THE LITERARY LLAMA

QUICK NOTES: The Bakersville Dozen was a little bit like stepping into a teenage horror/melodrama TV show halfway through the season. There were some great things revealed but you would have liked to read more about them "in-the-moment", you wanted the first half that...

It's my turn on the TLC Book Tour to tell you all about HOT MESS by Emily Belden! Keep reading for the synopsis and my full review...

SYNOPSIS: Twenty-something Allie Simon never imagined she’d fall for a recovering drug addict—but that was before she met Benji Zane, Ch...

QUICK NOTES: I must admit that I have a fondness for stories that take place in an airport. Although, besides the Tom Hanks movie, Terminal, I'm having a hard time coming up with a few examples right this very second. But that's neither here nor there! The fact is, air...

QUICK NOTES: I don’t tend to read a lot of Middle Grade books, there just aren’t that many that grab my attention long enough for me to read them. Although I’m always ecstatic to find new books to get for nieces, nephews, and friends to read, so I’m always on the looko...

SYNOPSIS: A broken woman . . .

Crystal learned long ago that love brings only pain. Feeling nothing at all is far better than being hurt again. She guards her wounded heart behind a hard exterior and carries within her a deep mistrust of men, who, in her experience, hav...

SYNOPSIS: Jazz Bashara is a criminal.

Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've...

I'm trying something new! Sometimes a full multi-paragraph review isn't necessary, such is the case for PARIS FOR ONE. I really enjoyed this short story and subsequent shorter stories but it also doesn't really warrant a full review. That doesn't mean I don't have some...

SYNOPSIS: It’s 1939 in Poland, and Arab knows that standing up for anyone—especially her Jewish family—only paints a target on her back. So she plans to survive the Nazi occupation the way she always has: disguise herself as an Aryan boy, lead her street gang, and sell...

Hey everyone! I've teamed up with TLC Tours to bring you a sneak peek at Margot Hunt's upcoming book, BEST FRIENDS FOREVER. Keep reading to learn all about this psychological thriller AND get a look at an excerpt from the book! 

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How well do you really know your...

Special GIVEAWAY opportunity at the end in honor of MOONLIGHT OVER MANHATTAN'S release! Keep reading...

SYNOPSIS: She'll risk everything for her own Christmas miracle...

Determined to conquer a lifetime of shyness, Harriet Knight challenges herself to do one thing a day...