ALISSA YARBROUGH

As a young lass, I can remember a Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl poster filling up the expanse of my sister’s wall, with every action in the room being performed under the perpetually sleepless eyes of Jack Sparrow, Will, and Elizabeth...

Daylight may be failing in this latter part of the year, however, I’m still burning the proverbial midnight oil in scratching my head, learning, and forever recalibrating my path-to-publishing with new information. But here's where you can help...

Dani Pettrey is a new author to me, so when I decided to give her books a try, One Wrong Move instantly jumped out at me. I mean, it’s about a former burglar-now security system expert called in to solve a string of art gallery heists.

My parents taught me that in most instances, you stick to Christian fiction or classics that usually have some form of morals. It wasn’t an iron rule, and as I think about it now, it makes perfect sense.

Nearly everyone enjoys a smidgen of romance in their entertainment, be it cinema or literature. Why, it's hard to find a storyline that doesn't include a happy ending between a guy and a girl, even if the plot focuses on something else entirely.