Books-on-War

REVIEW: Poisoned Kisses by Stephanie Draven

REVIEW: Poisoned Kisses by Stephanie Draven

Dear Ms. Draven: I admit that I haven’t read a book in the Nocturne line since it debuted a couple of years ago. My experience had been that the shorter length category books weren’t very well suited for the paranormal genre because it takes time to build a believable world and still fit in a(…)

REVIEW:  At Her Service by Susan Johnson

REVIEW: At Her Service by Susan Johnson

Dear Ms. Johnson: I’ve re-read some of your backlist titles so many times, the cover fell off the paperback copies. I think you were writing erotic romance before erotic romance was even a commonly used term. What I loved most was the lush beauty of the writing that some might even accuse of being ponderous(…)

A Future Must Read: Women at War: Combat and Conscience in Iraq

March 8 (yesterday) was International Women’s Day and one of the issues that swirled around that net was that of women in combat. JMC brought to my attention the transcript of an interview done with Columbia professor, Helen Benedict, and two Iraq veterans: Specialist Mickiela Montoya with the National Guard and Eli Painted Crow, an(…)