Recommended Reads

Please see my recommended reads from the ARC (advanced reader copies) I've received. As always, I was sent these books for free but all reviews are voluntarily and honest.

10th May, 2026

The Confessor’s Portrait by Lena James

“That holiness may burn with the same fire as desire, and that both come from the same source.” The novel, The Confessor’s Portrait, by Lena …

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1st May, 2026

Life… by Pavel Piatrou

“Tiny droplets gathered into heavier ones and slid slowly downward – as if the mirror were crying, unwilling to reveal what awaited him.” The short …

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19th April, 2026

The Sun Knows Her Name by Courtney Thornton

“She pressed her hand against her chest, feeling the faint echo still there, steady and sure. For remembrance, the voice whispered again, softer this time.” …

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10th April, 2026

The Professor of Eventide by Meredith Allard

“A deep fatigue tormented me, a mournful, soul-crushing exhaustion I hadn’t felt in some time. You can only carry the burden of sorrow for so …

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1st April, 2026

Ikona by M.D. Dixon

“Maybe there was some kind of—he racked his brain—portal, or magic (but he didn’t believe in magic, although… his brain froze. What might magic be …

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14th March, 2026

Threepence on the Carpet by David Whittet

“But as she left, promising to visit again soon, Tommy couldn’t shake the feeling that the past held the key to something vital. Something that …

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