The Book Cove

Welcome to the war. David Rivers returns from combat to find the silence of peace deafening. Escaping into the thrill of BASE jumping keeps a darkness growing within him at bay, until a discharge from military service pushes him over the edge. After brutally settling his final score, David is confronted by three men who emerge from the shadows, having watched unseen as he committed ruthless, cold-blooded murder. Now, they want him to do it again. David undertakes the single most dangerous assignment of his life, earning admission into the dark underworld of ex-special operators for hire and plunging headlong into a new war, where victory is defined by profit and the rules are set by the highest bidder. But as the stakes- and the payoff- continue to rise, his pursuit of the impossible is turning into a battle for survival, and David must confront the growing realization that his greatest enemy may not be within after all. "This Green Beret-turned-novelist is a powerful new voice ...

This week's trivia question: It Can't Happen Here  was published in 1935. Who was the US President at this time? Submit your answer here. A trivia question will be posted each week. All entries will go towards a monthly drawing. This month you have a chance to win It Can't Happen Here  by Sinclair Lewis. It Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press. Called “a message to thinking Americans” by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can’t Happe...

Hello! I decided it was time to switch things up here. One thing led to another and now everything is getting a fresh update. I figured it was a good time to introduce some new features and opportunities on here as well. First off is the addition of review and promotion submission forms. I've tried implementing forms in the past and only about 10% of people actually use them. I'm not sure why, other than mass email with broken files seems to be the way to go with many people. There are now 2 forms. One is for submitting a book for review and can be found at this link . The other is for submitting promotional material without review  and can be found at this link .  Book review submissions are very popular. I received over 700 in the last year. I cannot read 700 books (crazy concept, I know). I highly recommend to anyone submitting a book review request that they also submit a simple promotional request. 95% of the promotional requests submitted will be accepted and pub...

Sometimes intelligence can be dangerous. Matthew is just trying to hold the wreckage of his life together after his girlfriend left him for another woman. A chance to review a West End play seems like a lucky break, until it turns into an X-rated nightmare. The next day London tears itself apart, people make love in the streets and kill each other over a dirty sandwich. Overnight everything changes, the city is very quiet, people smile and nod, but what they smile and nod at is only visible to them. The only other normal person is Jeremy, sarcastic, intelligent and frequently wrong. Together they form an uneasy alliance that lasts until cone shaped aliens land and begin harvesting people like wheat. The last two survivors in London begin a desperate search for a way to stop the aliens before it's their turn, unaware that millions of people have already killed themselves to give them the perfect weapon. Will Matthew and Jeremy realize the weapon they have been given before its too...

Stronger Within – book 1 in the Silver Lake series Lori – in recovery following a serious accident, our fragile heroine is at a crossroads in her life and has sought sanctuary at the beach. Jake – hard working and with a heart of gold, a struggling musician who is chasing his dreams as front man of local rock band, Silver Lake. Vulnerability meets rock in this tale of two creative souls following their own paths in life. When their paths collide neither of their lives will ever be the same again. Stronger Within , set in the small town of Rehoboth, Delaware, is a contemporary love story telling a fast-paced tale of rock music, convalescence and unexpected love. It's a tale of friendship, family and following your heart.  Impossible Depths – book 2 in the Silver Lake series After a successful tour, Jake, Lori and the rest of Silver Lake are busy making plans for the future – new arrivals, new business ventures, new music and a new tour. An unexpected tu...

Rhianwyn of the Caderyn is conflicted about giving up a warrior’s life to become a wife and mother, but her love for her new husband is enough to at least make her consider it. However, with the conquering Gaians moving ever closer to her homeland a peaceful life may no longer be an option, for Rhia or for any of her people. With rival tribes, old suitors, and the dangerous General Lepidus to contend with, Rhia soon finds her new family in unprecedented danger, and her choices now must be about more than just herself... Wildcat takes place in a fantasy land inspired by Iron Age Britain and follows Rhianwyn's story as she encounters a civilisation unlike any she could imagine. Amazon Link Caledon Quiz: What Caledon Tribe Do You Belong To?

These stories will take you on a literary journey that you won't want to end. Some like the "Miracle of 2222" are quick 7 minute reads that keep your mind reeling for 70 minutes after you've read it. Others are a longer ride of intensity, wonder or general mind melting madness. Writing that has a pulse. You can almost feel this book's heart beating in your hand. About the author: J.J. Jarrett is an award winning author from Southern California. Readers enjoy the truth, lessons and emotion in his writing. Usually fast pace and sometimes in your face. "The goal is for my writing to have a pulse," he says. Look for his new novel "Dreamers" coming in 2017. Author page Purchase on Amazon

COMING NOVEMBER 7th, 2017 Detective Joe "Preach" Everson, a prison chaplain turned police officer, is coming home. After a decade tracking down killers in Atlanta, and with a reputation as one of the finest homicide detectives in the city, his career derailed when he suffered a mental breakdown during the investigation of a serial killer who was targeting children. No sooner does Preach arrive at home in Creekville, North Carolina--a bohemian community near Chapel Hill--than a local bookstore owner is brutally killed, the first murder in a decade. The only officer with homicide experience, Preach is assigned to the case and makes a shocking discovery: the bookstore owner has been murdered in exactly the same manner as the pawnbroker in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. With the help of Ariana Hale, a law student and bibliophile who knew the victim, Preach investigates the local writer's community. As their questions increase, a second body is found, this time e...

Sleep, Savannah, Sleep The Dead Don’t Always Rest in Peace Jason Crandall, recently widowed, is left to raise his young daughter and rebellious teenage son on his own - and the old Victorian in Shadow Springs seems like the perfect place for them to start over. But the cracks in Jason’s new world begin to show when he meets Savannah Sturgess, a beautiful socialite who has half the men in town dancing on tangled strings. When she goes missing, secrets begin to surface, and Jason becomes ensnared in a dangerous web that leads to murder. But who has the answers that will prove his innocence? The jealous husband who’s hell-bent on destroying him? The local sheriff with an incriminating secret? The blind old woman in the house next door who seems to watch him from the windows? Or perhaps the answers lie in the haunting visions and dreams that have recently begun to consume him. Or maybe, Savannah herself is trying to tell him that things aren’t always as they seem - and that sometimes, th...

Stripped of their birthright and shunned by the people of Ashlund, Una and her family are forced to live on the fringe of society as Scavengers. When the family experiences a sudden change of circumstance, Una takes new freedoms, free from the Authority, her family, and possibly her fate. Pulled between the life she's always known and a world where status and rituals are everything, Una struggles to understand a culture that has rejected all she holds dear. Time is running out and she can't stop thinking about what she fears the most: the coming of her womanhood and her subsequent price when she's sold as restitution for her parent's crimes. As Atchem comes to an end and she learns who she really is, will Una find the courage to do what it takes to ensure her family's survival, or will she find the faith to follow her heart? Find Scavenger Girl , here

The heart-pounding frights, and thrills, of Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Clive Barker meets the magic of C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Alice Hoffman It is real…and it wants in. Peter and Alyssa Huffy have just moved to the beautiful town of Sparkle, Pennsylvania. But Sparkle is a lot more than it appears. It has a history that few would truly understand, and even fewer would believe. After the Huffys move into their big, new house, the founder of the town, a long-dead British adventurer, starts to visit Peter as he sleeps. Peter soon finds himself being drawn into a bizarre dreamworld that's too real to be his imagination, and too strange to be real. There is a treasure here that, Peter is assured, is as important as is life itself. But there is something dangerous here, as well. A large, ancient figure lurking in the background, that lives in both worlds. Twelve-year-old Derek Windward is a descendant of the founder of the town, and the sole keeper of Sparkle’s secrets. He...

Is love enough to repair the pieces of a shattered life? This is the question plaguing Courtney Cook’s mind as she packs her whole existence into a 20ft moving van. When she first encountered Matt in a coffee shop ten years prior, she was immediately transfixed. Dark, adventurous, and wildly untamed, Matt was everything Courtney didn’t know she wanted. One night of uninhibited abandon was all it took for her to be completely enthralled by the boy without limits. Now saddled with two children, a sky-high mortgage, and a marriage crippled by addiction, Courtney finds herself desperately trying to hold on to the life she knew. But as she struggles between letting go of what could have been and accepting what is, one question simmers at the surface of Courtney’s mind: is love ever enough? Powerful and provoking with humor woven throughout the raw sting of heartbreak, Like Broken China offers an honest take on the decisions two people make and the aftermath that can destroy an entire decade...

Maxwell Quick hates life, the world, and everything in it. All he wants is to sit in front of his TV and let waves of alcohol cleanse the shore of his mind. Unfortunately, that’s no longer an option. After defending himself against a group of mutant terrorists, Max is caught in a web of global conspiracies, terrorist networks and esoteric gibberish at the heart of an underground war for global domination. He knows the Iiite shadow-government is a family-pack of dicks, but should he side with the hyper-intelligent, yet socially retarded Riot Nrrds or the secret cabal within the Iiites that’s out to destroy them both? To find the truth, he’ll have to navigate backrooms and battlefields while dodging sexy double-agents, cultists, and aliens with agendas of their own. To stay alive, he’ll have to win a game of four-way chess where he’s the only pawn, and to regain his freedom he’ll have to save the world—all before he runs out of space on his DVR. “Birth…” is an epic genre-bending ro...

Set Against The Backdrop Of the 1970s, Debut Novelist Peter Rush Provides An Enthralling Narrative Through the Eyes of a University Student Turned Police Officer On a Mission to Change the System. You can’t change a system unless you understand it and are part of it.  In May 1970, Steve Logan is a senior at Brown University, deeply in love with his girlfriend Roxy, and on his way to law school at Georgetown.  Then the news hits; four students killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State. As Brown’s campus roils with protests, Steve meets a New York City police officer taking on corruption in the force.  Steve is inspired by his example; a person making a real difference.  Looking for a way to stay  with Roxy in Providence, he decides to join the police force and change the system from within. But he soon realizes that his idealism is no match for the hard reality of life as a cop and he must make the most difficult choice of his life: should he do the right thin...

Drake Morganthal. Billionaire playboy. He’s ruthless in business and in bed. He’ll sleep with you, rip your heart out, and never commit. He’ll charm you, seduce you, and set your world on fire. He’ll make you feel as if you’re his woman, then claim you’re only friends. Friends, as in call once in a while. Not friends with the potential of more. Drake doesn’t do more. He’s the exact type of man Livvie needs to stay away from, especially with her destructive pattern of dating narcissistic men who refuse to be monogamous. Until fate forces them to meet. Livvie wins a one-week stay at Morganthal Winery, owned by Drake Morganthal. She doubts she’ll see him. And even if she does, there’s no way he’ll give a random raffle winner the time of day. But she’s wrong. From the moment they lock eyes, their chemistry is so intense, Drake has to have her. He makes his motives very clear. Between his delicious wines and his gorgeous body, which she craves like a drug, Livvie has to decide if she’ll s...