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Book: Paradise Door

Author: Brent Shibla

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Language: English

Rating: 4/5

Paradise Door is a novel by Brent Shibla. Protagonist of the story is Memphis Clarke. He doesn’t exactly remember dying but he found himself in a dentist’s waiting room. Receptionist asked him to sign the form that lists what he has done and hasn’t done in his life. At the hotel, he got to stay in the luxurious loft. In his room, on the bookshelf, he found various antiques that he has collected from his family members over years.

Memphis stepped out of the hotel to explore the city. He went to a bar that resembles the bar in Bishop Park. At the bar, there was a mixed crowd and people were interacting with each other. It’s the kind of crowd that Memphis love. After being back in the hotel room, he missed his wife Savannah. While exploring the hotel, he entered into the tulip garden that reminded him of his trip to Amsterdam. In the garden, he found an unusual door.

As he entered the door, he saw an old TV there showing different events of his life like his parents fight when he was a child, when he was in high school, when he was sitting in a suit in front of a judge, etc. Memphis further started remembering parts of his life. Grab a copy of this book and read the story yourself to know what happens next.

Storyline is so unique and interesting. Title of the story is suitable. Cover photo could have been more creative. Language of the book is easy to understand. This book gave a different reading experience to me. World building is amazing and quite impressive. Narration was so smooth that I was picturizing all the scenes in my head while reading.

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Book: Chance

Author: Carolyn M. Bowen

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

Chance by the author Carolyn M Bowen is a psychological thriller. It is the second book in the Sydney Jones Series. Protagonist of the story is Sydney Jones. Walker is the head of security at her office and personal bodyguard. He is also Sydney’s boyfriend. Before becoming Sydney’s bodyguard, Walker was the bodyguard of the singer-songwriter Roxanne. Roxanne had developed a drug habit and Walker had left the security job there. But now, Roxanne is constantly troubling Walker to be her bodyguard but Walker was ignoring her calls. When Roxanne didn’t stop, Walker decided to meet her and tell her personally that he didn’t want to take the job.

Unfortunately, when Walker reached Roxanne’s condo, she was already dead. Walker’s fingerprint was found at the crime scene and now he is in trouble. He is accused of murder but Sydney knew that Walker is innocent and she wants to prove him innocent to the law. But Walker disappeared. He signed a confidentiality agreement with the Government stating to never contact her again. The government has declared Roxanne’s murder as a suicide. Will Sydney be able to know the truth?

Story is intense and I didn’t felt like putting it down without finishing it. Sydney Jones is a strong female protagonist. This book has crime, thrill, mystery. I enjoyed this novel from the first page till the last full stop. Carolyn has nicely penned down this story. Language of the book is simple and narration was easy to follow.

Even though this book is a part of series but one can read it as a standalone also. Looking forward to read the third book in the series.

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Book: Vanity: Murder in the name of sin

Author: Rhiannon Garrard

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

Vanity: Murder in the name of sin by the author Rhiannon Garrard is an interesting thriller. Story is set in the little,
picturesque town Mitokoa. A murder happened in the broad daylight in the cafe and the strange thing is that according to the witness murderer hasn’t used any weapon. When detective Katelyn Rush arrived in the town, she felt everything so strange. The only hotel in the town itself gave her strange vibes when she got to know that the hotel owner himself is the receptionist and there is no other staff.

As she went out to explore the town better, she started noticing that no living thing (human, birds, animals) is there around the town. Only in front of cafe, she saw 3-4 people and they all were self obsessed and praising themselves. Kate could connect this to the killer vanity. It felt like as if these people outside cafe are in vain after a murder there. It felt like some kind of pandemic. Grab a copy of this book and find out yourself will Kate be able to find out the murderer?

I enjoyed this novel a lot. Author has very well set the plot. Story is unique and interesting. I would love to enjoy this story as a movie also. Language is simple and easy to understand. Cover photo of the book is nicely designed and captured my attention the moment I saw it. Storyline has horror, thrill, detective investigation, mystery, etc. Overall, I like to strongly recommend this novel to my fellow readers.

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Book: The Unforgettable Summer

Author: Nikki A Lamers

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

The hardest thing, one will ever do is walk away still loving you! I completely agree with this saying and this book has completely justified this for sure. The story starts with telling us about the past story of Briann, she has been spending all the summers with her grandmother since she was small and didn’t had a great bonding with her parents since they didn’t give her much attention that she deserved. She had a great bonding with her grandmother and she used to share everything with her. This was her last summer before she goes to college when she met Christin this year during her summer break with her grandmother. It was really amazing witness the love and romance between the two of them, which really gave me many mesmerizing moment here and there.

After the summers when they both returned back to their life’s, a tragedy happened and their long distance relationship fall apart! It will be interesting for all of you to read what happens next  year when they both happen to meet again and their life changes again! Will Briann and Christin be back together! Well you all need to read the book to experience the same.

This story tells us that in most difficult situation we sometimes take such decisions that really makes our life miserable and we always regret them in future until and unless everything happens to be fine again. I would highly recommend all the sweet and romantic story lovers to read this book for sure. I am sure you all would definitely love this one.

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Book: Billion Dollar Love Story

Author: Melony Ann

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Billion Dollar Love Story by the author Melony Ann is a mafia billionaires romance story. Jessa Holloway has moved from LA to Manhattan leaving her ex Alex behind. But Alex is not the kind of guy who will move on with his life. He would never let Jessa to move on. Jessa is now the Project Manager at Crane Enterprises in Manhattan. The CEO of the company Jason Crane was impressed by Jessa’s talent and passion for work and hired her.

The moment Jason has seen Jessa, he can’t get her out of her head. But being the CEO, Jessa has to be off-limit for her. Jason is a good person. Years ago, he left his mafia life and started his property development business. In his property business, he used contacts of his dad to build his business fast but now Jason wants to break all his contacts with the mafia.

One day, when Jessa was in office, she received messages from crazy Alex who was standing outside her office in Manhattan. The next day, Jessa was supposed to be in office at 7 am but even after 3 hrs she didn’t reached office. Concerned Jason is now looking for her. What might have happened to Jessa? Grab a copy of this intense novel and you couldn’t put it down without finishing it.

Story is so interesting that I have read it overnight. Cover photo of the book is superb and eye catchy. Title is nice. This is the second book that I have read by the author and I must say that I have fell in love with her writing. If you love reading romance stories then go ahead with this. You won’t be disappointed.

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Book: The Learning Steps

Author: Shaleena Tareen

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

The Learning Steps is a self-help book for children written by the author Shaleena Tareen. This book has six short stories that highlights the challenges faced by the characters and how they overcome those challenges. First story is about the Young Whale Explorer Kona who set out on a journey alone to discover what is under the sea bed. Kona lost her way. Will she ever make it back to her family?

This book consists of useful lessons that kids should learn early in their age and these lessons will be helpful to kids for lifelong. Illustrations are very pretty and Shaleena’s writing style is very impressive. Cover photo of the book is nice. Parents should gift this book to their kiddos so they can learn valuable lessons from this book.

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Book: Congo Sole

Author: Emmanuel Ntibonera

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

Congo Sole is the story of Emmanuel Ntibonera. It is the story of survival in the middle of unbelievable hardships. It is a story of faith on God. As a child, Emmanuel has lived a simple happy life. Congolese people live like a family. Music brought Vincent Ntibonera and Martha, Imani’s parents close to each other and they got married in 1986. When Imani’s dad was once going for work with his business partners, their vehicle was stopped and armed robbery happened. His dad had a near death experience but God saved his life.

In 1996, after various gunshots in the city, Imani and his family had to leave Bukavu. They spent a year in his Grandpa’s village Kaziba. They returned to Bukavo then. Emmanuel family has been saved by God many times. It’s all due to the faith his parents had in God and same faith they passed to their children as values. They were blessed that America changed their life and provide them peace and a stable shelter there. When Emmanuel returned from America to his home country, find out what he discovered.

Language of the book is simple. Cover page is nice. This book made me aware about the rich history and the struggles that people had to go through in the past. I couldn’t even imagine how hard living a refugee life must be. It’s an emotional read and a powerful story. I would like to see this story as a movie so it would reach to more people. Emmanuel’s story made me realize how small things in our life plays an important role and we shouldn’t take them for granted. We should always keep hope. It’s a great story worth reading.

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Book: The Top 1% Life

Author: Kathleen Black

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

The Top 1% Life written by the author Kathleen Black is about shift from chaos to calm in your business and life. Author has shared ups and downs of her life and business in this book. Being into real estate business, she changed lives of many people. She knew how it feels to build a business from nothing. Author has shared the tip that if we want to spend time with our loved ones at night or on weekends, then we need to make our business self sufficient.

We need help from someone in our business. To sort life and business, having a clarity without any self judgement is very important. This book will motivate the readers to build a successful business in which they could have some time for their personal life. Author has shared various stories from her life and has given real life advice to the readers through this book.

Written in 102 pages with 13 chapters, this is a very insightful book. It will inspire you to change your life. I have mentioned important tips from this book in my personal diary while reading. Cover of the book is nice and it immediately captured my attention.

I could relate to this book very well as earlier I used to have too much free time and now I crave for free time that I can spend peacefully with my family. But now, I have learnt a lesson to use some help and remove work dependency from myself. Overall, a nice book. Go ahead with this one.

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Book: The Foretold Story Book 1: Part 1

Author: Katia R.V. Reed

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

The Foretold Story Book 1: Part 1 written by the author Katia R.V. Reed is the debut novel of the author. Protagonist of the story is Midas Aurulien. He belongs to a poor and broken home. His father Titan is an abusive alcoholic and his mother Adele is a broken spirit. Adele’s mother knew that her son is a special boy and will do great things in the future.

On his parent’s anniversary, due to the rash drunk driving done by Titan, his parent’s car met with an accident and Midas lost his parents forever. Midas has big dreams to work for the Skyscraper Empire but after his parent’s death, he didn’t seem to be in good condition. His school teacher Mr Reeves was concerned about Midas and one day Mr Reeves went to Midas home to take him to Reeves House.

I really enjoyed this novel. Author has built a great fantasy world. I am deeply touched by the beautiful character of Mr Reeves. The way he supported Midas is highly appreciated. Even though it’s a fictional story but Midas’s condition touched my heart. Having an abusive alcoholic parent and then losing them forever, I can’t even imagine how tough life must be for Midas. Cover of the book is nicely designed and the title is suitable. Language is easy to understand. This is an intriguing story that one couldn’t miss to read at all.

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Book: Wizard and the Lizard: Wacky Weather

Author: Katie Reed

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Wizard and the Lizard: Wacky Weather is another interesting magical story by the author Katie Reed and illustrated by Jenna Wing Hu. It is the story of a lizard named Buddy and the wizard. They had planned a picnic that day. Since, it was raining they couldn’t go out. Grab a copy of this book and read this intriguing story to find out will they be able to enjoy the picnic?

Colourful illustrations made this book eye catchy and will capture kid’s attention right away. This book teaches us to have a positive mindset and also tells us that we can’t control everything, so we should learn to accept the thing the way they are. I love amazing friendship of wizard and the buddy. I recommend this story to teachers so they can narrate it to kids in a classroom and more kids will enjoy this story.

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