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Release Date: June 20, 2016 Publisher: SAGE press Format: Paperback Pages: 256 pages Genre: Fiction Buy: Paperback | Kindle Synopsis:  Seventy-four year old Al Pregurson had a great career as a newspaper journalist and a forty-eight-year love affair with his wife. Now that he is retired and his wife dead, where does he fit in with a fast-paced, ageist society? Al's optimism and self-confidence had always been his strengths, but what lies ahead on his quest to find his place in the world will shake him to his core and challenge the self-image he always believed was indestructible. What unforeseen events could make such a man question his worth and decimate his self-esteem so deeply as to make him feel irrelevant? Review:  This book is a great reminder that we are all getting older and that just because we are older doesn't mean we are irrelevant.  With a tender yet direct tone Geffen shares with us the scary side of aging. How the elderly are often take

Release Date: March 22, 2016 Publisher: Ecco Format: Paperback Pages: 368 pages Genre: Fiction Buy: Paperback | Kindle |  Synopsis:  Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old waitress as his passenger. The ensuing accident has endangered the Plumbs' joint trust fund, “The Nest,” which they are months away from finally receiving. Meant by their deceased father to be a modest mid-life supplement, the Plumb siblings have watched The Nest’s value soar along with the stock market and have been counting on the money to solve a number of self-inflicted problems. M

Release Date: July 20, 2016 Publisher: Createspace Format: Paperback Pages: 250 Pages Genre: Fiction Buy: Kindle | Paperback Synopsis: Saraya Matthews knows that at thirty two years old, life should look better than this. With no spark and no passion, she decides enough is enough. She is going to find her purpose and stop wasting her life away. Little does she know, her purpose will come in the form of an orphaned baby boy whose mother has been gruesomely murdered on the streets of London. Saraya finds herself in a battle between what's legal and what's morally right. The authorities expect her to hand him over, but baby Flynn needs her. Saraya is surprised to discover that once she lets herself love him, she can't turn back. Flung full force into the unexpected position of mother and protector, she realises she will do whatever it takes to keep her baby safe in her arms. But will she succeed? A tale of unconventional adoption and the immeasurable strength of

Release Date: September 13, 2016 Publisher: Wide Awake Books Format: Kindle Pages: 324 pages Genre: Mystery/Thriller Buy: Kindle | Hardcover Synopsis:  Jake Boxer, investigative journalist and host of the conspiratorial news show  Bullseye , is in serious trouble. Not only is his soundman murdered by Russian intelligence agents while reporting on a secretive New World Order, but his network cancels his show, leaving Jake humiliated and spiraling into a deep dark depression. Years later, a condemned murderer, who claims he was abandoned by the CIA, and who starred in an early episode of  Bullseye , is finally executed for killing two supposed Soviet spies back in the 1970’s. Jake Boxer, still trying to piece his life back together, is on his honeymoon in a posh ski resort in the Alaskan mountains when he gets word of the inmate’s execution . . . and the old killer’s final words: “The good spy dies twice.” Those five words, seemingly meant for Jake, draw the ex-reporter

Release Date: July 12, 2016 Publisher: Minotaur Books Format: Kindle Pages: 320 pages Genre: Mystery - Amish Buy: Kindle | Hardcover Synopsis:  Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called upon by the sheriff's department in rural, upstate New York to assist on a developing situation that involves a reclusive Amish settlement and the death of a young girl. Unable to penetrate the wall of silence between the Amish and "English" communities, the sheriff asks Kate to travel to New York, pose as an Amish woman, and infiltrate the community. Kate's long time love interest, State Agent John Tomasetti, is dead set against her taking on such an unorthodox assignment, knowing she'll have limited communication - and even less in the way of backup. But Kate can't turn her back, especially when the rumor mill boils with disturbing accounts of children in danger. She travels to New York where she's briefed and assumes her new identity as a lone widow seek

Release Date: May 1, 2013 Publisher:  Aurea Blue Press Format: Kindle Pages: 433 pages Genre: Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy Buy: Paperback | Kindle   Synopsis: Sometimes saving the person you love can cost you everything.  There is one person that ties Oliver Richter to this world: his wife Kai. For Kai, Oliver is the keeper of her secrets. When her telepathy spirals out of control and inundates her mind with the thoughts and emotions of everyone within a half-mile radius, the life they built together in Manhattan is threatened. To save her, Oliver brings her to the hometown he abandoned--Butternut, Wisconsin--where the secrets of his past remain buried. But the past has a way of refusing to stay dead. Can Kai save Oliver before his secrets claim their future? Review: After reading this book I can honestly say that having telepathy would be the worst super power in the world.  Knowing everyone's thoughts, would be torturous.  How Kai thought she could live in Manh

Release Date: August 9, 2015 Publisher: Createspace Format: Kindle Pages: 322 pages Genre: Fantasy/Suspense Buy: Kindle | Paperback   Synopsis: In this world, nothing is certain except death and sarcasm! Serena Sykes was still trying to figure out her place in the world when she discovered the existence of magic. Now armed with limited magical powers, she'll have to stop her newly discovered family from destroying the world. With only 48 hours before they fill the world with monsters, Serena will have to rely on a vampire who is as much friend as foe, while trusting in the wisdom of her dementia-ridden grandmother. No one said saving the world would be easy! Review: Serena doesn't know she is a witch until her 21st birthday when she discovers her powers, then she discovers she has a twin sister, a niece and a psychotic mother who gave her away because she was annoying.  Raised by her grandmother Serena can't even ask why she was never told about

Dane Cobain is the author of  No Rest for the Wicked , (Supernatural Thriller),   Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home  (poetry) Former.ly: The Rise and Fall of a Social Network  (literary fiction),  Social Paranoia: How Consumers and Brands Can Stay Safe in a Connected World  (non-fiction). I sent him 5 words (Peace, Bark, Yoga, Light, Wind) and he created the following poem for me.  If you like what you read check out some of his books or my review of No Rest for the Wicked linked above. Cats and Dogs by Dane Cobain Cats and dogs get stressed my friend you’re not the only one. There are fireworks on the Fourth of July or men with strange scents, smells like leather as they slide your post through the letterbox. Sometimes they’re afraid of the wind and rain, and sometimes they bark in the night-time. Sometimes they break the peace with a growl and a kiss, purring, “Please, Mr. Food Man, let meowt again.” Sometimes th

Release Date: May 22, 2015 Publisher: Forsaken Format: Kindle Pages: 128 pages Genre: Thriller, Suspense Buy: Kindle | Paperback Synopsis:  When the Angels attack, there’s NO REST FOR THE WICKED. Father Montgomery, an elderly priest with a secret past, begins to investigate after his parishioners come under attack, and with the help of Jones, a young businessman with an estranged child, Montgomery begins to track down the origin of the Angels. The Angels are naked and androgynous. They speak in a dreadful harmony with no clear leader. These aren’t biblical cherubs tasked with the protection of the righteous – these are deadly creatures of light that have the power to completely eradicate. When Jones himself is attacked, Father Montgomery knows he has to act fast. He speaks to the Angels and organizes a final showdown where he’s asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. Review: This was an interesting book, unlike anything else I've read.  Angels are not "good&quo

Release Date:  August 16, 2016 Publisher:  The Studio: A Paper Lantern Imprint Format:  Kindle Pages:  242 pages Genre:  Womens Fiction, Romance Buy:   Kindle   Synopsis:   Dear Hope: When my daughter died, my husband of thirty years found solace in religion—and possibly another woman. Help. Dear Hope: I got fired today and the man that I've been sleeping with left me for his ex-wife. Again. Now I’m a grown woman who lives at home. Help. Dear Hope: My ex-husband embezzled all of our money and is now rotting in jail. I clawed my way into the life I wanted and now I'm about to lose everything. Help. Mims, Rory, and Sarah need answers. But beloved Hope Jackson, the world famous love-sex-life columnist, is gone. What will women do without Hope? Synopsis:  Hope Jackson was an advice icon. Her death is devastating to hundreds of her fans. Three women find themselves desperately in need of her advice as their lives crumble. Noa Grey's debut novel seems to be th

Release Date:  September 6, 2016 Publisher:  Source Fire Format:  Kindle Pages:  336 pages Genre:  YA/ Fantasy/ Suspense Buy:   Kindle  |  Hardcover  | Synopsis:   Bruja  magic runs in her blood, but a curse meant to banish it may cost Alex more than her power… Alex is a  bruja  and the most powerful witch in her family. But she’s hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. So while most girls celebrate their  Quinceañera , Alex prepares for Death Day—the most important day in a  bruja’s  life, and her only opportunity to rid herself of magic. But the curse she performs during the ceremony backfires and her family vanishes, forcing Alex to absorb all of the magic from her family line. Left alone, Alex seeks help from Nova, a  brujo  with ambitions of his own. To get her family back they must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between, as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland... Review:  I finished this book in 2 days I loved it.  Mythical, magi

Release Date: September 12, 2014 Publisher: Amazon Digital Services Format: Kindle Pages: 68 pages Genre: Romance/ Fantasy Buy: Kindle | Paperback | Audio Synopsis:  The heat is on when a cursed Viking clashes with the woman of his dreams. Over a thousand years ago, a witch hexed a family of Viking warriors, each with one of the four elements. They live with these curses today, doomed to suffer for their past crimes forever. > Mikkel might just be too hot to handle. Working as a well-muscled demolitions specialist, he must do everything he can to stay in control. If he allows himself to grow angry, his curse kicks in, making Mikkel burst into an uncontrollable ball of fire. After centuries of tragedy, he fears the fury within him will endanger anyone he lets get too close. When Joanna--a smart, sexy engineer angry at the world--explodes into his life, Mikkel can’t resist her smoldering allure. Has the time finally come to let someone in to embrace his fire? Or w

Release Date:  July 12 2016 Publisher:  St. Martin's Press Format:  Kindle Pages:  320 pages Genre:  Mystery/Suspense Buy:   Kindle  |  Hardcover  | Paperback Synopsis:   It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, struggles to pretend this horrific event did not touch her carefully constructed world. As Tom and Charlotte seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the