I’m sure many of you who visit this site are already aware of the Whitney Awards. I make nominating books for this award a part of all my giveaways and reading challenges. But for those who might have missed it… The 2018 Whitney Awards finalists were announced on February 11, 2019 in nine genre-specific categories. The winners will be announced at the eleventh annual Whitney […]
Talitha wanted one thing: to meet X-O’s Chansol, and this was her chance. As a nineteen-year-old culinary student, she was too poor to see the Kpop group in concert, but at least she could watch them walking by at the airport. As X-O is about to arrive, an overzealous fan claws through, knocking Talitha over and ruining any chance at an encounter. Heartbroken, she heads […]
Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Whitney Awards! As usual, the Awards Gala was spectacular. A huge shout out to president Annette Lyon and her committee for coordinating such a massively huge project—from collecting and tallying nominees, tracking down and verifying that nominated books and authors qualify, cajoling volunteers to read through a huge number of nominees and narrow them down to the very […]
CIA operative Talia Reynolds (Fluker) is off the clock, off the continent and off on her Paris honeymoon. But the happy couple’s trip to the City of Love is cut short when the CIA tracks them down for a top secret mission. Only this time, the Agency’s assignment isn’t for Talia—it’s for her husband Danny. As an aerospace engineer, Danny’s the one with the connections […]
Spy Another Day Prequel. After watching her parents’ marriage crash and burn, CIA operative Talia Reynolds doesn’t believe in “happily ever afters.” Besides, her job entails eighty-hour weeks, juggling a dozen covers and disguises, and tracking down a dangerous Russian spy ring. She hardly has time for romantic entanglements, even if she could let her guard down enough to get close to anyone. But all […]
Paige Vickers needs a new life, so she’s relieved when she’s given an assignment that takes her away from her stressful position as a psychiatric nurse with the CIA and puts her in a job as administrative assistant for Vanessa Johnson, an instructor for undercover operatives at the CIA’s training facility. At the same time, Damian Schmitt has been transferred to become a part of […]
Rulon Owen loves two things more than life—his country and Mary Hilbrands. When Virginia secedes from the Union, Rulon enlists, and finds himself fighting foes both in battle and in his own camp. He struggles to stay alive against all odds, with a knife-wielding tent-mate and a Union army that seems impossible to defeat. It will take every ounce of vigilance he has to survive […]
Katie Macauley gave up her lifelong dream of returning to Ireland in order to make a home for herself in Hope Springs, Wyoming, but her future has never been so uncertain. Katie’s heart still remains sharply divided between playful Tavish and steady Joseph, though she feels ill-prepared to make a decision. Furthermore, the town is more divided than ever with both the Irish and the […]
Congratulations the winners on a job well done! And a ginormous THANK YOU to all those behind-the-scenes people who make the Whitney Awards and Gala possible. EVERNEATH By Brodi Ashton Best Young Adult Speculative Novel AFTER HELLO By Lisa Mangum Best Young Adult General Novel THE FALSE PRINCE By Jennifer A. Nielsen Best Middle Grade Novel THE RENT COLLECTOR By Camron Wright Best General Novel […]
Marie Owen yearns for a loving husband, but Colorado Territory is long on rough characters and short on fitting suitors, so a future of spinsterhood seems more likely than wedded bliss. Her best friend says cowboy Bill Henry is a likely candidate, but Marie knows her class-conscious father would not allow such a pairing. When she challenges her father to find her a suitable husband […]