Book Award 2022

Browse through these submissions for the Page Turner Book Award 2022. This is an international writing contest for published authors to showcase their books.

The dark streets of 1970's Prague is the setting for Surviving Prague, the third book in The Hollow Man series.
"Surviving Prague" by Paul Hollis
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

During the early 1970s Cold War tensions were escalating. When 3 MI6 colleagues mysteriously die in Prague and another is marked with terminate on sight orders, an American government analyst breaks through the Iron Curtain to attempt a daring rescue from Communist forces in Czechoslovakia.

A woman walking along an icy road in a winter landscape
"The Beaten Track" by Louise Mangos
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

After her stalker takes his life and she's jilted by a holiday lover, Sandrine returns from her travels perturbed, penniless and pregnant.
She meets handsome Scott, who offers her love, security and all she and her new baby could ever wish for.
But their dream is about to turn into a nightmare...

Image of The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg Russia splattered with blood.
"In Red Pursuit" by Miamora01 Morales
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

An American banker trying to find answers about himself in the fascinating world of St. Petersburg Russia crosses paths with heads of a Chinese corporation investigating the murder of their chairman and the disappearance of millions of dollars. A beautiful assassin from Shanghai complicates matters

View from below at the outer walls of a castle.
"The Devil's Game" by Roman Koidl
Genre: Action Adventure

An ancient secret sect. A devastating curse.
What would give to foresee the winning Roulette numbers? Would you be willing to pay the price for this gift?

Cover image, a woman rips a man's heart out and watches as he bleeds out wounded.
"An Open Wound" by Oski Persaud
Genre: Poetry

Love is a constant, because it is constantly changing. A good love changes your attitude and it's usually coming and going. A great love changes everything, even after it's gone... join me in this love story, written in poetry.

Rainbow colored fruits and vegetables circling yellow background with the words- Queen Bee's Alphabet Cookbook: A Nutrition Guide for Families, Teaching basic English skills one bite at a time. , www.queenbeelearning.com, and Mariah Ecker RD and Teri Ecker.
"Queen Bee's Alphabet Cookbook" by Teri Ecker Ecker
Genre: Non-Fiction

Teaching basic English skills and healthy nutrition one bite at a time!

Rainbow colored fruits and vegetables circling yellow background with the words- Queen Bee's Alphabet Cookbook: A Nutrition Guide for Families, Teaching basic English skills one bite at a time. , www.queenbeelearning.com, and Mariah Ecker RD and Teri Ecker.
"Queen Bee's Alphabet Cookbook" by Teri Ecker Ecker
Genre: Non-Fiction

Teaching basic English skills and Healthy Nutrition one bite at a time.

Cover of LIES IN BONE. Two young girls walking down a foggy, tree-lined road toward a steel mill.
"Lies in Bone" by Natalie Symons
Genre: Drama

A teenage girl named Frank moves to a forgotten Pennsylvania steel town, where she is forced to uncover the unimaginable truth about her father’s involvement in murders committed twenty years apart, and the disappearance of his six-year-old brother in 1963.

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"Drops of Sunlight" by Kristy Lee
Genre: Young Adult

Miranda’s life has fallen apart. To piece together its shattered remnants, she is spending her summer in the place she vowed she would never return: the Colorado Rockies. When she encounters her former childhood best friend, she must face the demons of her past and the broken heart she left behind.

Couple embracing surrounded by fireflies.
"Glimmers of Hope" by Kristy Lee
Genre: Young Adult

On the verge of making her college dreams come true, foster care system survivor Birdie does the one thing she promised herself she would never do, she falls in love with her nemesis; but when she goes on a journey to learn where she came from, she must overcome her demons or risk losing it all.

white, ghostly butterfly on blue background with title HAINTS and author Meghan Palmer in red letters
"Haints" by Meghan Palmer
Genre: Fantasy

In HAINTS, a shamanistic family must battle their inner demons, and defeat carnivorous haints when they escape their underground prison, or risk losing everything and everyone they love.

Chasing the Darkness Cover
"Chasing the Darkness" by CASSIE SANCHEZ Sanchez
Genre: Fantasy

Pain is inescapable. Suffering is a choice.
An assassin obsessed with revenge undergoes a procedure giving him magic. He discovers his life and purpose were based on a lie and becomes a liability. Betrayed, he has to decide which path he'll choose; the one of vengeance or the one of redemption.

"Cutie" by Beverley Douglas Douglas
Genre: Memoir

Cuties parents settle in Bristol in the 1950s. The family suffer racism and human excrement is posted through their letterbox. They move to Easton and she finds happiness making mischief with friends. Her loyalties are tested when she is forced to keep a secret and her own demons of abuse resurface.

A woman's face is hidden behind a bright red butterfly, surrounded by more butterflies in a underwater aqua color.
"The Wand, The Madigan Chronciles #3" by Marieke Lexmond Lexmond
Genre: Fantasy

In the third installment of the Madigan Chronicles, the struggle to keep the elemental powers safe continues, and the family dramas deepen.