Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Book Review - Once a Princess by Veronica Sattler

A beautifully written historic novel, Once a Princess is filled with love and heartache. The characters are full of life with extraordinary personalities. Princess Leonie, born crippled, overcomes obstacles that she never imagined possible. More than just a historical romance, Once a Princess comes to life with amazing characters and thrilling life or death situations.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1249776-book-reviews-once-a-princess-by-veronica-sattler

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Book Review - A Whole New Light by Sandra Brown

Author Sandra Brown has published over 70 books thus far during her long writing career. A Whole New Light is one of the novels from Brown's early career, published in 1989. A romantic, face-paced novel with love, seduction and humor, A Whole New Light takes an old plot idea and adds twists and turns to the characters.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1246735-book-review-sandra-brown-a-whole-new-light

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Book Review - The Desert Lord's Baby by Olivia Gates

The Desert Lord's Baby is the first of three books in the "Throne of Judar" series. Authored by Olivia Gates, this series of romance novels involves the lives of three brothers, the Princes of Judar. Farooq, the eldest of the brothers begins the series and is followed by the The Desert Lord's Bride, the story of Shehab and ending with the tale of the youngest brother Kamal in The Desert King.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1242454-book-reviews-the-desert-lords-baby-by-olivia-gates

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Book Review - The Other Bride by Lisa Bingham

"The Other Bride" by Lisa Bingham has everything a historical romance should contain and a lot more. This thrilling tale has many twists and turns while two strangers are thrown together by fate. Life-changing secrets keep the two main characters from fully opening up their hearts to each other but when fate plays its' hand, Phoebe and Gabe have no choice but to let go and share everything including their hearts.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1226698-book-reviews-the-other-bride-by-lisa-bingham

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Book Review - The Teheran Operation by Devora Omer

Author Devora Omer tells the remarkable story of David and Rachel who embark on a journey through Poland, Russia and Germany before and during the invasion of Poland. David Laumberg (later changed to David Laor) was a rambunctious Jewish child growing up in a Jewish-hating society in Poland. He endured ridicule and ignorance because of his Jewish heritage.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1101729-teheran-operation

Book Review - Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor

Getting just a glimpse of a young black girl and her family growing up in Mississippi, "Song of the Trees" is based on an actual story that occurred in the author's family. Cassie Logan along with her three brothers, youthfully unaware of the harshness that white men placed on their family, will soon learn lessons of a cruel and unreasonable world just because of the color of their skin. The author, Mildred D. Taylor, guides the reader into a period of our history that some may not understand or that some have chosen to forget.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1118854-song-of-the-trees-mildred-d-taylor

Book Review - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Cassie Logan, young and maybe somewhat naive learns in an exceptionally short time that hate and animosity can spread like a demon just because of the color of someone's skin. Early 1900's in Mississippi, the Logan family has an uncommon advantage of being one of the few black families to own their land and not be at the mercy of white land owners. A piece of their own America to raise crops on, the same land that their ancestors were once slaved to.

FULL REVIEW:
http://www.helium.com/items/1118945-roll-of-thunder-hear-me-cry-mildred-d-taylor