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David Vass | Memoir
Liar, Alleged, A Tell-All: Celebrities, Sex and All the Rest by David Vass is a memoir that is humorous, brutally honest, and at times self-deprecating; the story of a gay who came out to his mother at the age of seven. He is one who has been so conscious of being born different at a very tender age and he explains that it wasn't because he was born in a dirt-poor family and raised in a downtown, white thrash neighborhood in Baltimore. He has arrived ten years after the last sibling, a “condom broke mistake in 1950.” This is the story of a gay who, at seven, stopped talking for two years because of a speech impediment, but in his memoir speaks like there is no limit to words. Follow his journey, from the exciting anecdotes of his children to tales about celebrities who didn't just cross paths with him but enjoyed his presence and influence. At sixteen, he started his first job in the world of strip clubs and theatres as a lighting tech. His connections to the mob in the ‘70s, the adven...
Continue ReadingKurt Hansen | Historical Fiction
Daughters of Teutobod by Kurt Hansen is an immersive narrative featuring three powerful women, with a setting in different moments in history. Hansen infuses life into the setting and unearths fascinating historical elements. The setting in 104 - 102 B.C.E is brilliantly rendered and it will be interesting to notice the details in the community life in the sveit. This author writes prose that is dazzling and descriptions that are terrific, conjuring imagery that excites the imagination of readers. This book has an irresistible appeal to fans of historical as well as women's fiction. The author writes with meticulousness about the three nuanced key characters, exploring their extraordinary qualities while showing their influence to their communities in these tales. The storytelling is so expertly accomplished that readers will smell ''odors of sweat and barnyard emanating from the house’s bedrooms,'' watch characters as they evolve through deftly written and focused scenes, and get a gr...
Continue ReadingWm M Crouch | Literary Fiction
Nick is a store clerk in a small Kentucky town. He is a lonely man who deals with anxiety and depression. But when Carmen comes into his life, he believes he has found healing and true happiness. But then the relationship ends, and Nick is forced to face the harsh reality of living in a world where he doesn't feel understood and accepted. Follow his journey as he is caught between a fictional world where there is no pain but love and happiness and the crude reality of facing the monotony of everyday life.This novel has strong psychological underpinnings, a well-crafted tale that is character-driven and it features compelling and resonant themes. Wm M Crouch imagines characters that are real, characters who are dealing with issues that are current and that many people have to deal with in contemporary society. Can falling in love heal anxiety and depression? That is the big question explored in this beautiful book. The author excels in building co...
Continue ReadingVictoria Costello | Literary Fiction
Orchid Child by Victoria Costello is many genres in one story —a nuanced, compelling thriller with unforgettable characters. The setting is complex and intricately drawn. Ellen and her fiancé move to the United States in the 1920's, running from the horrors of the Anglo-Irish war. Their granddaughter, Kate, loses her job as a neuroscience researcher in New York after a sex scandal in 2002. Kate travels to Ireland to do a study on mental illness in an effort to save her career and she brings her nephew, Teague, with her, putting him under psychiatric care at a university in Ballymore. A dark secret about her ancestry pushes Kate to go on an odyssey to unravel her family history and to understand herself. This is a psychological thriller that is heavily loaded yet so skillfully written that it puts readers on the edge of their seats. Kate is a well-sculpted character; she is complex and genuinely flawed, someone who struggles with self-doubt and who makes disastrous decisions. Losing he...
Continue ReadingCarrie Wiegman | Suspense & Thrillers
Perfect for fans of sleuth and crime thrillers, Kate's Whisper by Carrie Wiegman follows Special Agent Kate Jacobson and her colleague, Agent Layne Ward, as they start an investigation into the death of a young woman by drowning. It is not long before they become painfully aware that they are dealing with a serial killer. More bodies turn up and Kate is under pressure to uncover the identity of the killer before more people are killed. Kate is not an ordinary agent as she has a secret guide who whispers to her, helping her with pointers and clues. As time passes by, the voice that speaks to her head becomes stronger. But something else is also happening: Kate is helplessly falling for Delta Force leader, Master Sergeant Damon Harris. Kate eventually finds a strong connection between the murders and it is disturbing. Will her intuition lead her to capture the killer, and what becomes of Kate and Harris? Carrie Wiegman writes in a voice that is alluring and irresistible and she has an e...
Continue ReadingVincent J. Tomeo | Poetry
When the author was in college, he ran around Washington Square, like a cherub. When he came back, he noticed that all his clothing was stolen, so he had to take the New York City Subway home, with no clothes on, wrapped in the New York Times. ''No one said a word. At the time, it was unbearable. Decades later, I can now laugh.''This episode narrated in the introduction greets the reader and prepares them for a hilarious romp with an author who understands the place of humor in the economy of human suffering. This book is a collection of poems that explore the everyday conundrum, the frustrations, and the struggle to keep going amidst the setbacks. Imagine a poet who has to read his poem to his dog because the dog, Rex, is the only ''person'' with enough interest and time to listen to a poetry reading, wiggling. The dog ''Barks growls at Gothic poetry. / Howls at a Slam.''Yes, you will laugh. You will have a lot of fun reading these poems. And in the seemingly mundane things, you will...
Continue ReadingDavid M. Selcern | Detective & Mystery
Closure: Amateur Sleuth Mystery Novel by David M. Selcer opens with traumatic scenes and a compelling premise. Marty is going through a neurogenic shock and her heart rate might not increase. She experiences bouts of anxiety and panic attacks. She has just ended her marriage with a sexually abusive and pitiless union boss. Her attraction for Larry is quick. But Larry has a painful past also, one filled with traumatic episodes. He has been rejected from medical school three times and has suffered from a failed marriage. He brings with him the scars from his marine war experience in Afghanistan. Larry and Marty are two broken souls, each suffering from PTSD; now they are helplessly falling for each other and the path ahead looks frightening. Will they be able to make it work or will their past send them on a dark path toward more suffering? Selcer's character-driven novel begins with an emotionally explosive scene and reserves engaging moments for readers through every page. H...
Continue ReadingYvonne M Morgan | Fiction - Inspirational
In Yvonne M. Morgan's Gypsy for God, a brilliant accountant experiences mid-life crisis when she loses her job. Kathleen Johnson hasn't planned to retire until sixty-five, but when she loses her job, life becomes increasingly difficult for her. She struggles with self-doubt and is plagued by fears about the future. Working as a travel agent, she has to confront many of her fears and uncertainties, traveling to different places with her husband and meeting people in different kinds of conditions and predicaments. An encounter is about to transform her life in an unexpected way but will she have the courage to face her fears and embrace a path that might lead her to her ultimate purpose? This book intelligently articulates the themes of faith, love, and finding one's purpose, and the story will open the eyes of readers to the incredible truth that God works in mysterious ways, using adversity to lead trusting hearts to where they are meant to be. It is a novel that will appeal to lovers...
Continue ReadingLeona Cobham | Children - Grade 4th-6th
Flying Circus Takes to the Skies by Leona Cobham is a well-crafted, action-packed story that will entice children — adults will find delight in the richly imagined characters as well. Four airplanes, four friends, each of them unique and vested with singular skills! F-14 Tomcat has the extraordinary ability to break sound barrier. F-15 Eagle tricks him and he forgets to refuel, hence ruining his dream of winning the race to Australia. Tom gets help from the most unlikely airplane, Woody. Woody suffers from low self-esteem and believes every other airplane is better than he is, but a courageous act from makes a huge difference and reveals more about his personality. Vul the Vulcan, Spif the Spitfire, Woody the Tiger Moth and Tom the F14 are a team that are tasked with transporting endangered species. How will they do it? Meeting Antonov, the heaviest, longest, and widest airplane ever built, who is now in need of repairs ushers the four friends into another difficult mission. Leona Cob...
Continue ReadingJohn Russell | Non-Fiction - Spiritual/Supernatural
20 Ways to Increase Your Psychic Abilities by John Russell is a book for readers who want to understand how psychic powers work and who are looking for techniques to develop and enhance their psychic abilities. The author writes about a wide range of topics and techniques, from psychometry, dream interpretation, scrying, tarot cards reading, séances, amulets and talismans, cloud busting, healing to generating psychic energy. This book gives readers powerful insights into the power that resides within them and the tools to take control of that power. I have read Lobsang Rampa with a lot of interest, but John Russell's book articulates the psychic concepts with unwonted clarity, showing readers a systematic path to take to harness their psychic abilities. He writes in beautiful prose and with such limpidity as to make the connection with readers easy and certain. The author delivers the messages in this book in a tone that is strong and a voice that is confident and irresistible....
Continue ReadingDeovandski Skibinski JR | Science Fiction & Fantasy
A Husband out of this World is the second book in the Lab Soreno series by Deovandski Skibinski JR and it opens with the protagonist caught between dream and waking. Maiara has just defeated Harry in the Gandew duel and, while struggling to figure out what actually happened, Harry is painfully waking to the crude reality of being in another world. The murkiness in his memories is disturbing and eventually, different characters begin to surface in his life, starting with Sora, the woman that Harry loves passionately and whose gentle hands on his back leaves him with a soothing, tantalizing feeling. However, a contract he signed might condemn him to a life of a slave. Can he trust the people around him, and how much time does he have to figure out everything because it is too late?Skibinski's novel sucks the reader immediately into a dreamlike-world. The narrative brims with magical realism and the characters are complex — from the gentle and alluring Sora, to the enigmatic and sarc...
Continue ReadingEl Holly |
Finding Fae by El Holly is the first entry in a YA Urban Fantasy trilogy that will enrapt fans of the genre. Losing her boyfriend of ten months is enough to rock Evelyn ''Eevee'' Acker's world. But when she discovers that her parents are fae, everything changes for her. It is the summer before her senior year and after her boyfriend dumps her, Eevee can only rely on her friends, Maggie and Cam for comfort. Her parents think it is a good thing when they give her a sealed envelope containing facts about her adoption; a handwritten note from her birth mother indicates Eevee is fae. The short note troubles her, making her question her roots. She embarks on a perilous quest to uncover the identity of her parents. With the help of a mysterious ally, will she find her biological parents? A wonderful meld of ordinary life realism and the magic of fairyland gives this first book a unique flavor and makes it intriguing. Holly excels at building a world that is magical and that feels real at the...
Continue ReadingElsie G. Beya | Romance
Daisy is a florist who loves her life the way it is — without a man in it. She is tough, speaks her mind, and possesses sarcasm that stings. But her life changes when she meets Stewart Burns, a frontman for an indie band. While there is obviously nothing to connect the two, Stewart's charm rubs off so easily and quickly on Daisy. The walls she has built around her life begin to crumble like petals as she falls for him. But can she allow herself to be vulnerable and be touched where she hurts deeply or will she risk her life with Stewart? Readers will love and hate Daisy, but she is a genuinely flawed character, and Elsie G. Beya has done an extraordinary job of exploring her brokenness, allowing readers to see her hidden wounds and silent tears, and the darkness in her inner world. Her tough demeanor becomes a mask that hides her deepest wounds. The romance is cleverly written and I enjoyed the way events unfold in this unpredictable novel — just so naturally. Themes of love, friendsh...
Continue ReadingLeona Cobham (Cobham Wings)
Flying Circus Takes to the Skies by Leona Cobham is a well-crafted, action-packed story that will entice children — adults will find delight in the richly imagined characters as well. Four airplanes, four friends, each of them unique and vested with singular skills! F-14 Tomcat has the extraordinary ability to break sound barrier. F-15 Eagle tricks him and he forgets to refuel, hence ruining his dream of winning the race to Australia. Tom gets help from the most unlikely airplane, Woody. Woody suffers from low self-esteem and believes every oth...
David Vass (AR Press)
Liar, Alleged, A Tell-All: Celebrities, Sex and All the Rest by David Vass is a memoir that is humorous, brutally honest, and at times self-deprecating; the story of a gay who came out to his mother at the age of seven. He is one who has been so conscious of being born different at a very tender age and he explains that it wasn't because he was born in a dirt-poor family and raised in a downtown, white thrash neighborhood in Baltimore. He has arrived ten years after the last sibling, a “condom broke mistake in 1950.” This is the story of a gay...
Shelly Edwards Jorgensen (The Edgeworth Group)
Shelly Edwards Jorgensen is prevented from going home by a police officer stationed at her friend's home to watch over her. But she escapes and, on her way, she meets her friend, Carolyn, who breaks the terrible news to her: ''Your house —it's on fire.'' She watches as her mother's body is removed from the ashes of what was a home a few hours ago. She knows her father killed her. Now, she blames herself for the murder of her mom, because she has left her alone, having known that her father was a monster since she was just four. She tells the st...
El Holly (Independently Published)
Finding Fae by El Holly is the first entry in a YA Urban Fantasy trilogy that will enrapt fans of the genre. Losing her boyfriend of ten months is enough to rock Evelyn ''Eevee'' Acker's world. But when she discovers that her parents are fae, everything changes for her. It is the summer before her senior year and after her boyfriend dumps her, Eevee can only rely on her friends, Maggie and Cam for comfort. Her parents think it is a good thing when they give her a sealed envelope containing facts about her adoption; a handwritten note from her b...
Yaron Perlman (YP Technologies & Consulting Inc.)
DevStreams: Scaling Software Delivery — Naturally by Yaron Perlman offers an answer to a disturbing question: What is the most effective way of delivering and scaling software? In order to answer the question, Perlman proposes a new paradigm called DevStreams paradigm. It is an approach that is similar to how nature creates something from nothing and grows in its originality and beauty. The author cautions that contemporary problem-solvers get caught in the trap of relying typically on knowledge and theory which can stop them from seeing things...
Carrie Wiegman (Novelsy, LLC)
Perfect for fans of sleuth and crime thrillers, Kate's Whisper by Carrie Wiegman follows Special Agent Kate Jacobson and her colleague, Agent Layne Ward, as they start an investigation into the death of a young woman by drowning. It is not long before they become painfully aware that they are dealing with a serial killer. More bodies turn up and Kate is under pressure to uncover the identity of the killer before more people are killed. Kate is not an ordinary agent as she has a secret guide who whispers to her, helping her with pointers and clu...
David M. Selcern (David M. Selcer)
Closure: Amateur Sleuth Mystery Novel by David M. Selcer opens with traumatic scenes and a compelling premise. Marty is going through a neurogenic shock and her heart rate might not increase. She experiences bouts of anxiety and panic attacks. She has just ended her marriage with a sexually abusive and pitiless union boss. Her attraction for Larry is quick. But Larry has a painful past also, one filled with traumatic episodes. He has been rejected from medical school three times and has suffered from a failed marriage. He brings with...
John Russell (Outskirts Press)
20 Ways to Increase Your Psychic Abilities by John Russell is a book for readers who want to understand how psychic powers work and who are looking for techniques to develop and enhance their psychic abilities. The author writes about a wide range of topics and techniques, from psychometry, dream interpretation, scrying, tarot cards reading, séances, amulets and talismans, cloud busting, healing to generating psychic energy. This book gives readers powerful insights into the power that resides within them and the tools to take control of...
Kurt Hansen (Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock)
Daughters of Teutobod by Kurt Hansen is an immersive narrative featuring three powerful women, with a setting in different moments in history. Hansen infuses life into the setting and unearths fascinating historical elements. The setting in 104 - 102 B.C.E is brilliantly rendered and it will be interesting to notice the details in the community life in the sveit. This author writes prose that is dazzling and descriptions that are terrific, conjuring imagery that excites the imagination of readers. This book has an irresistible appeal to fans of...
Sabreena Lowe ( Independently Published)
Never Say Goodbye: A Second Chance Romance (Never Series) by Sabreena Lowe is a compelling narrative, a romance with lovable characters and a clever plot. Alaina Dexter is an orphan and it has been three years since he left her. He has not also been present in the life of his two-year-old daughter. Now she is to have a face-to-face interview with Christian Riley, the defensive player for New England Patriots. As for Christian Riley, he is worked-up about the thought of an interview with the love of his life and the woman he abandoned, believing...