A MelanieM Review: The Beast Without by Christian Baines

Rating: 4.75 stars out of 5 Reylan, a Blood Shade, the correct term for vampires,, likes being on his own.  He is wealthy, gorgeous,  sexy and particular in who he eats.  He picks out his prey from the popular gay clubs of Sidney, on Oxford Street.  Reylan is always careful not to take too much,… Continue reading A MelanieM Review: The Beast Without by Christian Baines

January is Down Under Author Showcase Month and the Week Ahead at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

   January is Down Under Author Showcase Month!  ✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍✍   Starting January 1st, Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words is having its first annual Down Under Author Showcase.  Each day in the month of January we are featuring a different author from either New Zealand or Australia and their stories in an effort to promote these… Continue reading January is Down Under Author Showcase Month and the Week Ahead at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Review: The Prince and the Practitioner by Christian Baines

Rating: 3 stars out of 5 Eliot had been practicing magic for most of his life but never had he been successful in summoning a demon…until now.  Far too impulsive for his own good, Eliot’s spell casting has always been a hit or miss proposition.  Sometimes it worked, mostly it didn’t.  So when the summoning… Continue reading Review: The Prince and the Practitioner by Christian Baines

A Touch of Spring, a Ray of Sunshine and the Week Ahead in Review

It’s 60 degrees here today.  The sun is shining, the snow is melting, and thoughts of Spring are crowding into my mind.  I know that February still has to run its course.  And March can and most likely will be blustery and cold.  And yet, and yet.  All this warmth and sunshine is playing games… Continue reading A Touch of Spring, a Ray of Sunshine and the Week Ahead in Review

Scattered Thoughts Best Books of 2013

ScatteredThoughtsandRogueWords Presents: Time for Scattered Thoughts to look back at all the wonderful books read and reviewed in 2013 and try to pick those stories that stood out the most among all the many stories I read.  As always it was a hard thing to do because there were so many this year that crowded… Continue reading Scattered Thoughts Best Books of 2013

Scattered Thoughts Summary of Reviews for August 2013

August 2013 Review and Blog Summary: 5 Star Rating: Fifty Fifty Chances Are (Chances Are #3) by Lee Brazil, contemporary Ghost of a Chance (Chances Are #4) by Lee Brazil, contemporary Wicked Guidance (Wicked’s Way #4) by Havan Fellows, contemporary Wicked Incarcerations (Wicked’s Way #3) by Havan Fellows contemporary 4 to 4.75 Star Rating: Chances… Continue reading Scattered Thoughts Summary of Reviews for August 2013

A Touch of Fall and The Week In Reviews

So you know that certain color of blue that only appears in the fall skies?  That is the color of the sky outside this morning.  The air has a certain crispness about it, so foreign usually in August here in Maryland.  The light is shining at a different angle, portending the coming fall and the… Continue reading A Touch of Fall and The Week In Reviews