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Tyrants, Tormentors and the Tiara

by Jill Allen

Backstories, humorous dialogue, and developed personalities humanize these four villainous protagonists. Many fantasy readers know what’s going on with the villains in a story as the baddies antagonize the heroes, but what happens to... Read More

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Night Crossing

by Jill Allen

A painter spurred on by visions stumbles through life in a novel that offers something for everybody: art, romance, philosophizing, unexpected adventure, and beautiful prose. In "Night Crossing", the final book in the Trilogy of... Read More

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The Corporate Jungle

by Jill Allen

C. S. Lewis’s wardrobe gets a twenty-first-century makeover in this witty and inventive tale. People using closets to gain access to other worlds is a trope at least as old as C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.... Read More

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A Year in the Life of Dr. Fox

by Jill Allen

A man with a double life—doctor and reinvented Zorro—proves a hero in this superb thriller. Many know Zorro as the mythical, swashbuckling Latino crusader for justice who rides a horse, wields a sword, and protects Mexican settlers... Read More

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Life Song

by Jill Allen

Poetic prose underscores the central plotline of a musician attempting to make it big. Poet Robert Frost claims that taking the road less traveled makes all the difference. Aussie Mavis Mills, the single-mom protagonist of Christine M.... Read More

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Passionwalk

by Jill Allen

Plummer tastefully blends erotica with religious belief in this novel of love and open-minded Christianity. The old saw says love comes when you least expect it. Emotionally bruised child-care worker Saundra and ex-basketball player... Read More

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The Outbreak

by Jill Allen

Now, here’s a zombie apocalypse that really knocks ’em dead. With zombie apocalypses occurring across all media at an alarming rate these days, it is difficult to find a new spin on the catastrophe. But Scottish marine biologist... Read More

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