Clean Teen Fiction

Kindled Incentive

Leslie A. Piggott

 Tragedy strikes when a local bookstore is struck by lightning and burns to the ground. First responders discover an unknown man inside the building in their attempts to extinguish the fire. Intrigued by the man’s presence, Cari visits the building’s remains hoping to figure out why he was there. Her search leaves her with more questions than answers when a possible witness disappears. On the surface, the fire looks like an unfortunately timed lightning strike, but as Cari digs deeper the pieces seem to add up to arson. Meanwhile, she struggles to balance her personal and professional life when her sister announces that she is moving back to New York. Can Cari manage to put the clues together before someone else gets hurt? 

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Forsaken Talents

Leslie A. Piggott

 Cari Turnlyle was recently promoted from the sports column to a front-page journalist at the Brenington Beagle. She had been enjoying her success until a wealthy member of the community calls her writing drivel. The man, Frederick Kastener, is outraged when no one investigates his daughter’s death in a collision that by all accounts seems to be accidental. The medical examiner disagrees and finds both deaths to be accidental. As Cari digs in, personal matters distract her from staying focused. Her editor is demanding that she buckle down and put the pieces together, while a visit from her parents looms on the horizon. Can she live up to everyone’s expectations by solving the case and balancing her parents’ wishes? 

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 Chasing the Edge

Leslie A. Piggott

 When a college track star collapses dead as he tries to clear the last hurdle, sports writer Cari Turnlyle suspects foul play. As she tries to dig deeper, she continually encounters obstacles. Another member of the school's athletic community turns up dead leading Cari to turn to her childhood friend, Detective Genevieve Viacorte. But even Detective Viacorte refuses to acknowledge Cari's theory. Can she find the answers before someone else pays the price? 

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 The Prince of Brim-Loch Tum: The Stone Shall Be Mine 

Book 1

 Bradford Henshaw

 THE PRINCE OF BRIM-LOCH TUM is a tale told in seven books; a simple rustic fantasy, vintage in bearing and romantic in scope. Set in a world of Elves and Men and Little People, it tells the lives and histories of many—both of the evil, and of the good—who become embroiled in the struggle for mastery over a rich and diverse land called Cen-Tuin.  Will the Evil One find a way to defraud them of their inheritances?  

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 The Prince of Brim-Loch Tum: The Forging of a Prince

Book 6

 Bradford Henshaw 

 A lone bugle sounding in the forested hills calls the plain mountain people down the hollows and rills, down the quiet meadows from their orchards and mills with their axes swinging in their hands. Beneath the grey welkin of a gathering storm, the tolling of a bell on the heavens is borne; breastplate of justice over jerkin is worn, and joy is a longbow in the hand. The Olden Road was cobbled when the Ages were dim, the Wynde River thundered o’er the Palisade Rim; the Old Sage is marking with an eagle-wing pen, spear tips glitter in the sun.  Merrily, merrily, merrily we sing — Merrily, merrily, marching off to War. 

 The Prince of Brim-Loch Tum: The Opalescent Covenant

Book 7

 Bradford Henshaw

 Each of the Seven Stones of the Opalescent Covenant is brought to judgment according to its owner’s response to the challenge of personal sovereignty. Who shall wear the Rainbow Pearl? Will it be Death or will it be Life?

Seven Gates of Brim-Loch Tum—portals to the Chamber of Inquiry—are breached by hands no longer hands. The frailest hand in The World Which Is, then joins with Him who conquers last, to breach the Gate of Forever Lost.

Seven Tales not Fully Told are as fully told as tales permit—as long as lambskin, ink and quill—as long as Time and Truth endure.

 Creepo Rico

 Nolan Wattay

  Located in Richmond, Virginia, an estranged child by the name of Rico Ballistar is born into a broken family where his father leaves him after he is born and his mother and half-sister neglect him. He has no friends, but due to what seems like a fateful circumstance, finally makes one. They immediately get along and share a few fond moments together. Though not long after, his friend is murdered, and we know exactly who did it. He is at the wrong place and time, and he is framed for it. He ends up evading the corrupt police force and goes into hiding with a close, family friend. Five years later, he, nor the real murderer is caught, and the case goes cold. 

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In the End

Ken Saik

A Sinkhole Swallows 12 Teens
In the young-adult thriller novel, 12 senior high boys attempt to escape death by sliding down a rope and climbing into an old mine tunnel, the entrance to an underground labyrinth.
One of the boys senses a menacing presence but can’t prove its existence. Then the mine’s dangers claim one life after another.
The closed-knit boys soon realize that their limited food and water supplies is the least of their problems. Hope of returning home changes to needing to find a way out of the endless, dangerous, tunnels to escape whatever is killing them off. How many of them will live to tell their tale? 

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I Don't Trust You

Ken Saik

“I’m out of here.”
A teen escapes a few weeks before her graduation. No longer will I be tortured by my alcoholic father’s mental and physical abuses. I’ll start a new life. I won’t make my mother’s mistake. I won’t marry a man who drinks. Then, I’ll have a loving family.

Too idealistic? Maybe not, for a person with strong willpower. Of course, she must overcome the image that she’s a vulnerable girl. How can she escape the psychological scars burned into her memory? How will she cope with the conviction that no one can be trusted? Particularly men?  

This is book one of the three book series called: Twisting, Turning, Healing Journeys.

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Marriage Mistake

Ken Saik

I will make this marriage work. My love will make this marriage work.
In this family story, Marriage Mistake, two people’s motivations differ, but they are committed to living together in a harmonious relationship. Unforgotten childhood experiences intrude to rest their resolve. Witness the human spirit rise against unwelcomed challenges as you read this story.
This is book Second of the three book series called: Twisting, Turning, Healing Journeys.

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Helping Hands

Ken Saik

In this inspirational story, a woman attempting to reclaim her life is led on an emotional journey with the help of a devoted friend. Their quest ultimately reveals denied truths and prompts her to seek forgiveness.
After an accident that causes recently divorced Jill to spend six weeks in the hospital, she returns home. She is disturbed by the discovery that she needs to find a way to become part of her children’s lives. To whom can she turn to for help? 

This is book three of the three book series called: Twisting, Turning, Healing Journeys.

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The Fall of Varlana

Joy Simons

She hummed a sweet song as she washed the king's dishes. I wonder when I'll see him again. He's so wonderful. And we're to be married! She twirled around in joy and laughed as soap suds flew about the room. "Knock, knock." Her heart skipped a beat and she turned to smile at her beloved. She ran across the room and jumped into Jakfa's arms. "Little Bird, you'll knock me over." "I love it when you call me Little Bird." Jakfa smiled and kissed her. "I can't stay, but I wanted to see you one more time today. Do you still love me?" "Oh yes. Oh yes. I will love you forever." 

Book 1 Rule of Wisdom Trilogy. 

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The Rise of Echlys

Joy Simons

Book 2 in the Rule of Wisdom series, The Rise of Echlys chronicles Ja'el's slide into darknes and Jakfa's rise to power through the fortunes of the evil dragon Echlys. Umberlan is torn apart by the rise of a new religion, The Order. Dugan's army grows and he successfully pushes back against Gailen's advance, but the war reaches a stand still at the battle of the Angese. With General Tobin stopped at the river, Echlys begins to manipulate humanity for his own gains.

However, Echlys is unaware that the ancient dragons have sent Echlys's sister to combat the expanding evil. Weaker than her brother, she desperately searches for a way to defeat him, making an alliance with King Gailen and Robin, a boy in the care of Ja'el.  

Book 2 Rule of Wisdom Trilogy. 

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The Final Battle

Joy Simons

 The power of Echlys grows even as the armies of Tobin and Dugan prepare to face each other. Caleb leaves Ja'el as Ja'el moves ever deeper into the darkness of powerful magic. Adonna is captured. Noran is suspicious of a new soldier who seems to receive his orders from an unknown source. The dragon/human bond is revealed even as the unity of the dragons unravels.

The end approaches and the world is in disarray, which is exactly how Echlys likes it. He sees victory coming closer, but the fight isn't where he believes it is. 

Book 3 Rule of Wisdom Trilogy. 

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The Reluctant Traveler

Joy Simons

 Beth’s life is filled with the trauma of High School and a family that doesn’t understand her. Her escape is a local wax museum where she imagines herself within the scenes living a better life – until the scenes become real and she doesn’t know how to get back home. 

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Old Country Surprises

Ken Saik

 Would you go to Ukraine? In 2022, for most people the answer would likely be no. But in 2012, maybe. Mike’s grandfather asked him to go to the old country and to research his grandfather’s birthplace. Mike’s demanding work schedule had no room for a holiday, but Mike agreed to go. Why?

What high hopes did Grandfather have for his grandson? From his trip to Ukraine what most turned Mike’s life around? 

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Change of Luck 1: More than a Fantasy

Ken Saik

 For the love of money
It’s not unusual to hear that a person loves money, and that that love can get them into all kinds of trouble.

In this realistic fantasy narrative the reverse is true. A one-hundred-dollar bill appears to love the one who possess it. It repeatedly returns to its holder. To be spent again and again. Maybe. But the consequences from a friend or a merchant who does not have the bill are often painful or bringing more trouble than is bargained for.

How bad can that be? Read Change of Luck: More than a Fantasy and see what happens to Jerry when he receives the one-hundred-dollar bill. See what happens to Tara when she receives the one-hundred-dollar bill.

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Change of Luck 2: Not My Fault

Ken Saik

 For the love of money
A blessing turns into a curse.
Bruce, a tween, received crinkled one-hundred-dollar bill from his mother’s friend to help him pay for his dog’s vet bill. He soon discovered the dollar bill always mysteriously returned to his wallet.
Try explaining why he still had the money to the vet’s assistant. To his father. To an angry Steve, who’d forced Bruce to give him the bill.
Bruce had to find a way to get rid of it. But how? 

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Change of Luck 3: Not Losing My Mind

Ken Saik

 Lock me up in the dementia ward!
No son. Not a Chance.
I can just hear my son now. Dad. What sane person believes he possess a magic $100 bill?
Unreal. You’ve lost your grip on reality. You need to be placed in a secured unit for your own good.
But I do have such a bill. I spend it. It returns to my wallet in a most visible way. The by-the-book Care Center attendant takes it away from me. It returns to my wallet. If I tell him it’s a magic bill, he’ll report me to my son. If I tell him nothing, he’ll think I’m a thief or worse.
I must get rid of it. But how? It keeps returning. Maybe Maggie knows. She lent it to me.
Does he have any control over what happens to him?

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Believing In Horses

Valerie Ormond

First the move to Maryland. Then Dad's deployment to Afghanistan. Sadie is in trouble. Then she gets Lucky, a new, young horse who proves to be a handful. But that's just the beginning. Together they encounter horse thieves, Maryland storms, and unwanted horses destined for auction and uncertain futures. Sadie makes it her personal mission to save the horses. Along the way, she meets other people who are dedicated to rescuing horses. She also learns some people in the horse industry are driven by greed. And, she's only twelve. 

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Believing In Horses Too

Valerie Ormond

Thirteen-year-old Sadie Navarro loves horses and her dad. But for now, her dad is in Afghanistan, and she’s eager to distract herself until he’s safely home. So Sadie focuses on training her new horse, Lucky, to compete in the largest local show — and checks in on Goliath, the draft horse she rescued.

It seems like the perfect plan, until Sadie’s enthusiasm gets her roped into volunteering for a therapeutic riding program for returning soldiers. To make matters worse, her inexperienced horse and an unwelcome show ring rival are threatening Sadie and Lucky’s chances to win.

Sadie wants to make her father proud. She wants to help others. But can she find the courage to overcome her fears? 

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Believing In Horses Out West

Valerie Ormond

Sadie Navarro rescued a mare from an auction accomplishing what she thought was the most important mission of her young life.

Now, that mare is headed to a ranch in Montana and a home Sadie knows nothing about.

She wants to make sure the horse is in good hands, but Montana is far away and a different world from Maryland.

Will fourteen-year-old Sadie need to stand up to rugged cowboys to protect her special rescue horse?

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