Stealing Hope by Beverly Ovalle

Stealing Hope

By Beverly Ovalle

Hope is a shape shifting Dragon, who learns she has come from a family of them. Because the Apocalypse has taken place, the few surviving humans, and Shape Shifting Dragons, the World has returned back to the basics whereas everyone farms, barters and such to make ends meet. 

Ari, has felt drawn to Hope, knowing he is meant to be her mate. He, along with her brothers, Crag, Rog and Hark that she meets in different time frames, help to teach Hope about herself and educate her. 

Ari must also meet and gain the approval of Hopes father, and the rest of the family. Will he? 

This book is very humorous and has a lot of very sensuous love scenes in it. As you read along, you can very well imagine and see a very fun and intriguing action filled book. This book will pull you in, to the point of wanting to follow along in Hope’s life further to see what could and would happen to her. 

Everything you read and feel, you can see, and it is so interesting that you just feel like you are right there with them. I was to the point that I couldn’t put the book down, and I wanted to read more. Hope is a very interesting character!

You will definitively fall in love with this book! I can promise that, therefore I assure you this is a five star read! So if you haven’t already, I would suggest buying your copy today, and enjoying falling in love with Hope the shape shifting dragon and her love Ari as I did. And her family, is pretty epic too. Beverly Ovalle is an excellent story teller for any age group!

Here are my question for Beverly:

1. What made you write this book? 

I've always been fascinated by dragons and the possibility of apocalypse. I started writing this story as a National Novel Writing Month project. I got involved in telling it and kept at it until I was done.

2. How long did it take you to write this book?

I wrote everyday in November, but didn't finish it until June that next year, so eight months.

3. Do you have any photos or descriptions of these characters? (Like Hope or Ari?)

Ari is black haired with gold eyes, stocky and in great physical shape. In his dragon form, his eyes stay the same. His scales are black with a blue tint. He has wings, and a row on spikes from his head to his tail. Hope is blue eyed and her hair is a mix of red and blonde, and brown, a chestnut color. Hope's dragon is small, much smaller than Ari. Her eyes still are blue and her scales a glistening copper, reflective of her hair in her human form. My inspirational photos for Ari and Hope and the rest of the dragons can be found on my pinterest page at https://www.pinterest.com/ovalleba/a-dragons-fated-heart-series-inspiration/.

4. Who are your favorite Author(s)?

Christine Feehan, Stephanie Laurens, G.A. Aikens, and T.S. Joyce.

5. What are you currently working on?

I am revising A Saint's Salvation, adding the heroines point of view and the next in the series, A Sailor's Delight and also working on Finding Faith, the second book in A Dragon's Fated Heart series.

6. What are your hobbies?

I love to read of course. I sew, and bead and race around town on my scooter. If I'm indoor, I love to game.

7. What can you suggest to those wanting to write a book?

Go for it. Give it a try. I never thought anything I wrote would ever be in someone else's hands but I tried it and it is a fantastic feeling when someone likes it.

8. Is it hard to get published?

It's not easy, but it is worth the time. Self publishing makes it easier to do it yourself but it is much more involved.

9. Please provide us a link to all of your work and how we can follow it and you:

My books can all be found on Amazon.
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10. Anything you'd like to add:

Thank you for having me. I hope that everyone enjoys reading my tales as much as I enjoyed writing them.

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Stealing Hope A Dragon's Fated Heart by Beverly Ovalle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Hope is a shape shifting Dragon, who learns she has come from a family of them. Because the Apocalypse has taken place, the few surviving humans, and Shape Shifting Dragons, the World has returned back to the basics whereas everyone farms, barters and such to make ends meet.

Ari, has felt drawn to Hope, knowing he is meant to be her mate. He, along with her brothers, Crag, Rog and Hark that she meets in different time frames, help to teach Hope about herself and educate her.

Ari must also meet and gain the approval of Hopes father, and the rest of the family. Will he?

This book is very humorous and has a lot of very sensuous love scenes in it. As you read along, you can very well imagine and see a very fun and intriguing action filled book. This book will pull you in, to the point of wanting to follow along in Hope’s life further to see what could and would happen to her.

Everything you read and feel, you can see, and it is so interesting that you just feel like you are right there with them. I was to the point that I couldn’t put the book down, and I wanted to read more. Hope is a very interesting character!

You will definitively fall in love with this book! I can promise that, therefore I assure you this is a five star read! So if you haven’t already, I would suggest buying your copy today, and enjoying falling in love with Hope the shape shifting dragon and her love Ari as I did. And her family, is pretty epic too. Beverly Ovalle is an excellent story teller for any age group!


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Two Roads (Stargate SG-1 #24) by Geonn Cannon

Two Roads

(Stargate SG-1 #24)

By Geonn Cannon

Okay, let me start by saying I am a big time Stargate fan. So much so, that when Geonn came to me and told me that he wrote these books, I was totally in disbelief. And when he showed me all of us his work, and what all he had written, and the fact that he had sought me out, I was totally honored. 

As a big time Stargate fan, this was and always will be one of the biggest honors I have ever had. And not to play favorites, this will always be one of my favorite reviews too.

I will tell you, as I read this book, knowing the characters as I do, Geonn can and does represent them just as they are on the TV Series. Jack is just as corny, and Daniel Jackson is just as nerdy and into the relics as ever. 

And bringing back Vala, also another one of my favorite characters, is another great choice. She is so sexy and silly. 

The Goa’uld as we all know, have been defeated, and the Jaffa are free. But fortunately Daniel Jackson, while on another planet makes a discovery and finds a device designed to exterminate the Jaffa who have dared to defy their gods.

And as we all know, Vala is a common thief, and this device could be a prize to her…I mean if you know Vala the goal is money and who can get the best prize, so to speak.

I also like the fact that Geonn wasn’t afraid to bring two new characters into the fold. Artifacts and investigations, and the team of SG1 all tight knit. I could see everything as if I was literally watching the show on the television. Only without the annoying commercials, but the best part was, I felt like I was right there!

The writing was amazing, and I felt like MGM made the right choice in choosing Geonn to carry on their wonderful saga. Even though MGM decided it wasn’t worthy of airing any further.

If, like me, you are a stargate fan, you will need and want to read this. It is an excellent book. It’s well written and follows along completely, and the characters are exactly as they are on screen, when put into print. 

I give Geonn Cannon five stars, more if my scale went beyond five stars, but it doesn’t. He is an amazing writer, and a true artist. I suggest buying this book, and joining the Geonn fan club, as I have! He has true talent!

Here are my questions for Geonn:

1. What made you write this book?

You'd have had to fight me not to! It was a dream of mine to write for Stargate because the world was so rich and full of potential, and I loved the characters so much. I got to know a few people who were Stargate authors (Jo Graham, Melissa Scott, and Amy Griswold) and they ended up mentioning me to the publisher. 

2. Are you a stargate fan?

Oh absolutely. I used to record the episodes on VHS, then I would copy that onto another tape so I could edit out the commercials. This was before every show was on DVD, of course. So much easier now. And in 2004, I went on my first real vacation to attend Gatecon in Vancouver, where I met the late great Don Davis, Amanda Tapping, Teryl Rothery, and far too many others to name them all (see picture). 

3. How long did it take you to write this book?

It took about a month to write, and then a bit longer for revising and edits, etc. The whole process was incredibly quick, even waiting for MGM's round of edits didn't take very long. I think I started it in January and it was published in June or July of that same year.

4. How many Stargate books have you written?

Just this one! I've also contributed two short stories to their anthologies.

5. Who is your favorite stargate character?

Either Sam Carter or Janet Fraiser. Tough women in a typically-male world is my genre, and both characters were just so great. Funny, brilliant, tough, not afraid of emotion but not crippled by it, either. There's a little bit of both Sam and Janet in every character I write.

6. Have you ever met anyone from Stargate?

See above! I bumped elbows with Apophis (he was eating fries at the time, so his fingers were greasy), I nodded at Christopher Judge and Corin Nemec in a hotel corridor, JR Bourne accidentally stole my pen, and Don S Davis proved to be one of the most amazing and down-to-earth human beings you'll ever meet. I was hugged by Amanda Tapping and sat next to Teryl Rothery for a photo. I mean, in the picture you can see Amanda and Teryl are both touching me. ::g:: 

7. Do you plan on writing more stargate books?

I don't know! I have so many writing projects going on, and a Stargate novel requires so much prep and cooperation from both sides, that I'm not sure I'd have the time to commit to it. I would love to revisit the world, and hopefully I keep being brought in for the short story anthologies! 

8. What are your hobbies?

Reading and watching TV... and writing. I keep a tough schedule of releasing four books per year, so I don't really have time for other hobbies. ;)

9. Please share with us your links to follow you:

I have free stories on my website (http://www.geonncannon.com/). Squire's Isle may spoil some novels, but Underdogs is spoiler-free if you stick to Volume 1. All of my novels and the short story anthologies I've contributed to can be found in my website's store (http://store.geonncannon.com/) and you can subscribe to my Patreon to get exclusive stories and sneak peeks at future novels! (https://www.patreon.com/GeonnCannon). And follow me on Twitter! @GeonnCannon

Stargate SG-1: Two Roads by Geonn Cannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Okay, let me start by saying I am a big time Stargate fan. So much so, that when Geonn came to me and told me that he wrote these books, I was totally in disbelief. And when he showed me all of us his work, and what all he had written, and the fact that he had sought me out, I was totally honored.

As a big time Stargate fan, this was and always will be one of the biggest honors I have ever had. And not to play favorites, this will always be one of my favorite reviews too.

I will tell you, as I read this book, knowing the characters as I do, Geonn can and does represent them just as they are on the TV Series. Jack is just as corny, and Daniel Jackson is just as nerdy and into the relics as ever.

And bringing back Vala, also another one of my favorite characters, is another great choice. She is so sexy and silly.

The Goa’uld as we all know, have been defeated, and the Jaffa are free. But fortunately Daniel Jackson, while on another planet makes a discovery and finds a device designed to exterminate the Jaffa who have dared to defy their gods.

And as we all know, Vala is a common thief, and this device could be a prize to her…I mean if you know Vala the goal is money and who can get the best prize, so to speak.

I also like the fact that Geonn wasn’t afraid to bring two new characters into the fold. Artifacts and investigations, and the team of SG1 all tight knit. I could see everything as if I was literally watching the show on the television. Only without the annoying commercials, but the best part was, I felt like I was right there!

The writing was amazing, and I felt like MGM made the right choice in choosing Geonn to carry on their wonderful saga. Even though MGM decided it wasn’t worthy of airing any further.

If, like me, you are a stargate fan, you will need and want to read this. It is an excellent book. It’s well written and follows along completely, and the characters are exactly as they are on screen, when put into print.

I give Geonn Cannon five stars, more if my scale went beyond five stars, but it doesn’t. He is an amazing writer, and a true artist. I suggest buying this book, and joining the Geonn fan club, as I have! He has true talent!

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Into the Furnace by Geonn Cannon

Into the Furnace

By Geonn Cannon

Kelly Lake is one hot tempered, strong willed, blonde bisexual fire fighter with a mouth on her! And you will fall in love with her instantly. 

As we follow along, one week into Kelly’s life, in that time it just all seems to fall apart. It becomes a true test of her will, to see if she can and will make everything work.

She has a relationship, but does love always prevail? Her job, which as everyone knows, fire fighters become a family unit because they live together. But as with family-even work family, it too is a relationship that requires work.

The part that really pulled me in was reading the Arson, and how in depth it was, and how the lives were affected. Eleven people, and of course the fire fighters. You can just feel the pain. The writing was very descriptive, and it was almost as if I was right there watching it. Actually, in all honesty, I think this would make a descent movie. I mean- personally I can see it.

However, as I came to the end of the book, I just felt Kelly Lake could deserve more of her story being told. I felt her calling out to me, telling me she had more to tell me. I can feel her words, and needs as a character, and that she has more to tell.... I will ask the Author that when I ask questions, you can trust me on that!

This book was amazing, and I give it five stars. I just felt very drawn in, and I just could feel and see everything. As I said, it would make for an excellent movie. It was very well written, and very understandable. And it was a very different kind of read than I expected, especially when he told me it had to do with a bisexual woman. I was thinking it was going to be a sex book, and no, it wasn’t. It was all in all a very good literary read. And I am glad to see someone give recognition to the bisexual women! Well deserved! 

My questions for Geonn:

1. What made you write this story?

Everyone loves firefighters! There's just something about a female firefighter who can hold her own in one of the toughest, most physically daunting professions that appeals. And they look good in the uniform. The reason I made her bisexual was because of another author's blog conversations about how there's so little representation for the "B" in LGBT. I thought it would make an interesting aspect to her character, and it would be a fun perspective to write.

2. Don't you feel Kelly has more of a story to tell?

Oh, absolutely. I want Kelly to come back again and again, at least until she gets her happy ending. She's got a lot more stories to tell.

3. Do you have a photo or a description other then blonde of Kelly?

I cast all of my novels, just so I can get images of the person in my head and the scenes can play out right while I'm plotting. For Kelly, I used Emily Wickersham from NCIS, but I added a few details. I made her more muscular in the arms and I added dark eyebrows and a strong jaw because those are familial traits that end up having an important element in the plot.

4. Did you do any sort of research for this book?

Oh, very much. It's tough to just dive in and write a firefighter novel without learning their jargon, their codes, and their hierarchy. I knew a lot of it from the first firefighter novel I did ("World on Fire") but I had to dig back in for this one.

5. How long have you been writing?

I think I posted my first story way back in 2001, but I was writing in high school. I wrote something for a girl I had a crush on, and it made her laugh. That was when I realized I had Power, if I could just hone it. I could entertain women with my writing! That was my "in"! And then I chose a genre where 95% of my readers are lesbians. Go figure. ;)

6. Who is/are your favorite Author(s)?

So many! Neil Gaiman, Max Gladstone, Elizabeth Bear, Caroline Paul (a real life Kelly Lake!), Jonathan Evison, Greg Rucka... the list goes on and on.

7. Out of everything you personally have written- what is your favorite book you have written?

"The Rise and Fall of Radiation Canary" was my pinnacle, I think. Not that it's my best book, but because it was the culmination of everything I'd written, everything I'd learned, and it felt like the lynchpin of my career. It's a book about the formation and sudden rise to fame of a band from Seattle, and I just fell in love with the characters and their world. I really want to hear their music on the radio. ;)

8. What can you suggest to future writers out there?

Never give up! Never let people tell you that it's not worth trying or that you won't make it. I'm a straight man who writes lesbian fiction, and that's a heck of an uphill battle. But if you work hard on your craft, the doors will open. I'm the only man who has ever won a Golden Crown Literary Society Award, and as of this summer I've won TWO of them. I'm the only man with a webseries in production with Tello Films, whose tagline is "100% Women 100% of the time." I'm their diversity and I'm honored to be included. So never give up! And don't feel like you have to be restricted to one genre or type. I've written westerns, I've written historical steampunk with magical elements, I have a contemporary romance next to a supernatural werewolf mystery series. Write what you want and the readers will hopefully follow.

9. Have you met anyone famous since or because of your writing career?

I'm not hanging out with Stephen Colbert or anything, but I've met some movers and shakers in the industry. Probably the coolest celebrities I've met are Liz Vassey, who follows me on Twitter, and Max Gladstone, who I befriended when I got an early review copy of his first novel and got in on the ground floor of his meteoric career.

10. Please share with us links to follow you and read your work:

I have free stories on my website (http://www.geonncannon.com/). Squire's Isle may spoil some novels, but Underdogs is spoiler-free if you stick to Volume 1. All of my novels and the short story anthologies I've contributed to can be found in my website's store (http://store.geonncannon.com/) and you can subscribe to my Patreon to get exclusive stories and sneak peeks at future novels! (https://www.patreon.com/GeonnCannon). And follow me on Twitter! @GeonnCannon

Into the Furnace by Geonn Cannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Kelly Lake is one hot tempered, strong willed, blonde bisexual fire fighter with a mouth on her! And you will fall in love with her instantly.

As we follow along, one week into Kelly’s life, in that time it just all seems to fall apart. It becomes a true test of her will, to see if she can and will make everything work.

She has a relationship, but does love always prevail? Her job, which as everyone knows, fire fighters become a family unit because they live together. But as with family-even work family, it too is a relationship that requires work.

The part that really pulled me in was reading the Arson, and how in depth it was, and how the lives were affected. Eleven people, and of course the fire fighters. You can just feel the pain. The writing was very descriptive, and it was almost as if I was right there watching it. Actually, in all honesty, I think this would make a descent movie. I mean- personally I can see it.

However, as I came to the end of the book, I just felt Kelly Lake could deserve more of her story being told. I felt her calling out to me, telling me she had more to tell me. I can feel her words, and needs as a character, and that she has more to tell.... I will ask the Author that when I ask questions, you can trust me on that!


This book was amazing, and I give it five stars. I just felt very drawn in, and I just could feel and see everything. As I said, it would make for an excellent movie. It was very well written, and very understandable. And it was a very different kind of read than I expected, especially when he told me it had to do with a bisexual woman. I was thinking it was going to be a sex book, and no, it wasn’t. It was all in all a very good literary read. And I am glad to see someone give recognition to the bisexual women! Well deserved!


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