City of Roses is about what happens when Jo Maguire, a highly strung underemployed telemarketer, meets Ysabel Perry, a princess of unspecifiable pedigree. It’s also about hearts broken cleanly and otherwise, the City of Portland, Spenser, those moments in pop songs when the bass and all of the drums except maybe a handclap suddenly drop out of the bridge leaving . . .
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Live the Journey . . . Experience the Horror . . . Discover the Truth. Catharsis tells the story of a troubled young woman with special gifts and heavy burdens. . . . In an attempt to escape mysterious forces that may ultimately destroy her, Eve Shelby packs up her little sister, Dez, and embarks on a journey with a group of fellow telepaths. After a car accident leaves one person . . .
Magestic is the story of a time traveller, sent back from the future to 1985 to try and fix the world. A calamity awaits in 2025, the world needing to take a different course. Wars need to be avoided, certain politicians disgraced before taking office. But the traveller spends most of his time and energy building up a medical rescue . . .
The Zatvian Cooperative has conquered all of known space, destroying the world of Harvest in the process. For Neva Whitestone, a native of Harvest who was injured in the final battle, those years have been spent in a hospital, recovering from her wounds. Now Neva has received a mysterious summons from the captain of a ship called the Exile. Neva’s . . .
Regan St. James is just your typical eighteen-year-old vampire hunter. He enjoys sharp objects and random hook-ups. But one night, in a quiet little mountain college town, he meets a guy named Ira who just might change his life. If he can survive Ira’s relatives, of course. . . .
Strange Little Band is the ongoing story of Addison and Shane, two self-centered, amoral psychics who work for the cut-throat Triptych Corporation. Their insular, comfortable lives are disrupted when, due to Triptych’s machinations, they become unlikely parents. How can they raise a child when they can’t trust each other? . . .
In an era of storm and chaos, One will be born who will command the Power, but the ancient magic that flows in his veins like blood is his curse as well as his gift. In this time of cataclysm and ordeal, the upstart Empire of Vayal has placed a bounty on the heads of all scions of the . . .
At the House of Cats, those felines who are cursed to become humans when the moon enters Leo find a safe haven between two worlds. But the House has fallen into disrepair; the cat who should be leading them has run away. She dreams of being a chef, of living as a human all the time (or at least six . . .
Dixon Kinqade is proud to present another thrilling novel! This tale chronicles the insidious machinations of an ancient vampire, the innocent desires of a teenage girl, and the sinister impulses of a twisted serial killer! What more could you ask for? . . .
Eighteen disparate individuals come together by coincidence at a particular Church at a particular time of day – and their lives are irrevocably plunged into the depths of the mysterious and unknown. When in the blink of an eye the Church transports them from the city to the peak of a mountain which nobody can recognize, under stars that none . . .
Who is writing our future? Just when we thought God had finished intervening in our affairs and talking to us through His prophets, Layla appeared. Showing miraculous signs of God-like grandeur, she upsets the equilibrium of the centres of authority and moves humanity, forcibly at times, into a political unity, a federated World Government. Then she disappears. Three . . .
A young professional in Chicago discovers the nebulous power of style, which subsequently threatens to consume him as he propels himself towards the American Dream. . . .
When Candice’s in-laws were killed eight months ago buying a huge faux polar bear rug for her Christmas present, she lost more than just two of her favorite people: she lost her husband Ian as well. After only two years of marriage, their guilt and pain have left them living together but apart, unable to really talk for fear of . . .
Warning: Spoilers rampant throughout review. Read only first and last paragraph if you don’t wish to be spoiled.
The Next Generation by Wes Boyd is the type of inoffensive story you can read for Sunday school: No swear words, good home values, everyone is sweetly moral, and they live happily ever [more . . .]
I think I would have rated this story at least a four just for the fact that the main characters wait until they are married to have sex, but the rest of the plot adds to the entire effect. I leave out the last 0.5 only because the writing is rather shallow.