Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
In Aston Vazeto’s world there are two kinds of people, Donors and Recipients. The Recipients are an elite group isolated from the rest of humanity. The Donors sell their antibody rich blood to Recipients on the other side of a protective wall in exchange for money at elaborate auctions, and are completely dependent on their […]
Christopher D. Ochs channels Stephen King in this unexpected and entirely unique urban fantasy novel. My Friend Jackson is a wild and wonderful tale that straddles the line between powerful contemporary fiction and offbeat urban fantasy. The story centers around Jasmine Price and her difficult transition to a new high school. Having come from the
Reena and Nikesh are awash with joy as the birth of their first baby approaches. Nik is an affectionate and attentive husband with an involved and ever-present extended family. Reena’s family situation is not as rosy, but she is eager to expand her family. When the new baby finally makes an appearance, every fear any
A wonderful tool to help our growing children to succeed in living happy, balanced lives. Feelu: Explore Your Feelings is a delightful opportunity for children to learn how to deal with the difficult situations they are bound to encounter in life. The thoughtful illustrations demonstrate the wide range of emotions children face. The expressive elephant
A bold mystical fantasy novel that demands to be read in one sitting. Sharlene Carolynn ‘Lynnie’ Diamond Russel is a vibrant young woman trapped in Havana, Arkansas. Determined to escape the confines of oppressive small town life, but with no real plans to get away, Lynnie decides to really live it up on her twentieth
Buchmann demonstrates a musician’s timing and a poet’s skill. Charming Little Mouse wakes up one beautiful morning and decides to go visit some of his friends who live nearby. Little Mouse travels around counting from one to ten, meeting cute little friends along the way. He encounters the world’s three most adorable spiders catching golden
A well-balanced and creative fantasy novel. Macy Steward helps her parents run a Safekeeper Center out of their mountaintop home. It’s a weighty job considering that she’s also a high-school kid trying to make it through adolescence unscathed. An unusual family with many surprising skills, the Stewards provide the highly exceptional service of facilitating opportunities
Wildly descriptive and impossibly imaginative. Young James Lamport has just graduated from Eton and has a promising career in banking lined up by his father. While most in that position would savor the moment of achievement, James merely feels stifled by his conventional, though privileged, life. To him, both his education and his childhood home
A sure favorite for fans of James Patterson. Detective Marti Zucco is dedicated to her job solving homicide cases in Boston. With the job comes gruelingly long hours, heartbreaking meetings with bereft loved ones and contact with some rather unsavory people, all in hopes of solving the crime at hand. When Marti and her partner
Politics and religion dance with fantasy and adventure in The Synchronized Six. In The Synchronized Six, the world is powered from the vitae reservoirs, yet nobody fully understands the power. There are Conductors who harness the power of the vitae, manipulating the energy through weapon-like instrument. The world is enjoying a fragile peace, not long
A treat for time-travel buffs and sci-fi geeks everywhere. An innocent trip to New York City 20 years in the future shatters the relative peace that the Tiders have been enjoying since saving the world from Jacob Carrington and his evil schemes. Maxine, Jacob’s daughter and honorary Tider member, now sits as CEO of Wimaxca.
Surprising moments of insight and clarity adorn the pages of this dynamic follow-up novel. Wasting Time… Book 2 picks up with a conspiracy laden plot-gone-wrong at a top-secret facility researching time travel. Money hungry investors become frustrated when the time traveling veterans begin to give voice to their objections to the mission. A partially foiled
The Girl at the Hanging Tree is a sharp psychological thriller by Mary Gray. The story is told from the point of view of Gemma Louise Coldiron, a woman in her mid-twenties living in a small town. But Gemma harbors a secret; controlled by a different personality, Gemma only comes out every other week. Usually,
A fun and quirky children’s book that is sure to become an instant favorite. Mister Sleepy: Sleeping the Day Away is a cute little book begging to be read to all the imaginative little kiddos in your life. Mister Sleepy is a guy that takes napping to the next level. Not that Mister Sleepy is
Brilliantly conceived and perfectly executed fantasy story. In a land ruled by fear and steeped in ceremony and long-held beliefs, young Galen struggles to find out where and how he fits in. To his father, the boy is meant to carry on with family tradition and become a fisherman. For Galen, his wild imagination and
More a novella than a full-length novel, The Plot Against Heaven is an unconventional love story about a man named Paul Desuthe. Paul lodges a complaint to Heaven about an error that took his wife. Kate died tragically in an accident and Paul demands to speak to God about the injustice. Paul makes his way
What happens when special becomes normal and normal becomes less than? In Special by Chino Chakanga, this idea is explored through the lens of teenaged Hope, or Hopeless as her antagonizing schoolmates like to call her. Hope is known as one of the ‘maladroit’ among her peers. These ungifted kids have either manifested undesirable abilities,
A worthy tribute to a classic book. With an interest in Geography, young Cygnus gets a sensible job working for an airline, hoping to see the world. Unexpectedly, he finds himself alone, tethered to buoyant airplane seats floating somewhere in the Pacific Ocean after his plane crashes. Salvation comes in a most unexpected form—a group
One heck of a super-charged, pulse-pounding journey. Bishop’s Law is the second book in this dynamic series focusing on the highly decorated US Special Forces Sgt. John Bishop and his extended family. The story begins several months after John’s honorable retirement from the army. Despite having a brand new wife and a baby on the
Welcome Home to Murder is a pleasing cozy mystery that takes place in Ireland. After a short stint in America tied to an unfaithful husband, Molly McGuire returns to her childhood home to get a fresh start. A good portion of the story centers around Molly catching up with her siblings and extended family as
A grand tale of sensuality and sensibility set in the exciting and evolving California of the mid-1800s. Elisabeth Parker travels to California with her new husband, Nate, with the hopes of striking it rich in gold and reuniting with her father. Generally more liberal than her upbringing would deem proper, Elisabeth doesn’t play the part
An imaginative debut novel, The Earth is My Prison by Richard Sean Clare is a dystopian delight! After an alien attack has ravaged the planet, the inmates of Highgate have made a life inside the relative safety of the prison. Chris ‘Tag’ Anderson is just turning 21. That means he’s seen only the inside of
An immensely entertaining thrill ride that refuses to hit the brakes. Special Forces Sergeant John Bishop is a true American hero. But for a hero, a lot of people seem to want him dead. He returns home from Afghanistan hoping to leave behind the horrors of combat and settle into a calmer routine, and hopefully
A fresh choice for an eerie fantasy novel that parallels the moral choices we face. Heartmender by V. Romas Burton is a fantasy novel with a unique premise and lofty moral overtones. Adelaide Tye lives in the land of Barracks where the human heart passes for currency. Most hearts are small and gray, but those
