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The Persistence of Memory Book 3: The Beginning of Always by Karen Janowsky

In Persistence of Memory Book 3: The Beginning of Always, Karen Janowsky delivers an unforgettable conclusion to what has been a tumultuous and entertaining series.

Daniel and Nina, fresh off their recent victory over the Concordance Group, are facing a lot of difficult new truths. Nina’s powers have been fully revealed, Daniel is wrestling with feelings of betrayal, and as their professional futures at WISE come into question, neither realize that their greatest challenge still lies ahead.

While the timelines of these two protagonists have been dancing around one another for two books, their pasts are set on a […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-04-17T10:34:41+02:00April 16th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews, Superhero Book Reviews|

The Persistence of Memory Book 2: All Our Yesterdays by Karen Janowsky

In The Persistence of Memory Book 2: All Our Yesterdays, author Karen Janowsky brings readers deeper into the world of Nina and Daniel, the heroic star-crossed lovers from the first installment of this ethereal and unique series.

Rather than the mystery-laden writing of the first book, this sophomore offering probes down into the characters’ relationships with one another and their place in the world. Nina and Daniel are both introspective and thoughtful characters, trying to balance ideals of love and duty, but not always succeeding. They are imperfect heroes, battling ancient powers and navigating their new roles in the […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-04-17T11:07:20+02:00April 16th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews, Superhero Book Reviews|

A Burning in the Darkness by AP McGrath

A twisted confession leads to horrifying consequences in AP McGrath’s gripping religious thriller, A Burning in the Darkness.

Thirty-three-year-old airport priest, Father Michael Kieh, has packed for his return to Liberia, the homeland he’d left behind at seventeen, when he receives a text message indicating that there’s a confessor waiting. After Michael assumes his position in the confessional, the man on the other side cryptically announces, “she won’t be waiting for you.” After demanding to know where “she” is, Michael races to a tunnel near one of the terminals and finds a woman, a ticket to Liberia clutched in […]

Marta Cheng2019-04-16T06:56:15+02:00April 14th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Thriller Book Reviews|

Clouds and Earth (The Peace Outside #1) by Sayde Scarlett

150 years in the future, the Long War may be over, but new advancements mean that the battlefields have merely changed, not disappeared. Clouds and Earth, the first installment of The Peace Outside series, is a riveting new sci-fi thriller from author Sayde Scarlett that drops readers into a radical future.

Extrapolating the Big Brother fears of the modern day into a truly data-fueled dystopia, Scarlett lays out a chillingly prophetic story. She introduces Lt. First Class Sandy Attiyeh, a soldier who must find a new path to apply her skills, and turns to the shadowy corporate side of life. […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-04-11T07:11:43+02:00April 9th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Science Fiction Book Reviews|

Selling for Non-Selling Professionals by Oreste J. D’Aversa

An experienced marketing professional offers friendly, focused advice for those new to the complexities of the sales business in Selling for Non-Selling Professionals©: Learn Basic, Proven and Results Oriented Sales Skills, Methods and Techniques to Get Clients Consistently with No Prior Sales Background and Increase Revenue.

Throughout the book, author Oreste J. D’Aversa repeats his “ABC”: Always Be Closing. Closing a sale requires empathy – the customer must feel that you care about his/her requirements, must always be “the star of your show,” since people “buy emotionally and justify intellectually.” His book covers such significant requisites as having a […]

SPR2019-04-05T08:15:14+02:00April 5th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Business Book Reviews|

High on God by Matt Spinks

Written by a dedicated Christian, High on God: There’s No High Like the Most High explores a marvelous mystery: what if God simply wants us to be happy?

As a boy, Spinks was drawn to God, and despite the confusions of adolescence, including using drugs, he turned his life to mission work. With his wife and like-minded friends he founded a charitable ministry. But he was still in a controlling, almost depressive state. Then he had a true revelation – that God means us to enjoy his love right now and all the time: “Jesus came to announce that heaven […]

SPR2019-03-27T11:17:29+02:00March 27th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Religion Book Reviews|

The Persistence of Memory: Déjà Vu by Karen Janowsky

Any story centered around missing memories provides endless fodder for exploration and wonder, as is proven all too well in The Persistence of Memory Book 1: Déjà Vu by Karen Janowsky. When two attractive, mysterious and “forgetful” protagonists collide, sparks are sure to follow, and here, Daniel Hecht and Nina Asher are those two unstoppable forces.

Romance and mystery fuse in this supernatural thriller that is perfectly timed for the tastes of today’s readers, but also touches on classic themes in multiple genres. The fast-paced scenes of adventure and discovery are balanced with the expository and personal explorations of the […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-04-16T06:45:00+02:00March 19th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews, Superhero Book Reviews|

Snapshots: Say Cheese! The World is Watching by Cara Cilento

Poems and short prose pieces are mated with vibrant photos in the emotive collection Snapshots: Say Cheese! The World is Watching by debut writer Cara Cilento.

The two dominant themes in the collection are Cilento’s acceptance of herself as a lesbian, and her decision to adopt two boys, a bold move as both children are African American. Cilento is white, of Italian descent, which is made clear as she describes messages (“The Facts”) from her upbringing: