Spotlight: Forecast by Elise Stephens

Spotlight: Forecast by Elise Stephens

Synopsis: Calvin isn’t a teenager, not really; instead, he’s spent his life trying to protect his mother and sister from his alcoholic father. Calvin keeps a knife close and sleeps with one eye open, even years after his father has left the family. A summer vacation...

Gale Martin Reviews Forecast by Elise Stephens

Calvin isn’t a teenager, not really; instead, he’s spent his life trying to protect his mother and sister from his alcoholic father. Calvin keeps a knife close and sleeps with one eye open, even years after his father has left the family. A summer vacation spent at...
Spotlight: Forecast by Elise Stephens

Tightrope by Elise Stephens

Synopsis: On his first summer home from college, Thomas’s quest for an interesting job leads him to the striped tents of a touring circus where he enters a chaotic world of stunning lights and magical performances that mask a terrifying darkness beneath. As he...
Spotlight: Forecast by Elise Stephens

Editor’s Pick: Moonlight & Oranges by Elise Stephens

Synopsis: A timeless tale of young romance. Lorona Connelly is ready for a change from her carefully planned, bookish life. When sparks fly at a costume party, she embraces a chance for romance with the handsome Kestrin Feather. However, she quickly realizes that even...

Eileen Maksym on Tolkien

Over Christmas break, my husband and I took our two kids to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.  Both my husband and I had a few issues with the movie: he’s a Tolkien purist, so his were mostly textual (in the books the Ringwraiths never had any tombs,...