Monday Book Review: Vittorio’s Woman
VITTORIO’S WOMAN (The Vittorio Series) by Kimberley Reeves Review… Summary: Lilly is a physical therapist, but she doesn’t do it for money, she just really likes helping people. She gets a call from the sister of a man she saw once at a party and developed a huge crush on, Simon Vittorio. The sister says that Simon’s had an accident and he’s in despair. He needs a tough physical therapist to pull him from his depression and get him inspired to walk again. Simon has also been blinded by this accident, the characters hope temporarily. Little does Lilly know, Simon remembers her and has also been longing for her as much as she has for him. But he’s driven away other psychical therapists and he’s going to do the same to her...
Read MoreFriday Story: Guru’s Grace
This week I’m continuing with the Indian theme! This short story has appeared in a collection, but has never been sold on its own. I wrote this while visiting an ashram in southern India. I think you’re really going to enjoy it!  Guru’s Grace by Ruth Madison Copyright 2011 by Ruth Madison  Sumitra knew what her parents were going to ask the guru. She was turning twenty-nine in two month’s time and they were beyond desperate to get her married. She went along to try to be a good daughter, but in her heart she knew she could never be happy with the men her parents found and finding one on her own was close to impossible. There was one very specific thing she needed in a man and she could never tell anyone about it. She sat in between...
Read MoreInterview: A.N. Drea (Spiral Razor)
I am so honored to have Ms. Drea here today to tell us a little more about her novel, Shot in the Dark: A Killian McBride Novel (Volume 1). My trusted friend and vigilante reviewer extraordinaire, DevoGirl recommended this book to me and I’m glad that she did. I enjoyed it very much. (See the review from a few weeks ago). So, here is the author to assuage our curiosity…  1) Where did the idea for this story come from? The idea for this story was a long process. Killian himself started out as a character in a fan fiction. He was the result of watching too much Zatoichi and Highlander:The Series, concurrently. I tried him out in various incarnations until I found one that I liked. Jesse sort of evolved on his own, and the story went from there. 2) Were...
Read MoreFriday Story: Home Country
I’ve had a really excellent response to this story in the one place it’s been posted. So I’d like to share it with you guys today. A sequel for it is also bouncing around in my brain and gaining momentum. I’m starting to look at this as the first part in a serialized story. (Make sure to sign up for my newsletter so you’ll get a notice when it comes out!) Let me know in the comments whether you’ve enjoyed this story! Thanks 🙂 Audio Version available here: HomeCountry (28 minutes long) Home Country By Ruth Madison Copyright 2011 by Ruth Madison When Priankya travels from India to America for an arranged marriage, she discovers why the groom’s family accepted her poor family and bad horoscope  Priyanka spent most of the...
Read MoreMonday Book Review: The Squeaky Wheel
The Squeaky Wheel- An Unauthorized Autobiography Review… Summary: This one is a memoir, so it’s a little bit different from the romances I often review. It’s the story of how a young man goes in for an easy surgery and comes out a quadriplegic. The Good: I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. New injury stories are  not my favorite and I was worried that it would be very bitter and angry. It wasn’t. It wasn’t exactly chipper either, but I felt like it really captured this young man’s experience perfectly (not easy to do, even when you’re telling your own story!). It’s easy (for me, anyway) to forget that a disabled person often started out able-bodied and doesn’t know what to make of a sudden change...
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At proofreaders; available for pre-order
What Is Meant To Be
Second draft
Homework & Homicide (working title)
Second Draft
Book Montage
RFW winner October 7, 2011
