Teen & Young Adult

4 Years Trapped in My Mind Palaceby Johan Twiss

I was paralyzed from head to toe–trapped in my own mind. But everything changed when an old man with dementia heard my thoughts.

“A winning tale” -Kirkus Reviews​

“I could not put it down. Recommended for all ages. Superbly entertaining.” – ReadersFavorite.com

“A touching story” – IndieReader.com

“Humorous, entertaining, and touching. A major work by a masterful writer.” – Grady Harp, Amazon.com Hall of Fame Top 500 Reviewer

“One of the most interesting and inspiring books that I’ve read in a long time.” – Heather Monson, editor

“I did not want to turn the last page.” – Jen Johnson, Author/Playwright

​”It is very rarely that I finish a book and want to yell and scream about how much I enjoyed it. WOW!!!!!” ​- John Around The Corner Reviews

Diagnosed with a rare form of meningitis, a teenage boy is paralyzed from head to toe–trapped in his own mind. To cope with his imprisonment, he retreats to an imaginary world called his Mind Palace, but the lines between reality and time start to blur into wild adventures after he gets a new roommate–an old, outspoken, Jewish jazz musician with dementia.

An inspirational page-turning novel in the tradition of Mitch Albom’s Tuesday’s with Morrie, mixed with the humor and twists of Back to the Future, 4 Years Trapped in My Mind Palace is filled with witty humor and heart-warming, feel-good, experiences. It’s a coming-of-age story, entwined with an end-of-age story, that will capture your imagination with a hint of nostalgia, a hint of the whimsical unknown, and a wild adventure through modern history.

When I Found Youby Catherine Ryan Hyde

While duck hunting one morning, childless, middle-aged Nathan McCann finds a newborn abandoned in the woods. To his shock, the child–wrapped in a sweater and wearing a tiny knitted hat–is still alive. To his wife’s shock, Nathan wants to adopt the boy…but the child’s grandmother steps in. Nathan makes her promise, however, that one day she’ll bring the boy to meet him so he can reveal that he was the one who rescued him.

Fifteen years later, the widowered Nathan discovers the child abandoned once again–this time at his doorstep. Named Nat, the teenager has grown into a sullen delinquent whose grandmother can no longer tolerate him. Nathan agrees to care for Nat, and the two engage in a battle of wills that spans years. Still, the older man repeatedly assures the youngster that, unlike the rest of the world, he will never abandon him–not even when Nat suffers a trauma that changes both of their lives forever.

From the bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes When I Found You, an exquisite, emotional tale of the unexpected bonds that nothing in life can break.

A Deadly Gameby Joanne Griffiths

Kate Palmer, an undergraduate student, discovers that she is pregnant and makes the decision to drop out of university. However, on the evening before she returns home, her body is discovered in Aston park. She is the first victim of several murders that will rock the city of Birmingham.

DS James “Jim” Wardell, who has his own issues to contend with, is given the case.

When Eddie Carter, a popular talk show host on Birmingham’s radio station, is contacted by someone claiming to be the killer, it is the start of a cat and mouse game between a deranged killer and the police.

After a second body is discovered the pressure mounts on the police to capture the person responsible.

Who is killing these women and why?

Can Jim apprehend the twisted killer before more innocent women are murdered?

The Celibate Mouseby Diana Hockley

Shell-shocked from a tragedy at work and an acrimonious domestic upheaval, Detective Senior Sergeant Susan Prescott flees town to recuperate, but fate has other ideas.

Her plan to house-sit for relatives in a rural community is shattered when Susan witnesses a very public murder within an hour of her arrival. Things turn sinister after an encounter with an elderly lady; a hint of a long ago murder is not a secret with which Susan wants to be entrusted.

Enter Detective Inspector David Maguire whom she has not seen for thirteen years and who is assigned to the case, which sends her into a further tailspin. Against her better judgment, Susan is drawn inexorably into the investigation, surrounded by menacing strangers whose private agendas threaten her safety, and soon, her life.

Conspiracyby Justin Barlow

America wasn’t founded to shoulder the world’s burdens; we have enough of our own. The formation of the United States was based on the idea of society evolving and changing as the country grew and matured, not stacking problems and debts onto the US people.
At the time of the Great Depression between 1929 to 1941, the country’s unemployment skyrocketed, and banks failed. The end of the world seemed to be happening on the American Dream, and for many Americans, the Dust Bowl drought devastated the American Mid-West and economic irresponsibility by banks ravaged the country. During this time of unprecedented failure in all aspects of the American way, this secret group stepped in and brought the country back from the brink of implosion.
Unknown to the nearly every American at the time and to the world. This secret group staved off the collapse of the country and in turn was able to build the country into what they wanted it to be.
Book one of this series sets off on a fast-paced, suspense adventure. John Flask is sent through an extraordinary series of events and discovers one of America’s biggest and most unbelievable secrets.
John finds himself a pawn, in a bigger and more elaborate game than he could have ever imagined. Caught between a government secret and this group of so called ‘Patriots’ John must go beyond his normal everyday life to escape this game of life and death.
If John fails, the country and probably the world could be plunged into an unrecoverable financial meltdown and financial imperialism at the hands of this secret group and their agenda.

StormWolfeby Kathryn Le Veque

The ‘little’ de Wolfe Brother, Thomas, is no longer little. The de Wolfe cub has become a big, powerful Wolfe all his own…

1290 A.D. – Thomas de Wolfe, commander of Wark Castle, an outpost for Castle Questing, his father’s powerful fortress, has come out from the shadow of his mighty father and brothers. Now, they call him StormWolfe for his fearlessness and cunning. Where Thomas de Wolfe goes, storms are sure to gather.

Thomas is rightly feared along the borders just as his father was, because there is no Sassenach knight more courageous or deadly than a de Wolfe. But along with the qualities that make him fearsome, he is also know for being highly intelligent and more than a match for the reivers that run raids along the borders. In the fight against the reivers, Thomas leads the charge.

But he has a weakness…

Lady Maitland de Ryes is descended from a great Norman family who used to be big landholders in the north. But the family wealth was lost by her careless father, who sold off the lands to feed his gambling habits, and when he died, he left his daughter destitute but for the charity she ran, an orphanage south of Kelso Abbey.

Thomas has long been fond of Lady Maitland, and the de Wolfes watched with sadness as the great de Ryes family collapsed. Years ago, Thomas proposed marriage to Maitland, once, but she declined, instead preferring to tend her charity. She had a fondness for Thomas, but she doesn’t love him, much to the knight’s heartbreak. He hasn’t seen her in some time until word comes from the Scots that Maitland’s charity was hit by the reivers.

It’s Thomas to the rescue.

Maitland hardly recognizes the youngest de Wolfe brother, who is now big and muscular, with flowing dark hair past his shoulders. When they meet again, this time, something sparks within her, but Thomas is cold, at least on the outside. He doesn’t want to be hurt again. But inside, the fires of attraction are burning yet again…

Join Thomas and Maitland as Thomas appoints himself protector of Maitland’s orphanage, yet deep secrets Maitland is keeping from him threaten both of their lives. The charity is not what it seems, and the truth could destroy a love that has built from the ashes of rejection.

It’s another action-packed de Wolfe Pack novel that is sure to leave you breathless!

The de Wolfe Pack Series is Le Veque’s flagship Medieval series with 14 novels. They are stand alones and can be read in any order, but the chronological order by year in which the story is set is:

Warwolfe
The Wolfe (originally Book 1)
Nighthawk
ShadowWolfe
DarkWolfe
A Joyous de Wolfe Christmas
Serpent
A Wolfe Among Dragons
Scorpion
Dark Destroyer
The Lion of the North
Walls of Babylon
StormWolfe (pre order)
BlackWolfe (pre order)

The Variant Saga: A Dystopian Sci-fi Epic Box Setby JN Chaney

200 years after the world ends, their future begins.

In 2157, a mysterious gas known as Variant spreads across the globe, killing or mutating most organic life. The surviving humans take refuge in an underground city, determined to return home. But after generations of failures and botched attempts, hope is beginning to dwindle. That is, until a young scientist makes a unique discovery–and everything changes. Suddenly, there’s reason to hope again, and it rests within a group of genetically engineered children that are both human and Variant.

Terry is one of these children, modified and trained to endure the harsh conditions of a planet he cannot begin to understand. After years of preparation, Terry thinks he knows what to expect. But the reality is far stranger than anything he can imagine–and what he will become is far more dangerous.

Read the series one Amazon reviewer Donald G. Simpson says: “This is one of the best put together science fiction books I have read in years. The character development is strong from start to finish. There are no loose ends or rabbit trails … everything ties together. The only regret I had in reading this book was when I looked and saw there were only eight pages left…I can’t wait to see if there is a follow up to this great start. You will not believe it is this author’s first book!”

The Variant Saga boxset includes all four books in the series.

1300+ pages. 1,000+ five-star reviews. Find out why people are so intrigued by this thrilling dystopian, science fiction epic. You won’t believe the twists and turns this saga takes!

Embersby Karen Ann Hopkins

Ember’s normal life ends abruptly when her parents are killed and she discovers she’s a descendent of angels. Still coping with her strange powers, Ember finds herself — and her heart — in the middle of a centuries-old war in this “compulsively readable” novel (Kirkus Reviews).

The Golden Clawby K.A. Faul

Seeking companionship, the lonely First Shifter gave some wolves souls and minds.

Disappointed with his creation, he disappeared, leaving humanity vulnerable to animals who could hide among them.

Some chose coexistence; others chose violence.

Thousands of years later, none of that matters to stubborn Mina. With her Rite of Passage coming up, she’s more concerned about convincing the skeptical wolves of her clan she’s worthy of respect than interspecies politics.

The world is not a place of peace, even for werewolves who don’t want to fight.

Some in her clan believe Mina is the culmination of a prophecy related to the First Shifter. Others worry she’s a dangerous element who might bring them back to the dark days of wolf-on-wolf bloodshed.

But Mina only wants to protect her friends and family.

When enemies threaten her Rite of Passage, Mina realizes that werewolves can’t hide from the rest of the world, and she can’t dodge her responsibilities.

The ultimate strength of the wolf is the pack.

But what happens when one wolf might be a risk to her pack?

Preaching to Empty Seats : Over One Hundred Steps to Fill God’s House with People, Power, and Praiseby Dr. C. Dexter Wise III

An epidemic of empty seats has broken out in churches all across America. It has infected storefront churches on side streets, mainline churches on Broad St., and suburban mega ministries sprawling across multiple streets. Every Sunday, virtually everywhere, preachers are forced to stand in the pulpit and preach to empty seats.

What is the cause of this condition? Who are the characters responsible for this condition?
What is the cure for this condition? The present powerful and insightful book by Dr. C. Dexter Wise III addresses this issue by first identifying nine key contributors to the rise and prevalence of empty seats in our sanctuaries. Then, secondly, he offers more than 100 concrete practical church growth steps which local churches can take to fill those empty seats with people on fire for the Lord.

Position for ‘I Do’ : How God Delivers Mr. Right into Your Life When You Live with Power and Purposeby Chengi Tobun

Position for ‘I Do’ is a conversation between women and God about internal processes and mindsets that will deliver the man they dream of in their lives. This book explores the role of a woman in a man’s life, the different types of men a woman must look out for and who she needs to be to attract the man of her dreams.

Chengi delves into the dating concerns of women from all over the world, teaches about attraction the way God intended, gives practical tips on how a woman can position herself to be noticed by the man she identifies as a potential mate in order to begin her vetting and selection process.

The author explores the concept of hiding to be found and challenges the status quo on the messages that are given to women about finding love and attraction. She teaches the erroneous positions women take internally and externally that lead them into vulnerable situations.

Position for I Do gives a much bigger view of Kingdom priorities and the part destiny plays with purpose in marriage. The ability for a woman to position herself in a powerful position aligns her with purpose and purpose can only resource her with what she needs to accomplish purpose and part of that resource is a mate.

This book will unfold many mysteries and explain singleness and men from a deep revelatory position that will change a woman’s paradigm of dating forever and for the best.