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First Visions (Second Sight #1)  by Heather Topham Wood New Adult contemporary*Paperback & e-book, 230 pages Published April 27th 2012 by Createspace Two years ago, 21-year-old Kate Edwards became deathly ill and slipped into a coma. While unconscious, she crept into the mind of a missing boy and awoke with the knowledge of his location. Friends and family were skeptical and wary of her new ability to see into the minds of others. Their fears prompted Kate to keep her psychic powers a secret. Feeling alienated, she dropped out of college and spent most of her days holed up at her mother’s home.  Now another child has been abducted. Police detective Jared Corbett seeks out Kate for her help in solving the case. Reluctantly, Kate agrees and they must work together to bring 8-year-old Cori Preston home to her family. Although attracted to one another, Jared has a girlfriend with ties to the abduction case and Kate is sarcastic and guarded since her coma. With...

The Awakening of Leeowyn Blake (The Kahl'Nar Saga, #1) by Mary Parker  YA fantasy*Paperback, 392 pages*  Published August 25th 2010 by Createspace Amazon  |  Books-A-Million  |  Kindle  |   Nook  |  Sony eReader  |  Kobo   I'm a normal teenager. I have a normal teenage life with normal teenage problems. The summer is my heaven. I live with my mom during the summer months. We stay in her tiny condo in Jacksonville, Florida. My parents split up when I was little. I'm not sure why. My mom never talks about it. Whatever it was, it was bad enough to make my mom pack me up in the middle of the night when I was four years old and run to my Gran's condo. My mom got the condo after Gran died. From that time on all I had known my entire life was beach life. Until four years ago. Until my uncle found me. An Interview with author Mary Parker  1) Tell me a little about yourself.  Mary - I'm a Texas-born gi...