I have been asked why the pen name as well as my name Michele Scott. I am writing thrillers that are pretty dark and a bit twisted, as well as ramping up the romance in them versus the light romance I write in my mysteries. I am writing these thrillers under the pen name A.K. [CONTINUE READING]
Apr 182012
Clark Hayden is a graduate student trying to help his mother navigate through the loss of his father while she continues to live in their house near Washington DC. With his mother’s diminishing mental capacity becoming the norm, Clark expects a certain amount of craziness as he heads home for the holidays. What he couldn’t [CONTINUE READING]
Apr 132012
Prominent businessman, and friend of the chief of police, Nathan Stanley is stabbed on the frontsteps of his Grand Avenue Hill home. Catherine O’Brien and her partner Louise Montgomery are tasked with figuring out who-done-it, in two days or less. The investigation is complicated by the fact that Stanley wasn’t a nice guy. His assistant, Tracy, [CONTINUE READING]
Forgiveness is a central theme in BEYOND JUSTICE. Today Josh talks about its transforming power. When I was a child back in the Mesozoic Era, whenever a kid would tell us to stop doing something the common retort was always “It’s a free country”—in other words, I can do whatever I like. Indeed, relatively speaking, [CONTINUE READING]
Feb 212012
When Renee discovers that her neighbor, Dr. Dawson, has bags of his dead daughter’s frozen blood stored in his basement, she decides it’s up to her to uncover the doctor’s mysterious past. What she learns, however, is not what she expects. Now she and her friend Sam Miller are on the run, hiding from scientists [CONTINUE READING]
From Illiterate to Author: One Woman’s Odyssey {Guest #Author: Alicia Singleton + #Giveaway Details}
Feb 152012
Hushed voices seeped through tiny cupped fingers. Down the row, one by one, the A’s and B’s on top of the graded papers brought joy to each recipient. The teacher placed the graded test on the girl’s desk. Big. Red. Bold. The ‘E’ sat poised at the top of the paper. Like a cruel monarch sitting atop a throne of judgment, [CONTINUE READING]
“A beautifully woven story…You will weep for and cheer on the O’Malley sisters …immediately miss them once the last page is turned.” —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and These Hidden Things, on Good Graces Lesley Kagen returns with the sequel to her New York Timesbestselling debut, Whistling in [CONTINUE READING]
Aug 052011
On My Shelves is a weekly post at The Book Faery Reviews which shares THREE books from our personal collection. These books could be favorites, books to be read as soon as possible for our own enjoyment, as well as books to be read soon for scheduled reviews. Books let us into their souls [CONTINUE READING]
It’s time once again to dredge up that age-old philosophical debate (or did I just create a brand new debate?) of who came first, the writer or the character? The internet (and libraries, bookstores, my closet, etc.) is teeming with how-to guides for creating life-like characters to inhabit fictional worlds. But if you spend any [CONTINUE READING]
Ooh, the latest Dean Koontz book looks GOOOOOOD!! I need a copy! Here is a ghost story like no other you have read. Dean Koontz brings to life a family in a war for their survival against an adversary more malevolent than any he has yet created. Of all his acclaimed novels, none exceeds What [CONTINUE READING]
