Reviews - Young Adult / New Adult

The Haunted Purse
Kimberly
Baer

When Libby Dawson buys a denim purse at her local thrift store, strange things start happening. She soon discovers that her treasured new purse is haunted by a ghost; a ghost who wants her to solve a decades-old cold case. Soon Libby and her friend Toni are on the prowl for answers. But Libby has troubles of her own. She lives in the bad part of town and her mother is almost never around.

Worlds Apart
Niki
Bright

FANTASY:  When Keynis and his wife Nicolaté wake up in a strange place, their two-year-old daughter not with them, they must quickly adapt and find a way home. However, they quickly discover that they are not even in the same world. They are in a world called Nogatha now, and the people of Nogatha call Keynis and Nicolaté’s home Eden, rather than Earth.

Emmeline “Emmie” Grace and Nick, who is actually King Nicholas the first, decide to be married and go back to the sixteenth century with the magic of a blue diamond ring. Emmie the twenty-first-century girl is ready for anything, just to be with Nick, her true love.

PARANORMAL/SUSPENSE/THRILLER:  The life of Patience has never been easy. Her father is an abusive alcoholic and her mother is the one enabling his behavior. Her mother is miserable without her husband and blames Patience for making him go away. As a result, Patience is left pretty much on her own.

April’s Heart
Shilah
Ferr

** Warning: Although this book’s genre is YA, because of extensive sex, drinking and drug use with early adolescents, the content may not be suitable for younger adults.**

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