Category: Book Release

Review – The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

    Synopsis   If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It’s a book – an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at the […]

Review – Meant for Me by Tay Marley

    Synopsis   Sometimes you have to run away to find yourself. Reeling from the sudden loss of her older sister―her only family―Addie May flees Los Angeles without a plan or a destination, and ends up in Georgetown, Texas. Lost and alone, she’s taken in by some kind local ranchers, and there she meets […]

Book Blitz – Amethyst, The Shallows by Kellye Abernathy

      AMETHYST, THE SHALLOWS   The Companion Novel to   The Aquamarine Surfboard   By Kelley Abernathy       Young Adult / Magical Realism / Coming of Age Atmosphere Press 296 pages February 6, 2024 NEW RELEASE!         “This is a night for being brave.” In the aftermath of […]

Review – I Am I Can I Will by Dr. Cynthia Jacobs Carter and Ruth Chamblee

    Synopsis   Bold statements, compelling quotes, and thoughtful prompts lead young Black girls on a journey of ancestral wisdom and self-discovery in this beautifully illustrated guided journal. I AM a voice for my people.  I CAN create my own opportunities.  I WILL live with hope. These and other powerful mantras will enlighten, engage, […]

New Release – Stress in Plants by Rishikesh Upadhyay

    Synopsis   This book, in a comprehensive manner, provides an overview of the challenges of increasing crop or agricultural productivity to meet the demands of a growing population, linking descriptions of physiological, ecological, biochemical and molecular activity in plants with their tolerance and adaptation to natural environments. In the case of plants, a […]

Excerpt – Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood by Paula Delgado-Kling

    Synopsis   Set in the author’s homeland, Colombia, this is the heartbreaking story of Leonor, former child soldier of the FARC, a rural guerrilla group. Paula Delgado-Kling followed Leonor for nineteen years, from shortly after she was an active member of the FARC forced into sexual slavery by a commander thirty-four years her […]

Review – Valley Verified by Zyla Zhao

    Synopsis   On paper, Zoe Zeng has made it in New York’s fashion world as a fashion columnist at Chic. But life in New York City isn’t as chic as Zoe imagined. Then one day, Zoe receives a job offer at FitPick, an app startup based in Silicon Valley. With her current career […]

Excerpt – The Powell Expeditions by Tim Piper

    Synopsis   After his mother’s death, seventeen-year-old Jubilee Walker asks to join a scientific expedition led by Major John Wesley Powell, a family friend. Powell initially refuses, but Jubil’s persistence and resourcefulness eventually win him a place on Powell’s crew. However, Jubil’s plans for a life of adventure are complicated by his deepening […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Vanilla Chai and A Vanishing Victim by Victoria Tait

        Vanilla Chai and A Vanishing Victim: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Sleuth (A Waterwheel Cafe Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – Cotswold, England Kanga Press (January 5, 2024)   Synopsis   A missing child. A half-baked ransom demand. Can a community cop sift through clues and […]

Review – Rattlesnake by C. Lee McKenzie #YA #paranormal

        Synopsis   The desert town of Rattlesnake isn’t a destination. It’s a last resort. Seventeen-year-old Jonah Guthrie’s aunt sold their home in New England and fled to this place to escape the humiliation of his dad’s indictment for embezzlement and subsequent disappearance. While their late uncle left them a house and a silver […]