Janelle Gabay Hunted for being the first immortal born in over 500 years, nineteen-year-old, Tarian finds himself inside a twisted labyrinth of deceit. Audrey, a fierce, immortal fighter, might be the only person he can trust to save him from the traitor who will stop at nothing to steal his DNA.
Buccaneer- The Provocative Odyssey of Jack ReedWinner
2016 Hollywood Book Festival
Jack Carlton Reed and MayCay Beeler Think all associates of Pablo Escobar were violent? Then you don’t know Jack! An outlaw pilot and lawful fly girl land as award-winning coauthors in this cocaine smuggler’s true crime stunner. Never-before-told tell-all may surprise Narcos fans with an honest personal account. Now what media led us to believe.
A Search for FamilyHonorable Mention
2016 Hollywood Book Festival
Murray Lee Eiland Jr Matt Martin is a Hollywood star from another era. He employs Los Angeles private detective Bart Northcote to locate his estranged daughter. His daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom. Can Bart find the culprits before it is too late?
Rise Up!Runner-up
2016 Hollywood Book Festival
Connie Marie Harris The never-before-told true story of a group of multi-racial, multi-denominational pastors in a Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. Not unlike Old Testament times, odds were stacked against them in such an impossible way that the outcome would seem completely hopeless and utter defeat inevitable were it not for God. With division so deep within…
There Is Always More to SayHonorable Mention
2016 Hollywood Book Festival
Lynda Young Spiro Soho 1984: Two people meet unexpectedly and their worlds are changed forever. The lives of the couple are chronicled through marriage, fleeting moments and snatched time together. There Is Always More To Say is a passionate account about a connection between two people that never ends.
37 SecondsHonorable Mention
2016 Hollywood Book Festival
Stephanie Arnold The first near death experience written where intuition told her she was going to die months before she did. No one believed it would ultimately save her life.
Behind The MaskHonorable Mention
2016 Hollywood Book Festival
Dana Ridenour An idealistic FBI agent working on her first undercover assignment becomes to close to one of the domestic terrorists she seeks to expose in this thrilling FBI crime novel.
Melting BonesHonorable Mention
2016 Paris Book Festival
Julie A. Pujol Karel Free of Cancer after six surgeries, I could say that I felt melting away but of an incredible joy. Everything was beautiful, I was alive and I have a deep gratefulness for my family and friends. They were all part of my healing process, so much love could not be hidden…
The God ConceptionHonorable Mention
2016 New York Book Festival
Anissa Clay When fifteen-year-old Delilah Danton undergoes an experimental procedure, she is able to see her future. After her mother dies and she is removed from her abusive father’s clutches, millionaire William Burns and his family adopt her and provide her with opportunities unavailable to her biological family. With this support, Delilah uses her natural…
Of Rats and MenHonorable Mention
2016 New York Book Festival
Todor Bombov This is a really creepy book, right from the first page. I mean that as a compliment. Todor Bombov taps right into our deepest primal fears and then multiplies them by hundreds, thousands, millions. Rats the size of sheep?! One shudders at the thought, again and again. -Pamela Jaye Smith