To Slaughter a Camel by Raymond Hutson follows 33-year-old widow Erika Harder as she tries to cope with losing her husband who had pulled her out of a dark place. His death has shaken her to the very core and left her afraid to get close to anyone out of a fear of facing losing them as well. A murder at the hospital she works at further shakes her core, and before she can recover, she is offered a position with the CIA. Her skill as a multi-lingual nurse practitioner led to the CIA to hire her as an onsite nurse at Station 31 in Madrid.
Serpendis Endium, Master Merchant, is an older man with a remarkable talent for using words to his advantage. After becoming the sole survivor of a journey, he has no choice but to hire a guide to make it home safely. His young companion, Piecora, is a survival expert with a deep connection to nature. At first, Serpendis sees her as little more than a wildling and fails to appreciate her skills. However, an unexpected event transports them to an unfamiliar world filled with magic and mystery. If they wish to return to their world, they must join forces.
Under Brambles by Margaretta James is a collection of short stories that all seem to end in an overall realization of inner trauma that is healed through amazing imagery built within the vocabulary of each story. Whether you are reliving memories from a very young age, religious turmoil within oneself, or trying to see through the eyes of the characters, you come to a very real and almost emotional epiphany that has a sense of calm and validation that everything will be okay.
Birdwatcher 2 by Ann Greyson is a paranormal horror book that is a sequel to the first Birdwatcher novel. This book starts up a few months after the funeral for Abigail Wincoff that occurred in the first book. Joey Marks is a serial killer who has so far eluded justice and has been living it up dreaming of his past kills while plotting out his next kill for his 32nd birthday. Little does he know though that the police and Detective Philip Silverwood are closing in on the true identity of Ryan Messer.
Omniviolence by Jones Worthington is an adult techno thriller, science fiction novel that follows a pair of unlikely companions trying to survive. In this new cyberpunk world, violence is everywhere so much so that a teenager can even be a contract killer and being canceled means your execution. Jackson Cross is a teen who lives in his mother's basement and kills people for money, but he does his killing via electronics and is paid virtually via crypto.
Gods and Guardians Journey to the Plains of Amar is a fantasy book by R.W. Dove that tells about a boy who is destined to bring change to his kingdom and about his journey as he travels with an old man and his friends to the mountains of Mekek. Arthur Mitchell is a young boy living in the kingdom of Travek. From the day of his birth, his mother Emma knew he was different. His birth had been prophesied as one that would change the whole kingdom of Travek, but his mother kept this secret from him for fear of losing her son.
Lotus keeps too many secrets for her own good. Secrets that she could never tell her parents about, secrets that would destroy her if they ever came out, destroy everything she loves. And so it happens that she's being threatened with one of those secrets. When her best friend Nova offers her the chance to join her and their friend, Vin, on a week-long getaway, she agrees. All they're going to be doing is focusing on their upcoming exams, with no devices, no link to the world outside. In a farmhouse miles away from the nearest town, what's going to happen?
Erika Harder is still feeling adrift three years after the death of her husband. Gene had been her anchor, someone who had helped her out of a very dark place and had given her the chance to regain a part of herself that she thought she would never get back again. But now he was gone. Despite all of the treatments and all of her efforts, she could not save Gene the way he had saved her.
In How to Stand Up to Bullying, author M.C. Ryder shares her own experiences of dealing with past bullies and her understanding of those childhood scourges, what to expect, and how to react to their behavior. She explains the psychology of a bully, their motivations and desires, the lack of love, and a parent’s choices needed to shape a spiteful, manipulative person. What fuels a bully’s hunger for power? What would they perceive as a threat?
