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Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse Review is here. This novel centers around Hanneke, who is living in Amsterdam during World War II. Her beloved boyfriend, Bas, died while fighting to protect the borders of their country. An event that has haunted Hanneke since it happened. She’s never been able to let go of his memory, their love, or the pain his death caused her. She gets by during this time by selling black market goods to wealthy people in the city in need of perfume, lotions, lipsticks, food, etc. One of her customers, Mrs. Janssen, approaches her…

Ask by Amanda Baker also known as Ask: A Collection of Poetry, Lyrics, and Words is out now. We can be anyone we want, so why do we often choose to be mirror images of those around us? The Author, Amanda Baker, answers that question below. I stopped writing when I was eighteen. Literally stopped. I cannot find any poems, lyrics, or journal entries from age eighteen to twenty-two. I started to wonder, “where did I go?” I began to look at my earlier writing and connect the dots that may help me understand my development. I always considered myself…

The Bliss Drip by Liddie Cain is out now. Rozalyn Hunt was a normal small-town southern girl until the day that the one who got away walked back into her life… as a vampire. Mac promises to keep things on a professional level when she agrees to help him run the local blood donation program for the area vampires. But he never imagined the risks she would face because of their working together, and he must stick close to keep her safe. Will it bring them as close as they were before he left town? Mac’s boss, an archdemon named…

Victoria’s War by Catherine A. Hamilton is out now. In VICTORIA’S WAR, Hamilton gives voice to the courageous Polish women who were kidnapped into the real-life Nazi slave labor operation during WWII. Inspired by true stories, this lost chapter of history won’t soon be forgotten. POLAND, 1939: Nineteen-year-old Victoria Darski is eager to move away to college: her bags are packed, and her train ticket is in hand. But instead of boarding a train to the University of Warsaw, she finds her world turned upside down when World War II breaks out. Victoria’s father is sent to a raging battlefront,…

Redemption Prep by Samuel Miller Review is here. This book centers around Emma, Aiden, Neesha, and Evan, with ZaZa and Peter rounding out the main characters. The story starts with a journal entry from Emma, who thinks she is cursed. During mass, Emma goes missing leaving her boyfriend, Aiden, beside himself. Aiden can’t deny Emma hasn’t been acting strangely for these past few weeks. With her missing, she is all that he can focus on regardless of his big game where a Dallas Mavericks basketball scout is coming to see him play. Neesha is also beside herself with Emma gone…

The Endless Relation of Love by Adepoju Olaoluwa Itunu is here. There was a thunderstorm within him. He couldn’t seem to calm the turmoil in him. He was hurt but wondered how anyone would understand his pain. How would he explain the raging storm within him? “Hush,” they said. “It would go away.” “You’re just a little boy, you know nothing about life,” others told him. And he did. Gradually he learned to tame the storm within him. He was blinded to the stabbing pain in his heart. With grim tears, he stared at the object in his hands- his…

Reigns of Utopia by Elsie Swain is out now. This is the sequel To ‘Trial Of Identity.’ Reigns of Utopia follows the struggle and reins of power in the conquest of ensuring the control of the hierarchy of mankind in the top of the chain through forced evolution. It also brings back the beloved characters, bringing back more heart stopping action! Lost in the crossways of finding their normalcy together, Kate Parker and James Taylor find themselves sinking into the pit roaring the flames giving birth to the rise of chaos that is yet to befall on them. Secrets soon…

360 Degrees Home by A.L. Kent is available now! Join Anna as her journey continues and comes full circle in this sequel to A Journey of Three Degrees. Follow Anna to graduate school in France where her affections for her French friends deepen while she is immersed in their culture. Take other adventures with Anna, too, as she skis in Italy, spends a week with a group touring London, vacations in Barcelona, and visits a Greek family living near Athens. What will happen when Anna’s classes end? Where will she find her dream job? And will it lead her to…

FOUR by MJ Preston!   Book two in the Highwayman series The story finale By Canada’s own, MJ Preston! Set for release this February and published by WildBlue Press! The books will be available worldwide, in digital, print, and audio format, across all platforms! Having abstained from killing for almost a year, the Highwayman is coming unglued. Unsure if the FBI is watching, Lance Belanger spends his days and nights in a paranoid malaise, longing to kill again. Meanwhile, in Bucharest, Romania, an Interpol raid leads to clues and a witness who can identify the Highwayman. Armed with new evidence, newly…

Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz Review is here. This novel is a romantic retelling of Little Women and the characters within the book written also with Melissa de la Cruz. Jo has just gotten book 1 of Little Women published. Her editor, Mr. Niles, is thrilled with the story of the sisters and wants a second book called Good Wives that wraps up the sister’s stories. Jo hates the name of the book, but she needs the money to help support her family. Therefore, she hands over the last pages of the novel and…

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by Daven McQueen is on Wattpad now! Daven McQueen, Author of The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones on: ACCEPTANCE, IDENTITY, AND TRUE FRIENDSHIP Question: What inspired you to write The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones? Daven McQueen: The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones started as a summer lakeside story – I knew I wanted to write about friends in a small town by the water, but that idea alone wasn’t actually compelling to me. This was in my senior year of high school, as I was beginning to read more books by authors of…

American Blasphemer by John Matthew Gillen is out now. Would you dance with the Devil at a rock and roll show? Even if she wanted to kill you? American Blasphemer is the story of a lovesick writer named John, who moves to NYC to escape his dysfunctional family after getting dumped by his girlfriend. An epic literary novel written in the tradition of Denis Johnson, Charles Bukowski, and Hunter S. Thompson, each chapter delivers new characters and unforgettable experiences – a knife fight with a sex addict, a psychedelic family Christmas, a Cathedral burning in Manhattan, a midnight visit to…