Jennifer L. Hotes Reviews Riverbend by Tess Thompson

~Book Two in the River Valley collection, following on bestselling novel Riversong~ “Tag. I found you.” Just as Annie Bell’s reputation as one of the best chefs in the Pacific Northwest grows to new heights, she receives a threatening phone call from...
Release Day Party: Alliance by Aubrie Dionne

Release Day Party: Alliance by Aubrie Dionne

Synopsis:  “Saving him meant saving her colony…”  Lyra Bryan has been saving people her whole life from a chick in the ventilation pipes to her mentally ill brother when his mind drifts back to Old Earth. She meets her match when she finds a gorgeous alien man aboard...
Project Northwoods by Jonathan Charles Bruce

Project Northwoods by Jonathan Charles Bruce

Synopsis: In a world where heroism and villainy are 9-to-5 gigs, Arthur Lovelass’s life has reached critical mass. Every attempt he’s made to humiliate his popular and heroic father has failed, his girlfriend has left him, his sister won’t talk to him, he’s jobless,...
Interview with Booktrope Author Jennifer L. Hotes

Interview with Booktrope Author Jennifer L. Hotes

1. What inspired you to write your first book? Four Rubbings is the end result of a series of dreams/nightmares I had after purchasing a tombstone rubbing kit for my niece, the art student. I shared my dream with my sister-in-law, Stacy Hotes, and she encouraged me to...
Four Rubbings by Jennifer L. Hotes

Four Rubbings by Jennifer L. Hotes

Synopsis: Halloween. The night the barrier between the dead and the living is as thin as muslin. Fourteen-year old Josie, haunted by the death of her mother, leads her best friends to an ancient cemetery to rub graves. Convinced she will come away with proof of her...

Gale Martin Reviews Four Rubbings by Jennifer L. Hotes

Halloween. The night the barrier between the dead and the living is as thin as muslin. Fourteen-year old Josie, haunted by the death of her mother, leads her best friends to an ancient cemetery to rub graves. Convinced she will come away with proof of her mother’s...
Shari J. Ryan on Postpartum Depression

Shari J. Ryan on Postpartum Depression

Everyone has his or her own inspiration and reason for a hobby. Mine was originally to protect myself from going through postpartum depression. After my first son was born, darkness swept over me like black cloud. It came out of nowhere, and I didn’t know what was...
Interview with Booktrope Author Shari J. Ryan

Interview with Booktrope Author Shari J. Ryan

1. What inspired you to write your first book? Answer: I stared aimlessly out the window at three feet of snow, thick gray clouds, and flickering streetlights. It was a depressing New England winter day, and my mind wandered into a warmer place, like San Diego. I...
Schasm by Shari J. Ryan

Schasm by Shari J. Ryan

Synopsis: Chloe Valcourt drifts between two worlds: the dark reality of her domineering mother and feeble father and the vivid fantasy of her imagination. With her condition comes the harsh observation of doctors who intend to cure her of it. But a chance encounter...

Schasm by Shari J. Ryan

Chloe Valcourt drifts between two worlds: the dark reality of her domineering mother and feeble father and the vivid fantasy of her imagination. With her condition comes the harsh observation of doctors who intend to cure her of it. But a chance encounter with a...