Weaving Tapestries of Adventure — James Rollins and BLOODLINE
In James Rollins’ BLOODLINE, futuristic science meets ancient mysticism to produce a non-stop thrill ride that will keep readers turning pages into the wee hours and leave them making excuses to their...
View Article42–The Jackie Robinson Story
By Piper Bayard 42, starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, and Nicole Beharie, tells a story of African-American Jackie Robinson’s breakthrough into the world of major league baseball. It covers...
View ArticleSusan Spann–Historical Mystery Author or Ninja Conspirator?
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes It’s happened again. It starts with a twitch, and then, before you know it, Holmes and I are kidnapping another author and whisking them away to our secret blog prison....
View ArticleRise of the Machines and the WANAMama
By Piper Bayard She has many names–WANAMama, Writerchik, the Death Star–but you may know her as Kristen Lamb. Fiction writer, blogger, and social media maven. I met her just over three years ago on a...
View ArticleIn Bruges — Movie Review by Bayard & Holmes
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes In Bruges was released in 2008, but it’s a favorite of mine and Holmes’ so we thought we’d share it with you. In Bruges is a drama about two hit men, Ray and Ken, who...
View ArticleCop Killer: A Phenomenal Thriller
Today we welcome two of our favorites to our site–Screenwriter and Best Selling Author Ryne Douglas Pearson and Author/Editor Ellie Ann. Holmes and I both thoroughly enjoyed this book by Ryne, the man...
View ArticleLone Survivor–Real SEALs and Unanswered Questions
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes Lone Survivor is a movie about the 2005 Afghanistan mission, Operation Red Wings, in which a four-man team of Navy SEALs was tasked with scouting out Ahmad Shah—a...
View ArticleBecoming Josephine — From Carefree Creole to Empress of France
By Piper Bayard In BECOMING JOSEPHINE, Heather Webb eloquently traces the transformation of Rose Tascher, carefree Caribbean island girl, to Empress Josephine, wife of the most powerful man of her...
View ArticleSpy Truth & Fiction — The Equalizer Gets Some Things Right
By Piper Bayard The Equalizer is a thriller film by Antoine Fuqua in which an ex-CIA operative must defeat the Russian mob to save his friend. Denzel Washington plays Robert McCall, a widower who has...
View ArticleBUGGING OUT — 5 Star Dystopian Fiction
By Piper Bayard Noah Mann delivers a winner of a dystopian thriller with BUGGING OUT. The future is alarmingly possible, the characters are refreshingly real, and the challenges are terrifying in this...
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