Olivia’s First Christmas is a personalized story about a family eager to celebrate their baby’s first Christmas season. The proud mom and dad share Olivia’s first experiences, including photos with Santa, Christmas caroling, and decorating the tree.
Shiloh, a thirteen year old girl, embarks on a mission to rid her world of aliens who devastated her life and took her family two years prior. After a failed attack on an alien named Dracula, she reluctantly partners with a peculiar, hairless cat alien who claims to know where the enemy spaceship is. With the chance to obliterate these creatures once and for all, Shiloh struggles with her desire to kill her irritating companion. When she befriends another unexpected ally named Rita, they stick together for a journey of a lifetime.
Karen Miller hasn’t had the easiest time of things lately. After a relationship didn’t work out as she had planned, nothing was holding her in her current life in Poughkeepsie. Since her eighty-year-old grandfather just recently lost his wife of fifty years, maybe a relocation to live closer to him in Manhattan would be the perfect thing for the both of them. Quitting her job, she moves to Manhattan for a fresh start.
Snitchland is the second novel in Tim Mulligan’s Richland trilogy, meaning that this review contains spoilers for Witchland: The Graphic Novel. If you have yet to read Witchland, you may consult my previous LitPick review (and the other lovely ones.)
Girl At Sea is a coming-of-age novel with a twist. Beth is also on a path for revenge. A happy 14-year-old until tragedy strikes her life, Beth is forced to grow up fast. Thankfully her family friend Silas, a 45-year-old former Navy SEAL who lives on his boat, steps in and saves her from a life in foster care. But before they can sail away, Beth is forced to learn some harsh lessons about the darker side of human nature. As they sail around the world, death and danger seem to follow them, along with a black albatross that mostly flies above their boat unseen.
Light Locked by A.K. Chandler tells the adventures of a Veilin princess as she tries to destroy a cursed Medallion which could end the whole of humanity. Clea, who is a Veilin and the last princess of Loda, was escaping Shambelin with the Deadlock Medallion, which she had stolen, hanging on her neck. She wandered in the forest seeking directions back to her city. Her mission was to get the Medallion destroyed, since it posed a great threat to the existence of humanity.
Two years ago, Jessica's mom passed away from cancer. Now, Jessie and her father are going on a vacation from their home in Florida to Bermuda before her dad starts chemo for his thyroid cancer. Jessie is excited about their vacation but ignores her worries about her dad's cancer. On the way to Bermuda, Jessica and her father's plane hits a rough patch of weather, and Jessica's father hits his head, making him unable to see. Jessie has to take over flying the plane so they don't crash.
The Adventures of Chii: Shadows Of Valoria by Alisanya tells the story of a young cat girl who tries to find out about her past. Chii, a young and energetic cat girl, lost her family and the people she ever knew to a shadowy mist that once attacked her village. A few hours after the incident, she fell victim to some wicked humans while trying to escape and became a slave. One day, fortunately for her, she was freed from the hands of her wicked master when he was attacked by some bandits during a journey.
The Ravenell’s aren’t your ordinary family. They come from power, prestige, and wealth. Their company, Villamae Medical Corporation (VMC), is a multi-billion dollar healthcare business that is highly successful. Their reputation, both personally and professionally, is paramount and they’ll do whatever it takes to remain the successful business that they are.
When Peg, the pig train conductor, calls all aboard to take a train ride around the zoo, she has plenty of animal passengers that can’t wait to have fun on the train. She’s joined by lions, giraffes, monkeys, penguins, owls, and pigs as they all sing along while riding throughout the zoo.
