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.

SAVING GRACE: A SPACE OPERA THRILLER; Book Four of The Grace Lord Series
"Saving Grace: A Space Opera Thriller" by Sharon SASAKI
Genre: Sci-Fi

Their blossoming love forbidden by those around them, Lieutenant Grace Lord MD will defy all objections and reach across the cold expanse of space to save the android, Bud, whom she loves.

Cupid's arrow by Susan English
"Cupid's Arrow" by Susan English English
Genre: Sci-Fi

When her utopian moon base is targeted by Earth’s authoritarian powers, can she stand in the face of tyranny to prove love is stronger than hate?

Foot prints in the snow
"Mr Lambert's Dream" by D S HAY HAY
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Remember your dreams? Ever been unconscious? Been to Room Eight? Everyone goes to Room Eight…sometime. Paul Lambert, a highly respected surgeon, badly injured in a car smash, life in the balance, lies in a coma and finds himself in Room Eight. A modern twist on ‘A Christmas Carol.’
following the intuitive breadcrumbs towards the light
"Guided" by Laura West West
Genre: Non-Fiction

Guided is meant to help the reader learn about spirituality, spirit guides, divination tools, mediumship, and intuition while getting a firsthand look through Laura West’s personal journey. The result is a life that has the potential to be lived with love, happiness, and purpose.

Book Cover showing a hamster wheel and a person break free of it.
"IN/ACTION: Rethinking the Path to Results" by jinnyuppal Uppal
Genre: Non-Fiction

This book explores the downside of the prevalent cultural bias for action even when it’s unnecessary or counter-productive. Capturing insights into the benefits of reflective thinking and strategic inaction, Uppal presents a less stressful and more efficient way of achieving more by “doing” less.

Girl watching burning sky
"Tipping Point" by Michelle Cook
Genre: Action Adventure

What would you risk to turn back the tide?
Teenager Essie Glass has nothing to live for: family killed, home gone, and the climate collapsing. Alex Langford is a murderous elitist who’d see the planet die for his fortune. When their paths collide, Essie must decide if her world is worth saving.

Dark wooded picture with a translucent, white image in the background that illuminates the surrounding trees
"THREE" by P.J. Roscoe
Genre: Short Stories

THREE is an anthology of three ghostly tales and three sub-plots of three characters from three of my paranormal novels

Apple tree faerie eating an apple with a variety of wildlife buzzing around her
"Adventures of Faerie folk Book 3 Clare & the Apple Tree Faerie" by P.J. Roscoe
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

In the third book we find Clare who must learn to share with others and understand that caring for others is just as good, otherwise there are consequences and the Bad troll learns that he should show kindness and compassion or there will come a time he won't be able to do anything...

Hacking George book cover
"Hacking George" by Bob Palmer
Genre: Comedy & Humour

A disillusioned super-criminal takes a break from his day job to manipulate the life of a middle-aged loner – and discovers he has a lot in common with his victim.

Book cover of Destination Anmation, showing an animated Salamander looking at a London tube-style roadmap depicting the animation process.
"Destination Animation: How Smart Marketeers Convey Complex Messages Memorably" by Christine MacKay MacKay
Genre: Non-Fiction

Destination Animation details the story of animation as a medium for business to business marketing, as opposed to entertainment only, while exploring aspects such as why animation makes for a compelling and versatile business tool, and how it conveys complex messages more memorably than text alone.

Hands of a surgeon receiving the knife from the scrub nurse hands.
"Your Life Your Doctor – On the effective habits to help your medical caregivers" by stephan schlunke Schlunke
Genre: Non-Fiction

I want to ease the relationship between patients and physicians, helping both worlds unite in thriving for the best potential outcome. We will explore the formation of the human ego. Further on, we shall discover how to avoid cognitive errors during your doctor’s office visit.

A dragon over a cityscape and teenage girl.
"Dragons Walk Among Us" by Dan Rice
Genre: Young Adult

At times it's hard to believe what you see.
Allison's life irrevocably changes when she starts seeing dragons. Are the dragons real, or is she hallucinating?

Front and back covers of the novel Killing Juggernaut
"Killing Juggernaut" by Jared Bernard
Genre: Sci-Fi

Human society and Earth's capacity for supporting it have reached a boiling point, forcing desperate world leaders to evacuate people to another planet. The fates of a zealous ecologist, an oppressed 18-year-old and a weary astronomer are linked by this last-ditch plan to save humanity from itself.

"Seasoned Desires" by moveforward GUELL
Genre: Romance

Challenges, open communication, humor, trust, and warmth become allies in Ming’s mature themed adventure to obtain emotional fulfillment. On her path, the widow’s prowess plays against a potential lover’s self-sufficiency as she finds reinvention of oneself as doors open and the unexpected arrives.

"Bird of Passage" by Dr. Nooshie Motaref -- the cover page is by Lauri Burke
""Bird of Passage"" by Nooshie Motaref
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

"Bird of Passage" is a fascinating account of a woman, Mitra, who moves through the world looking for love, spiritual healing, and an understanding of what has happened to her homeland, Iran. But, in the end, she is triumphant for honing into her inner strength.