Aug 10, 2007
Rainbow Valley by Barbara Clark
Whoopee-ti-yi-yay! Fresh out of cooking school, Annie Reed is overjoyed to be offered a job as head cook at a well-known dude ranch. But that job doesn’t work out, and she finds herself down to her last dime in an unfamiliar town. When she overhears a stranger talking about a cooking job at his ranch, she quickly nominates herself for the position. Then she finds out her new boss is no other than... read more
Aug 10, 2007
Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah by Barbara Pearson Arau
The Florida Keys at the height of the hurricane season is the setting for “Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah” by Barbara Pearson Arau. “Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah” probes the murders of two people in Webb Key, a sleepy place where everybody knows everybody else’s business. Dinah comes to Webb Key to work on a cookbook and to deal with her soon-to-be-final... read more
Aug 10, 2007
Teasing Danger by Autumn Dawn
In “Teasing Danger” by Autumn Dawn, Jasmine finds herself hunting for her best friend in the Alaskan wilderness. Wiley often disappears into the solitude of the heavily forested region, knowing that Jasmine and her dog Lemming will soon follow. She always leaves a map and never deviates from the course she has set. Jasmine’s panic is immense when she arrives at Wiley’s camp to find... read more
Aug 10, 2007
The Eye of Night by Pauline Alama
“The Eye of Night” by Pauline Alama is an epic tale of converse elements: famine and harvest, mystery and enlightenment, death and rebirth, chaos and genesis. Welcome to a world ruled by gods of the World-Wheel: Rising God, Bright Goddess, Upside-down God, and Hidden Goddess. Natural order abandons the land of the North and beckons the time of the Troubles. Ghosts walk the earth; madness... read more
Aug 10, 2007
The Mother’s Sword by Dr. Bob Rich
In the next book in the series, “The Mother’s Sword” by Dr. Bob Rich, the Ehvelen are mythic peoples, small of stature, but mighty as to their reverence for each other. This second story tells what is happening back home while the invading, evil Doshi hold Heather of Quiet Glen captive. The reader learns of young blond-haired Oak who is amazed to see these giant ogres kill others,... read more
