We're Visiting Germany Today! With Host Carole P. Roman, Of Course!

When your tante and onkel come to visit, your sister always wants to take them to see Neuschwanstein Castle. Onkel is your mother' brother and Tante is his wife. She was born in America.
The castle is one of Europe's most beautiful and famous tourist sites. It can be seen high on a hill in the old town of Fussen in the Bavarian mountains. King Ludwig II built the castle during the years 1869-1886, and many say it was the inspiration for Walt Disney's famous castle in his Disneyland theme park. You have to visit the throne room and pretend you are the rules of the country.
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If You Were Me and Lived in...                                              Germany

A Child's Introduction to Culture Around the World

By Carole P. Roman

Illustrated by Kelsea Wierenga

I had a very personal interest in reading this book, given my heritage. I can still remember, when I was very young, that when I asked my mother if we were German, she quickly exclaimed that we were Americans! Of course, history would have affected her quick response--who wanted to be connected in any way to the Nazis regime? So I found that I didn't learn too much about Germany...until now... What a pleasure to learn of the country as if I were a child, living in what is now a very popular country. Let's learn more!

If you were me and lived in Germany you would call your country Deutschland, but the rest of the world would know it as the Federal Republic of Germany. You would find your home located in the northeastern part of Europe. The word Germany comes from a Germanic world meaning folk or people.

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Germany has 16 states but also is a member of the European Union which is a group of countries that choose to make decisions together involving trade and money. Do you know that it is the most populated member of the European Union and the second most popular immigration destination in the world? What a wonderful way for children to learn of the countries of the world through this series!

Let's head to Berlin, the capital, and the largest city in Germany. It has been an important city for so long because it is located at the crossroads of two vital trade routes.

Along with all the other details about Germany, one interesting spot mentioned was the Port of Hamburg where the Miniature Wonderland is located...It is the world's largest model railway! Very Cool and I'd love to see that, wouldn't you?

With reading about some delicious cultural food from German, athletic games played, plus a very interesting assignment in school to name five important things about Germany--and you're right I'd never learned about any of them--I was pleased to see that we also got to visit Octoberfest n Munich... 

But I really wanted to see one of the five important things in Germany! A giant cuckoo clock! Wow!

And to learn of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) who was a composer and a woman who was known because her works led to what is now known as  opera...

Her works are considered the foundation for what became known as opera...

Just a final note for the inside artwork... It is outstanding--many kudos sent to Kelsea Wierenga... I'm so happy to have learned more about my heritage through Carole Roman's book on Germany...The series is always excellent, but this one was especially of value to me... Does your family originally come from Germany, then you just want to read this, as well as provide it for your child's introduction to the great country of Germany...

Highly recommended!

GABixlerReviews

Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2012 for her first book, award winning author Carole P. Roman started writing as a dare from one of her sons. Using an imaginary game she played with her grandson as a base, Captain No Beard was born."Captain No Beard- An Imaginary Tale of a Pirate's Life" has not only been named to Kirkus Best of 2012, it received the Star of Exceptional Merit, and won the Pinnacle Award for 2012. "Pepper Parrot's Problem with Patience" Book 2 in the series, received 5 Stars from The ForeWord Review The Clarion Review. Strangers on the High Seas has won second place in the Rebecca's Reads Choice Awards 2013. It has followed with six more books to the series. This year, Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis was named to Kirkus Best 2015. The entire cultural non-fiction series If You Were Me and Lived in... was named Best Series by Shelf Unbound. She has begun work on two new series that will be released in early 2016.
Motivated by her love of yoga, Roman has written a book that not only teaches four poses, but shows how easy and accessible yoga can be.
Her new non fiction series, "If You Were Me and Lived in..." combines her teaching past with her love of exploration and interest in the world around us. The debut book in the series, "If You Were Me and Lived in...Mexico" has won the Pinnacle Award for Best in Children's Non Fiction 2012. France, South Korea, and Norway. Rebecca's Reads has given If You Were Me and Lived in...Norway an honorable mention in the 2013 Choice Awards. If You Were Me and lived in ...France won second place. ForeWord Review has nominated If You Were Me and Lived in...France for best in children's non fiction literature 2013. They will be followed with Kenya, Turkey, India, and Australia. She plans to do Portugal, Greece, and Argentina next year.
Writing for children has opened up a whole second act for her. While she is still working in her family business, this has enabled her to share her sense of humor as well as love for history and culture with the audience she adores. Roman lives on Long Island with her husband and near her children.

Poet Rory Fry Shares "None But Breeze" (Freedom of Recovery)!

"None But Breeze" (Freedom of Recovery)

I feel it coming on the breeze…

A wealth of shivers

Renews my identity

Harsh like a torrent

Licking my misery

Call it a balm

I call it “anemology”

Uncovering the ignorance in me

What can renovate the heartless

Still morgue strung with darkness?

None but breeze

None but Serenity

Sways the trees

And uncovers the forest of me

Turbines on the hill

Bend me to Your will

Childlike branches

Snap like evergreens

They bumble and burn

To tumble and turn

Call it a mystery

I call it “delivery”

Uncovering Wasteland me

My arms are pumice

My feet are clay

I fall from malice

A thousand times a day

None but breeze

Can refresh my fidelity

None but breeze

Brings me to my knees

Call it the calm

I call it “Sovereignty”

Uncovering the darkness in me

I feel it coming on the breeze

The freedom of recovery

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About the author:
I am a simple man who loves to proclaim the Saving Message of Jesus Christ and the Healing Power of Recovery! I spend much of my time working with others and enjoying the presence of my wife Christina and son Rowen.

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Debut Legal Thriller, The Inevitable Witness, by Ed Rucker Found to be Contrived...

Late Sunday Night

Officer Terrance Michael Horgan knew he was dying. He lay on his back, staring at the ceiling. He could sense life slowly ebbing away, could feel the wetness of the blood spreading on his Hawaiian shirt.

He knew he was alone now. Why, he thought, when I heard the door open, didn't I notice that the footsteps sounded wrong? I could have slipped out my back-up gun. What was I thinking? I've always been so damn careful, so damn smart. But not this time. He remembered his surprise when he saw the gun pointed at him. the taste of metal in his mouth as he fought to tighten his loosening bowels.

Horgan's mind kept shouting that this should not be happening to him. He was too young, not ready. He was "The Man," tougher, smarter than everyone else. If he hadn't come here tonight, he would have been in a bar, laughing with his buddies, watching the women come in. He would have pulled a woman close to him, drinking tequila shooters with a hand on the curve of her shoulder, touching her neck and feeling the strands of her hair between his fingers, looking over the room, daring anyone to challenge him.

Not now, for Christ's sake, he pleaded. Not like this. Not on the floor of a...Chinese restaurant. Officer Horgan tried to raise his arms, but there was no feeling from his chest to his legs. To die alone, he thought. And for what? Why? A man should know why. He didn't want to shut his eyes. He didn't want the light to go out. But it did...

Two Hours Earlier

To any passerby, Sydney Seabrooke might appear to be a shop owner fumbling with his keys. But there were no keys in his hands. From his inside coat pocket he retrieved a small case of finely tooled leather, and selected two short "L" shaped metal rods. Replacing the case, he inserted the thin rods of the shiny Grade 1 commercial dead bolt lock on the grease-stained door. Within a minute, he heard the reassuring click of the last tumbler falling into place and the bolt disengaging. He was inside...

The clanking of the security gate on the front door shattered the silence. The sound of the security gate sliding open was like the swish and clump of a guillotine. Seabrooke froze. This was not supposed to happen. He had been instructed to break in at this exact time and assured that no one would disturb him. He grabbed for the floor lam and snapped it off. In a panic, he fumbled in the dark for his tools, scrambling to shove them back into his leather cases. A key scraped in the front door lock, and then another, as if someone were searching for the right key. Christ, his mind screamed, he had to get out of here. Seabrooke snatched up his coat and hat, jamming them under one arm and heaved up his cases. He stepped quietly to the office doorway and peered out. In the main dining room, the front door swung open and illumination from the street suddenly swept across the floor like the beam of a search light. Too late for the back door, he would be seen. Seabrooke moved to his right and eased through the swinging door and crept into the kitchen...

The thud of the front door shutting broke the silence. Then footsteps. Someone else was here. An angry shout hurtled from the office. Muffled voices spoke in clipped, angry tones. Suddenly gunshots exploded. The booming sounds felt like blows inside Seabrooke's head. He began to whimper. Then he heard the front door open and close...

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The Inevitable Witness

By Ed Rucker

Readers know in the first few pages that a cop has been killed at the same time a robbery was happening. They can also surmise that having the robber there at that exact time was on purpose.

The suspense of the book is seen through the eyes of the defense attorney, Bobby Earl. He was appointed to the case by the judge who thought he would be sitting the bench...he wanted Earl simply to ensure that the defense would be well represented, since he had political ambitions which included making the DA look bad... Makes sense in today's world even if not exactly ethical...but there will be a number of examples of less than ethical actions by members of the court and surrounding agencies...

Bobby Earl is known for his ability to win defense cases. But this was not just the defense of a guilty man--of burglary, but rather a man who had murdered during that burglary...

There are many twists and turns to keep readers interested, except...perhaps I got too interested. Because by the time the book reached the time when the defense case was to be presented, I was greatly disappointed. There had been several different angles uncovered, which led to the probable killer. It was stated that two crime groups in particular would be called... I don't want to give specific examples but will do so if requested...

But then, after getting word that those individuals were angry and, indeed, their hit man began to threaten Earl, that part of the potential case seemed to disappear...without any explanation...

Another point that bothered me about "Bobby" - yes, I had trouble with a lawyer being called Bobby, but that's just my personal opinion... Anyway, it was made quite clear that Bobby's one and only interest in working a case was for his own personal satisfaction and his desire...his need...to win. Some may say that's a good thing, but I didn't think so. Earl paid little attention to his client and actually entered into the trial without prep and agreement with his client... I guess because he'd already decided not to use any of the evidence that had been discovered? If that were true, then I would have expected an explanation, at least for the benefit of the reader.

In fact, given the decision made by Earl, (that is, the author) somewhere along the way, that he wasn't going to bring in the criminal groups, nor did he bring in the fact that Seabrook had been paid in kind to rob the safe at the Chinese restaurant - by the bail bondsman, in fact... the defense included only one witness... Believe me, there was a lot of circumstantial evidence discussed in the book that could have helped Seabrooke, the defendant. Why the author chose not to include any of that, was beyond my understanding... It felt contrived, unrealistic, to have gathered so much information, yet not even attempt to get it into discussion???

Then there was the end of the book which left lots of issues that was left hanging...For instance, during the discovery, it was determined that a man had been robbed of his property and they had interviewed he and mainly his daughter... Not only was that not brought in, but it was just...dropped...with no suggestion whatsoever, that Earl intended to present that and these other issues to appropriate people...

Is this the reality that claims that this lawyer knows how the system really works...and that his book reflected it? Basically, the cop that was killed was dirty...nothing that he'd been involved with was covered by the case, by the defense lawyer, nor the author in closing the case, and the book, by calling an ADA to whom he was attracted and scheduling a date...

Where was the justice for all the crimes that had been uncovered by the defense team? Are we to assume that this is "how the system really works?" That, perhaps in order not to dirty the reputation of a dirty cop, that all other criminal activities were allowed to remain hidden and not ever acted upon? This reader was not only upset, but disgusted... Was this to be a show-all reality novel? It certainly wasn't described as such...

While well-written and certainly a thriller in tone and story, it certainly didn't provide a book which I would recommend to others who enjoy legal novels that are both thrilling...and representative of a legal system that can indeed work for the good of the clients and the country... I wanted to call rewrite on the entire defense court trial...what a shame... Please note that I received an uncorrected ARC for this review...I seriously doubt, however, that what I found was later changed... I cannot recommend the book... Do check out other reviews, of course!

GABixlerReviews

Love Letters from God Introduces Biblical Women to Young Girls in Contemporary Bible Stories...

The Letter

Dear Friend,

How are you? I just had to send a note to tell you how much I care about you.

I saw you yesterday as you were talking with your friends. I waited all day hoping you would want to talk with me too. I gave you a sunset to close your day and a cool breeze to rest you - and I waited. You never came. It hurt me - but I still love you because I am your friend.

I saw you sleeping last night and longed to touch your brow so I spilled moonlight upon your face. Again I waited, wanting to rush down so we could talk. I have so many gifts for you! You awoke and rushed off to work. My tears were in the rain.

If you would only listen to me! I love you! I try to tell you in blue skies and in the quiet green grass. I whisper it in leaves on the trees and breathe it in colors of flowers, shout it to you in mountain streams, give the birds love songs to sing. I clothe you with warm sunshine and perfume the air with nature scents. My love for you is deeper than the ocean, and bigger that the biggest need in your heart!

Ask me! Talk with me! Please don't forget me. I have so much to share with you!

I won't hassle you any further: It is YOUR decision. I have chosen you and I will wait--

I love you. Your friend,

JESUS

Love Letters from God:

Bible Stories for a Girl's Heart

By Glenys Nellist

Illustrated by Rachel Clowes

The First Girl

Genesis 3

Eve

God's Wonderful Words to You

I have made you.--Isiah 46:4

God clapped his hands in delight as Eve opened her eyes for the very first time. She was wonderful! After six days of creating the world--painting the skies, stirring the seas, and filling the earth with life--here was God's masterpiece, his glorious finishing touch to the world. Here was Eve, made by God's own hand. And she was good.

God smiled as Eve rose to her feet, grabbed Adam's hand, and ran barefoot through the garden. But someone else was watching Eve too. He was hiding quietly in the grass, watching and waiting for his chance to steal Eve's happiness. And one day, he made his move.

"Good morning, Eve," the slimy serpent whispered. "I'm going to try this delicious fruit for breakfast. Would you like some?"

"No," replied Eve. "I'm hungry, but that's the one fruit God told us not to eat. I can't stay in the garden if I eat that."

"Oh my goodness!" The serpent laughed. "You don't have to eat the whole thing! Surely God won't mind if you just try it?"

Even took the fruit. She had never held, smelled, or seen a more delicious fruit. She took a bit and then gave some to Adam. In that instant, Even knew she had done something terribly wrong. Now she would have to leave the Garden of Eden forever.

But before she left, God had a surprise for her. He was waiting at the gates to cover her with new, warm clothes. And as Eve walked away, she knew she was forever covered in God's love and forgiveness. God had made her, and she was good.

Your Love Letter from God...Dear Glenda, Can you imagine how thrilled I was when I saw Eve? She was the first first girl I made, and she made creation complete. Did you know I feel the same way when I see you? Just like I made Eve, I made you too--and everything I make is good. So remember this--even if you make some bad choices like Eve did, talk to me about it, I will cover you with my love and forgiveness, just like I covered Eve. You are good. I love you... Your Creater, GOD

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Many years ago I was given or bought a plaque of The Letter--a letter from Jesus, to me, His friend... I had kept it near before I moved and it had been still boxed up for some time... Recently I found it--ironically--or maybe a God Incident-- around the same time I received Love Letters from God for review... What a delightful surprise to see that the book was written much like this favorite Letter that I had read and reread so many times!

There is an entire series, but I was so happy to have my first book to be the Bible Stories for a Girl's Heart... Both historically and in contemporary times, it is important, in my opinion, for young girls to learn about their being loved, having a friend who knows each of their names, and who promises to be with them at all times. That promise has sustained me through many years and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to highly recommend this book to all of you.

I wanted to at least share one of the stories on my blog so that the full extent of the book could be visualized... Check out the short book trailer available to see the wonderful presentation of the material. In the first story, we find Adam and Eve in the garden--a beautiful two-page spread showing those who were already there---rabbits, squirrels, sheep, butterflies, against the blue sky and surrounded with so many different flowers surrounding, of course, the Apple Tree...and the "slimy snake."

The story is written in easy, happily joyful words that correctly includes the basic story, but in a softer version... But somewhere on the page will be the Biblical reference as well! What a delight to have this alternate book to the Bible...Me, having my own experience with the King James Version, many years ago, found it was tedious and confusing--and quite scary... I believe this book, and certainly others, give a young child the awareness of Biblical history so that it becomes a part of their reading, but does not place the child into trying to understand a story that is well beyond their years in many ways... The emphasis is on Love...God's Love... 

On each page there is a little Love Letter which allows you to write in the child's name so that when she opens it, it is personalized and then it's just like getting a letter from God! I included my own story of getting such a letter and how I've cherished it over the years... Imagine, the young girl who will have the opportunity to first read a story, and then have God further explain it in a personal note too! A Delightful addition that makes this book, in my opinion, a step above--an opportunity for each reader to come to recognize that God...Jesus...and, later, the Holy Spirit...talks to each of us! 

There are fourteen different stories that shares about women of all ages, including the Widow's mite story from Luke 21: 1-4... Still, each is titled with a "girl" and in this case, is called "The Generous Girl. I didn't have any problem with that, for surely, we would realize that the Widow in her older years, would merely reflect the feelings she had when she was a younger girl. The stories include well known women including Esther, Mary, the Mother of Jesus, Martha and Mary and Mary Magdalene who was the first person who saw Jesus at His Resurrection... The stories each share an one-word attribute about the Biblical woman which establishes how the reader can consider the girl in the story--The Servant Girl, The Hopeful Girl, etc. I was impressed with the detail, the carefully interpreted story line to make it suitable for young girls...

This book is definitely worthy to be added to your home library, but it's certainly also recommended that each reader be encouraged to continually read and think about the stories, perhaps with their mother who can answer questions, if raised.  I have to again emphasize the quality of the book, the attention given to detail, as well as the outstanding art work available to be enjoyed by readers--yes, readers of all ages, like I did... I think it is important to teach children in their early years, don't you? Let them get to know their Creator in this simply adorable book!

GABixlerReviews

Although I live in Michigan, USA, I was born and raised in a little village in northern England.

I grew up in a big old house, with two wonderful parents and seven siblings. My dad was the one who introduced me to the gospel. My mum was the one who encouraged me to work with children.

And at primary school, my teacher was the one who urged me to write. One day a week, I was one of the lucky few withdrawn from the classroom to sit in big, comfy armchairs in the teachers' lounge. There, in front of a roaring log fire, with pencil and paper at the ready, I would write.

I never would have imagined that four decades later, I would be blessed enough to be an author of children's books, or be married to a wonderful husband, or be mum to four sons, and a grandma too. But of course, no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9)

And to God, alone, be the glory.

Craig Murray Shares from His Book, Watching Her Walk

This is the first time I've had the opportunity to share poetry by Craig Murray, with his permission...

And I was fascinated with this first poem, which turned out to be a learning lesson for me...and maybe many other readers... So, when I saw that the poetry was built around musical options, of course I had to check out actual music! 

Then I reread your beautiful words and a song
came to my mind...I hope it adds to your message...




Thank you Craig and I hope I've complemented your words in my choices...G

Unwanted, Latest Paladine Political Thriller by Kenneth G. Eade is out!

“Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate

 and only the uprooted comprehend.” 

― Wallace Stegner

No one really belongs; at least not in this world.  If there were a heaven, maybe there, but, even if there were, in it would be the souls who would bear witness to the undeniable cruelty of life, the poverty of the unwanted. Whether or not you belonged was defined by others; the same others who would make such judgments about how you would live and how you would die. ​Robert Garcia didn’t belong anywhere, except maybe when he was in the military, and he knew it.  He’d tried to make it in the world of man, but dropping out seemed the better option.  He was a loner, but not lonely, a drifter who defined his own purpose of existence, which now consisted of floating.
This type of life really suited Robert.  Born John Richards, to a black military father and white Lebanese mother, Robert and his family moved around from army base to army base and he never really found a place to fit in or anyone to fit in with until he joined the army himself.  By the time he did, having moved so many times as a child, he had already become an accomplished fighter, who had beat his way through every conflict growing up until his schools wised up, and placed him on their wrestling and football teams, in order to create a socially acceptable “steam valve” for his aggression.  Drifting around in his little boat in the sea with only the horizon in the background.  That was Robert’s world now, a contrast from the horrors of the life he had left behind.  Robert himself had been one of those horrors, but now he was just a fisherman, living off the sea, a threat to nobody...
The Aegean was calm today, the surface smooth as glass, leaving no trace of the ugly storm that had pitched the small sailboat and almost capsized her the night before.  Such was the hidden power of nature, capable of producing extreme beauty and cruelty at the same time.  A few remnants of the storm still remained – garbage – evidence of human waste probably from a ferry or cruise boat – visibly bobbing on the surface from time to time.  Other than that, it was a perfect day – the proverbial calm after the storm. 
​The net dipped with the weight of the fish and Joelle strained to contain it.  Robert set the rod down, and together they hoisted the enormous sea bass onto the deck, where it flopped around, inciting more yelping.  
Joelle’s smile faded as she peered over the railing. ​“What’s that?” ​“What?”
 ​“Over there!  Floating.” ​Robert strained his eyes.  He picked up his field glasses and focused on the object bobbing on the surface. ​“Looks like a body...”

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Unwanted:

Paladine Political Thriller Series

By Kenneth G. Eade

I loved the latest Paladine Novel...it is a softer, more gentle tale in which we first find Paladine on his boat, with Joelle, who he had rescued during his last mission. Readers may wonder what kind of personal relationship he might have, but, for me, it was good that he at least had somebody to talk and share with during his isolation. The isolation that he had been forced into by those who want him dead... and by those who want him to use his amazing expertise to continue working, fighting terrorism...

This time, however, Robert gets pulled in while fishing on his boat...they sighted a body, went to check and found him dead. Later they could see that an entire wreckage was there and found only one young woman who was still alive. They pulled her onto their boat, helped with her wounds and discovered that she had been part of a boat full of refugees, having paid large sums of money to escape Syria. Often the boats never made it beyond the initial castoff...

Alina had been with her husband and baby and had paid everything they had to escape. Asked who they had paid, Alina identified the Daesh...

ISIS, known by those who were their victims as Daesh, had overrun their village near Dabiq, and actually charged them for passage to Turkey.  Pay or die.  Once they made it to the coastal town of Izmir, Syrian smugglers loyal to ISIS once again charged them thousands of dollars to board a rubber boat to Greece.  The last thing she remembered was a swell that capsized the boat.  She had held on to her baby and didn’t remember losing consciousness.  Suddenly, she realized what had to have happened. ​“I let go!” ​“What?” ​“I let go of her.  It’s my fault!  Put me back in the sea, I want to die!”

Alina was devastated when she realized that she had apparently fallen asleep while holding her child, and she'd slipped away into the sea. What a tragedy... Robert was able to help her with provisions and a little money and dropped her off where she would be safe, though still grieving...

It was not to be that Robert and Joelle would have quiet time together because soon Robert was notified that a former co-worker had been taken captive. But at least readers get to see that they had taken a night to enjoy dinner on shore for a short time... Then Robert got word that a ransom had been placed on the head of Ayisha... Ayisha worked for the same organization for which Robert had worked... And that man knew only Robert could save Ayisha if she was to be saved...

I’ve been kidnapped.  The kidnappers will be in touch through this channel with the ransom instructions.  If you don’t pay within the next 72 hours, they will kill me.

Ayisha had lost her sister to terrorists and had been working ever since as an assassin. She was good, but she really didn't have the heart, or perhaps better said, she did have a heart that couldn't just kill all the time. Still, after Robert had found a way to save her, she refused to not continue to work with those refugees who were losing all of their money to ISIS or some Syrians, often to then lose their lives... Robert was not happy, especially when she had originally agreed that he would lead any actions that took place... But he didn't desert her... And that's just why readers and those who personally learned of Robert had first called him Paladine... At least one time in this particular book, he could have killed, but he didn't when there was no need... This man who was trained to kill for his own country, the United States, and then was put back on the streets with no other training to begin a new life...still had a code of honor that his victims would only be terrorists if he could at all help it...

This time, though, the CIA had heard he was still alive (he had earlier been presumed dead) and sent another assassin out after Garcia. In fact, the man they sent had once been trained by Garcia and knew everything about his usual method of operation... Both knew this would probably be a fight to the death...

Readers do get to meet up with our favorite Russian soldiers, who saved Ayisha while she was separated from Robert...and there is a quick meeting of the eyes between Ayisha and her medic that put an interesting twist to the life of the assassin... Can love from another come to mean more to Ayisha than the revenge for her sister that had once driven her. I'm hoping that Ayisha continues into the next book... She's an excellent gutsy female that certainly adds tension and a different perspective to this already exciting, awesome series... Of course, yes, it's highly recommended as are all the preceding novels!


GABixlerReviews

Described by critics as "one of our strongest thriller writers on the scene," author Kenneth Eade, best known for his legal and political thrillers, practiced law for 30 years before publishing his first novel, "An Involuntary Spy." Eade, an award-winning, best-selling Top 100 thriller author, has been described by his peers as "one of the up-and-coming legal thriller writers of this generation." He is the 2015 winner of Best Legal Thriller from Beverly Hills Book Awards and the 2016 winner of a bronze medal in the category of Fiction, Mystery and Murder from the Reader's Favorite International Book Awards. His latest novel, "Paladine" is currently a quarter-finalist in Publisher's Weekly's BookLife Prize for Fiction. Eade has authored three fiction series: The "Brent Marks Legal Thriller Series", the "Involuntary Spy Espionage Series" and the "Paladine Anti-Terrorism Series." He has written sixteen novels which have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. 

"I've been writing all my life, but began publishing my work out of a passion for the environment. My wife, Valentina, is a professional photographer, who worked for two years on an environmental exhibition called, "Bee Cause I Care" which was exhibited by the Prince Albert II Foundation and is now touring cities in France to bring awareness to the importance of pollinators and the dangers facing them. I penned a few articles on the subject for the Los Angeles Daily Journal and turned my research into my first book, "Bless the Bees." That passion continued with the publication of my novel, "An Involuntary Spy," which is an action thriller that also points to the dangers of genetically engineered food. Then I began publishing the "Brent Marks Legal Thriller Series," which, in part, is based on actual experiences during my long career in law.

"Now I divide most of my time between France, where I have resided for the better part of 10 years, and Russia. I try to put as much realism in my novels as possible, and they all revolve around important social issues. I treasure all of my readers and love to hear from them, whether it's good or bad. Sometimes I make changes based on their suggestions and one reader has inspired a character that has appeared in my latest three novels. Everyone who signs up on my mailing list at www.kennetheade.com gets a free ebook and I give away a Kindle Fire every month to a lucky winner on the list. I love this new adventure and hope you enjoy taking it with me."

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