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COULD EASILY BE THE NEXT
BLOCKBUSTER HIT
They’ve taken his whole life, and now he plans
on taking theirs. When a SEAL team is sent on a
mission into Afghanistan from higher up,
something doesn’t feel right to Lt. Commander
James Reese. It’s an ambush that kills sixty-eight
men, including the air support called in for back
up. But on the day of his homecoming, when his
wife and daughter are murdered in an
assassination meant for him, Reese begins to
uncover a corrupt government conspiracy.
They’ve trained a killer, and now the ultimate
weapon is making a list to come after them.
Move over Jason Bourne, there’s a new man to
right the wrongs in the government, and his
name is James Reese! Intelligent, resourceful, and
loyal, family man Reese is an endearing
protagonist you can’t help but root for. Much like
a Brad Thor novel, each scene is brilliantly
plotted, action-packed and filled with heart-
stopping suspense. The Terminal List is a scorcher
of a debut thriller that reads as if it were on the
big screen, and like Lone Survivor and Shooter
could easily be the next blockbuster hit.
Thriller
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T HOUGHT-PROVOKING
A CHARACTER-DRIVEN
STATEMENT ABOUT CURRENT- SLICE-OF-LIFE STORY
Nolan and her husband, Charlie, live in a
DAY SEXUAL PERMISSIVENESS Nora
tightly knit New York City neighborhood of
Sexting is the topic of this excellent
courtroom drama. Fourteen-year-old Graylin
has a nude photo of a classmate on his cell
phone, and someone has tipped off the
police. He didn’t take the picture; someone
Snapchatted him anonymously, but he made
a screenshot and now faces charges of
possession of child pornography. He hasn’t
distributed it or even shown it to his best
friend, but if he is found guilty as charged,
this straight-A student and an all-around
good kid will go on record as a sex offender
for the rest of his life. Abuse of Discretion
makes a thought-provoking statement about
current-day sexual permissiveness in
advertising, movies, and television: How can
we blame today’s children for accepting as
normal what we have allowed to become
ubiquitous in their environment?
~Rosemary Fifield, TopShelf Reviews
comfortably rich people with housekeepers and a
shared handyman. They all know each other,
socialize at catered neighborhood events, but are
not quite friends. In other words, they don’t bare
their hearts to one another. Still, they care about
each other, and when something happens to one,
the others come to help. After nearly thirty years
together, Nora and Charlie have grown apart.
Their twins are graduating from college and
moving on with their lives, leaving an empty nest.
While Nora loves New York City life, Charlie
wants to move to a warm climate where he can
golf year-round. She has a job she enjoys; he’s
not all that happy in his. Little things he does are
starting to annoy her. He’s threatened by the
possibility that she will take a new position with
status greater than his. When an act of violence
rocks the neighborhood, she and he see the
incident very differently. Alternate Side is a
character-driven slice-of-life story.
~Rosemary Fifield, TopShelf Reviews
~Kris Miller, TopShelf Reviews
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