Books Worth Your Bucks: A Virtual Romance
This week I thought I’d review a virtual world romance since they are so rare and hard to fine. This offering is from back in 2005. I don’t know when the author did her research or where, but the blurb reminded me of one of my favorite pirate sims in Second Life, Barbary Coast, so I picked up a copy. If you’re a virtual world adventurer don’t expect this story to be about current technology. It’s more about future tech, like the projects underway to create VR headsets. I enjoyed that the characters do get into the whole start a business build a virtual economy and earn a virtual living. …
Welcome back to another exciting edition of Books Worth Your Bucks. It’s the last big weekend of the summer–Labor Day weekend holiday here in the US. Traditionally everyone makes one last trek to the beaches. With tropical storm Hermine thrashing just off the Atlantic coast, it’s not looking good for a beach weekend. I think I’ll curl up with the last story in Undertow while the rain falls.Undertow by Patricia A. KnightFormer Army Ranger, Max Harper didn’t know the young woman playing fetch on the beach with his therapy dog—but he wanted to. From his first meeting with Holiday Jones, her fresh beauty and soft heart swept him away. The…
Books Worth Your Bucks—Undertow: Backwater Blessing by Kris Michaels
Welcome back to another exciting edition of Books Worth Your Bucks. Where did Summer go? There re only few more beach weekends ahead. If like me, work demands are making a getaway impossible for you at the moment, grab a copy of Undertow, an anthology of summer beach reads from Troll River Publications. As each of these stories is a nice length, and a satisfying read in itself, I’ll take you through them one at a time in the remaining weeks of August. Story number 3, Backwater BlessingBackwater Blessing by Kris Michaels When Cole, Mr. FBI, and Logan, local cop and reigning Ice Princess, hook up to solve a case…