Character Madness and Musings

Book one of Trevor Made Christmas Stories Middle-Grade Fantasy Date Published:  09-27-2022 The house is shaking, colors are sparkling, things are starting to break... and did that toy start moving? Thirteen-year-old Marley is convinced that Christmas is just for little kids and that magic doesn’t exist, but when she and her siblings tiptoe downstairs in the middle of the night to take a sneak peek at their stockings, she’s about to discover that magic is more real than she ever imagined... When the children’s toys start coming to life, Marley will need to think fast if she’s to protect her siblings from rampaging dinosaurs and wild monkeys. The fate of them all depends on whether she can find the right kind of magic. This thrilling and heartwarming adventure is a beautiful tale of a big sister who has forgotten the joys of Christmas. About the Author Christmas has always been Hilary Hauck’s favorite time of year. ...

Hunted by V.M. Nelson (The Dhampyr Series, #1) Publication date: October 25th 2022 Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult Tasi, an eighteen-year-old, head-strong, blood-drinking, dhampyr, has been hidden away in a small town in Maine since the death of her parents. Though she had trained to fight and kill vampires, she never believed those skills would be useful in her mundane life. That’s where she’s wrong. In one moment, her life changes forever, and her aunt’s final words ring in her head. They want your blood. Now orphaned and charged with protecting her sister, Emily—a sister who doesn’t know what they are or that she’s about to endure a life-threatening change—Tasi has no other choice but to follow directions left for her. She is to find an ally who lives in New York City. This is the only way Tasi will figure out why she and Emily are being hunted before they end up drained of their blood. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play SNEAK PEEK: ...

  One If The Virago Trilogy Book 1 by Carol B. Allen Genre: YA SciFi Fantasy Adventure GOLD MEDAL WINNER - GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS, Teen & Young Adult Sci-Fi Fantasy In this race against time, three teens with powers that defy science take on a warring planet destroyed by climate change. But will they return home? Trapped in an epic time/space confrontation, the trio battle destiny. Alliances are betrayed. Unlikely friendships are forged. And young love flourishes in a race against impossible odds in this thrilling young adult sci-fi fantasy adventure. When Parker Kittredge, a quirky science student from New York City, is lured to her terrace by a frisky hummingbird, she slips and plunges 18 stories to the street. She awakens in Spyridon, a planet destroyed by climate change and locked in a civil war. Parker quickly discovers she is not alone. Two other teens have also been kidnapped and they must join forces to save the planet if they have any chance to return to Earth. The tee...

Little Tree, Ask Me! By Kim Pollack McGrath Genre: Children's Picture Book Little Tree is thirsty from the hot summer sun. Throughout the day various prairie animals pass his way, but no one has any water for the Little Tree. Will Little Tree ever get a drink? Amazon * BooksAMillion * Google * Goodreads A Fable About Miss Able Based on the Survival of the First Monkey Into Outer Space By Kim Pollack McGrath Genre: Children's Picture Book Miss Able lives in a castle with other monkeys in Independence, Kansas. Miss Able sees a baseball that was hit by Mantle fly above her and she thinks it is a shooting star. She becomes fascinated by that shooting star and dreams of going into space and being a shooting star. One day some men from NASA came and selected Miss Able to be placed into a rocket to see if anything alive can survive in outer space. Miss Able couldn't believe it! Her dream had come true. Read all about Miss Able’s adventure in this fun and educational story, A Fa...

Seaspoken by Sarah Delena White Publication date: July 19th 2022 Genres: Fantasy, New Adult, Romance, Young Adult An ocean consumed by rage. A challenge that demands blood. A love that defies everything. Battle-hardened warrior Evya Atathari longs for a truce between her sea-dwelling tribe and the elven invaders. But her mother, the powerful and vengeful Seamother, will stop at nothing to see the elves destroyed. Then the Seamother enacts a brutal rite of challenge for Evya’s hand to gain a powerful ally in the war. But even as the greatest warriors of the sea vie for her favor, her heart is captured by a man who should be her mortal enemy. Keliveth Dalzana is a failed prophet of the elven king’s court—until a vision leads him to Evya and a chance at ending the war. Drawn to Keliveth’s idealism, Evya agrees to help him win the deadly contest for her hand and establish a peace treaty through their marriage. Together, they dare to dream of a better future. But when their own peoples tu...

Never Gonna Happen by Linda Kage Publication date: November 8th 2022 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Peyton’s mom and my mom were best friends. You’d think that should cover the gist of it. But, no… Oh, no. Not even close. You see, Mom and Aunt Donna (as I’d always called Peyton’s mother) were not simply just best friends; I’m saying they were the-same-person-inhabiting-two-different-bodies kind of best friends. And thus, Peyton Royce had been forced on me since the moment she was born. We were treated like twins, yet always expected to fall in love one day and get married. The only problem with that was I didn’t love Peyton. And I’m fairly certain she didn’t even like me in return. Don’t get me wrong. I adored our moms—swear to God—but they had to let this stupid notion go, because one thing had become abundantly clear to me over the years. I would never marry Peyton Royce. I think it was my one goal in life, actually. So… Sorry, Mom and Aunt Donna, but you two just weren...