About the book: The Regression Strain Genre: Medical Thriller Publisher: Normal Range Press Publication Date: May 26, 2025 Scroll down for Giveaway Dr. Peter Palma joins the medical team of the Paradise to treat passengers for minor ailments as the cruise ship sails across the Atlantic. But he soon discovers that something foul is […]
A delusional prison patient warns Dr. Brian Heiser, Marriage and Family Therapist, of enormous impending disaster. Dr. Heiser and his best friend, a lauded Forensic Psychologist, find themselves entangled in a 72-hour deadly race to stop an AI bill being fast-tracked through the Texas state legislature.
Under Vixen’s Mere is one of those novels that quietly gets under your skin and then refuses to leave.
From the opening pages, the prose immediately stood out to me. It’s spare without ever feeling sparse—clean, confident, and quietly assured. Dialogue and description are held in careful balance, each doing its work without calling attention to itself. Nothing strains for effect, and that sense of restraint builds trust early on, inviting the reader to settle in and follow where the story leads.
What makes this book especially satisfying is its sensory richness. The attention to detail is so precise you can practically smell the bread cooling on the racks, the sharpness of cheese, the damp stone after rain. It is comfort reading with substance: sunshine and laughter paired with the everyday complications life throws at us, and the quiet resilience required to meet them.
This is not a book about capital-H heroes. Instead, it centers on people who engage in small acts of service, kindness, and yes, heroism—not for recognition or glory, but because it was the right thing to do in the moment. These are stories of people showing up when it would have been easier not to.
michele sent me to tell you that I’m hard at work inventing the first self-cleaning tub :p
sigh, if only the day was twice as long, then we could procrastinate twice as hard.
Oh yes, baths should totally clean themselves! I so agree. And so should showers. And floors. In fact, whole homes should clean themselves. *heehee*
I’m here via Michele today. Congratulations on being site of the day and writing that witty 50 word piece. What a great blog. I’ve never been here before but I know I will be back…
i think that is the mark of civilizaton: whe people were able to sak in heated water. congrats on Michele’s recognizing you! am glad I came here today.
mmm, baths are great as the summer heat falters. Hot enough to poach the eyeballs is about right.