Bridesmaid duties can be deadly…
Friday, April 30, 2021
Damsel in a Dress
Thursday, April 29, 2021
An Unwitting Trickster
Young Adult Fantasy / Mythology
Date Published: 06-08-2021
Immortal Trickster, Luke, is starting a fresh life in a new-to-him seventeen-year-old body. With yet another lifespan stretched out in front of him, he’s questioning what purpose his endless compulsion to play tricks serves.
Agnar, a Thor look-alike claiming to be his adoptive brother from the planet Asperian, appears to declare Luke has been away from home too long. One problem. Luke doesn’t remember Agnar or living on another planet.
With more questions than answers, Luke cautiously agrees to accompany his “brother” back to Asperian, but the travel portal rejects him, leaving him behind to continue his mundane life of trickery. When interplanetary soldiers show up intent on killing him, he’s forced into hiding and his list of unanswered questions grows.
Will Luke remain trapped on Earth forever, pulling meaningless pranks? Or will he finally figure out his true purpose?
A Wider World
The Tudor Court, Book Two
Historical Fiction
Release Date: April 25, 2021
Publisher: Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Memories are all he has…
Now they could save his life.
Returning to England after almost five years in exile, Robin Lewis is arrested and charged with heresy by the dying Queen Mary. As he is escorted to the Tower of London, Robin spins a tale for his captor, revisiting his life under three Tudor monarchs and wondering how he will be judged—not just by the queen, but by the God he stopped serving long ago.
When every moment counts, will his stories last long enough for him to be saved by Mary's heir, the young Queen Elizabeth?
What They Want Us To Know
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What They Want Us To Know: Messages of Hope, Meaning and Unity From the Animal Kingdom.
Have you ever wondered
what animals would tell us if they could? This book will give you that chance
to find out! By being able to receive downloaded messages from wild and
domestic animals, Shawndra translates their messages for us. These animals have
shared powerful messages of unity, connection and purpose, and steps that each
of us are able to take to deepen the connection, find more meaning in our
lives, and become the humans that the animals know we can be. You'll hear
messages from 12 different animals on what they want us to know in order to
live a more profoundly amazing life. You'll be given the opportunity to learn
ways to be more compassionate, tolerant and heart-centered, to the animals and
to each other.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
The Heavy Side
Techno-thriller
Date Published: 11-16-2019
Silicon Valley Tech meets The Cocaine Trade.
Can you program yourself into a winner?
In the San Francisco Bay Area, tech innovation is King, and money is God.
Vik Singh watched his immigrant parents work their fingers to the bone chasing the American Dream. But standing at his father's funeral, he realizes one thing - hustling will get you nowhere. All you need to get rich is one big idea.
And when he meets Los, a small-time drug lord with visions of grandeur, Vik makes a plan worthy of Jobs and Zuckerberg:
Design a drug sale app.
After all, market disruption is everything...
Concrete Clockwork
The Philanthropist, Book 1
Suspense
Published: March 2021
Ex-military operative Lottie Nightshade is enjoying civilian life helping her widowed sister raise three teenagers. When a last-minute job interview turns out to be blackmail, her peaceful days are over. Lottie is given two choices, and the least deplorable of them is doing wetwork for an eccentric millionaire...
Emergence
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It starts with Just Watching. But danger
emerges when Just Watching ends.
When the "wild child" Xavier ¬ first encounters Cass Hardwood and her dogs in the woods of West Quebec, he is enthralled. Unknown to them, he Just Watches them in a lengthy ongoing surveillance, before ¬ finally staging a meeting. His motives are uncertain—even to him.
The intersection of the lives of Cass, a competitive dog handler; her dogs; her cousin Lori; and the complex and enigmatic Xavier leads them all into a spiral of danger. It starts when Just Watching ends—when Cass and her crew encounter tragedy in the bush. Xavier's involvement in the tragedy, unknown to Cass, sets off a chain of potentially lethal events that begin in the dark woods of Lac Rouge, when hiking, skiing, hunting, trapping, marijuana grow-ops, and pedophilia collide. It matures in the suburbs of both Ottawa and Baltimore, and culminates back in Lac Rouge, when Lori's spurned and abusive lover arrives uninvited at Cass' isolated cabin in the woods. In the night. In the cold. In the heavily falling snow. His arrival is observed by Xavier, whose motives are again uncertain, but whose propensity for action is not.
Join Xavier, Lori, Cass, and the realistic and compelling dogs that are essential players in this dark drama as their fates converge in a deadly loop of revenge, fear, guilt, and hope...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Coldwater Revenge
Mystery
Date Published: 4/27/2021
Publisher: Level Best Books (S&S)
COLDWATER REVENGE is the story of two brothers involved with the same woman, and the ensuing crisis when one brother begins to suspect the other of helping her cover up a murder.
Reel to Reel
Lights, Camera, Action! From the very beginning, the world of cinema has captivated us. We have found ourselves laughing at our favorite comedies, crying when love finally comes to fruition, being beamed to other worlds or battling in the midst of action sequences. While movies might be the perfect entertainment, most have slight imperfections, mistakes, which go unseen, until they’re released and caught by the movie audience. These mistakes don’t detract from the film, and finding them are just as fun as watching the movie. For the past several years, Isla Grey has written a “Movie Mistakes” column for Bellaonline. “Reel to Reel” is a collection of some of those columns, spotlighting the fun goofs found in some of our favorite movies. Can you spot them? Grab the popcorn, sit back, and happy movie watching!
Monday, April 26, 2021
Once Upon a Tinder Box
Nonfiction / Self Help
Date Published: 27th April 2021
If you suddenly find yourself in the dating world after a long absence, things have changed. Please don’t despair. ‘Once Upon a Tinder’ is here to gently introduce you to the world of dating Apps with some hard earned do’s & don’ts.
Dr. Ann Donnelly recounts stories of electronic communication, first dates & romantic encounters interspersed with learning tips and suggestions for your personal adventures...
Despite the Devil
They Loved Collection Book 1
Women's Fiction
Date Published: 11-11-2020
Publisher: Drummond Martin Publishing
To Stephanie, Andrew Simmons seemed like the perfect man. He was smart, handsome, kind, and athletic. And best of all, he was interested in her. As their romance begins to blossom, the truth about Andrew’s past comes to light. A misguided choice made many years before, hung over him...
Clockwork Igni
Long live the me! As Queen of Antrum, I rule an underground realm of demon hunters who love finding new caves. Hey, it’s boring down here; I’m glad they all have a hobby. Per usual, I try to act interested about their latest discovery, but all I hear is "blah blah blah new cavern blah blah blah Forbidden Tombs blah blah blah massive bronze pyramids blah blah blah creepy ticking sounds." It’s a little odd, but I’m not worried.
My bad...
Almondine
The girl from the almond tree
Children's Book, Children's Fantasy and magical realism
Published: January 2021
Publisher: GZ Books
Alma’s life changed when she discovered an adorable tiny creature inside an almond. She named her Almondine and it became her secret. But as the curious and funny little girl grew, something strange and magical began to happen...
Catch It Spinning
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Yvonne
Edison thought she was so lucky, dating a hunky high school football hero. She
was proud to be wearing Dick Dunn’s class of 1968 ring. She thought their
future was college, marriage, and a family together. Dick thought his future
was adding her V-card to his growing collection before moving on to corrupting
college coeds.
She supposed all innocent girls had rude awakenings. New-boy-in-town Randy Sparks made her forget her unfaithful first sweetheart. Well, almost. But did Randy adore her or was he more enamored with playing basketball and fighter plane games?
Daniel Adams knew Yvonne only saw him as the boy next door. His twin sister, Debbie, was her best friend so Yvonne always tolerated him growing up. But one day he realized she had morphed into a stellar beauty and had his pulse racing and boys flocking around her. By the time he was old enough to get a part-time job and buy his own set of wheels, he worried that she may be permanently attached to some other fool...
The Salty Rose
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In New England, John Tinker, merchant and assistant to a renowned alchemist and eventual leader of Connecticut Colony, must come to terms with a family tragedy of dark proportions, all the while supporting his mentor’s secret quest to find the Northwest Passage, a desired trading route purported to mystically unite the East with the West.
As the lives of Marie
and John become intertwined through friendship and trade, a search for justice
of a Dutch woman accused of witchcraft in Hartford puts them on a collision
course affecting not only their own destinies but also the fate of colonial
America...
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Trey
The Gates Series, Book 8
M/M Romance
Published: March 2021
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
NORSE CODE
Talk about preconceived notions. NYPD Detective Anders Nilsen is sure Trey Stoneham is the scum of the earth: a tell-all journalist with a sketchy PI background. But truth is stranger than fiction, and it turns out Trey is a hero twice over.
When a serial killer Trey helped put away escapes prison, Anders has to stick to Trey like glue, which happens to be a job he’d gladly take on for a lifetime...
Friday, April 23, 2021
Now & Then
A Parker City Mystery
Mystery, Police Procedural
Published: February 2021
Publisher: Level Best Books
Parker City now . . . Parker City then . . . Every city has its stories and secrets.
In the spring of 1981, Parker City is rocked by a series of brutal murders. Unthinkable crimes the likes of which are unheard of in the close-knit community. Under great pressure from the powers-that-be, it is made clear to newly minted Parker City Police Detectives Ben Winters and Tommy Mason that their first case could very well be their last if they can’t catch the killer...
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Tiger Stripes
Memoir, Nonfiction, Mental Health
Date Published: April, 12th, 2021
Publisher: Hurn Publications
Four psychiatric wards
Three rehabs
Two jail cells
And a suicide attempt…
Hannah was told she would not make it to 25 with the way she was living. She had struggled with mental illness her entire life, but at 22 her demons came to a head at the grips of severe substance abuse, life-changing trauma, and two major deaths in her life.
Hannah’s struggles land her places no one ever hopes to grace; jail and psych wards lead her to the brink of death. Running out of options she’s left with two choices: live or die. This heart-wrenching memoir combines recovery with bittersweet romance told in a raw presentation that immerses the reader into the author’s dark state-of-mind in every page.
Tiger Stripes is going to add a valuable voice to the conversation about women’s mental health issues.
My review...
This is unsettling. I think it’s supposed to be. It most
certainly describes the life of an unsettled human being. Unsettled or lost?
Maybe both. I am sure Hannah felt that way many times. Although the substance
of this book might have been difficult to read, the writing style, the book
itself, was not. After completing this book, I went back to page one and reread
the first paragraph of every chapter. I think the struggle and a picture of her
life was even more visible. I am not suggesting you scan. You could never get
the full feel of this story without reading the whole book.
This is Hannah Renae’s first book. I hope it will be the last autobiography on codependence or at least that she has no problems as such anymore. Maybe she should continue to write and help people feel.
Skunk Train
Crime Thriller
Publisher: Down & Out Books
On sale for $.99
Starting in the Humboldt wilds and ending on the Skid Row of Los Angeles, Skunk Train follows two teenagers, Kyle and Lizzie, who stumble upon stolen drug money and set off to find Kyle’s father, a Hollywood director he’s never met, with drug dealers, dirty cops, and the Mexican mob on their heels.
Kyle Gill, fifteen, lives with his older cousin, Deke, in the backwater Northern California town of Dormundt. Kyle has been cutting class for the past three weeks. When Kyle returns home one afternoon, he discovers Deke and his business partner, Jimmy, are holding one hundred pounds of marijuana, which they discovered abandoned at their dealer’s house. Knowing people will soon come looking for the dope, Deke and Jimmy set up a quick deal at the Skunk Train Inn, a skeezy roadside motel, but the buyers turn out to be dirty cops. In the ensuing melee, Deke is killed, Jimmy escapes, and the dirty cops flee. Kyle takes off in Jimmy’s truck with the money that was transferred before the shootout...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
How-to-Buy-A-House-Blitz
Vital Real Estate Strategy for the First Time Home Buyer
Non-Fiction, Self-Help, How-to, Home Buying
Published: March 2021
Publisher: 800 Muses
Want to buy a house but don’t have a down payment and think you can’t qualify? Keep reading!
You’re not alone, and it’s not hopeless. Yes, rent keeps going up, making it difficult to save. And even though interest rates are great, housing prices keep ratcheting upward, moving further out of reach. And maybe your credit score could be better. It may feel like there’s a big clock ticking double-time and you’re starting to wonder if you’ll ever be able to afford your own home. But you don’t want to be shut out of the market. The best time to buy a house? Yesterday. Second best? Today. You need to take the right steps right now to get in the game...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The Coach's Wife
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The Cinderella Coyotes of State University are in the Final Four, poised to win the NCAA National Championship in basketball—the culmination of March Madness. For Marla Conners, she's proud of her husband Neal, and his achievement of coaching a collegiate team to the pinnacle of his career and the ultimate victory for his team. Yet, Marla's idyllic life is about to be viciously attacked and torn apart by a different madness—her husband's reputation ruined, a university disgraced, and she finds herself on trial accused of first-degree murder.
The Coach’s Wife is rife with spine-tingling suspense, conspiracy, deceit, and murder, sizzling and seductive passion, right down to the last second buzzer-beating heroics. This is also a candid and vivid behind-the-scenes portrait of Division One college basketball, university politics, money and corruption, and all the lives that are blessed and ruined by it all.
My Review...
A lot going on in this book. I’m not sure whether to call the
genre, crime, suspense, drama, etc. Even though I’ve listed a lot of elements,
there wasn’t one thing confusing in this book. It’s intense. If you know
basketball, you’ll know that part is real drama anyway:)
I love basketball so I loved reading the hype and what I’ll
call familiar scenery. It was almost as if the Final Four was going on during
the whole book. But there’s a Peyton Place going on right around the basketball
so don’t think there isn’t something here for everyone. I enjoyed the read.
Barbara Casey has quite a few books published. Check it out. https://amzn.to/2RN1Xo7
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