Author: Cynthia Benson ALL VISIONS OF BLIND LOVE peers into the lives of 25 very different people from across the globe, each on his or her own journey of blind love, whether good or bad. Much like an album of blues music, there are visions of ecstasy, romance, innocence, body, and soul.
BE YOUR OWN BRAND OF SEXY Winner
2016 Paris Book Festival
Author: Susan L. Edelman, MD Edelman unlocks the mystery of why women don’t get what they want and changes the dating game. “Very highly recommended for both community and academic library collections” Midwest Book Review…”An uplifting, empowering message for all” Foreword Reviews “Must- have book for all women…should be considered the dating Bible” Booksellersworld.com
Symphonie FantastiqueHonorable Mention
2016 Amsterdam Book Festival
Author: Mark Seinfelt Mark Seinfelt’s Symphonie Fantastique is a novel consisting of four interrelated yet discrete parts—At Last the Distinguished Thing, Steiglitz’s Folly, The Mozart Machine, and Intrusive Voices— and a fifth movement, an Appendix, consisting of two short stories and an essay. Each of the four main sections deals with a haunted individual. Reviewing…
Jerome & His WomenHonorable Mention
2016 Paris Book Festival
Author: Joan O’Hagan Rome, 382 AD. The Empire is fragile, the pagan beliefs that sustained it are fading. One man stirs up controversy like no other – Jerome. His faith is strong, his support by aristocratic Christian women intact. Yet rumours circulate and his enemies plot to dispose of Jerome once and for all …
The Sibold Effect Winner
2016 Beach Book Festival
Author: John David Miller After the random purchase of a piece of property deep within the Appalachian Mountains, strange and bizarre supernatural events begin to reveal what has been buried down below for thousands of years.
Man’s Best Friend: A Short StoryHonorable Mention
2016 Paris Book Festival
Author: Taylor A. Davis During the Great Depression, the “Wild Boys”wandered the railroad to ensure the survival of their families. Until paradise is found. Until a town appears along the tracks. Now imprisoned, Thomas looks back to discover what choice left him wandering alone.
THE LOBBY Winner
2016 Beach Book Festival
Author: Randi M Sherman 50 intertwined stories taking place during a single twenty-four hour period in one place, THE Lobby of an upscale hotel. Watch to comings and goings and most comedic intersections of the perky staff, long-term residents and eclectic guests.
Shopping with the Virgin Mary Honorable Mention
2016 San Francisco Book Festival
Author: Kermie Wohlenhaus Shopping with the Virgin Mary is a collection of vignettes, not only about shopping, (even though shopping experiences are sprinkled throughout) but the author’s growing relationship, eclectic information, and understanding of Mary. Her relationship with the Virgin started off in the most benign and superficial of ways. She asked Mary to go…
Life Is A Canvas
Honorable Mention
2016 San Francisco Book Festival
Author: Joy Elan Allegra Johnson is a young, vibrant entrepreneur with dreams. From the outside, she seems to have all the things that she dreamed of… except love. Her motto is the expression, “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” As she paints the things that she wants in her life,…
Coyote Sunrise
Honorable Mention
2016 Los Angeles Book Festival
Author: Nikki Broadwell Sara and Istaga and their two-year-old baby are not what they seem. All three can shift into coyotes. When hunters arrive Istaga turns into a snarling replica of himself, insisting they travel far into the mountains to warn other coyotes and keep out of danger. But before that can happen their baby…