Vardin Homecoming by Maggie Spence Six former friends from Vardin Village reluctantly reunite eight years after the devastating homecoming weekend that tore apart their lifelong friendship. When they were seniors at Vardin Village High, they weren’t supposed to be in the abandoned Butler Building after the homecoming dance but the adventure seemed harmless enough… until they find their friend’s dead body. After fleeing the building just one step ahead of the police chief, the six teenagers … [Read more...]
11/11/2017 FEATURED BOOK: David Finkleman and Dangerous Magic by PK Burian
Genre: middle-grade mystical mystery Welcome to Olympia, home of magical secrets, dangerous monsters, mystical creatures, and the few people able to fight them! David is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or at least, that is what he feels like when the FBI recruits him to go undercover in his high school. It's bad enough that he's been bullied by several football players, but now they are the very ones he has to investigate! He must find out if they are circulating a deadly drug with … [Read more...]
A Girl Between by Marjorie Weismantel
This is a story of Tess, a 16 year old girl who finds herself an unwitting participant in a series of disturbing events. Tess's life changes drastically when her abusive step-uncle dies under mysterious circumstances. She is forced to pick up and move across the country with her aunt and cousins to her grandmother's house in Woodley, Connecticut. Upon arriving, she experiences a strange feeling of deja vu, as if she's lived there before, but that would be impossible, wouldn't it? As Tess … [Read more...]
Big Honey Dog Mysteries : Christmas Special Edition by H.Y. Hanna
Christmas intrigue. Daring rescue. Serious slobber. When Honey the Great Dane finds a hidden note inside a strange Christmas bauble, the festive season takes a sinister turn. Was the note from a trapped child? Join Honey and her canine friends as they set off on a Search & Rescue--from snowy playgrounds to eerie libraries--while they race to solve the mystery of the message in the bauble. Kids and dog lovers will love this action-packed Christmas mini-mystery filled with suspense and … [Read more...]
Big Honey Dog Mysteries #1: Curse of the Scarab by H.Y. Hanna
Missing puppies. Deadly secrets. Serious slobber. All Honey the Great Dane ever wanted was a peaceful life - walking her human, checking Peemail at the park - but the arrival of a puppy named Bean turns her life upside down. Then Bean goes missing, together with other neighbourhood pups, and Honey sets out on a dangerous quest to find them. Joined by her canine friends, Honey tackles sinister paw prints and mysterious hieroglyphics as clues lead them to a deserted cemetery. But an ancient … [Read more...]
Western Desert by PJ Sharon
WESTERN DESERT, Book Two in The Chronicles of Lily Carmichael trilogy, takes off where WANING MOON ends. Genetically enhanced sixteen-year-old Lily Carmichael, and seventeen-year-old Will Callahan embark on a journey across a sun-ravaged and decimated US in the year 2057, bound for the Western Desert on a dangerous rescue mission. The survivors they meet along the way put Lily’s healing abilities to the test and challenge Will’s resolve to find his missing father—no matter the cost. But even … [Read more...]
Interview with Julie Anne Lindsey – Book Author
Author Bio: Julie Anne Lindsey is a multi-genre author who writes the stories that keep her up at night. In 2013, Julie welcomes five new releases in three genres including her newest title, DECEIVED, a YA suspense from Merit Press, two sweet romance titles for Honey Creek books, her debut YA mystery, REINVENTING CHLOE, and her first cozy mystery, MURDER BY THE SEASIDE, book one in the Patience Price, Counselor at Large series from Carina Press (a digital imprint of Harlequin). Julie is a … [Read more...]
Interview with Joshua Kriesberg – Book Author
Author Bio: Joshua Kriesberg lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and two sons. His sons were willing listeners to countless "make-up" stories, which eventually formed the novel Horatio's One Wish--one of the top-rated children's animal novels released this year. Kriesberg has written for most of his life. He has an affinity for animal characters in fiction. "Although I wrote the book for children," says Kriesberg, "the story's characters and universal themes of friendship, loyalty, … [Read more...]
The Great Empty by Anita Melillo
When a rebellious youth named Donovan leaves his home in Europe for a family trip to Australia, he quickly determines another course when he decides to seek out some adventure of his own. While slipping away from the care of his guardian and sister at the airport in Darwin, he decides to take a tour bus to a Crocodile Farm, which inadvertently continues to take him hundreds of miles deeper in the outback and into Kakadu National park. His curiosity continues to get the best of him, when he sets … [Read more...]
Window by T.M. Franklin @TM_Franklin
Chloe Blake has a unique gift, an odd connection to her house that results in glimpses of the past, present, and future via the picture window in her living room. Unfortunately, it's a gift that sometimes proves to be more of a curse. Especially when she tries to help out Ethan Reynolds, the gorgeous boy who lives across the street - an endeavor that, for some reason, always seems to backfire. Or leave her covered in mud. But the house is convinced Ethan's life is in danger and Chloe's the … [Read more...]
