Author Archives: EHL
These Broken Stars – Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Lilac LaRoux is the beautiful daughter of the most powerful corporate owner in the universe. She is riding on one of his interdimensional space ships when it suddenly lurches out of hyperspace. She and the young military hero, Tarver, get … Continue reading
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World – Alison Weir
The Princess Elizabeth, first child of Edward IV, grew up in a splendid court. As the daughter of a beloved king in a prosperous country, she was destined for a great marriage. She would have known her worth. But things … Continue reading
Hostage Three – Nick Lake
‘Hostage Three’ is Amy’s designation by the Somali pirates who are holding her for ransom. Amy’s wealthy banker father felt that a yacht trip around the world is what would help bring the family together. Amy is dealing with the suicide … Continue reading
Curtsies & Conspiracies – Gail Carriger
The young ladies introduced in Etiquette & Espionage are back for more of their finishing school education to become highly polished spies and assassins. There is another plot afoot with Sophronia and her friends smack in the middle. The vampires have more … Continue reading
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend – Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
The Sioux called them Paha Sapa, the heart of everything that is, the center of the universe, a most sacred place. Today they are called the Black Hills. When treaty after treaty had been broken and these hills were threatened, … Continue reading
Tatiana: An Arkady Renko Novel – Martin Cruz Smith
When Tatiana Petrovna falls from her balcony in Moscow the prosecutor rules it a suicide. Even though she is an investigative reporter with many enemies no one questions the ruling. No one except Arkady Renko. He feels things just aren’t … Continue reading
No Man’s Nightingale: An Inspector Wexford Novel – Ruth Rendell
Retirement is weighing heavily in Chief Inspector Wexford’s hands, so a call from Detective Superintendent Burden is a welcomed event. Burden invites Wexford to act as consultant and accompany him on an inspection of the vicarage where the Reverend Sarah … Continue reading
Parasite – Mira Grant
Sally was dead. The car wreck destroyed her brain and her body is being kept alive artificially. Her family gathered around and prepared to turn off life support so that her organs might be harvested and used for others. Abruptly, … Continue reading
Backwards – Todd Mitchell
The story opens with a teen committing suicide. At the time of death, a mysterious person/soul/entity enters the boy’s body and time goes in reverse. Each morning is another day before the death. Can this soul inside the body change … Continue reading
What’s So Funny?: My Hilarious Life – Tim Conway, Jane Scovell, Carol Burnett (Foreword by)
Tim Conway is just one of the funniest people ever to walk this planet. From Tim’s eventful baptism through his interesting childhood, it becomes evident that Dan and Sophia (Tim always refers to his parents as Dan and Sophia) were … Continue reading
Everything Breaks – Vicki Grove
Tucker was to be the designated driver for his close-knit group of friends, on their way to the last high school bonfire of the season. Instead, he drank beer with them on the way then left the car to be … Continue reading
The Real Boy – Anne Ursu
The most powerful magician in the Barrow selected Oscar from an orphanage long before the story opens. Oscar stays to himself in the storage room full of medicinal herbs and forages in the forest and gardens to replenish the magician’s … Continue reading
Rooftoppers – Katherine Rundell
A ship sank near the coast of England leaving few survivors. Charles, a thirty-six year old eccentric bachelor, discovers one-year-old Sophie floating in a cello case. He decides to raise the child. Her unusual, matter-of-fact rearing shows Charles has raised … Continue reading
Relativity – Cristin Bishara
Ruby Wright is trapped in a life that just doesn’t seem to fit her. She and her dad moved to a small town in Ohio when her Dad remarried after her Mom’s death, forcing Ruby to leave behind her best … Continue reading
More Than This – Patrick Ness
Seth dies in the ocean, off the Pacific coast. Dragged out by the freezing current and dashed into rocks. There is no doubt about it, he is dead. Yet he wakes up in a deserted town in England, the town … Continue reading
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