Author: The Owl Lady

Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.
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Everything in Nina’s life became trivial save one: protecting her only child – Trapped on Vail Mountain” (Vail Mountain Trilogy Book 2) by Desiree L. Scott

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#romance #comtemporary #thrillers #paranormal #alpha #romanticsuspense
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Nina Williams’ world shattered in an instant when she and her daughter witnessed her father’s brutal murder. Everything in her life became trivial save one: protecting her only child.
With the help of a friend, Nina leaves the city in a cloud of terror and heads for Vail Mountain and the safety she prays she will find.
Rob Garland has seen his share of the treacherous conditions on the mountains. But even spring floods, summer fires, and hikers lost in winter storms have not prepared him to face the fear in Nina’s eyes.
There is no beating the odds on this one. The men who are after them won’t give up. It’s only a matter of time before the truth is revealed and the stakes turn deadly.
Can Nina and Rob hold it together when nature and man turn against them?
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Robin Thistlewood

Awesome short story

This book was awesome for a quick read. Nina and her daughter Emily watched as her dad and Emily’s grandpa gets shot to death. Before he died he told her to take Emily and run.
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Will Cat finally find the honesty she’s looking for? – July Fireworks Sky (A Cat Collier Mystery Book 7) by Carol Ann Kauffman

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In July Fireworks Sky, the seventh book in the Cat Collier Mystery Short Story series, private investigator Mary Catherine Collier, known as Cat, finds herself in a disturbing, life-altering situation related to her brother’s trial. The outcome will have far-reaching effects for not only herself, but Carter, Spencer, and others.
The location for this cozy mystery bounces back and forth from her quiet, sleepy hometown of Heaton Valley, Ohio to New York City, where Cat has another branch of her detective agency and a wonderful, new love.
Will Cat finally find the honesty she’s looking for?
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KJ Williams

Another brilliant read!

I couldn’t stop reading once I began. Cat is such a vivacious character and yet a little sneaky here. I am ready for the book in this series and do believe I may start over with the first in this series! I love the characters and the descriptions and places in Ohio. Reminiscent of earlier days.

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Life has thrown JoJo a big curveball…her story is dark; her journey to the light is fractured – Confined by Barbi Barnard

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Confined: [Kuh n-fahynd]
Adjective
Limited or restricted
Unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, discipline, etc.
Being in parturition; being in childbirth.
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Confine + ed
Life has thrown JoJo a big curveball…her story is dark; her journey to the light is fractured. She must return to where it all started. When your life is turned upside down and inside out, when things become unbearable, when wrong become the norm, where do you go? How do you begin to live again after your fears become a reality? Jojo is rebuilding her life, one moment at a time. With the help of others, she is moving on and growing. She wishes for a normal life without the paralyzing fears, JoJo’s story has many twists and turns…people are there to help her, she needed only to reach out to take the offered hand. Will the memories she worked so hard to conceal finally come to light? Is she facing her problems head-on? Or, will her world peel away like the layers of an onion and take on a life of its own? Can a person survive and grow if they’re confined?
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Confined: by Barbi Barnard
Life has thrown JoJo a big curveball…her story is dark, her journey to the light is fractured…
Jojo lives in a world with deep-seated memories. She must return to where it all started. Is she facing her problems head-on? She wishes for a normal life without the paralyzing fears… she seeks the normal life everyone else seems to enjoy.
Finally, JoJo’ s life seems to have been rebuilt…happiness is within her grasp. Her story has many twists and turns.
Will the memories she worked so hard to confine finally come to light? Or, will her world fracture and take on a life of its own?
We all have hopes and dreams! Jojo has dreams too!
This book grabs you from the beginning, and doesn’t let you go till the last page…enjoy the ride!
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Sometimes it takes a criminal to save a life – A Thief in the Night: A Tale of Grimm Portent: (A Fairy Tale Retelling) (The Never Lands Saga) by Andi Lawencovna

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Eskild Fontaein should never have returned to his hometown. He could have stayed in the city where he was respected and admired, but no, he’d wanted to come home.
And as the newly appointed town magistrate, the only way to be taken seriously was to be feared. Hanging a thief should fit the bill.
He hadn’t wanted to do it. Wished he’d found another way.
Sometimes, wishes do come true.
Jaias Alvaldene, scourge of Undcrest, madwoman, villain, thief, is dead.
Well, not quite. It helps to have friends in high places, namely on the steps of the gallows when one’s about to be hung from a rope.
She would have stayed dead too, if not for the town Magistrate who seemed so forlorn at her demise.
What’s a good thief to do when a magistrate comes crying?
When a young girl is stolen by a horde of cannibals, there’s only one person to ask for aid in rescuing her.
Once a Thief, Always a thief…
Can Eskild convince Jaias to help him find the child before it’s too late? Or will he lose everything to his Thief in the Night?
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Trusting someone is a mistake he’s never-repeating again – Ride or Die (Nice Ink Book 2) by Trish Edmisten

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Flynn Murphy doesn’t need a man, especially not the cocky and confident Derek Nice. So what if Derek is a cop? Flynn learned a long time ago that just because someone is supposed to do the right thing doesn’t mean he will. Trusting someone is a mistake he’s never-repeating again.
Derek isn’t worried that Flynn isn’t letting him get close yet. All Derek needs is one chance to show Flynn how good they can be together. And he’s not stopping until he gets it.
This is a 78K word story with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.
Trigger Warning: This story deals with childhood sexual abuse. All instances occur off-page but are discussed in detail by the MC.
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Elizabeth Agiantritis

Another winner!!!

Ride or Die is the second book in the Nice Ink series, though it can be read as a standalone. All of the featured characters from the first book play a role is this book too. The two main characters, Derek and Flynn actually met in the first book. Although Derek showed an interest in Flynn from their first meeting, Flynn’s feelings were not known. In Ride or Die, we find out that Flynn returns Derek’s interest, but won’t act on it, for reasons of his own. Despite not receiving much of an encouragement, Derek doesn’t want to give up on Flynn and manages to get a first date with him. That goes well and they form a relationship. Flynn is still reluctant though, but Derek, suspecting something troubling in Flynn’s past, decides to be patient. Only time will tell if his patience will prove fruitful. It was great to see all of the characters returning and their interactions with each other. Like the first book, there is a lot of humour and good-natured ribbing going on between the characters.

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Casey is determined to lead her friends to safety – Viral Dawn: (Viral Series Book 1) by Skyler Rankin

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What if your world changed in a split second, destroying everything you thought you knew and thrusting you into a world where your very survival depends on every move you make, every decision, and every step you take? Every. Move. Matters.
An explosion at the army depot unleashes a deadly cloud carrying a genetically engineered virus that turns people into flesh-eating zombies. High school senior, Casey Williams has taken refuge at the school with friends and others who managed to survive the blast and ensuing viral outbreak. They’re safe. For now. But supplies are running short, and tempers are running shorter as Casey realizes the time is coming they will need to get out. She is determined to lead her friends to safety only to discover that she’s led them into even greater danger. Determined to save her friends, she fights the living and the undead in her quest to survive.
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Crysmisty

Good detail and character development.

Dang. I had never read a zombie book like this, but I was so surprised at how it was written. To this author… Are you sure you aren’t a zombie? Lolol The storyline was excellent and so much detail. Characters were amazing.

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Tori escaped from a biker gang and running from drug lords… used by the FBI and hoping to protect her present from her past – Captive (A New Life Book 1) by Samantha Jacobey

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#Thriller #Suspense #DarkRead #DarkRomance #SamJac

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A New Life Series is an epic adventure. TORI FARRELL’s life IS one wild story… escaped from a biker gang and running from drug lords… used by the FBI and hoping to protect her present from her past… IT’S DARK – IT’S BRUTAL, and it’s WORTH EVERY MINUTE OF IT!! (Mature read, 18+ for graphic sexual content and violence, including rape)
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R J-Bisland

Way out of my normal reading but WOW I didn’t want to put it down – amazing

Man o Man can you say WTF. This is just book 1 we are in for a crazy, intense, hold on to your device type of ride. LOL
Wow, how to summarize what I read…
To wake up in a hospital, not knowing how you got there, having people talk around you that you don’t know.
After waking up and getting released from the hospital Tori finds herself in a mental institute for recovery while the FBI does what they want. Tori begins to trust one FBI agent who comes to see her often, Eli, they grow a relationship where she trusts him.
She has a meeting with the FBI and tells them her story and gives them information of the people holding her and gives them locations on a map of places she knows of from the crimes she knows of.

FBI decides that they are not going to be completely honest with her and declares her a minor, she knows its not true but has no way to prove it. She is put in a half way house in California for 6 months before being deemed an emancipated minor.
WOW you need to read the book, there are just some details that can not be describe and get the same feelings as when you read them.

REVIEWER FOR BLOGGIN’ WITH M. BRENNAN

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PREORDER NOW – 99c/99p – When the Bough Breaks by Ryanne Anthony

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#contemporary, #romance, #interracial, #multicultural,
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Finding her niche in the beauty world was a long road for Quanda Jarvis, until a world-famous actress changed that course for the better.

Soon after, Quanda eloped with personal security guard John Hudson, but John showed his wife he was not the man he presented himself to be.

John and Quanda divorced, and to Quanda, attorney Daniel Warner was seen for more than his expert legal advice. He quickly shows her she was never in love until she opened up to him.

Daniel was a handsome, successful man of faith, who took a vow of celibacy in college. He promised God he wouldn’t make love with another woman until marriage and had kept that promise for seventeen years.

Temptation plagues Daniel and Quanda, and it becomes a daily fight not to cave to the attraction, while John Hudson waits in the distance, plotting to keep them apart, and not only in bed. John has a need with Quanda and is determined to make her fulfill it.

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Dr. Karen Anderson returns to the past, to the Lakota and her life with Standing Deer – Into the Wilderness (The Wilderness Series, Book #2) by Pamela Ackerson

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 The time-travel saga continues with book 2.
A magnificent, timeless adventure that tugs at the heart weighs the soul, and measures the human strength and spirit. The Wilderness time travel series continues with this historically detailed story of love, war, and fantastic adventure.
Dr. Karen Anderson returns to the past, to the Lakota and her life with Standing Deer. The Little Big Horn Battle – Custer’s Last Stand looms, ending a lifestyle the People have always known. Over the span of time, they fight for freedom and the promise of tomorrow.
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Carrier1209

Great follow to the first book

Love the twists that occur in this book, amazing sequel considering it’s a part 2….the end was, well let’s just say looking forward to another book, obvious lead to another one coming (I like that)

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The Electric Mask – was revolutionary for Denise, a reclusive burn victim – A Face to Die For by Michael Bussa

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The year is 2051, and The MedMoore Group is the largest pharmaceutical and medical device producer in the world. The introduction of a new device – The Electric Mask – was revolutionary for Denise, a reclusive burn victim. But when a visit from her estranged sister opens the floodgates, the horror of childhood memories rush in demanding resolution, and the mask is the perfect tool. Some dark memories cannot be forgotten – or forgiven.
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Kindle Customer

Riveting

I had no idea what to expect and I was gladly surprised with this short read. Looking forward to more.

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