Deirdra Eden

Thursday, September 12, 2024

The Last Witch on Skye by Carolyn J. Nicholson and illustrated by E.M. Gales

It’s a delightful middle-grade fantasy, set on the Isle of Skye and featuring eight full-page illustrations (including a map). "The Last Witch on Skye has all the imaginative ingredients for a page-turner: a portal between the world of fairies and the world of humans; witches both good and bad;…

All Money Ain't Good Money by Tracey Lampley

Book Summary Jinx Curry is a single mom who spends her days spying on cheating wives and husbands, but she aches for more importance. When her boss, Capricorn Hayes, finally assigns Jinx a missing persons case involving a congressman's missing granddaughter, Jinx jumps at the chance. Not only to…

Notice something new and shiny on the cover of The Watchers book 7?

Notice something new and shiny on the cover of The Watchers book 7? The Watchers, Night of Light received the highest score possible in appearance, plot, development, formatting, and marketability! For those who enjoy Visionary Fiction, this series is now complete for your binge reading pleasure. T…

The 10 Great Evils On the Earth

The Impact of Books to Young Readers A Conversation with a Publisher By Raven Howell

The Impact of Books to Young Readers A Conversation with a Publisher By Raven Howell As a preschooler, I looked forward to bedtime story time. Books gave me comfort, happiness, sparked my imagination, and relaxed me. At the time, I had no idea it also helped build self-esteem, vocabulary and sensory a…

Blink & Glow by Raven Howell

Lilly and Leo think it's super to catch fireflies and salamanders—and even more exciting, as they plan to bring their glowing nature finds to show-and-tell the next day. They have a change of heart when Grandma's wisdom guides the children to respect the freedom and light of the natural lif…

Enjoying the River

Thor's Well

Make sure to take time to see this amazing natural water feature on your Oregon trip.

No Ordinary Thursday by Anoop Judge

Lena Sharma is a successful San Francisco restaurateur. An immigrant, she’s cultivated an image of conservatism and tradition in her close-knit Indian community. But when Lena's carefully constructed world begins to crumble, her ties to her daughter, Maya, and son, Sameer—raised in thoroughly m…

Raising Jess: A Story of Hope by Vickie Rubin

Raising Jess: A Story of Hope is the powerful story of one family’s survival when faced with adversity. Written with compassion, honesty, and humor, it tells of a family changed forever by the birth of a child with a rare chromosome deletion and their courageous decision to choose hope. Facing the …

When Love Wags a Tail by Carmen Leal

Our four-legged friends have huge hearts. Experience the joy of this collection of true-life stories of humans and the amazing dogs who saved them. Carmen Leal never dreamed tragedy could bring positive change. Suffering a traumatic brain injury after a car wreck, the marketing pro struggled to fin…

Thelma a Métis Girl Who Was Born in a Storm by Julie Coulter Bellon

Thelma a Métis Girl Who Was Born in a Storm A beautiful introduction to Métis culture and traditions . . . Thelma's favorite time of day is after dinner when her family gathers around the fireplace to be together and hear her father's stories. The story she loves best is the one about the nig…

The Year I was Almost Prom Queen by Stacy Lynn Carroll

No one ever notices Emma, and that’s just the way she likes it. So when she gets nominated as Prom Queen, she thinks it must be someone’s idea of a sick joke. But it all becomes real when she needs to find a date for the dance. After an embarrassing ad is placed online, several boys prom-pose to he…

Tweaks by Terry Deighton

Having a genetically enhanced ability sounds great—until it happens. Henry Johnson has a best friend, a crush, a life-long enemy, and no idea his life is a science project. In sixth-grade, average may mean boring, but at least it also means avoiding freakdom. Henry is all kinds of average, but then …

Finding Fran by Nancy Christie

Once a best-selling romance novelist, 55-year-old Fran Carter is now dealing with a slow but steady drop in book sales and a major case of writer’s block, complicated by the knowledge that her lover, a professional photographer, has been on the wrong side of the camera (so to speak) with his models…