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Djara Book 1 by Kat Evans

When I first started to read “Djara” Book 1 by Kat Evans, I didn’t know what to expect, but a lesbian romance enveloped in a western story (It is so much more than that). I read all the reviews, of course, but they didn’t tell me much (best kept secrets) and the title didn’t help solve my mystery, so I just read and read until the end , where it left me panting for Book 2. After few pages all I imagined in Djara was Sharon Stone in the “Quick and the dead”. Somehow I tend to compare characters I found alike in the smallest of details. It is not the same character of course, but Djara is not driven by revenge like Ellen and there is nothing alike between the characters. The only similarity is the looks, the long blonde hair, her beauty, their emotions and the gunfighter skills. sharon stone with horse in quick and the death as djara Loved the choice of names. Eden is a beautiful name. Djara’s name origin is from old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijan...

A pirate’s heart by Catherine Friend

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“ Long hours of loneliness Between me and the sea Losing emotion Finding devotion Should I dress in white and search the sea As I always wished to be - one with the waves Ocean Soul ” Nightwish – Ocean Soul “ Fare thee well, little broken heart Downcast eyes, lifetime loneliness Whatever walks in my heart will walk alone Constant longing for the perfect soul Unwashed scenery forever gone Whatever walks in my heart will walk alone No love left in me No eyes to see the heaven beside me My time is yet to come So I'll be forever yours ” Nightwish – Forever yours The book entwines two parallel stories for the reader, but they happened in different timelines : Captain Farris’s pirate adventures in Grenada, West Indies during 1709-1715 and Emma Boyd and Randi’s story that happens nowdays : Emma’s a librarian that loves pirate stories and Randi is a private investigator that loves maps and adventure, being in a forever adventurous competition with her elder brothers, ...