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On the Deathbed: My Encounter With The Covid-19 Virus  by Karthik K. B. Rao  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.4/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis On May 13th, 2021, during the peak of the second COVID-19 wave in India, the world as I knew it had suddenly turned upside down. For the next 38 days, I got to experience the treatment given by both government and private hospitals, with 20 of these days spent in a war-room-like COVID ICU. With people dying around me every few hours, I had two options: Go by the famous Sholay line, “jo darr gaya samjho mar gaya” (the one who is afraid is dead), or come up with my own strategy to survive! My Thoughts The World is changing everyday and people are suffering from this drastic Pandemic with their mental & physical strength. This virus is truly taking away our loved ones and creating a barrier of destruction in our life with huge panic attacks & depression. On the Deathbed: My Encounter With The Covid-19 Virus by Karthik K. B. ...

Pentias - Master of the Elemental Jewels  by Karthika Sajeev kumar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.3/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis Aahan a 15-year-old teenage boy, gets disturbed by the recurring dream of the ghost of Mrs. Laurels’ choking his six year old brother Aarav to death. On the next day of his birthday his father, Mr. Mathur slips into a coma. His last words were, ‘This is my end…Please meet Mother Alaysia… We do not belong here…take your brother with you…open my gift son’. Who is Mother Alaysia? What was happening to dad? How did mother save us from Mrs. Laurels’ ghost? His mother, dead long ago, and now on the verge of losing his father, Aahan only has so many unanswered questions infront of him. Aahan, Aarav, Dhyan, Farhan and Harshi, the Pentias set on a tour to find the answers which leads them to….’where are we? What is this place?’ ‘Silandria is a place beyond words, beyond imagination’, says Mother Alaysia, ‘You are the sons of the King and Queen of Siland...

Scatter Seeds of Kindness: Poems and Short Stories About Life, Love, and the Things That Shape Our Souls  by K.A. Bloch ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.4/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis Scatter Seeds of Kindness presents a new collection of poetry from K. A. Bloch, the author of Walk through a Field of Flowers. Her poetry explores a wide variety of themes, such as memories and how they impact our life, the passage of time, stereotypes within society, and bullying. She also includes fun and lighthearted poems designed to bring a smile to your face and shares her struggles with trying to practice kindness and not always succeeding. Sometimes raw and vulnerable, sometimes light and humorous, these verses encourage you to be kind not only to others but also to yourself. This poetry collection presents personal life experiences and thoughts set in verses and provides the inspiration or motivation behind each poem. Scatter seeds of kindness Wherever you may go. Reach deep inside y...

Whimsical Poetry: Fiction and Reality  by Syeda Javeria Fatima ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.4/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis "Whimsical Poetry" is a poetry compilation penned by a young author Javeria. This book contains fragments of fiction as well as reality. She is certain that this book will take the reader on a rollercoaster ride. Be it happiness, grief, peace, admiration, or sorrow, she will make you feel it all! My Thoughts Poetry is an art form that predates written text. It fuses meaning, sound, and rhythm to create magical worlds that offer insights into ourselves – and into the unknown. Since it’s taken to the page, poets have even been able to play with how it looks, using word placement to add yet another layer of meaning. The form almost defies definition, but we know we tend to look to it when we need a little inspiration, to light that spark that only the best poetry knows how to ignite. Whimsical Poetry: Fiction and Reality by Syeda Javeria Fatima ...

The Rython Kingdom  by Mandy Eve-Barnett ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.5/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis Unaware he is a pawn in a vengeful plan, Guillem’s actions may release an evil witch from her entrapment. The famed troubadour attends the king’s court to recite a marvelous tale but his suspicions are raised by a strange servant. With the help of a wizened old woman, and her beautiful granddaughter, Guillem attempts to outwit the witch to save the kingdom from murder and mayhem. He then finds himself part of a ritual for life everlasting with the entrancing and mysterious Juliana. My Thoughts Certainly the story is entertaining, full of ups, downs, and mysteries not yet revealed, but I implore you not to simply read this book and then put it away. Mandy Eve-Barnett has filled this book with hidden meanings, foreshadowing, and cleverly concealed connections. This book is just amazing. The way everything is described with so much detail, so much life. The way that every ...

Framandi Alliance: Galaxy Accretion Conflicts  by Rashid Ahmed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.5/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY Synopsis Tasked with exploring an anomaly in space, Icelandic transhuman twins Jón and Ásta along with the crew of Átt, make first contact with a species seeking passage through the solar system. They learn of an ancient, ongoing, intergalactic confrontation, between the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy and Milky Way. As galaxies merge, territorial conflicts have been reignited. And, it’s consuming civilizations. Allying with the knowledgeable Framandi, the crew undertake a multi-system journey, confronting the advanced Gigils, a species that could devastate Earth. The alliance salvages a relic Kilig infiltration spacecraft, leftover from an ancient battle, and installs a second-generation human AI named Kei to operate the ship. Merging with the existing AI aboard the Kilig vessel, Kei’s objectives change as it realizes that wetware enhances its abilities. The AI attempts to ...

Dragon Touched: The Awakening  by C.B Haight ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.3/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis In the realm of Ishreedin, humans and elves have a deep animosity for each other that spans centuries. Though fragile peace now exists through a treaty, fate is not often kind to those caught in the middle. Born of a secret marriage between the human King and the elven Princess, five half-elven daughters understand— better than anyone— that their fate was signed away long before they were born. After their mother mysteriously disappears, the sisters find themselves at the center of a millennia-old curse, which becomes the catalyst for a whirlwind of events that will throw the five sisters into unknown adventures. Their destinies now hang on the decisions they make while discovering themselves in ways no one knew possible. My Thoughts While you can tell that C.B Haight's is an amazing writer-- she's got room to grow in terms of cleanly switching perspectives,...

UNMASKING: Book 2 of Tame Series  by Lavinia Dasani ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.6/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis "You are a talented writer. Unmasking was a great read." - Juliano Agertt (Jusky), Singer & Songwriter Phoebe thought she was an expert in leading a double life. But the moment she accepted Federick's friendship, her vault of secrets began to crack. Wary by nature in a world of secrecy, pain, danger and business moguls, Phoebe Smith, a loving mother and covert spy, goes against her better judgement and befriend her 'boss', Federick Archer. Then to her horror, he gets a little too close for comfort. Once in control, Phoebe begins to lose her grip...and suddenly, the heat is on. Because as they grow closer, she begins to see him as more than just the devil who terrorised her in their childhood. And for the first time, her secret life is in danger of being exposed. Will she be able to keep her secrets hidden? Or will he seduce them out of h...

A Broken Crayon Still Colors  by Danielle Mazzilli  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.5/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis With her grown-ups going through a divorce, a young girl is having a difficult time drawing a family portrait. She questions how she can draw her family if her grown-ups aren’t living together anymore. Told from the perspective of a supportive box of crayons, this lyrical tale addresses the emotions often associated with divorce. With messages of reassurance, encouragement, and the affirmation that “a broken crayon still colors,” the crayons help the young girl navigate her feelings throughout the years, watching as her family portrait continues to grow and grow. The young girl is reminded that those spaces she once left on her portrait were to be filled by those that love her, including her new bonus family. A Broken Crayon Still Colors brings readers on a heartwarming, child-centered journey through acknowledging the complexities of divorce, and ce...

In Due Time: Book 2  by B. L. Dawn ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.4/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis Thriller Mystery, Paranormal Romance With a hidden past, control issues bubbling to the surface, and memory loss about her true mate, Tatum Roloff was trying to settle into her new life as the first female beta of the Primal Ridge Pack. Her plans included bringing a blind teenager, Adina, back to health, holding the first alpha meeting in known history, and keeping her alpha, Enoch, off her back about being Destiny’s gift to the race. Everything was looking up until her life spiraled out of control, revealing more about her past and future than she ever could imagine. Now, with this new found knowledge, will she be able to stop a killer? This book has sexual violence and strong language.  My Thoughts In Due Time: Book 2 by B. L. Dawn I watched this book hit the scene and I couldn't help but notice mixed reviews. I didn't want to read them in full detail because I didn...

Love is Not Pie: Variations on a Monogamish Theme  by Katherine Lazaruk ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.5/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY Synopsis Caught between a loving husband and a man from her past, one woman chooses an unconventional way to explore her personal “road not taken.” Love is Not Pie is a personal exploration navigating the world of consensual non-monogamy and polyamory. This collection of poems—erotic, yearning, sweet, and angry—was written by Lazaruk to and about her two beloved men over the course of several years. Collected here for the first time, the original poems are woven together with new pieces that provide context for how the stor y unfolded, how the love affair finally ended, and why. In this expressive work of poetry, Lazaruk explores attachment, fear, love, lust, grief, and the push-pull between what she knows is right, and how she justifies her actions. Love Is Not Pie will resonate with readers who have flirted with relationships outside the norm of Western mar...

A Look Behind Lightning  by Sharon D. Ballentine ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.5/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY Synopsis When high school English teacher, Jocasta Westgreen, performs a ritual so that she can make spiritual visitations to her students to plant subliminal messages of self-improvement into their dreams, Watchers affix themselves into her life. Jocasta, the Watchers, her students, and her boyfriend become entangled in a battle of survival. Desperate to save everyone from monstrous transformations or even death, Jocasta enlists the assistance of a voodoo queen and a gypsy to help her to sever the bonds of the Watchers. As a result of their struggles, Jocasta and two of her students, Miranda and Amanda, are transformed into super humans. Can the three compel the Watchers and save them all? Readers will jump onto a thrilling rollercoaster ride of heights and plunges with high school seniors who battle for survival against dark forces. Can humans stop Watchers? My Thoughts At some t...

Both sides love  by Dexterity ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.5/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY NOW Synopsis This book is based on true events. It’s written about a family oriented man that concern about his kids while living the single life. Paying child support and dealing with two baby mothers that are in cahoots with each other. However, he still manages to keep a good job and stay above water. Until he meets a pretty young lady by the name of Erica, which he thought was going to be just a one night stand. Not knowing she will become his third baby mother. She had two kids from a previous relationship before she met him. After having his baby his finance starts to decrease. Somehow she convinced him to move in with her so he could save money. After moving in with her, the baby and her two kids he finds out that she has Epilepsy. A month after the baby was born Erica gets sick. Having seizures at least twice a month, keeping her hospitalize days at a time, leaving him alone with the baby an...

Wild Not Broken  by Sarah Kades ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.5/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis What if everything you ever wanted was nothing you could have ever expected? Lillian Morgan is a disgraced British war correspondent. Scotland Yard has cleared her of all treason charges, but her career didn't survive being duped by a double-agent. The rediscovery of a family heirloom, a New World fur trade journal from the eighteenth century, gives Lillian a story to chase while she tries to pick up the pieces of her life. Colt Tanner is a world champion bull rider, old enough to know his time on the circuit is coming to a close, but too skittish to settle down anywhere. He likes life one adrenaline high after another, never stopping long enough to feel anything. But a career-ending injury has left him with time to notice there are unanswered questions about his family that are starting to pile up. A week in the wilderness to write an eco-inn's marketing material is not Lil...

Live for Joy  by Anne Scottlin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.4/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis Anne Scottlin delivers fresh motivational insights and succinct morsels of philosophy to help inspire your practice of self-awareness and to cultivate a mindset of authenticity and joy. Paired with extraordinary art and photography, these inspirational messages create a visually stunning feast for the senses. Whether you consume this book in one sitting or keep it close-at-hand for quick infusions of courage or moments of contemplation, you will find it an indispensable tool to support you in tapping into your best version of yourself. My Thoughts Consciousness is at once the most familiar thing to us, and perhaps the most mysterious. Why does conscious experience arise, and what is its nature? Is it a physical entity, or something else entirely? To what extent are other lifeforms conscious, and could we ever recreate their experiences? These difficult questions form the basis of...

Tom's Revenge  by James Edward Webb ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings   4.6/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON Synopsis Mad Dog was king...then he met Tom Dufran Tom Dufran was on the trail of one of the most malicious men to roam the west, with only the image on an old wanted poster to go on. The trail not only led him to Belle Fourche in the Dakota Territory, but also to cross paths with someone from his past. Aubrey Walters was only in town to purchase a herd of cattle, not to run into the man she thought had perished years ago. Now the memories and feelings of the past were flooding back in. Did he feel the same way about her? Would she be able to find out? While that was unforeseen, giving countenance to the man to board the train was even more startling. A gross oversight that would allow him to fix the past. Would he be able to rectify it in time? My Thoughts I searched long and hard through the treacherous backend roads of the Internet, with the aim of brushing up your knowledg...

Hidden Enemy  by JP McLean ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.5/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY VIA AMAZON NOW Synopsis A forbidden book. A dangerous secret. A life in the balance. In the wake of a bullet and a broken heart, Emelynn Taylor learns the true portent of a gift she can barely control. Her discovery of a forbidden book unlocks explosive secrets that connect her to a past she never imagined. Now someone is threatening to expose those secrets, and an unknown assailant is hunting her. With everyone hiding something, whom can she trust? Emelynn is thrust into the eye of a storm as two powerful factions clash: one ancient, one evil. And both of them want a piece of her. Knowing that not even her gift of flight will save her, Emelynn forms an uneasy partnership with a dangerous man she must learn to trust—and then she must risk her gift and her future to protect her friends’ lives. The second book in The Gift Legacy series, Hidden Enemy is a thriller that skirts the edges of reality in a worl...

Keeper of the Jewel  by Richard H. Stephens ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.6/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY Synopsis Something evil lurks beneath the palace. A phantasm from a darker past makes its presence known to Khae Wys, Queen of the Elves. Braving the perils of a haunted tower, the queen seeks the counsel of the mysterious Fae, for only they can predict what is to come. A future that doesn’t bode well for her only living child. In a desperate attempt to save the heir to the Willow Throne, Princess Ouderling is exiled to the only place capable of protecting her. Highcliff, the home of the coveted Crystal Cavern and the dragons that watch over it. The Duke of Grim, however, has other plans for the princess. My Thoughts I wanted to like this more. My friend highly recommended it as a great dark fantasy story with swords and sorcery, dungeons and dragons. It has those things, but it doesn't come off as very exciting or enchanting. The introduction of characters and places is truly horr...

Revenge Seeker  by Vk Tritschler ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.3/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY Synopsis Her Grandfather took her father’s life, and now Jess wants revenge. Heir to a multi-verse kingdom Jess should be the most powerful woman in the world, able to keep her loved ones safe and bring peace to the realms. But with her newfound powers, came newfound dangers. Jess is determined to protect the people she loves. To keep her sister, mother and boyfriend Peter safe, she sends them away, where her enemies can’t find them. When, Peter’s parents find out she’s the offspring of their mortal enemy, they are determined to keep them apart forever. Going alone is perilous, and it’s hard to tell the difference between friend and foe. Determined to bring down her maniacal Grandfather, Jess is just beginning to realize the depth of her ties to those around her and the strength they bring to her. Will she become the great protector or is she more like her Grandfather than she wants to admit? My T...

They Canceled the DJ  by Freddy Cruz ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Ratings 4.4/5 GO GRAB YOUR COPY Synopsis When a hotheaded DJ is caught in a viral web of vengeance, it's unlikely he'll find the wisdom to quiet his inner critic. Radio jock Aubrey Cortes cares way too much about what others think. After he humiliates himself in front of a listener-turned-love interest, he's horrified when the explosive episode goes viral. But, after the disaster turns into a first date, he celebrates with a barrage of search-and-destroy tweets aimed at torpedoing his online critics. Thrilled when his newfound viral fame lands him a nationally syndicated show, he uses his connections to arrange a backstage pass to meet his new squeeze's legendary musical idol. Cue mayhem. Aubrey's heart is cruelly betrayed on centerstage, and blows up big time. Again. And now he wants payback. Can Aubrey eat humble pie and take a Zen lesson or three, or will he go down in a fiery fit of revenge? A riotous rom...