Daily Archives: February 22, 2020

One Crazy Summer by Scott McElhaney

With over 175,000 books downloaded worldwide, the bestselling author of The Mystic Saga, Dominion, Saving Brooksie, and Ghosts of Ophidian now brings you a tale of three teenagers who may have just found a modern day treasure map at their summer job.

It’s the summer of 1999 and the price of gas is $1.09 per gallon, J-Lo is releasing her first album, and in the small town of Riverton, Bradley Brock is searching for 1.3 million dollars.

With the whole summer ahead of him, Bradley stumbles unwittingly into his first summer job. While it appears to be an opportunity to learn responsibility and make a few bucks in the process, it is anything but! With a manager that likes to play pranks and sports in the store, a cashier that is encouraged to harass customers, and a crazy guy who knocks holes in the walls, Brad finds himself almost alone in his sanity.

Then Brad discovers a journal that documents a fellow employee’s search for a large bag of money that was lost many years ago. With the assistance of two of his friends, he embarks on a journey to follow the trail of the money and ultimately to nab it for themselves.

The only problem – someone else is searching for the same bag of money and he’s willing to kill for it.

Scott McElhaney is the recipient of the Xulon Book Award for his first suspense novel “Mommy’s Choice.” Scott is a veteran of the US Navy, a loyal husband of more than 18 years, and a father of two boys. He is currently employed as a finance supervisor at the Matco Tools corporate office while he maintains his "side job" as an author of suspense and science fiction. This book is the results of spending more than 5 years as the "world’s worst store manager" (in his opinion) at a local business that will remain unnamed – some of the best years of Scott’s life.

Winter Loon: A Novel by Susan Bernhard

A haunting debut novel about family and sacrifice, Winter Loon reminds us of how great a burden the past can be, the toll it exacts, and the freedom that comes from letting it go.

Abandoned by his father after his mother drowns in a frozen Minnesota lake, fifteen-year-old Wes Ballot is stranded with coldhearted grandparents and holed up in his mother’s old bedroom, surrounded by her remnants and memories. As the wait for his father stretches unforgivably into months, a local girl, whose own mother died a brutal death, captures his heart and imagination, giving Wes fresh air to breathe in the suffocating small town.

When buried truths come to light in the spring thaw, wounds are exposed and violence erupts, forcing Wes to embark on a search for his missing father, the truth about his mother, and a future he must claim for himself–a quest that begins back at that frozen lake.

A powerful, page-turning coming-of-age story, Winter Loon captures the resilience of a boy determined to become a worthy man by confronting family demons, clawing his way out of the darkness, and forging a life from the shambles of a broken past.

The Parisians by Marius Gabriel

In occupied Paris, one woman risks everything to help bring down the Nazis.

Paris, 1940. The Nazis have occupied the city–and the Ritz. The opulent old hotel, so loved by Parisians, is now full of swaggering officers, their minions and their mistresses.

For American Olivia Olsen, working as a chambermaid at the hotel means denying her nationality and living a lie, every day bringing the danger of discovery closer. When Hitler’s right-hand man moves in and makes her his pet, she sees an opportunity to help the Resistance–and draw closer to Jack, her contact, whose brusque instructions may be a shield for something more…

Within the hotel, famed designer Coco Chanel quickly learns that the new regime could work to her benefit, while Arletty, one of France’s best-loved actresses, shocks those around her–and herself–with a forbidden love.

But as the war reaches its terrible end, all three women learn the true price of their proximity to the enemy. For in the shadow of war, is anyone truly safe?

Roving Leadership: Creating Choices for Meaning & Inspiration by S.J. Tagliareni

Roving Leadership, Creating Choices for Meaning & Inspiration is the result of a lifetime of academic research,real life experiences and the privilege of being mentored for three years by Viktor Frankl. The stories of successful leadership are across the spectrum of the human experience. Much of traditional Leadership theory is too limited and exclusive based on leadership myths. Leadership is not static and merely owned by powerful and privileged persons. Leadership moves according to the needs and skills required to meet challenges. Roving Leadership creates purpose and inspiration in the most ordinary experiences. It focuses on creating the passion for one to find their voice in personal and career experiences.

After reading Roving Leadership the reader will have the opportunities to:

Understand that they have opportunities to lead.
Examine the influence of unexamined beliefs and negative self-talk.
Create new positive beliefs and self-talk.
Use Dissatisfaction as a catalyst for positive change.
Reject restrictive leadership myths.
Create a positive personal vision supported by concrete goals.
Have opportunities to develop personal and career goals.
Develop alternative strategies to reframe personal and business relationships.
Develop and understand their personal leadership style.
Understand the value of allies, mentors and coaches.

The Book of WHY (and HOW): Discover the Timeless Secrets to Meaning, Success and Abundance by Corey Poirier

The Book of WHY (and HOW) is designed to help people discover their passion, purpose, and mission while also leveraging the top habits of the world’s top achievers. Broken down into three sections, The Book of WHY (and HOW) reveals the four WHYs that can dramatically change a person’s life, the shortest path to thriving in a challenging world, and the key to becoming more enlightened in the process. In short, multiple‑time TEDx speaker, Corey Poirier, helps readers tap into their purpose so they can thrive in a more enlightened way. The Book of WHY (and HOW) is unique in the way it addresses the importance of uncovering the WHY while also revealing the HOW.

Many people struggle with feeling a lack of purpose in their life and work. They also struggle with how to uncover their purpose as well as what to do with it once they do. The Book of WHY (and HOW) tackles this exact challenge while revealing the timeless secrets Corey Poirier has discovered while interviewing more than 5,000 of the world’s top achievers.

The Beginning of the Undoingby Jade Lewis

Keeping order is my charge, but with this fae princess?
There’s no chance of it.
The Magical Enforcement Squad maintains the thin balance of power between humans and all the other creatures trotting around on planet earth.
But that balance is being jacked by a beautiful woman who’s driving the creatures around her crazy with accidental attraction.
She thinks it’s all good fun until I snap handcuffs on her shimmery wrists.
Then the adventure begins…
She’s not who she’s pretending to be, people start disappearing around her, and the worst thing in the universe starts to happen. I fall for her.
Everyone does, so it’s not that big of a deal, but it is.
Her past is going to catch up to us and kick me square in the butt if I survive all of this.
Meeting her was the best and worst day of my life.
It was the beginning of the undoing.