Priestess of the Eggstone by Jaleta Clegg

It isn’t Dace’s fault she leaves chaos everywhere she goes. She didn’t know Belliff, the company who hired her to courier sensitive materials, is a front for the Targon Crime Syndicate. She finds out when she steps into the middle of a Patrol raid on Belliff’s offices. Now, the Patrol and Targon both want her. But that’s nothing. Her copilot has an entire sentient species […]

August 11, 2012 / 1 Comment

A Note Worth Taking by Lu Ann Brobst Staheli

The end of eighth grade should be an exciting and happy time for Laura Breathnach. But when her best friend gives her a note saying their friendship is over, Laura can’t figure out what hit her. Still reeling, Laura goes to science class only to find out she needs a partner for the school science fair. Vickie, who has always been her project partner before […]

August 10, 2012 / 0 Comments

Deadly Undertakings by Gregg Luke

Being an assistant to the state medical examiner in Salt Lake City might sound like a dead-end job, but Rebekah Smith loves the mystery and challenge of determining the cause of death in the bodies delivered to their morgue. Tutored by her friend and boss, Dr. Sandeep Mahesh, she gains understanding not only for her job but also for how to mask her own troubled […]

August 9, 2012 / 2 Comments

PIP Goes to Camp by Donna L. Peterson

Pip’s parents are sending him to summer camp—the one place he absolutely, definitely does not want to go! Now he’s in for eight whole days of torture: playing games, making crafts, and boating on the lake. But worst of all are the people! From Whiner Winston keeping him awake all night with his complaining to Corrector Cora sticking her know-it-all nose into every place but […]

August 9, 2012 / 1 Comment

Prom Night in Purgatory by Amy Harmon

Where does before end and after begin? Johnny Kinross is a boy from the 1950s, a boy trapped in time, and Maggie is the girl who loves him. By some miracle and against all odds, Johnny and Maggie are given a second chance at life and love. But Johnny is freed from Purgatory only to find himself in a totally different time and place, in […]

August 8, 2012 / 0 Comments

Above and Beneath by R. Bruce Sundrud

Abby Livingston watches over her silent brother Sam, who is small for his age and contantly teased. She is annoyed by her science teacher Professor Eldritch, who keeps asking his students to report anything unusual to him, such as unexpected caves, doors going nowhere, and the like. One evening Sam discovers a mysterious hole underneath a chestnut tree in their back yard. Professor Eldritch encourages […]

August 8, 2012 / 0 Comments

Witch Born by Amber Argyle

Brusenna thought it was finished. She defeated the Dark Witch, saving the Haven Witches from imprisonment and death. She found love and a place to belong. She was wrong. Haven is not the sanctuary it appears to be. Even love is in danger of slipping away like water through cupped hands. Some things can’t be saved. A new threat merges with the old as the […]

August 8, 2012 / 2 Comments

The Epic Tales of a Misfit Hero by Matt Peterson

Turning 12 isn’t the easiest thing to do… From passing the sacrament with his fly down to failing miserably at capture the flag, Andrew knows he’ll never be able to fulfill his duties as a deacon. But when tragedy strikes on his Boy Scout backpacking trip, Andrew’s whole troop must become stronger than they ever imagined. There’s no time to be weak anymore. Read excerpt […]

August 7, 2012 / 1 Comment

The Ten-Day Daughter by S. Michael Wilcox

When a young woman, nine months pregnant and homeless, wanders into an LDS Institute building, the director has no idea how this chance meeting will change his life—and the lives of all who meet her. Based on a true story, The Ten-Day Daughter is a poignant examination of how we treat the “stranger within the gate,” and a reminder that giving, no matter what the […]

August 6, 2012 / 1 Comment
Newport Ladies Book Club: Paige by Annette Lyon

Newport Ladies Book Club: Paige by Annette Lyon

After a bitter divorce from her unfaithful husband, Paige moves from Utah to California with her two little boys and vows to make a fresh start. She finds a job at a dental practice that helps her get back on her feet, but it’s the friends she makes at her new book club who help her realize how strong she is and who give her […]

August 6, 2012 / 4 Comments