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Evil Days by Philip J. Waters centers around Saul. A devout Christian man, is a college graduate with a master’s degree in software development. Since graduation, it has been difficult for Saul to find employment. He has recently married his high school sweetheart, Anna, and the wedding costs and looming debt from school loans are taking its toll on him becoming desperate. Saul confides to his best friend, Morgan, about his financial situation and need to find a job. Morgan offers to help him get a job at L.I.V.E. Corporation, where he has worked for the past year. Morgan proceeds to invite the C.E.O.,…

Chasing Peace by Alaine Greyson is out now. Bracken Point is full of dirty little secrets. Twenty-six-year-old Samantha Barrett carries secrets from her childhood. Secrets that she kept from her twin sister. Secrets that only cocaine could hide. As Samantha plunges deeper into her addiction, her world crumbles. Her twin is murdered, leaving her with few allies. Samantha’s self-worth, friendships, and love all suffer as she struggles with sobriety. When the truth about her sister’s murder is revealed, she learns she’s not the only one keeping secrets. Will Samantha come to terms with her past or succumb to her addiction? I was sent a…

Adventure by Chicken Bus by Janet LoSole better known as Adventure by Chicken Bus: An Unschooling Odyssey through Central America is out now. Embarking on a homeschooling field trip to Central America is stressful enough, but add in perilous bridge crossings, trips to the hospital, and a lack of women’s underwear. You have the makings of an Adventure by Chicken Bus…a tale of one family, buckling under a mountain of debt, which sells all worldly possessions and hits the road. Adventure by Chicken Bus demonstrates how to travel sustainably, but more importantly, how to nurture the next generation of environmentalists and social justice activists…

That’s Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger Review is here. This novel centers around Lee, who lost her best friend, Sarah McHale, in a school shooting. She was hiding in a stall in the bathroom with Sarah and witnessed her friend die in her arms. But the tragedy didn’t just affect Lee. It affected other survivors who witnessed death firsthand: Miles Mason, Ashley Chambers, Eden Martinez, Denny Lucas, and Kellie Gaynor. The story picks up three years after the deaths of the students, but the survivors still feel like it happened just yesterday. Lee struggles throughout the novel to move…

DEVIL DAYS IN DEADWOOD by Ann Charles!Book 11  The New Novel by USA TODAY Bestselling Author ANN CHARLES! Released May 2020The books will be available worldwide, in digital, print, and audio format, across all platforms! “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” ~William Shakespeare Violet Parker knows better than to play with devils. They always cheat, especially when lives are at stake. Deadwood’s charming, troublemaking, and soul-sucking devils are no different, and they’re biting at her heels. But the clock is ticking and Violet has no choice—she must risk her life to save her treasured Aunt Zoe. With…

It’s 20th-century Czechoslovakia… and murder comes knocking. The Teralov family is loved and respected by everyone in Prague, adored for bringing prosperity and hope to its downtrodden people… so nobody expected to find Peter Teralov inexplicably murdered in the streets. To quell the uproar, expert Soviet detective Edgar Rollenvart soon finds himself tasked with hunting down the one responsible and bringing the killer to justice. He’s confident he can unravel the mystery behind Peter’s killing – despite the mysterious absence of evidence. Teaming up with Peter’s brother, Edgar embarks on a twisting and impossible case that will take them through…

GenderQueer by Allan D. Hunter is out now. This is a coming-out story of a male-bodied girl-gendered hetero genderqueer, entertaining true-life drama that will particularly appeal to anyone exploring gender/orientation issues. Nonfiction, but written as a narrative tale. Topically akin to Leslie Feinberg’s STONE BUTCH BLUES, Daphne Scholinski’s THE LAST TIME I WORE A DRESS; stylistically similar to Jennifer Boylan’s SHE’S NOT THERE. A different story. Nearly all other “trans” memoirs are by people who feel they were “born in the wrong body.” This one isn’t. Derek is a girl. He wasn’t one of the boys as a kid; he…

The Betrayal by Anne Allen is out now and the Guernsey Novels book #6. Treachery and theft lead to death – and love. 1940. Teresa Bichard and her baby are sent by her beloved husband, Leo, to England as the Germans draw closer to Guernsey. Days later, they invade… 1942. Leo, of Jewish descent, is betrayed to the Germans and is sent to a concentration camp, never to return. 1945. Teresa returns to find Leo did not survive, and the family’s valuable art collection, including a Renoir, is missing. Heartbroken, she returns to England. 2011. Nigel and his twin Fiona,…

The Spitfire Girls by Soraya M. Lane Review is here. This was my most requested historical romance book on my Facebook. It centers around May, Lizzie, and Ruby. They are all pilots and wanting to help in the war efforts during WWII. More than anything, they want to fly military aircrafts to help aide in the war effort. However, they are women, and that means they are meant to stay home, write letters, and knit. Well, Lizzie won’t have any of that. She is American and determined to have her own female squadron to help the Air force. After meeting…

Steggie Belle & the Dream Warriors by Elias Pell is out now! “It’s a great pleasure of falling down the mesmerizing rabbit hole of Elias Pell’s imagination, a shimmering place rich in alarming detail and appealing characters. Steggie Belle is an unmissable experience.” —STORGY Magazine Published by candlelight—surrounded by chanting Druids—at midnight on Summer Solstice 2020, this is Elias Pell’s debut novel. A semi-autobiographical YA Fantasy which delves behind the world we know, or like to tell ourselves we know. “What if our understanding of dreams is just a poor reflection of another place… a real place?” During a storm,…

The Shadows by Alex North Review is here. Let me tell you if you like thrillers that will make your entire body shiver with fear this book is for you! I got this ARC copy from Celadon books and was so excited! Paul Adams is just a boy when his playground at school turns into a crime scene. One of his friends gets murdered there, and Charlie Crabtree supposedly committed the gruesome crime. Paul knew Charlie too, but Charlie disappeared soon after the discovery. Then Paul leaves town for college and doesn’t return for decades. It isn’t until he’s now…

They Went Left by Monica Hesse Review is here. This novel centers around Zofia Lederman. She is a Jewish girl who got liberated from Gross-Rosen concentration camp, barely surviving frostbite, starvation, and beatings. She holds on thinking one thought: find her brother Abek and reunite with him. It’s what drives her to survive and maybe not be a no-nothing girl anymore. Her last memory is her family going to the left into the gas chambers while she promised her brother from A to Z she’d find him after this was all over. Now in a hospital, Zofia recovers enough to…