned. I had one laugh after another with these two.
This is one story to curl up with and read in one single go. It will fill you with a soft warm glow, and you will fall in love along the way.
Zee
Enchanting Reviews
October 2007
COP'S DAUGHTER: GRACE by Laura Marie Henion
COP’S DAUGHTER 3: GRACE
LAURA MARIE HENION
Suspense
Whiskey Creek Press
240 pages
ISBN# 978-1-59374-391-8
Price: N/A (ARC)
eBook - Available October 2007
Rating: 4.5 Enchantments
At age 9, Grace Martin faced a facet of life no person desires to encounter. Now, years later, Grace is a detective with the NYPD, following in the footsteps of her illustrious cop father. Grace is very good at her job, and has an affinity for mapping out the mind of killers. Undercover work is another one of her fortes.
Lieutenant Max Mathews is on a complicated case. Women are going missing, and he has to put a stop to it. A hardened, street-tough and savvy cop, Max needs Grace’s help on this one.
Grace’s own cases of missing women bring her in touch with Max. Both cannot deny the magnetic attraction between them. It is even more disturbing for Grace who never allows herself to simply be a woman and always views herself as a cop, first and final.
As Grace figures out a connection between the disappearances, an undercover operation brings her face to face with the mastermind behind the sordid affair. This man, known as the Master, runs an illegal sex slave network. He abducts those women for his clients who require a sex slave. But now the Master has something else on his mind – he has identified his own sex slave, and her name is Grace Martin.
Will Grace take the fall? Her father died because of the ‘job’. Will History repeat itself?
If it is suspense you crave, this is the book for you. Rarely have I been kept on the edge of my seat from such gripping tension and anticipation. Not to mention the sizzling tension and raw attraction between Grace and Max that simply simmers off the pages. Ms. Henion knows her craft. She creates a captivating world, and her descriptions will allow the readers to close their eyes and connect immediately with her vividly portrayed settings. The twists and turns in this one sure make it a page-turner.
Zee
Enchanting Reviews
October 2007
LAURA MARIE HENION
Suspense
Whiskey Creek Press
240 pages
ISBN# 978-1-59374-391-8
Price: N/A (ARC)
eBook - Available October 2007
Rating: 4.5 Enchantments
At age 9, Grace Martin faced a facet of life no person desires to encounter. Now, years later, Grace is a detective with the NYPD, following in the footsteps of her illustrious cop father. Grace is very good at her job, and has an affinity for mapping out the mind of killers. Undercover work is another one of her fortes.
Lieutenant Max Mathews is on a complicated case. Women are going missing, and he has to put a stop to it. A hardened, street-tough and savvy cop, Max needs Grace’s help on this one.
Grace’s own cases of missing women bring her in touch with Max. Both cannot deny the magnetic attraction between them. It is even more disturbing for Grace who never allows herself to simply be a woman and always views herself as a cop, first and final.
As Grace figures out a connection between the disappearances, an undercover operation brings her face to face with the mastermind behind the sordid affair. This man, known as the Master, runs an illegal sex slave network. He abducts those women for his clients who require a sex slave. But now the Master has something else on his mind – he has identified his own sex slave, and her name is Grace Martin.
Will Grace take the fall? Her father died because of the ‘job’. Will History repeat itself?
If it is suspense you crave, this is the book for you. Rarely have I been kept on the edge of my seat from such gripping tension and anticipation. Not to mention the sizzling tension and raw attraction between Grace and Max that simply simmers off the pages. Ms. Henion knows her craft. She creates a captivating world, and her descriptions will allow the readers to close their eyes and connect immediately with her vividly portrayed settings. The twists and turns in this one sure make it a page-turner.
Zee
Enchanting Reviews
October 2007
Saturday, October 18, 2008
DIGGING HOLES IN PARADISE by Karen Mihaljevich
DIGGING HOLES IN PARADISE
KAREN MIHALJEVICH
Historical/Western Romance
Whiskey Creek Press
357 pages
ISBN# 978-1-59374-896-8/978-1-59374-895-1
$5.99/$15.95
eBook & Trade paperback - Available September 2007
Rating: 4.5 Enchantments
The year is 1859. The place – Missouri. Rumours of a brewing war between the North and the South cloud the air.
Josette Stratton is not really affected by it all. Her thoughts are on her impending arranged wedding. Josette dreams of being her own woman, but marriage is the way of a lady, isn’t it? Until she meets her intended. No way will she marry this, urggh, man!
The opportunity to spread her wings presents itself when a friend of hers dies. Polly was on the verge of leaving Missouri for the Nevada territory to work as a seamstress. Josette takes Polly’s place, and heads for freedom and adventure.
Until she arrives in this forsaken place, and she learns that seamstress is just another name for, uh, the oldest profession known to man.
Josette wants a way out. This too, presents itself before her, in the shape of a handsome and sexy gunslinger named Wolf. He needs an “employee” for his budding business, and assures her it is legal, reputable employment he offers.
Josette craves a way out, and Wolf looks like her only chance. Will she take it? And why exactly does he want to help her?
The story has a series of funny and twisted romps right after the other. I didn’t believe the author could do better than the opening she presents, but she does. She startled me with quirky and sometimes very amusing twists. The characters leap off the page, all but shouting out at the reader to take notice of them. The setting, the sensory description – this author pens it down so well. I could almost feel myself transported to the area. My only pique was that the plot dragged in some occasions. I almost wanted Ms. Mihaljevich to cut to the chase and dish it out. But I imagine if she did this, the story would lose much of its refreshing tone.
I can sincerely say this is one book you’ll find hard to put down.
Zee
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
September 2007
KAREN MIHALJEVICH
Historical/Western Romance
Whiskey Creek Press
357 pages
ISBN# 978-1-59374-896-8/978-1-59374-895-1
$5.99/$15.95
eBook & Trade paperback - Available September 2007
Rating: 4.5 Enchantments
The year is 1859. The place – Missouri. Rumours of a brewing war between the North and the South cloud the air.
Josette Stratton is not really affected by it all. Her thoughts are on her impending arranged wedding. Josette dreams of being her own woman, but marriage is the way of a lady, isn’t it? Until she meets her intended. No way will she marry this, urggh, man!
The opportunity to spread her wings presents itself when a friend of hers dies. Polly was on the verge of leaving Missouri for the Nevada territory to work as a seamstress. Josette takes Polly’s place, and heads for freedom and adventure.
Until she arrives in this forsaken place, and she learns that seamstress is just another name for, uh, the oldest profession known to man.
Josette wants a way out. This too, presents itself before her, in the shape of a handsome and sexy gunslinger named Wolf. He needs an “employee” for his budding business, and assures her it is legal, reputable employment he offers.
Josette craves a way out, and Wolf looks like her only chance. Will she take it? And why exactly does he want to help her?
The story has a series of funny and twisted romps right after the other. I didn’t believe the author could do better than the opening she presents, but she does. She startled me with quirky and sometimes very amusing twists. The characters leap off the page, all but shouting out at the reader to take notice of them. The setting, the sensory description – this author pens it down so well. I could almost feel myself transported to the area. My only pique was that the plot dragged in some occasions. I almost wanted Ms. Mihaljevich to cut to the chase and dish it out. But I imagine if she did this, the story would lose much of its refreshing tone.
I can sincerely say this is one book you’ll find hard to put down.
Zee
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
September 2007
WINNING CHANCE by Betty Jo Schuler
WINNING CHANCE
BETTY JO SCHULER
Contemporary Romance
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN# 078-1-59374-750-3
$5.99
eBook/Available now
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Meet Lori Hayes, a woman who does not know her own worth, but tries to help others by running a Gently Used Clothing Shop, where you can find name brands and more. Lori is there to help others and someone has decided to help herself.
Now meet Red, she is Lori but her neighbor Calvin does not know it.
Calvin is actually Chase Dawson, and he has met the woman of his dreams in trying to win a contest where he and the lucky lady fall in love and get the home of their dreams.
It’s a shame that Chase doesn’t know that the girl next door is Lori or that she doesn’t know he is really Calvin. Yet, Lori and Chase cannot fight their desire for each other or the forces pushing them together. Even if it is a reality TV show and neither thinks they have room for love in their lives.
This story is too cute; we are constantly hitting our own foreheads wondering when they are going to wake up. The story of these two is so real and vivid you are wondering what is going to happen next and cannot put the book down until it is too late.
Ms. Schuler is a talented author and was exactly what this reviewer was looking for.
Dee
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
August 2007
BETTY JO SCHULER
Contemporary Romance
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN# 078-1-59374-750-3
$5.99
eBook/Available now
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Meet Lori Hayes, a woman who does not know her own worth, but tries to help others by running a Gently Used Clothing Shop, where you can find name brands and more. Lori is there to help others and someone has decided to help herself.
Now meet Red, she is Lori but her neighbor Calvin does not know it.
Calvin is actually Chase Dawson, and he has met the woman of his dreams in trying to win a contest where he and the lucky lady fall in love and get the home of their dreams.
It’s a shame that Chase doesn’t know that the girl next door is Lori or that she doesn’t know he is really Calvin. Yet, Lori and Chase cannot fight their desire for each other or the forces pushing them together. Even if it is a reality TV show and neither thinks they have room for love in their lives.
This story is too cute; we are constantly hitting our own foreheads wondering when they are going to wake up. The story of these two is so real and vivid you are wondering what is going to happen next and cannot put the book down until it is too late.
Ms. Schuler is a talented author and was exactly what this reviewer was looking for.
Dee
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
August 2007
BENEATH A CRIMSON SKY by K. Celeste Bryan
BENEATH A CRIMSON SKY
K. CELESTE BRYAN
Historical
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN# 978-1-59374-721-3
Price: N/A (ARC)
eBook - Available 2007
Rating: 5 Enchantments
As Cambria Morgan sat on the train heading to what she hoped would be a start of a new life, she ponders on what has happened to her over the past few years. After the death of her husband, Mathias, her life to come a halt. She needed space and time to try to heal her heart. The ghost of her husband was with her every moment, every thought...
When Cade Kincannon saw her walking out of the train car they were sitting in to get some air, he notice two ruffians following her out; he knew what would happen if he didn't help. After he sent then on their way, he found out that she was going to be the new school teacher and that she was married. He knew that it would be hard to get over the thoughts of her.
After getting settled in with the Sinclair's, Cambria realizes that her thoughts and her heart are turning to Cade, but can she ever let go of the ghost of her late husband so that she could love whole-heartily again. Would Cade wait for her? Could she find the courage to let go of the ghost she carries inside her heart?
It's a very special treat when a author can take you into the depth of the heart. Ms. Bryon has done just that with BENEATH A CRIMSON SKY. You just fall in love with her characters. She brings them to life with passion, hope and an sense of self healing. She also puts you in touch with life in a small lumber town in the late 1800. This book was wonderful to read. It bought out all the emotions in me that I could want from reading a book. I hope to read more from Ms. Bryon.
Barbara
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
August 2007
K. CELESTE BRYAN
Historical
Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN# 978-1-59374-721-3
Price: N/A (ARC)
eBook - Available 2007
Rating: 5 Enchantments
As Cambria Morgan sat on the train heading to what she hoped would be a start of a new life, she ponders on what has happened to her over the past few years. After the death of her husband, Mathias, her life to come a halt. She needed space and time to try to heal her heart. The ghost of her husband was with her every moment, every thought...
When Cade Kincannon saw her walking out of the train car they were sitting in to get some air, he notice two ruffians following her out; he knew what would happen if he didn't help. After he sent then on their way, he found out that she was going to be the new school teacher and that she was married. He knew that it would be hard to get over the thoughts of her.
After getting settled in with the Sinclair's, Cambria realizes that her thoughts and her heart are turning to Cade, but can she ever let go of the ghost of her late husband so that she could love whole-heartily again. Would Cade wait for her? Could she find the courage to let go of the ghost she carries inside her heart?
It's a very special treat when a author can take you into the depth of the heart. Ms. Bryon has done just that with BENEATH A CRIMSON SKY. You just fall in love with her characters. She brings them to life with passion, hope and an sense of self healing. She also puts you in touch with life in a small lumber town in the late 1800. This book was wonderful to read. It bought out all the emotions in me that I could want from reading a book. I hope to read more from Ms. Bryon.
Barbara
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
August 2007
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