Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
The Latecomers is life affirming and beautiful. “For twenty years, we’d been good together…” Charlie and Maggie Latecomer are both on their second marriage. Maggie is an artist, happily settled into retired life after corporate America. Charlie helps make ends meet by working with his hands. Charlie is madly in love with Maggie, his goddess, […]
Ford Barlow is having a really tough go of things. Out of a job, Ford falls back on what he knows. He fights for money, steals what he can, and relies on the kindness of friends. Bereft of family, Ford is driven by a desire to find the mother that long ago abandoned him. He
An easy read filled with page-turning thrills. Would you choose to know the day you will die? If so, you’re going to want to meet Leonardo Cantrell and look him in the eyes. When a seemingly impossible gift is bestowed upon kind-hearted Leo by a homeless man, he is understandably shaken. His dependable best friend,
Malcolm X Hobbs leads an Atlanta homicide unit referred to as the X Men. They are called to action when a body is found in an affluent suburb of the city they call home. The autopsy of the body shows his death to be more than a little suspicious. After a second victim is found
The story is smart and well thought out. A typical London workday spirals out of control with a single telephone call. David Buckley receives an invitation from his old college crush, Alison. The evening begins with a strange walk down memory lane but turns into a murder scene. With only David and a lone a
Imagine a world where everything that happens in life can be reviewed later. And not just big events like births and weddings… Everything! In Bulb, science has made Informed Light possible, thus your morning commute, your afternoon coffee and your post workout shower are all recorded. And anybody can review footage of anything in the
Allison is in a rut. At the opposite of insistence by her mother, Allison decides to spend some time roving about with a wrinkly old relative simply referred to as E to get a fresh start. After a number of days squiggling across some unnamed states, E receives a job offer he can’t refuse. A
Peta Knudsen, a weatherperson for the local TV station, is a bit of a local celebrity. Referred to as the Katie Couric of her town, it comes as a devastating shock when she turns up missing. Aside from the heartbreaking loss of their young son, Peta and her TV personality husband live a seemingly charmed
As a sort of mentor, the Angel reveals to the boy that he will soon be living on earth. He has an important duty to fulfill, but before his departure the boy must first decipher the seven gifts bestowed upon the earth. He is left alone in a room with just a chair and seven
Sam “Doc” Price and Nicole Veles are a newly engaged couple living in St. Louis. Both enjoy satisfying careers with nothing but success on the horizon. Nicole even has the privilege of working with a personal icon in her field, cellular biologist Dr. Laura Greenwood. The two become fast friends based on their mutual respect.
The Tiders are the best of friends. Together they endure the growing pains of high school on through to the highs and lows of taking on adult responsibilities. Though circumstances change, their friendship remains constant. In late 1994, Stuart is home on a leave from the military. The gang gets together to reminisce and catch
Fun-loving and consummately confidant Drew Dawson may be a twin to his sister, but they are nothing alike. Faye is responsible and dependable, but nevertheless she loves her carefree brother fiercely. When Drew reveals that he has had a vision (not unusual) and his choice leads to a man’s death (highly unusual), Faye kicks into
Since the early part of the 20th century, the Plague has not been a mortal threat to humanity at large. But sometimes nature has a way of awakening things mankind thought was all but eradicated. Red Death is an eye-opening novel that explores the spread of an extremely virulent disease from New York to London
The Meerkat Murders is exciting and surprising and even heartwarming. At the bequest of a dear friend, Kea Wright finds herself in the middle of a generously funded expedition documenting meerkats in the Kalahari desert. The faculty and students study not just the meerkat colonies of Botswana, but also rhinos, African bullfrogs, and more. Although
David Bernstein has written a book that both delights and entertains! Anyone who has ever taken a family vacation to the beach will relate to this book. Right from the start, it will fill your mind and heart with all of the excitement and emotions that arise from those memories, and this feeling continues until
Earl is a young boy with monsters under his bed. Well, not monsters exactly. Dustyn is a living dust bunny who is afraid to leave the protection of underneath the bed. All sorts of terrors lurk out on the open… a pesky beagle, a robot with a mind of his own, and worst of all
Patrick Canning’s tale The Colonel and the Bee is an action-filled adventure for readers of all ages. Beatrix is a barely teen-aged acrobat performing in a traveling circus. She is unusually perceptive and sharp tongued, much to the ire of her cruel boss, Ziro. The subject of frequent whippings, Beatrix longs for adventure and a
September Sky centers around a newly unemployed reporter, Chuck Townsend, and his son, Justin. After suffering a painful break-up, Justin needs a change from his everyday life and withdraws from college. The two men take advantage of their circumstances to reconnect. While on vacation they meet an eccentric lecturer, Geoffrey Bell, who is convinced that
Spider’s Truth by Christa Yelich-Koth is the first in a (hopefully long!) series of crime novels. The story revolves around detective Sean Trann of the Boston PD. The detective is young, attractive, and the best in his field. After a sting of gruesome murders, all happening with exactly 24 hours of notice, and all uniquely
