Autism Goes to School by Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell We're thrilled to announce that this Amazon bestseller is also a B.R.A.G. Medallion winner! It's also a Gold Winner in the Realistic Human Relations Fiction Book category of the Human Relations Indie Book Awards. Sixty-six 4.5 star reviews. After suddenly receiving custody of his five year old son, Ben must learn how to be a dad. The fact that he'd even fathered a child was news to him. Not only does this mean restructuring his sixty-hour … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Ann Richardson
About Ann Richardson: I am semi-retired, having worked as a researcher concerned with health issues during my working life. I wrote many books for health and social care professionals, but my real passion is writing narrative non-fiction, books using direct quotations from interviews to bring people's views and experiences 'alive' on the page. My most recent book is about what it is like being a grandmother (Celebrating Grandmothers), but I have also written books on people with HIV/AIDS (Wise … [Read more...]
Buyer’s Guide: Drum Dance by Bonnie Turner
Targeted Age Group:: Teen - Young Adult Category: Historical Print book price range: $9.21 - $15.35 eBook price range: $2.99 About Drum Dance: "Birchbark canoes are made for rivers and lakes," Per said, "not the icy waters of the Arctic. Fall out of this, you'll freeze before you drown!" Set in the "land of the midnight sun," Drum Dance is filled with adventure, paranormal intrigue, and danger in Canada’s Central Arctic, where Sir John Franklin and his crew froze to death searching … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: A Time of Secrets (A Big Island Mystery) by Linda B. Myers
Genre: Mystery, suspense, literary, contemporary fiction Targeted Age Group: 18+ Steam/Violence Level: (Ranked from 1 to 5, as noted by the author): 3 - Turn up the heat/Violence in detail A TIME OF SECRETS reg. 2.99 NOW .99 for week of promotion 4.8 Star Rating on Amazon EDGY SUSPENSE AND HOT HAWAIIAN NIGHTS … Life is uncomplicated in a Big Island village until Maile Palea, an 8-year-old girl, disappears. Twelve years later she is still missing. A Time of Secrets is the story of … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Linda B. Myers
About Linda B. Myers: Linda B. Myers The Early Years I won my first creative contest in the sixth grade for my Clean Up Fix Up Paint Up Week. This started a career that even a Phi Beta Kappa and BA from Michigan State University could not derail. The Career Years I wrote a non-fiction book entitled The Great Lakes: North America’s Inland Sea published by Outdoor World. The publisher is now defunct, and the book is no longer in print. From this experience I learned how little an … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Tsipi Sharoor
About Tsipi Sharoor: I published my first book at the age of 20, with the influence of a well known poet who read a few of my poems. My writing is a mixture of imagination and reality, merging of biographical events and fiction. This mix is the best of the genres in my opinion. It can teach the reader about the person behind the book and also to leverage and elevate the reader to the realms of imagination. The best invention is the reality at its best, in my opinion. What inspires you to … [Read more...]
Division by Karen A. Wyle
New technology, new choices . . . but who gets to choose? Conjoined twins Gordon and Johnny have never let their condition keep them from living full and fulfilling lives. Gordon looks forward to many years of closeness and cooperation. Johnny, however, faces their future with increasing restlessness, even dread. When the boys are in their teens, the new technologies of accelerated human cloning and brain transplants are combined into a single medical procedure. Someone whose body has … [Read more...]
Bargain Book: The Fragrance of Geraniums by Alicia G. Ruggieri
This book is bargain priced from 12/18/2014 until 12/21/2014 Told from multiple perspectives, this is a powerful story of three women – of the threads of mercy that connect them – and of heart-wrenching sorrows alchemized by the Heavenly Father’s overwhelming redeeming grace. Rhode Island - 1934 A GIRL Grace Picoletti has nothing going for her – but she’s determined to succeed in life, nonetheless. Born to severe destitution, she claws her way up from the pit of family shame and … [Read more...]
Bargain Book for 12/04/2014: Glass Half Full : Our Australian Adventure by Sarah Jane Butfield
This book is bargain priced from 12/04/2014 until 12/06/2014 Glass Half Full: our Australian adventure is the story of a UK family who made one of the toughest decisions of their lives, to emigrate to outback Australia, to live the Australian dream. Why was the decision so tough? Well the family is a step-family, and leaving meant that some of the children would remain in the UK with ex-partners. After enduring a messy divorce and numerous child custody battles Sarah Jane knew that this was … [Read more...]
Bargain Book for 10/17/2014: When Horses Had Wings by Diana Estill
This book is bargain priced from 10/17/2014 until 10/19/2014 Pregnant at 16, Renee Goodchild drops out of school and marries. Now she’s trapped in rural Texas with Kenny, her violent, garbage-collecting husband. A bleak future seems assured until she meets self-appointed relationship guru, Pearly. “That’s why you don’t let ‘em rule the roost. ’Cause you can’t count on ‘em to be there the next mornin’ when it’s time to crow,” the worldly Pearly advises. Renee narrates this tale of ruin … [Read more...]
12 Tips to Ensure a Successful School Year: Written By a 36-Year Teaching Veteran by Karen D. Webb
Does your child suffer from first day of school jitters? Is the "back to school" time of year stressful for you? Thirty six year teaching veteran Karen D. Webb knows all too well how going back to school can cause stress for children and families. Not only because she has been a school teacher for so many years, but also because she's a mom! Targeted Age Group:: 25 above What Inspired You to Write Your Book? My family. … [Read more...]
Hoodoo Money by Sharon Cupp Pennington @SCPennington
This book is bargain priced from 09/14/2014 until 09/16/2014 Is it really a hoodoo curse? Or is there something else that can explain the series of tragedies that dog Braeden McKay's every step after her best friend, Angeline St Cyr, takes a nickel from the grave of a hoodoo woman in a New Orleans cemetery? This is an intricate, engrossing romantic suspense. Moving from New Orleans to Galveston it is brilliantly paced with an intriguing, multi-layered plot and a host of well-developed … [Read more...]
