Submitted for Review

Books listed on this page were submitted for review by the author or a representative of the author. Although I received free copies of the books listed on this page, I have been completely honest in my review of these books.

Gods and Fathers by James LePore

Synopsis:

Matt DeMarco is an accomplished Manhattan attorney with more than his share of emotional baggage. His marriage ended disastrously, his ex-wife has pulled their son away from him, and her remarriage to a hugely successful Arab businessman has created complications for Matt on multiple levels. However, his life shifts from troubled to imperiled when two cops – men he's known for a long time – come into his home and arrest his son as the prime suspect in the murder of the boy's girlfriend.
Suddenly, the enmity between Matt and his only child is no longer relevant. Matt must do everything he can to clear his son, who he fully believes is innocent. Doing so will require him to quit his job and make enemies of former friends – and it will throw him up against forces he barely knew existed and can only begin to comprehend how to battle. Read my Review



What Every Christian Really Should Know, But They Don't (Did U Know) by Dr. Yaborough

What Every Christian Show Know, But They Don't (Did U Know) was submitted for review by its author Dr. Yarbrough.

I received the content of Did U Know at the beginning of February. The goal of this book is to serve as an informational guide for every pastor, minister, church member and non-profit organization leader.
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Sofia's Rainbow by Lina Simoni

Set in Istanbul, Sofia's Rainbow by Lina Simoli is the story of six-year-old Sofia's quest to relieve her loneliness. Geared towards children 5 years and older, it attempts to teach a message of tolerance and acceptance.
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The Appeal of Stalking by Stan Talbot

Billy Freeman is a pompous jerk and a stalker.

This 202-page novel by financial advisor turned author, Stan Talbot, centres around Billy Freeman’s acrimonious relationship with his ex-wife, Diane Downer. Diane is the mother of his three grown children and grandmother of his six-year-old grandson, Tristan. Read my Review

I Remember Mommy's Smile by Dina Wolfman Baker

The 11-year-old narrator of this story takes the reader through her experiences learning that her mother is ill, watching her mother die, and then finally after her mother is dead and she must face life without a mother. Baker uses very really terms, she doesn’t sugar coat things and I think that is something that a lot of kids and parents will appreciate. The language she uses is very appropriate, while reading it to my two daughters I found myself holding back tears. Read my Review

A Hidden Madness by James T.R. Jones

James (Jim) T.R. Jones holds an undergraduate degree with the highest distinctions from the University of Virginia and a law degree with honours from Duke University (the Yale of the south). He's worked for an elite law firm on Wall Street, clerked for a judge in the United States Court of Appeals, taught for a year at the Law School of the University of Chicago, and since 1986 been a member of the faculty of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Jim Jones accomplished all of this while dealing with the day-to-day struggles of his bipolar disorder.
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Redemption by LA Kuehlke

From the book cover:How do you keep going after the one person you always believed you were meant to be with forever gives their heart to someone else? Bryan Roemer never thought he'd have to answer that question; but after losing the woman he loved to another man, he is faced with a new reality. Meeting Mara - exotic, beautiful, sexy - on the flight back to California provided him with a welcome distraction to take his mind off his pain. Still, days are a blur. His nights are spent drowning in memories. At his lowest moment, his friends, Nick Flaherty and Carrie Mayer, summon him back east to photograph their wedding. Reluctantly, he does. Read my Review



                                  
He Answered by L.V. Robinson

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Lia finally had it all figured out. That was until that one traumatic day. A day that would change everything. Nothing would ever be the same again. No normal, rational thinking person would do that, would they? Could they? Read my Review









Wally Wander by Novamelia

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When Wally is young she learns that being her friend can be dangerous to your health. As she goes through life, the idea of her deadly contamination persists and is even reinforced. As a result Wally begins to spend some of her time living somewhere else, upstairs in her head. Wally wanders into her space bubble which floats somewhere just below God’s space. Read my Review







The Island Horse by Susan Hughes

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Ellie believes that she will live in her little village on the coast of Nova Scotia for always. But when her father gets a job on Sable Island, she must say farewell to her beloved home and her mother's final resting place. Not even the idea of seeing the wild horses that roam the island can ease the pain of leaving. And after arriving on the sandy, windswept crescent of land, Ellie feels adrift and alone...until one afternoon when she wakens on a dune to find herself looking into the curious eyes of a wild stallion. Little by little, as the days pass, Ellie gets closer to the beautiful chocolate-colored horse. Yet she soon discovers something that could take him away from his home, his herd and her. Ellie has lost so much already. Will she lose her island horse, too? Read my Review

TurboCharged Recipes by Dian Griesel, Ph.D. and Tom Griesel

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TurboCharged Recipes: Delicious Fuel for Your Fabulous Fat Burning Machine is a perfect stand-alone on an excellent companion book to the highly acclaimed rapid fat-loss and health book TurboCharged: Accelerate Your Fat Burning Metabolism, Get Lean Fast and Leave Diet and Exercise Rules in the Dust. Read my Review







In the Himalayan Nights by Anoop Chandola

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Dehradun City, Himalayas, India 1977: Two bright, beautiful, lesbian research assistants accompany their Indian professor to this city near the tense borders of China and Nepal to observe the "holy-war" dance of the Mahabharata and its link to polygamy and local heroes (or villains?). The girls begin to question the holiness of the Bhagavad Gita's two polygamist avatars while watching the dance, even as they fall in love with India and their friendly hosts. While gathering data on women's rights violations, caste discrimination, and animal cruelty, they discover more about their own culture, their relationship and themselves. Read my Review.



The Complexity of a Soldier by Michelle Bellon

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No one knows the heart and mind of a soldier. Every day they must face scenarios and life choices that most of us will never even imagine. When Rory Nichols joins the army, this hard lesson hits hard and fast. After 911, he is deployed to Iraq. He and his wife, Emily, face sacrifice and strife which they fear their young marriage may not survive. Pushed to his limits, Rory begins to ask questions. Then one day, he receives a fateful phone call relaying the most wicked of betrayals. He rushes home to face an enemy he had not predicted. In this penultimate moment he will right a wrong and stand for what he believes in at all costs; making a statement to his country, to his family, and to all victims of this seething crime. It is a story of life, love, and rising above the acts of war and abuse. Read my Review.