January 2020 – Allison M. Azulay

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Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:28 January 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

Some authors are especially good at describing people and scenes so that a reader can imagine vividly the setting, the characters, and the action. Details set a mood as well…

William Peter Blatty

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:21 January 2020
Post category:Featured Author Mystery Readers Thrillers and Suspense

Famous for The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty has written many books. In another tale with religious overtones, Dimiter takes readers from the capture and eventual escape of a mysterious man…

Movies and Television

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:14 January 2020
Post category:Readers Writers

We've all seen movies based on books: The Harry Potter series is a spectacularly successful example, as is the film series from the Tolkien novels. Thinking about it recently, I…

Diana Gabaldon

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:7 January 2020
Post category:Adventure Featured Author General Fiction History Readers Women's Fiction Writers

Given the popularity of the television series, the fanatical followers in groups like "Outlanders in Ontario," "Outmander," and many more, one would think that everyone on the planet is familiar…

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I NOTICED THE SWAGGER FIRST: that arrogant saunter that said, “I’m irresistible and I know it.” He was good-looking, yes—as emphasized by the tight jeans that displayed every muscle and more than hinted at one in particular. And the chambray shirt open to show off a broad chest matted with jet hair that proclaimed his masculinity.

–excerpt from Bad Twin

GINETTE LAY STARING into darkness in the low cot by the grand canopied bed in which Lady Barton snored softly. To her surprise and dismay, the old woman had roused from her fireside dozing when she entered the room and had insisted on regaling her with more tales of the foibles and weaknesses of the aristocracy as Ginette helped her undress.

Thinking back on it, she realized there had been a subtle urgency in the manner of the viscountess. Indeed, now that she recalled her months as maid-cum-companion, she recognized that she had felt yet dismissed a sense of impendence. At first, she had wondered was it she who anticipated something vaguely threatening, or was it Lady Barton who expected some event? Now, a certainty filled her that Lady Barton’s choosing to employ her signified much more than she had guessed.

But what?

–excerpt from Propositions and Proposals