Half Truths Under A Broken Moon

Luna Andersen is reticent to return to her small town of Alton, Minnesota, but she has no choice because the woman who raised her is dying of cancer. Seeing her actual mother alive and well, on the other hand, is one of the reasons she stayed away for so long. When Luna glimpses a photo of a man closely resembling her dead twin sister, she wonders if he could be the father she never knew. And if he is, it throws a wrench in pursuing a romantic relationship with the one person she ever considered loving—her childhood friend Brad. Just as she inches closer to uncovering the mystery, Luna gets scared and does the thing she’s always done when things get hard. She packs her bags. Again. Ruining her chances with Brad. But this time Alton has other plans for her.

Who was Andreas Reign? He may have been different things to different people. To my old friends, he was just a name that sounded cool. To my parents, he was a nuisance who took credit for all my work. Back in college, I was an engineering student, and that’s it- that’s all I can say about what I was; but he was always so much more - a writer, a poet, a painter, an artist, a dancer, a sculptor, but forevermore, a friend…he was all of those things, and somehow, none of those things. Nobody really knew who, or what, he was, perhaps not even me. I can tell you one thing about him though…he was everything that I dreamt of being, and the only thing I could never become…he was free. He was a breath of inspiration that whispered between my sighs and my words. He was a piece of me that didn’t understand purpose, and thus sculpted himself into whatever he needed to be. He was born of love, and he walked away lovelorn, to hide behind the words he wrote by my hand, in case someone came looking for him. Who was Andreas Reign? I was, or at least I always wanted to be. Saransh Kejriwal

Carina wakes up in her own bed. Great. Right? Maybe not so great when there’s a dragon prince staring at her. No. No. No. Not one dragon prince. Two. And then she remembers her best friend’s been kidnapped by an elf. Why can’t life be simple? Normal? Why does there have to be dark elves, light elves, dragons. This is too much for one girl to deal with. One girl who’s looking forward to starting college in the fall. Wait. Was. Was looking forward to starting college. Now she’s got to find her missing best friend. And stay alive.

Everyone keeps secrets. And all kids keep secrets from their parents. But what if your secret were so big, so terrible, and so impossible, no one would believe you anyway? Rieden Reece hides such a secret. To an outside observer, Ri may seem somewhat average. A troubled kid from a broken home coping with his personal pile of problems. A snarky thirteen-year-old can only deal with so much. The night the moon cracks changes him forever. When the moon breaks, it starts a chain of events leading him on the greatest adventure of his life. By his side, a shadowy figure from another universe whom Ri calls the Shadow Man. Together they must fight the evil powers beyond Ri’s understanding. It forces him to muster up the strength, bravery, and grit he never knew he had. And the countdown until complete collapse continues…. Will Ri be able to stitch the moon back together before his universe completely unravels? And can he reverse what is happening to his helpless mom… “Broken moons. Lost memories. Muddled powers. …Whatcha gonna do?” If you enjoy Chris van Allsburg, Rod Serling, Lewis Carroll, J.D. Salinger, the movie Arrival, or all of the above, you’ll enjoy Rieden Reece and the Broken Moon. It’s a luminous read and a feast for the imagination!

Carmela Santiago has no idea that she’s about to become the cause of a truce between two races that have feuded for centuries. If she makes it out alive, she may finally have the life she didn’t know she wanted—one filled with both love and power. Devastated by Carmela’s kidnapping, Derek Ashmore will wade through vampire and werewolf politics—something he loathes—to bring back the one person he’s ever truly cared for. But the vampire can’t do it alone. Alpha werewolf Brendan Kelly must put aside his anger and focus on what needs to be done if he hopes to ever see his mate again. The two men in Carmela’s life must rely on each other and join forces against an unknown enemy bigger than what any vampire or werewolf could face alone. This is part five in a werewolf/vampire menage serial with NO cliffhanger, explicit language and sexual situations. Please read the books in order.

LYING IN THE SHADOWS OF THE MOONLIGHT… John Robicheaux lived the simple life in Cajun country—that was until his brother turned up dead in the bayou. He'd be damned before he'd let that crime go unpunished. And John's suspicions about the sudden death were pointing to a medical clinic and a powerful plastic surgeon who stood accused of "losing" a high-profile patient on the operating table. Local magazine reporter Cassie Havelin had been in Beau Pierre to look into the story. Except, when her investigation became entangled with her mother's disappearance, Cassie was thrown straight into the strong arms of John Robicheaux. Together they had to shadow a sinister killer slithering in the murky waters…unless they were consumed by the darkness first.

*BEST OF TEXAS BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR HISTORICAL MYSTERY* Love, Law, and Justice comes to boom town Texas The discovery of oil has broken the stranglehold the Great Depression had on a dying East Texas town. Strangers are pouring into Ashland. Where there is oil, there are jobs, as well as con artists, thieves, scalawags, and at least one murderer. One stranger drives a hearse. But who is he, and why is he found hanging from the crown block of an oil derrick. The sheriff might solve the mystery. It’s his job. But he’s discovered shot to death on his own drilling rig. No one in town is above suspicion. But who has a deadly motive? Eudora Durant is the most beautiful widow in town. She’s also the richest. With the charming con man Doc Bannister at her side, she risks everything to bring law and justice to a struggling boom town even if she has to personally keep an innocent man from being sentenced to the electric chair. As one reviewer said about book one of the Boomtown saga series, Back Side of a Blue Moon: This story set in a small town in East Texas in the Great Depression should go down as a classic in American literature.”