Author: StoreyBook Reviews

Excerpt – Holliday by Matthew Di Paoli

  Synopsis Holliday follows the infamous 1880s gambler, dentist, and gunslinger, Doc Holliday. From the outset, Doc has been diagnosed with tuberculosis and is told to head to drier climates and imbibe to prolong his life. He has also heard of a spring located somewhere along the frontier that could cure him—what he believes to […]

Review – Goyhood by Reuven Fenton

  Synopsis Thirty years after leaving Georgia, Mayer Belkin, a Talmud scholar married into a prestigious Brooklyn rabbinical family, faces a shocking revelation after his mother’s death: he and his twin brother aren’t actually Jewish. Traumatized, Mayer decides to convert, facing a week-long wait for the earliest appointment. In the interim, the twins embark on […]

Review – Eye of the Beholder by Jim Bates

  Synopsis When Jena’s new boyfriend Herm announces that he is traveling the Northshore of Lake Superior to meet Commander Donner, she is skeptical. After all, Herm is convinced that he is an alien from the planet Xylan who has been sent to Earth to search for rare minerals. As far as Jena is concerned, […]

Excerpt – The Ultimate Guide to Careers in Aviation by Julien Martinson

  Synopsis Julien Martinson’s life has an unwavering passion for aviation. From his early days as a flight attendant to his diverse roles in airside security, ground operations, and terminal management, aviation has been the constant thread weaving through his career. Driven by a thirst for knowledge and a desire to excel, Julien Martinson pursued […]

Review – The Quince Project by Jessica Parra

  Synopsis Castillo Torres, Student Body Association event chair and serial planner could use a fairy godmother. After a disastrous mishap at her sister’s quinceañera, all of Cas’s plans are crumbling. So when a local lifestyle-guru-slash-party-planner opens up applications for the internship of her dreams, Cas sees it as the perfect opportunity to learn every […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Muffalettas and Murder by Jann Franklin

    Muffalettas and Murder: Small Town Girl Mysteries Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – Louisiana Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rougarou Press (January 30, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 238 pages Synopsis Evangeline Delafose is finding Graisseville, Louisiana just as she remembered—boring and uneventful. Until her brother Nate asks her to help solve a […]

YA Spotlight & #Giveaway – The Ghost of Whispering Willow by Amanda M. Thrasher

  THE GHOST OF WHISPERING WILLOW Second Edition By AMANDA M. THRASHER   Children’s Horror / Fantasy / Magic / Chapter Book Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Page Count: 246 Publication Date: January 9, 2024     Synopsis Full of surprises, feuds, kidnappings and a family reunited! Stewart sees a ghostly figure out of the […]

Excerpt – Universe of Lost Messages by Janet Stilson

  Synopsis What if your child has special powers and can get people to do almost anything? What happens if the child is abducted?Izzie and Tristan were never mere humans. They are Charismites, with almost god-like powers of magnetism. And they couldn’t be more different. Izzie is a reckless, playful megastar whose popularity far exceeds […]

Guest Review & #Giveaway – The Not Quite Enlightened Sleuth by Verlin Darrow

    Synopsis A Buddhist nun returns to her hometown and solves multiple murders while enduring her dysfunctional family. Ivy Lutz leaves her life as a Buddhist nun in Sri Lanka and returns home to northern California when her elderly mother suffers a stroke. Her sheltered life is blasted apart by a series of murders, […]