Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Young Shannon Donnelly comes from a family of Irish immigrants who have made a home in Southern California. The year is 1929 and the entire world seems to be at a crossroads. Shannon’s parents have been murdered by a feuding family and now the 15 year old is a target too. Abandoning her childhood home, […]
Sure to instill gratefulness and wonder in the hearts of any reader. “You’re stardust on earth with beauty to spare created from LOVE that’s meant to be shared.” Who wouldn’t fall in love with a line as warm and inclusive and encouraging as this? Designed to SHINE! Read Aloud Rhymes for Any Size Heart Volume
Mile-high gem where excitement and heartbreak mingle. No stranger to hard work or sacrifice, Tris Miles worked her way through college and ended up with a fulfilling career as an educator. But fulfilling and satisfying are two different things. Never satisfied with the mundane, Tris longed for more. “She had to expand her universe, become
A breathtaking overseas journey that will warm your heart and make you smile. Pam and Dave embark on their dream sabbatical, their Bel Sogno, a year of European travel in the honest and endearing memoir Braving the World: Adventures in Travel and Retirement. If you are a planner or any amount of a control-freak, Pam’s
A Through Z Of What If is a peppy picture book designed to help kids learn to read and expand their growing vocabularies. The polka-dotted pages alternate a series of exaggerated what if questions with the humorous literal depiction on the opposite page. Porter leaves no stone unturned, no letter unloved, employing inventive onomatopoeia and
Filled with quirky characters and out-of-this-world situations. Joshua is a bona-fide alien living among humans and he’s taken his mission to adapt seriously. He’s made real friends, excelled at school and even found love. In this action-packed final book of the Joshua Trilogy, everyone seems a bit older and wiser. Both Mani and Joshua have
An endearing blend of supernatural suspense and refined charm. Things in Celine Devereaux Buckley’s life have finally started to come together. Her family and friends are safe from her nemesis Duke Marcus Northcott and are living in peace. Everybody has accepted who Celine is and what she is capable of, and things have settled into
So realistic you’ll be able to taste the cigarettes and black coffee. Harry Thorpe and Christian Marquand are two sides of the same coin. Both served their country in an epic war and both have experienced an altered reality since returning home. For Christian, the ‘Mighty Marquand’, military service has elevated his status and prospects,
Clap If You Can Hear Me: The Secret Attention Deficits of Education That Prevent Generational Wealth & Prosperity In America is a manual that helps to assist youth to have a balanced view of education and to parse the relevant from the useless. Quite the wordsmith, Kelly Mitchell is on par with some of the
Packed with intriguing characters and a riveting plot Have you ever been away from home for a while, just to return and find that things have changed? For Joethan Wolfe, after more than a decade away from home he finds that it is virtually unrecognizable, if America can even be considered his home. On a
A superbly told, poignant tale that is filled with heart and soul. Matt is a self-conscious, introverted teen from a stable, caring family. Lia is a free spirited girl carrying greater burdens than her carefree demeanor would ever let on. When the two of them meet, their connection is instantaneous. However, between Matt’s taunting peers
One part home-improvement guide, one part history, and a whole lot of common sense. A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, policy, motives, or views of the issuer. These are typically quite earnest, even fervent, and Tour of Insanity: Manifesto for better Home Design is no exception! This colorful exposition is one part
First Second Coming is a farcical fantasy novel that ponders whether or not humanity can ever truly put aside religious divisions enough to achieve peace. A cantankerous and uncouth being, known as NTG, is being forced into retirement from his job as God of Earth. NTG is rendezvousing with his fresh-faced and ambitious replacement at
Darkcliff masterfully weaves action, revenge and madness in this wild fantasy. Rawena is a bit different from her fellow Celts. In fact, most people have written her off as a madwoman. So when Rawena has a run in with would-be invaders, she’s not sure the townsfolk will even believe her. But before she can warn
Sharp wit, insolent humor and prurient curiosity. Though never an old man himself, Leon Trotsky is credited with the quote, “Old age is the most unexpected of all things that can happen to a man.” Generally, this is true. But not so for 93 year old Sean Brody, not in this universe anyway. On a
Comfortably casual and yet subtly elegant. Have you ever asked yourself, what if? It could be small things. What if I rented a smaller apartment? What if I bleached my hair? What if I got a dog? For Susan, though, her what-ifs truly haunt her. What if she hadn’t cut her best friend out of
“Do none of you guys have that feeling… a little ‘it’s too good to be true” alarm ringing in the back of your minds?” one character perceptively asks. Through My Eyes: Humanity’s Unwitting Downfall tells the story of the seemingly innocuous becoming insidiously dangerous. It begins with innovation meant to help people relate to one
Adds a little suspense and a lot of artistry to deeply cherished hopes and beliefs. The R7:17 Beyond Limits Trilogy is a far-reaching fictional treatment of Bible prophecy. The first book, Dominion, begins with a clandestine and exclusive invitation to a secret event for three successful professionals. The meeting proves to alter the lives of
RJ Corgan really brings the heat in this fast-paced mystery. Kea Wright is back and things are really heating up in Murder on Masaya. In her fascinating line of work, Kea has braved dangers in the African wilds and on the face of a frigid glacier. Now, a lucrative job offer brings her to the
A wildly enjoyable trip through millions of years of earth’s history. Martin, while having dinner with his family, let’s out a whopper of a sneeze! But you can’t fully blame him. Before his family has time to react, science-minded Martin explains how geological processes that occurred during the time of the dinosaurs affect our current
Stormy Weather is a relaxed and unpretentious memoir that begins on the precipice of adulthood. After graduation, Ranaildo is asked what his plans for the future are. After a lot of contemplation, he decides to forge ahead with a career as a Marine. Family and friends doubt his resolve until the moment Ranaildo cuts off
A powerful, practical message that can truly benefit anyone. “Be the change you want to see.” This famous quote well describes the sentiment that Pastor Steve Humphrey proposes in Spiritual Courage: How to Find Strength and Happiness. This book emphasizes ways that individual Christians can transform their own personalities into something that is more in
A clever and witty adventure anchored in a world where fairy-tale creatures walk the earth. Recently orphaned but not quite an adult, Salem Swan is faced with the miserable prospect of being admitted into the foster system or being released into the care of an eccentric uncle. He chooses family, although Uncle Ulysses has always
An inspiring book for early teens. Bricktown Boys is a highly relatable story about a pre-teen boy named Sam who wants to get his football team started more than he wants to study for his math exams. Sam’s mom seems to be on an endless loop of lowlife boyfriends and bad choices. As an escape
