FROM THE DESK OF
DONA PENZA TATTLE, ESQ.
AND
ASSOCIATE WRYE
BALDERDASH
Greetings,
“Dashing through the snow, on a ton
of books as we go. CBG has the best and
this garland is a mess, hey!" sings
Wrye as he attempts to unknot tattered old garland.
"Isn't it time you bought new
garland?" Tattle says as she
daintily hangs an unrecongizable handmade ornament from her childhood on the
tree.
"I like this garland, belonged
to my Auntie Tessie on my mother's father's side."
Tattle grins. "Sentimental, are we?"
Offering the manly jaw jutting
pose. "Hogwash, frugal."
Shakes her head, knowing the
truth. "Nothing wrong with hanging
on to things. Speaking of which, we're
taking a Love of Literature Leap down sentimental lane, CBG books from a few
years ago."
Tosses the garland aside. "I'm game! Let's leap!"
Roses are red, violets are blue, sci-fi
BLADE DANCER by K. M. Tolan came
first and ROGUE DANCER is number
two. It's our offering of the day, but DEFIANT DANCER, the third, will be
reviewed possibly in May.
Tattle reels off ROGUE DANCER'S addictive storyline in
seemingly one breath. “Ah, yes, Mikial
Haran is back, a savior of her people, previously chosen to defend them from
potential human encroachment that did not happen. Heroine in waiting? Mikial discovers Suria has undermined her.
Does this foredoom? Suria continues to
discredit Mikial, hence the rising belief she’s not the savior which might get
her arrested. This smacks of
treachery! To make things complicated,
to avoid civil war, she places herself under the shield of the most powerful of
the Qurl Holdings, the Holding of Kinset.
However, to tangle the woes, she is accused of murder and flees
Kinset. Oh, what a muddled web has been
woven.”
“Roses are red. Violets are blue. Trouble is brewing. Whatcha to do?” Wrye skims a chapter or two. “Listen to this, while trying to recoup, she
has a vision. Prophecy? The mental mirage is that of a spaceship
arriving in the desert at the ruins of an ancient civil war." Wrye reads more and then sing-songs, "Roses are
red. Violets are blue. She gathers together. An unlikely
crew.”
“So true, m’Blooming friend, and she
plans on using the White Spear, a gruesome ancient weapon to destroy the
trespasser. Only all is not what it
appears. Da da da daaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Roses are red. Violets are blue. Tattle do you see? A bit of romance, too?”
“Naughty? Risky?
Steamy? True? Plus so much more. This fast-paced story takes us from fierce
combat to ruins to cascading waterfalls, spanning emotions, testing
friendships, and the understanding that a repeat of history foretells a
disastrous future. Quell the beat of my
now aerobic heart.”
“Roses are red. Violets are blue. This sounds so good. Give us another clue.”
“No more for you, Wrye
m’Scribe. One more book awaits for
leaping sake!”
Tattle and Wrye abruptly find themselves in Ute Carbone's THE P-TOWN QUEEN, a
contemporary
romantic comedy.
"Roses are red. Violets are blue. If you want a bit of luck, I'd advise you to duck," shouts Wrye.
"As in quack?"
"As in down!" Wrye yanks her away from the words blowing up a boat.
"Oh, wait...the Mona Lisa is not being blown up, it's just Nikki Silva's brothers teasing her about it."
“Mona Lisa as in painting?”
Wrye points to the storyline. “As in a boat.”
"But she didn't blow it up," Tattle announces as if he had been the one confused. “However, Nikki is certain her life is being bombed well-n-good. A divorce survivor. No funding for her shark research. And, now, back home in Provincetown to live
with her father. Poor baby is feelin’ a
little lost, but determined to be found.”
"Only, the darling has to present her newly written grant proposal to her ex-husband, Ned, who runs the Massachusetts Bay Commission."
“The very Commission who can grant her grant money for her beloved
research.” Tattle winks. “Get it…grant her…grant money.”
“I get that Ned would rather give sharks the money
rather than grant her anything at all,” Wrye confides, as he moseys around the
story and snorts with laughter. “This all
leads to a comedy story d’force.”
“Now, for additional laughs….” Tattle giggles
to reinforce her words. “Roses are red,
violets are blue, Marco Tornetti is hot,
but Fat Phil Lagosa is not. The former
enters the scene on the run from the latter, his ex-biz partner sets him up to
take a lethal ride.”
Wrye stumbles over a paragraph and
chuckles. “Marco escapes by hitching a
ride on a bus filled with the Greater Teaneck Gay Men’s Choir heading to
Provincetown, figuring Phil will never find him within the gay community
there.”
Wiggling her brows, Tattle says, “Ahhhh, but
it isn’t so easy to pretend he’s gay when he starts falling for Nikki.”
“This story has it all, tension, romance, and
several chuckles over a belly laugh.”
“Only,
no time to dawdle…we need to leap into a cyber stocking full of CBG Christmas
books!
UNDERNEATH THE MISTLETOE by Rebecca Goings - Can
Jeremy teach Faith about the magic of Christmas and get her to open her heart
-- to him?
CHRISTMAS EVE-VIL by Angelica Hart and Zi - Resisting the advances of sexy Luke Calico isn’t Anya’s only problem,
she must also hide from a malicious preacher and a demonic spirit trying to
lure her soul.
REINVENTING CHRISTMAS by Linda Rettstatt - You
can go home again but, as M.J. Rich learns, you can’t expect things to remain
as you left them.
NOELLA'S
GIFT by Donica Covey - A
disillusioned cop, and a bitter woman. Can a little girl take the bah-humbug
out of their holiday?
CHRISTMASIN'
by Ed Williams - A deeply Southern
Christmas Epistle that'll have you wishing Christmas really was every day.
We wish you all a very Merry
Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a very Happy and healthy New Year!
Dona
Penza Rutabaga Tattle, Esq. and Associate Wrye Balderdash of
Blather City, Wannachat
Created
and written by
Angelica Hart and Zi
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