The Inscrutable Life of a Spy

Title: A Spy At Home
Author: Joseph M. Rinaldo
Website: www.josephmrinaldo.com
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
ISBN: B0033WSVVC


Reviewed by Citizen John, originally for Amazon
Reviewer's Rating: 5-star


This review is from: A Spy At Home (Kindle Edition).

"The Number One lesson for a band, it is said, is to get off stage
while the audience still wants you. A Spy At Home is like a Grisham
novel exiting stage right just as the subconscious mind tells you this
is not really fiction. I'm ready to read more by Joseph Rinaldo.

Spies like Garrison, the protagonist, have a tendency to become their
legend, their claimed background or biography. They support it by
documentation, memorization and years of life experience. They live
what they project. One of Garrison's tradecrafts is moving and hiding
large funds clandestinely. However, Garrison assumes caregiver
responsibilities and that changes everything.

I was unsure whether Garrison is an unusually caring man or if so much
of his time was window dressing. He could not easily have selected a
better cover story to convince observers that what they are observing
is genuine. My suspicions were confirmed that there would be a wet job
well into the approximately 125-page story. Even now I think about
this story and wonder where reality ends and fiction begins."

Thank you for the opportunity to promote my ebook by submitting this review.

Joe Rinaldo
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Author Shares Fave Review of Contemporary Fiction

Title: Appalachian Justice
Author: Melinda Clayton
Author's blog link: http://authormelindaclayton.xanga.com
Genre: Contemporary fiction
ISBN: ISBN 978-1-935407-92-8
Publisher: Vanilla Heart Publishing
Reviewer's rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed by Tracy Riva on her blog and originally for Midwest Book Review

"Rarely has a character stuck in my head the way Billy May Platte of Appalachian Justice has. Melinda Clayton does such a rich job with the character you can hear her speaking plain as day by the end of her first chapter and her voices resonates long after she leaves the pages of the book behind. Other characters in the book are just as deeply drawn out, especially the antagonist who will make your skin crawl, almost literally.

Appalachian Justice is a tale of the cost of prejudice, the value of love and the price of courage. It is the story of everyday characters who happen to be settled in the Appalachian mountains during a period of time from the forties through modern day, though the vast majority of the story covers two critical times, one, a single day in the life of Billy May Platte that would change her forever, the other a few critical weeks, in the lives of four families that will once again change the face of the small mountain town and the lives of those living in it.

Appalachian Justice is visceral, reaching out to grab your emotions and senses from the first pages until the last. The tension is well-developed growing exponentially until it finally reaches the breaking point. It is a wonderful début album for Melinda Clayton and deserves to be read by every family trying to teach tolerance and the cost of prejudice. The story, set in the past unfortunately still happens today in community after community, most of which aren’t able to find a little Appalachian Justice.


Open the pages, but be prepared, while Appalachian Justice works to break down barriers and to bring about understanding of a few key issues it is raw and at times violent though both factors are critical to the story and are not done simply for shock value. It is a crucial story for our time and for the ages to come, by reading it we may evolve enough as a people to never need Appalachian Justice."
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Humor and Romance Mix Pleases Happily Ever After Reviewer

Title: Confessions of a Liberal Lover

Author: E.M. Muller
Author's Website: http://emmuller.com/
Publisher: Red Rose Publishing
Genre: Mainstream Fiction: Contemporary, Chick Lit, Comedy

Reviewed by Kylie for Happily Ever After Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5 Tea Cups

E.M. Muller's Confessions of a Liberal Lover is poignantly funny from start to finish. Not just a story of finding the right guy, but of finding oneself.
After failing to live up to expectations one too many times, Maud leaves home at 19. She is thrust into the world of full time work, part time school, and one disastrous relationship after another. Which includes such enjoyable calamities as receiving a rifle instead of a ring, a delightfully disastrous wedding, and the most perfectly comical divorce. Along for the ride is Maud's pet gargoyle, who dispenses wisdom, advice, and wit, all rolled into one. Maud's gargoyle steadfastly refuses to let her give up on herself or settle for less than she deserves. Forget the fairy godmothers, ladies; what we all really need is a gargoyle.
Maud's sexual encounters run the gambit from Young Republicans, mishaps with the missionary position, to riding cowboys, and much more. From faking orgasms to fellatio, nothing is taboo. While never explicit, Muller's frank honesty and witty portrayal of sex will have you laughing with delight and cringing in understanding.
With a sassy and smart heroine, and a gargoyle that's part fairy godmother and part Jiminy Cricket, Confessions of a Liberal Lover is the perfect book for any girl who ever felt overshadowed by a sibling, misunderstood by a parent, or turned herself inside out for a guy.

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