Biking Uphill: Book Two of the Alki Trilogy by Arleen Williams

Biking Uphill: Book Two of the Alki Trilogy by Arleen Williams

Synopsis: Biking home from the Los Arboles Sunday Market, a sunflower yellow teapot snug in her backpack, lonely college student, Carolyn Bauer sees a young teenager huddling under a eucalyptus tree. Carolyn shares her food and water with Antonia as they struggle to...
Spotlight: Work in Progress by Christina Esdon

Spotlight: Work in Progress by Christina Esdon

Synopsis: Psychologist Reese Morgan is a feisty workaholic who has devoted her life to helping seriously ill children. But work is just one of the many walls she has put up to protect herself from the legacies of childhood trauma and heart-wrenching grief. When the...
Interview with Booktrope Author Christina Esdon

Interview with Booktrope Author Christina Esdon

1. What inspired you to write your first book? Many years ago I was going through a very dark period. I was unhappy in many areas of my life and I needed an escape. While reading allowed me some escape, I found myself playing “what if”. “What if a...

Jennifer L. Hotes Reviews Work in Progress by Christina Esdon

Psychologist Reese Morgan is a feisty workaholic who has devoted her life to helping seriously ill children. But work is just one of the many walls she has put up to protect herself from the legacies of childhood trauma and heart-wrenching grief. When the family...
Dirt Nap (A Marnie Baranuik “Between the Files” Story)

Dirt Nap (A Marnie Baranuik “Between the Files” Story)

Synopsis: Jail probably would have been a better place to spend a Thursday afternoon, but when a preternatural expert is needed, there’s no one else who can fill Marnie Baranuik’s Keds. Beset by a rampaging stone monster and a furious quarry owner, trapped...
Dirt Nap (A Marnie Baranuik “Between the Files” Story)

Cold Company (A Marnie Baranuik “Between the Files” Story)

Synopsis: Before she vanished, few people knew what paralyzing fear Rachel Houseton battled every single day. Can Marnie Baranuik — professional psychic and amateur dunce — muster her resources to confront the face of Rachel’s terror and find her before it’s too late?...