The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Fiza Pathan The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Fiza Pathan is a collection of twenty-one original short stories, each centered on some aspect of the social, cultural, psychological and emotional issues facing the LGBTQIA community in the world today. False prejudice has blighted much of society’s sensitivity to what is necessarily a human rights issue. Ignorance has compounded it. What if you, as a parent or a family member, are faced with this … [Read more...]
The Sunshine Stone by Foster Henderson
The Sunshine Stone is the story of Antonia Davidson, a fifteen-year-old girl, who loses everything when her successful solicitor father is imprisoned for money laundering. It is a story of redemption, as she overcomes the challenges of living with her fragile mother in Rotney, a brutal, East End slum where she attends the notorious comprehensive school, Rotney High, with all its perils and ugliness. Antonia’s life changes when she meets an American war hero and performance magician, who restores … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Prakash Vir Sharma
About Prakash Vir Sharma: The author is a management and engineering professional as well as an educationalist by qualification. He is best known for his impartial and analytical opinions on political, social and religious issues. He is also a passionate social thinker. The books "Pratibimb" and "Mahakte Panne" were published by Yuvraj Prakashan which consist of his prominent works. His first book '' Kathputli'', which was published in March 2017, made … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Competing with the Star by Krysten Hager
Genre: Young adult contemporary Hadley Daniels’s life seems perfect… Before the beginning of sophomore year of high school, Hadley and her family move to a beautiful beach town, where she makes amazing new friends and lands the boyfriend of her dreams—Nick Jenkins. He’s the kind of guy every girl swoons over, and it isn’t long until Hadley discovers some are still swooning. Hadley and Nick form a deep bond when he confides in her about his grandfather’s life changing diagnosis of Lewy Body … [Read more...]
Shaky Man by Mark S. Parker
Stay away from Shaky Man. Every kid in the small town of Tonkaway, Texas, knows that. He eats little kids, murdered his wife, and mistreats his dogs, to boot. That’s what they say, anyway. Top doesn’t entirely know what to think about the rumors. He’s too busy settling into his new home, playing baseball and making friends—like Mickey, a black boy who soon becomes his best friend of all. Everything changes when a shocking murder turns the town, along with Top and Mickey’s lives, upside … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Hunter Mazÿck
About Hunter Mazÿck: I am the author of Forgive Me Not and a few suspense short-stories. I am from South Carolina and I like writing books that address issues in society as well as in the individual. I love expressing a character's inner turmoil. My favorite writers are James Joyce, Michael Grant, and EL Doctorow. What inspires you to write? My readers. I love the idea that people could read my writing and connect with it. I know that the connection between a reader and a book can be … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Mark S. Parker
About Mark S. Parker: Born in Mexia, I spent my early years in Waco and graduated from Belton High School and Texas A&M back in the 70’s. This Central Texas boy married a West Texas girl, Ann Becker, in 1977. We moved to Midland, her hometown, in 1980 when I received my Master’s degree. I went to work for Gulf Oil as a landman and was just happy to have a job. I’ve been a landman ever since. Sometimes with a company and sometimes independently. Our four children grew up in Midland. We now … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Next Door to a Star by Krysten Lindsay Hager
Genre: Young Adult Hadley Daniels is tired of feeling invisible. After Hadley’s best friend moves away and she gets on the bad side of some girls at school, she goes to spend the summer with her grandparents in the Lake Michigan resort town of Grand Haven. Her next door neighbor is none other than teen TV star Simone Hendrickson, who is everything Hadley longs to be—pretty, popular, and famous—and she’s thrilled when Simone treats her like a friend. Being popular is a lot harder than it … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Emma Vincent
About Emma Vincent: Emma is a qualified global supply chain manager with an MBA and over 10 years experience in the resources industry. While she has an abundance of expertise in business and logistics, she is truly passionate about her children and writing… a more inspiring combination. An Australian now based in the UK, Emma is undertaking to write and publish a set of children’s books that promote an awareness of health and wellbeing issues about kids to kids, in a fun and imaginative … [Read more...]
Bargain Book: The Landlord by Heather Scrooby
This book is bargain priced. Check book price before you buy, as prices can change due to expiration of the sale or other technical issues. The effects of child abuse do not simply vanish as an abused child grows older. Child abuse has long lasting and far reaching consequences as this fictional book attempts to highlight. It tells the story of Jason and Julia, who have been searching for the perfect home. When they finally find it, there is only one drawback-the Landlord lives on the … [Read more...]
Permafree eBook: Free From the Tracks by K T Bowes
Awarded 5 Stars by popular book site, Readers' Favorite, this is Amazon bestselling teen author K T Bowes' first in the Troubled series for teenagers. Sophia Armitage has a secret that will make everyone see her differently. She's a decent girl from a good family. They have worked hard to end up on ‘the right side of the tracks’ in the central north island town of Hamilton in New Zealand. But things are never quite what they seem and for the troubled teen, life at the failing high school … [Read more...]
My Whispers of Horror: Letters Telling Women’s True Tales from Ex-USSR Nations by Brine Books Publishing @BrineBooks
This book is bargain priced from 05/01/2014 until 05/07/2014 "If he hits me, then he must love me." "I am a cow and I am a bull. I am a woman and I am a man." "If you don't find an ideal man by your age... it doesn't mean that you like girls. Don't worry, you can find a man! You will not be an old maid." "That was also when these police officers, who were meant to protect the public, became my pimps." What can be more deep and personal than reading what a woman wrote of her … [Read more...]
