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.

A beastly woman leans into a stone doorway lit by an orange glow with her hand extended in a smiling invitation
"Undergrounder" by Jae Glass
Genre: Paranormal & Supernatural

A Beauty left to die. A Beast dying to live. Two souls collide in a time of crime and crisis that will either bring both together in extraordinary ways or burn both worlds to the ground.

Girl and boy giving the dog a bath.
"What to Know Before You Get Your Dog" by Margrit Strohmaier
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

This rhyming picture book gently teaches kids about the joys and commitment of dog ownership.

Delaney the deer, Rocket the rabbit, Cardinal Red the bird, and Old Coyote hiding in the garden in the neck.
"Life in the Neck New Friends" by Diane Davies
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

Welcome to life in the Neck, a beautiful place where animals form unbreakable connections. Delaney, Rocket, and Cardinal Red meet and learn about friendship, cooperation, and the busy world around them. But when danger comes to the Neck, will their bond be strong enough to beat it?

Obscured Book Cover
"Obscured " by Charlotte Mills
Genre: LGBT

A thirty-year mystery, a detective determined to prove herself and a childhood friend desperate for answers.

Payback Book Cover
"Payback" by Charlotte Mills
Genre: LGBT

Trying to right a past wrong can have grave consequences for everyone involved.
Londoner DC Kate Wolfe is seconded to a Cheshire backwater to work with DCI Helen Taylor, they fight their growing attraction as they investigate a spate of arson attacks, and a missing architect.

Book cover: "Thank You! With Deepest Gratitude" by Michael Floissac. An appreciation of gratitude for Universe, CommuNity, Individual (UNI - reflect "You and I")
"Thank You! With Deepest Gratitude" by Michael Floissac Floissac
Genre: Non-Fiction

Part devotional, autobiography, and workbook, Thank You! With Deepest Gratitude will awaken you to new perspectives on life, and lead you down a path to increased hope, positivity, and appreciation for the world around you.

Book cover: "Thank You! With Deepest Gratitude" by Michael Floissac. An appreciation of gratitude for Universe, CommuNity, Individual (UNI - reflect "You and I")
"Thank You! With Deepest Gratitude" by Michael Floissac Floissac
Genre: Non-Fiction

Part devotional, autobiography, and workbook, Thank You! With Deepest Gratitude will awaken you to new perspectives on life, and lead you down a path to increased hope, positivity, and appreciation for the world around you.

Canoe on a lake
"High Stakes Trilogy - Book 1" by MarilynnHarper Harper
Genre: Romance

When Evan comes face to face with his mother’s gorgeous best friend, he struggles to fight his primitive urges. Keeping their affair as quiet as they can proves hard, as their bodies have different plans. The stakes are high in this steamy saga and delivers a build up you never knew you needed.

Flowering plants grow up from the ground against a yellow sun on a white background. A muskrat and turtle hover above the sun.
"Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God" by Kaitlin Curtice
Genre: Christian

Drawing on her Native American heritage, Kaitlin Curtice shares her journey toward a better self-understanding, showing how her sense of nativeness both informs and challenges her Christian faith.

The 2nd Coming of Orlando Rock
"The 2nd Coming of Orlando Rock" by WILLIAM KAUFMANN
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

A passionate love story, a crime, revenge, and her unworldly abilities, spill together for a fast-paced and thrilling slide into the lives of two extraordinary artists. “What I see is the storm before it comes.” Madison tells Willi. And there’s no doubt that the approaching storm is frightening.

Cover of A Nuclear Family - showing Alice the main character, Albert her son and their Jack Russell.
"A Nuclear Family" by PaulaMarais Marais
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Alice leads a typical middle-class life. That is, until her son, Albert, tries to kill himself. As Alice, her husband, Bruce, and adopted daughter, Enjoy, try to deal with their new reality, the once almost unnoticeable fissures in the family widen… and infidelity and murder slip through the cracks

Picture of oil rig as it falls into the lake
"Pillars of Salt" by J.A. Adams Mondello
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Pillars of Salt explores the cause of a 1980 salt mine disaster in Lake Cheuvreuil, Louisiana, and discovers collusion among crooked politicians and corporate executives. Along with Placide, his father’s bodyguard, H risks his life to uncover the actual motivation for the disaster.

MURDER AT THE CDC front cover
"MURDER AT THE CDC" by JonLand LAND
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Former special operator Robert Brixton races to prevent a devastating attack by right-wing extremists on the United States that will change the country forever.

blue house with bird carrying medicine bottle
"Oceanberry Blues" by Joann Keder
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Leo Reed was counting on this drug trial to save his life, but now his doctor is missing. It's up to his wife, Gemini to find the doctor in time to help Leo. The deeper she digs, the more she understands it's not just Leo in danger; it's everyone in Charming.

Image of a military veteran and his service dog, a German Shepherd
"Hope Has a Cold Nose " by Christine Hassing Hassing
Genre: Non-Fiction

A unique, compelling collection of 23 true life stories of miliary veterans and others who rose from the ashes of PTSD (post- traumatic stress disorder) and MST (military sexual trauma) with the aid of their service dogs who helped bring these survivors healing from the deepest emotional wounds.

The owl, the symbol of wisdom, is appropriate sitting atop banks of computers.
"Artificial Intelligence, Mankind at the Brink" by Richard Boyd
Genre: Sci-Fi

When the Googazon computer, ARTIS, reaches Super AI status, it reinterprets its initial instructions and begins to take control of the world. It destroys cities with its space based laser to obtain its needed basic materials. Can mankind retake control of it? Can mankind survive?

Image of a person and a dog as they sit by the water's edge as the sun is setting, a bird flying in the sky
"To the Moon and Back to Me: What I Learned from Four Running Feet " by Christine Hassing Hassing
Genre: Memoir

Spiritual, inspiring, a poetic meditative reflection on hope, faith, and love. This memoir’s movement through grief teaches how to heal past hurts, how to uncover meaning and messages in nature and how to find one’s way back to self-acceptance by embracing the bumps and beauty of life’s road.

Striking cover image of the novel New Brighton shows a cube and light in a futuristic way
"New Brighton" by HelenTrevorrow Trevorrow
Genre: Sci-Fi

During a vicious storm, a battered ship runs aground on Brighton beach. While the city on the sea comes to a ghostly standstill, the unusual event triggers an epic journey for young waitress, Robyn Lockhart. "The Handmaid's Tale meets Blade Runner. A powerful tale of control, love and family."

The view of the wake behind a cruise ship with clouds in the sky. Title at top of page "The Untold Tales of a Sailor at Sea"
"The Untold Tales of a Sailor at Sea" by LinceeTang Tang
Genre: Action Adventure

Lincee's story of making memories at sea unveils the hidden truths and untold stories of the sailing crew who work hard to make passenger's ocean journeys enjoyable. Taking hold of her courage to lose sight of the shore, Lincee discovers talents and forges ahead with resilience in tough situations.

Dwarf, troll, goblin & elf are marching
"We're Going on an Elf Hunt (Book 3 of The Guardian League)" by SJMorriswrites Morris
Genre: Action Adventure

Fed up with being prey, Red prepares to take the fight to the Infected, but her plans derail when humanity falls victim to an ancient foe—greed.
Can Red find those who know the origin of the Infected and unite humanity against its common enemy, or will the story of mankind end in self-destruction?