Tag: 2013

That’s the Spirit by Lani Woodland & Melonie Piper

That’s the Spirit by Lani Woodland & Melonie Piper

Young Adult Romance. 167 pages. e-Book. When Chelsea gets nervous, embarrassed, or upset, she usually laughs it off, literally. But it’s not a happy sound. No, it’s an insane cackle, like the evil villain in a B movie horror flick, and she can’t control it. So when she drops Alicia, her archenemy who just stole her boyfriend, during their cheer routine at a school assembly, […]

June 8, 2013 / 0 Comments

Serpent’s Treasure: The Ancestral Key by Elaine T. Cook

A two-thousand-year-old prophecy lingers at the threshold of fulfillment. Sworn to slaughter anyone they suspect could fulfill it, the Leoni family has nearly succeeded in wiping out the family they consider their greatest threat. Meanwhile, Nicolai Cavallo, eccentric heir to the vast Cavallo fortune, has hunted his entire life for his familys long-lost treasure and is positive his search is paying off when he stumbles […]

June 8, 2013 / 0 Comments

The Siren’s Secret by Heather Ostler

She screamed in agony. Deep down, she really thought she wouldn’t be cursed. She had lied to herself, given herself hope. Julia already knows she is different. After all, she is a werecat, a shapeshifter. But she has other secrets—deeper secrets about her heritage that threaten to overtake her identity altogether. Spirited away to Sirenity, Julia learns that she is a siren—cursed to be alone […]

June 7, 2013 / 1 Comment

Rising Sun, Falling Star by Vickie Hall

December 7, 1941—Today my life changed forever… I am no longer considered an American, but by sheer heritage, I am now the hated enemy. The lives of Kenji and Aiko Onishi and their American-born children are about to unravel when the United States is thrust into war with Japan. Confronted by insurmountable prejudice and fear, the family is ripped from their California home without just […]

June 6, 2013 / 1 Comment

Zucchini Pie: Granny’s Recipe for Life by Susan Aylworth

When Karen Burnett receives word that 100-year-old Granny Adelaide is fading fast, she and her husband rush to the hospital to say their good-byes. As the end draws near, Granny reveals her dying wish: she wants each member of her fragmented family present at her funeral, as well as at a picnic dinner featuring nostalgic family foods. In her last breaths, she calls upon her […]

June 6, 2013 / 2 Comments

Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston

One hundred years before Ender’s Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. This is the story of the First Formic War. Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but just barely. Not soon enough to convince skeptical governments that there was a threat. They didn’t believe that until space stations and ships and colonies went up in sudden flame. And when that happened, only […]

June 6, 2013 / 0 Comments

My Life as a Lumberjack by Sara V. Olds

Me, Mercedes Bennion? Working for the US Forest Service? I’ve never thought of myself as the outdoorsy, hard-working type. But one quick glance at those mouth-watering forest rangers and oh, baby… Sign this seventeen-year-old up for a whole summer of fresh air, mountains and starry, starry nights!   Read excerpt   Title: My Life as a Lumberjack  or How I Fell For the Wrong Guy(s) […]

June 5, 2013 / 0 Comments

Glimmer of Hope by Sarah M. Eden

Stunning Miranda Harford once had the world at her feet. She was young, carefree, and desperately in love. But when her new husband left for London without her, her world fell apart. Devastated by his abandonment, Miranda fled their home, taking residence at her husband s rarely visited countryside estate. For three years, she lived alone. But now, as the holidays draw near, an unexpected […]

June 5, 2013 / 11 Comments

A Change of Plans by Donna K. Weaver

When twenty-five-year-old Lyn sets off on her cruise vacation, all she wants is to forget that her dead fiancé was a cheating scumbag. What she plans is a diversion uncomplicated by romance. What she gets is Braedon, an intriguing young surgeon. He’s everything her fiancé wasn’t, and against the backdrop of the ship’s make-believe world, her emotions come alive. Unaware of the sensitive waters he […]

June 4, 2013 / 4 Comments

Spin the Wheel by Mimi Barbour

Spin the Wheel, Book #5 for the Vegas series, is another short bridge story introducing Lisa Jordan, Aurora’s partner. Lisa will be at Aurora and Kai’s wedding and forced to spend the evening with Jeff Waters, a man whose very presence makes her feel about the same age as Noel, her three-year-old adopted nephew. Not only can’t she talk with the man around, she can’t […]

June 3, 2013 / 0 Comments