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Book Review: “The One Discovered: Chronicles of the Diasodz, #1” by Yvette Calleiro

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About The Author Yvette M. Calleiro is a heavily addicted reader of both young adult and adult novels. She spends most of her time psuedo-living in paranormal worlds with her fictional friends (and boyfriends). She's also been known to run on the elliptical machine at her gym for hours while reading anything from paranormal to fantasy to suspenseful thrillers. When she's living amongst real people, Yvette M. Calleiro is a high school Reading teacher. She's been sharing her love of literature with her students for over fifteen years. Besides writing about the various characters that whisper (and sometimes scream) in her head, she enjoys traveling, watching movies, spending quality time with family and friends, and enjoying the beauty of the ocean. Yvette lives in Miami, Florida, with her beautiful son who allows her to enjoy children's literature all over again. She also shares her space with an assortment of crazy saltwater animals in her 300-gallon tank. About...

Book Review: "Seeker (The Seeker Series Book 1)" by Amy Reece

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About The Author Amy Reece lives in Albuquerque, NM, with her husband and family. She loves to read and travel and has an unhealthy addiction to dogs. She believes red wine and coffee are the elixirs of life and lead to great inspiration. Stay tuned for her newest book, The Way to Her Heart, a YA romantic suspense novel, coming in March 2016. Amy's Website Twitter FaceBook Goodreads About The Book Seeker - Book 1 in the Seeker Series Ally Moran has always just known about things—things she shouldn’t really be able to know… Suddenly when she starts having vivid visions about a former friend who is in desperate trouble, the adults in her life think she might hold the key to an ancient mystery. Jack Ruiz has a troubled past, but is trying to make a fresh start at a new high school… He just wants to keep his head down and graduate, hopefully before he turns 20. The last thing he needs is to get involved with a feisty redhead and her psychic visions. While Jack v...

Book Review: "The Budapest Experiment" by Maurice G. Miller

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About The Author Maurice has been involved in the creative arts since his teenage years. Having worked and played in rock/blues bands for most of his adult life, the artistic role models that he came to admire were those authors, musicians, and philosophers that wrote the books, poetry, lyrics, and music that touched and moved the souls of generations. Counted among his favorites authors are J.D. Salinger, Earnest Hemingway, Dante Alighieri, and Kahlil Gibran. Deciding to take a break from the music career, he has rededicated his creative energies toward writing. Then there is the "business geek" side of him. With an MBA degree, and having started several ventures, he has an obsession for creating new business ideas, digging into data analytics, and dissecting statistics. This passion for entrepreneurship is reflected prominently in his writing style. Maurice's debut fictional novel, "The Budapest Experiment", an international thriller, was released on M...

Book Review: "The Gemstone Chronicles Book One: The Carnelian " by William Stuart

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About The Author William L Stuart was born in New Mexico, but has lived Georgia for many years. He speaks with a southern accent, drinks gallons of sweet tea, and loves the UGA Bulldogs. He almost attended that great university, but decided instead to join the US Navy, where he subjected himself to the rigors of Navy Nuclear Power training in Orlando, Florida, and Idaho Falls, Idaho. Graduating from Nuke school landed him aboard USS Sandlance (SSN660), a Sturgeon class fast attack submarine. He was a fully qualified submariner, and traveled above the Arctic Circle to earn his Bluenose certificate. After 3 and a half years aboard Sandlance, he transferred to recruiting duty in Americus, GA. While in Americus, William completed his undergraduate degree in Human Resources Management. William left the Navy soon after that, and began working in the civilian world. He has been an electrician for a carpet manufacturer, worked for the world's largest candy cane manufacturer, and then ...

Book Review: "Mercy's Prince" by Katy Huth Jones

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About The Author Katy Huth Jones grew up in a family where creative juices overflowed and made puddles to splash in. When not writing or sewing or drawing or taking photos, Katy plays piccolo and flute in The Symphony of the Hills. She lives with her husband Keith in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Their two sons, whom she homeschooled, have flown the nest and live creative lives of their own. Best of all, she is a cancer survivor. Visit her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Katy-Huth-Jones-Author/318819684805145 or contact her on twitter @KatyHuthJones or visit her blog: http://www.katyhuthjones.blogspot.com About The Book As second son of the King of Levathia, seventeen-year-old Valerian desires the quiet life of a scholarly monk. But when he fails to save his older brother in battle, Valerian must instead become crown prince. While a traitorous knight schemes against him, Valerian meets Mercy, a pacifist Healer with whom he can speak mind-to-mind like...

Book Review: "Sharpe Shooter" by Lisa B. Thomas

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About the Author Born and raised in Texas, Lisa Thomas always knew she wanted to be a writer. Finally, after thirty- three years as a high school Journalism and English teacher, she released her first novel and hasn't slowed down. She also has a writing guide for creative non-fiction. Lisa lives a quiet life with her husband and peekapoo. Besides writing, she enjoys her grandchildren, photography, traveling, and antiquing (buying and selling old junk). Visit her website: http://www.lisabthomas.com/ About the Book Burned-out high school teacher Deena Sharpe is ready for a change. She has no idea a fifty-year-old murder case is about to turn her life upside down.  The Perry County Sheriff’s office has found a skeleton in the closet…literally. When they identify the man’s body fifty years after his disappearance, his family turns to Deena to uncover the truth about his murder. The clock begins ticking when she discovers a mysterious writer is about to implicate the vict...

Short Story Review: "Help Me Make It Through The Night" by Kathy Golden

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About The Author Hello Everyone, At present, I am working on my Christian novella, An Invisible Hand. You can sign up for details about it at www.aninvisiblehandbykathygolden.com. Be sure to opt in to receive an update on when my novella is published.[Update: An Invisible Hand is now published! Get your copy today. I'm working on the sequel and would love to hear what you would like to read more about in the second book. Post in the discussion section on this page or contact me via the website. Thanks! Kathy] I studied creative writing at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. I offer manuscript evaluations to help you improve your book before you have it edited and/or before you upload it for distribution. Contact me at any of my websites for more information. I particularly enjoy listening to audiobooks. I've created Just Audiobook Reviews: a website featuring audiobooks that I read and review. About The Book On Christmas Eve, two s...

Book Review: "Into Dark Waters" by Rebecca Reilly

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About The Author Rebecca Reilly is a pastor and has been working in ministry for over thirty years. A wife and mother of two and grandmother of one, Rebecca enjoys hiking, jogging, and taking cruises. When she's in her Northern California home, she works as a pastor of student ministries, a massage therapist, a health coach, and a writer. Rebecca enjoys writing mysteries (Into Dark Waters and Haunting Megan), but has also written humor (Diary of a Christian Woman: How I Used 50 Shades of Grey to Spice Up My Marriage), a children's chapter book (The Geek Club), and two picture books (Heart of a Kitty and Jammers and His Flying Bed Adventure). Right now, Rebecca is working on follow- up novels in all four genres. Facebook Twitter Goodreads Rebecca's Website About The Book A cruise ship is an easy place to commit murder. Body disposal’s a cinch, and suicide’s the likely verdict. The only problem is determining how to choose the next victim. Sad ...

Book Review: "Progeny of a Killer" by J. M. Shorney

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About the Author In an old country village called Chaddleworth in Berkshire, J. M. (Jean) Shorney grew up listening to her father's tales around the fireside on cold winter evenings. Her father was a born storyteller. Her mother recited poetry she'd learned, and would rattle off without a book. Jean has written many novels, poetry and some hymns set to traditional tunes. Her favourite writers are Elliott O'Donnell, Dennis Wheatley and Jack Higgins, while her love affair with Ireland dominates most of my writing. Jean's inspiration is listening to old country music, both American and Irish, as it has been since herwriting career began. She currently reside in Thatcham, which is near Newbury in Berkshire. Fine Jean Shorney on  Twitter . About the Book Sometimes the past throws up more than you can handle... When Aidan McRaney is sent into infiltrate the lair of a man obsessed with seeking revenge on the British for the murder of his IRA father, he is forced t...

Book Review: "Inside Room 913" by Bruce A. Borders

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About The Author Bruce A. Borders was born in 1967 in Cape Girardeau, MO. Bruce's  childhood years were spent in a number of states, including Missouri,  Oregon, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.  During his high school years, he was a member of the football,  basketball and track teams, involved in various non-athletic activities  such as school yearbook production and photography, and won numerous  awards for his artistic creations. Bruce graduated Valedictorian in  1984. While in school, Bruce held three part-time jobs; a store clerk, a  janitor, and a dental technician, working about 60-70 hours per week.  After graduation he became employed full time as a dental technician.  Other jobs have included restaurant manager, carpenter and grocery store  cashier. For the past nineteen years, he has worked as a commercial  truck driver, logging more than two million miles. At the age of fifteen, Bruce decided to become a writer....

Book Review: "Another Sunset" by Jason Zandri

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About The Author Jason has been working in the information technology field in one form or the other since 1996. He is currently employed full time at Bloomberg LP as a Systems Engineer in the R&D group. Jason lives in Wallingford Connecticut, with his wife Renata. He is the father to four children, three boys and 1 girl - 11 years (Andrew), 9 years (Angela), 7 years (Adam) and 6 years old (Alex). You can keep up with Jason on Facebook via his author page at https://www.facebook.com/jzandri   You can FOLLOW Jason on Twitter via https://twitter.com/gunderstone You can ADD Jason to your circles on Google+ via https://plus.google.com/+JasonZandri/ You can read Jason's current updates and writing activity on his writer's blog - THE GUNDERSTONE REVIEW at https://gunderstone.wordpress.com/ About The Book Another Sunset - Sunset Series, #2 David Stephenson is a kind drifter who comes to settle in the small Texas town of Westville. His sense, empathy, and awar...