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Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold ( Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series # 1) By: Iain Reading Genre: Adventure/Mystery/YA 326 pages Published: 2012  About the book:   Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold  is the thrilling first installment in a new young adult series of adventure mystery stories by Iain Reading . This first book of the Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series introduces Kitty Hawk, an intrepid teenage pilot with her own De Havilland Beaver seaplane and a nose for mystery and intrigue. A cross between Amelia Earhart, Nancy Drew and Pippi Longstocking, Kitty is a quirky young heroine with boundless curiosity and a knack for getting herself into all kinds of precarious situations.  After leaving her home in the western Canadian fishing village of Tofino to spend the summer in Alaska studying humpback whales, Kitty finds herself caught up in an unforgettable adventure involving stolen gold, devious criminals, g...

The Fire ( Northwest Passage # 4) By: John A. Heldt Genre: Adventure/History/Touch of Romance Publisher: John A. Heldt , 2013 I received a complimentary copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. When recent college graduate Kevin Johnson joins his family in Wallace, Idaho to clean out his late grandfather's house he finds more than he bargained for. It leads to a hidden treasure and a diary that takes him on an adventure- way back to 1910 Wallace. And while there he gets more than he bargained for. This is a sequel to The Journey but also includes cameos from Joel and Grace from The Mine and The Show. I liked that element. I found the book to be entertaining and hard to put down. I recommend all The Northwest Passage Novels.     Visit John: Facebook Goodreads Go on! Get 'em today, they're very reasonably priced.  Lisa

Tinseltown Riff By: Shelly Frome 244 pages Genre: Fiction: Action/Adventure Publisher: Sunbury Press Publication Date: March 2013 Get It Here: Amazon   Sunbury Press   B&N     Synopsis: Tinseltown Riff centers on Ben Prine, a thirty-something hack screenwriter who, on a Labor Day weekend, finds himself in desperate straits. Latching on to a dubious last-minute opportunity, he unwittingly embarks on a collision course with a Montana tracker connected with a Vegas mob; an odyssey which culminates in a fateful showdown on an abandoned Western movie. My Thoughts: * received this free in exchange for an honest review. This book is filled with a quirky cast of characters with a screwball plot. But underneath it has a compelling message. A fun read.     About the Author: Shelly Frome is a member of Mystery Writers of America, a professor of dramatic arts emeritus at the University of Connecticut, a former pr...

Publisher: Crime Wave Press  (March 8, 2013) Formats: Print & eBook  380 pages * I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.     Synopsis:  Working Tokyo nightclubs is easy money for beautiful and troubled American Val Benson - until a client with a rather unusual hobby - painting the private parts of his female liaisons - reluctantly gives up a map to a stash of Japanese war loot and tempts his favourite girl into a dangerous treasure hunt.  The Congressman's daughter is not the only one interested in the map: yakuza, bent cops, human traffickers, rogue CIA agents and her father are hot on her trail, snapping at her high heels.  So begins the dark, epic journey of a new anti-hero of Asian Noir, a protagonist both ambiguous and courageous, and utterly unreliable. From comfort women and tomb-raiding in Japanese-occupied Burma to the murderous echoes of the Vietnam War, long forgotten crime...

Kindle formats The Mine-285 pages Publisher: John A. Heldt (February 12, 2012) The Journey-242 pages Publisher: John A. Heldt (November 3, 2012) I received copies from the author in exchange for honest reviews Synopsis and Review of The Mine: In 2000, Joel Smith is a cocky, adventurous young man who sees the world as his playground. But when the college senior, days from graduation, enters an abandoned Montana mine, he discovers the price of reckless curiosity. He emerges in May 1941 with a cell phone he can't use, money he can't spend, and little but his wits to guide his way. Stuck in the age of Whirlaway, swing dancing, and a peacetime draft, Joel begins a new life as the nation drifts toward war. With the help of his 21-year-old trailblazing grandmother and her friends, he finds his place in a world he knew only from movies and books. But when an opportunity comes to return to the present, Joel must decide whether to leave his new love in the past o...

E-book format 408 pages Published by Enchanted Forest Press September 2012 Synopsis:  Leoros doesn't have many friends. He's moved around a lot due to his mother's work. But when his mother finds an emerald tablet that transports him to another world named Potara he finds out it's his destiny to be that world's savior. There he meets Atlantia- a slave girl he ends up befriending. With her help hopefully he can save the world he's come to love. My Review: This book is a mix of sci-fi/fantasy/adventure with a touch of romance. It also has Ancient Egyptian and Greek Mythology thrown in. Being a fan of mythology I enjoyed that plot element. However, I found the story to be confusing at first with the switching back and forth from different planet and all the characters that were introduced. I also felt that the action lagged at first because the characters spent too much time thinking and not enough doing. There's also some minor inconsistencies b...

While outside with his brother and younger sister at night fourteen year old Jacob sees a hulking shadow in the forest and then suddenly Jacob and Matt hear their young sister screaming from the backyard. When they go to investigate they find wolves standing over her. As Matt, the older brother takes Amberly inside the wolves lunge for Jacob. As Jacob runs into the familiar forest he suddenly comes upon a part of it he's never seen. Is he still in the forest he knows or has Jacob stumbled into a whole other world? This young adult novel is also well suited for adult reading... it takes the reader on an adventure of good versus evil and quite an adventure it is. From the first few pages, I didn't feel like I was reading the book I felt like I WAS a character in the book. And what interesting, engaging characters they are. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more of Andrea's works. Rating: 4 stars And you dear readers have a chance to win your very...