Monthly Archives: May 2017

Alpha Wolf – Sarah Noffke

May 17, 2017
Paranormal
Twelve men went missing. Six months later they awake from drug-induced stupors to find themselves locked in a lab. And on the night of a new moon, eleven of those men, possessed by new–and inhuman–powers, break out of their prison and race through the streets of Los Angeles until they disappear one by one into the night. Olento Research wants its experiments back. Its CEO, Mika Lenna, will tear every city apart until he has his werewolves imprisoned once again. He didn’t undertake a huge ...

Reflections – Clifton Kenny

May 17, 2017
Fantasy
A humble youth. A paranormal gift. A haunting history. In 1974, Shane Sullivan is a quiet, gangly teen in the suburbs of Boston who discovers he can explore the ancestral memories of a person’s lineage. Confused and frightened, his pursuit of this supernatural ability takes him down a dark and unexpected road of history long forgotten —or rewritten by historians. With the aid of his two friends, Jimmer and Paige, he contemplates a more ruthless version of the reality he thought he knew. Shane finds ...

The Dark Rift – Book One – The Last Artifact Trilogy – Gilliam Ness

May 17, 2017
Thriller
THE MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES… BETWEEN TRUTH AND MYTH… BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT… WILL BE REVEALED. ______________________________________ 250 million years ago an extinction level event wiped out 98% of life on earth. Nobody suspected it was cyclical until now. The countdown to a great leap forward in human evolution has begun, but history has a way of repeating itself, and it could easily mean the end of all things. ______________________________________ When they come into possession of a mysterious prehistoric cube, relic hunter Gabriel Parker, and the ...

Wherever You Go, There They Are – Annabelle Gurwitch

May 16, 2017
Comedy
A hysterically funny and slyly insightful new collection of essays from New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch, about her own family of scam artists and hucksters, as well as the sisterhoods, temporary tribes, communities, and cults who have become surrogates along the way. When Annabelle Gurwitch was a child, surrounded by a cast of epically dysfunctional relatives, she secretly prayed that it was all a terrible mistake. Maybe she was a long-lost daughter of Joni Mitchell or the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian princess. A family ...

Half-Truths – Randileigh Kennedy

May 16, 2017
Romance
On the surface, Whitley Rose appears relatively put together. People are in awe of her songwriting career, her Nashville apartment has a one-of-a-kind view, and her rock star boyfriend – well, he’s a dirtbag, and truth-be-told her tiny apartment actually sucks. Meanwhile, on the chance her crumbling dreams aren’t devastating enough, she’s called back home to face the reality that her father is seriously ill. Sawyer Grant is dangerously handsome for a guy in jogging pants, and far too focused for a spontaneous girl like ...

Deadly Sleep – Valerie Keogh

May 16, 2017
Mystery
Nicola Connolly is a nurse. She is also a serial killer. She kills neatly, three victims every six months, moving around the UK, hiding in plain sight. Everything goes according to plan until she moves to Bath. Because in Bath the police are hunting a serial killer who kills and tortures his victims. A psychic connection develops between the two killers, Nicola sees him and what he does to his victims in her nightmares. She is starting to lose control and she really can’t afford ...

Watchers – S.T. Boston

May 16, 2017
Science Fiction
Three prominent world figureheads disappear following The World Summit in Kuala Lumpur. The following day, US President John Remy is found dead of a heart attack in his hotel room. Meanwhile, two friends on a road trip across North America come to the aid of a mysterious woman they find washed up and battered on the banks of the Colorado River. Somehow, all the events are linked. Choosing to help her plunges them into a nightmarish race across the globe, for she holds a secret ...

Anything Is Possible – Elizabeth Strout

May 15, 2017
Drama
An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her ...

Not the Only One – Cindy Fleming

May 15, 2017
Thriller
What’s going on in Riverbend? A once safe neighborhood with homes tucked neatly around a lake has been turned on its side by a woman falling head over heels into insanity. As the threads of reality separate and unravel, Maggie Ferguson wreaks havoc on the teenage bullies who threaten her son, by secretly changing their lives, bit by bit, through a thick veil of psychosis. Parents turn against parents as Maggie’s shenanigans proves the long held truth: A mother will do anything for her child. ...

The Reviled – Cynthia A. Morgan

May 15, 2017
Fantasy
In the mystical realm of Jyndari, a relationship blossoms between two unsuspecting, yet kindred souls. Ayla, a Light-loving Guardian of Childfey, hides more than a few secrets — ones which isolate and set her apart from the rest. Yet Ayla’s veiled confidences entice one who lurks in the shadows. Silent and watchful, this dangerous presence knows all too well the secrets she wishes kept hidden. The Darkness-revering Fey bids his time, waiting for the ideal moment to step away from the shadows and reveal himself ...

Almost Human – Lee Berger

May 14, 2017
Non-Fiction
This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger’s own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa. He put out a call around the world for petite collaborators—men and ...

My Last Year of Life (in School) – Keith Manos

May 14, 2017
Comedy
This debut novel is a semi-autobiographical story told in a diary/epistolary format about teacher Ethan Miller during his last year of teaching. Teachers, school administrators, and parents, especially those who have children attending public schools, will be enthralled by My Last Year of Life (in School) and gain an understanding of the dramatic and sometimes disturbing events that happen in a public high school, emerging much like a popular reality television program since it also involves the issues and tragedies that educators confronted all over ...

Past Tense – Malcolm McDonald

May 14, 2017
Science Fiction
Twelve Monkeys’ meets 24. The leaders of four countries, tired of what they see as America’s unchecked bullying of the rest of the world, ban together to put a stop to it. Each leader has been personally and tangibly affected by the United States. They form a shadowy cabal whose sole purpose is the destruction of the United States. The four world leader’s attempt to destroy America goes horribly wrong. Instead of destroying America they destroy every living soul on the planet, except for a ...