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.

Book cover of Heart Strings by Claire Merchant
"Heart Strings" by Claire Merchant
Genre: Romance

Nicole Nero knows exactly what she wants out of life. The only problem is Nicole is underqualified, broke, and invisible. As she fights to turn her luck around, Nicole discovers that not everything is as it seems, and some of what she once wanted isn't what she wants anymore.

Book cover of Knowing Nora by Claire Merchant
"Knowing Nora" by Claire Merchant
Genre: Romance

A prude raised by strict Catholic parents to her friends, a student mature beyond her years to her teachers, a responsible daughter to her parents – all of these things fall into freefall as Nora finds herself increasingly fixated on her new literature teacher, William Summers.

"Whiteout" by Kathleen Lee
Genre: Women's Fiction

Life can change in an instant...
Maggie owes her sister everything, but can she step up?

A silhoutte of a creature towers over a pixel-art version of a music festival with an ominous red sky in the background
"Pulse: Book One" by B.A. Bellec Bellec
Genre: Horror

Pulse is a multi-POV dystopian sci-fi horror thriller set in 2040, centered around a corporation, a creature, and a music festival. Think Fyre Festival, Black Mirror, and X-Files combined.

A silhoutte of a creature towers over a pixel-art version of a music festival with an ominous red sky in the background
"Pulse: Book One" by B.A. Bellec Bellec
Genre: Horror

Pulse is a multi-POV dystopian sci-fi horror thriller set in 2040, centered around a corporation, a creature, and a music festival. Think Fyre Festival, Black Mirror, and X-Files combined.

A tree in front of a purple galaxy with a strong moon on the horizon.
"Someone's Story" by B.A. Bellec Bellec
Genre: Young Adult

Someone’s Story is literally Someone’s story, as in a first-person narrative of a teenager that calls himself Someone. As he struggles to find a new footing in a new space, we encounter the many ups and downs of modern teenage life, the difficulties that adjusting to adult feelings bring, and a few

A Guitar, Music Stand with the beginnings of a song.
"Songs From A Window: End of Life Stories from the Music Therapy Room" by Bob Heath
Genre: Memoir

In Bob's therapy room, people tell their stories, heal emotional wounds and create legacies using words and music. Songs from a Window is a book about the power of the human spirit, hope and love.

The Last Dog by Dawn Greenfield Ireland / black puppy with white on chest, and a large black robot dog with red eyes and spike collar / 2 award stickers
"The Last Dog" by Dawn Greenfield Ireland
Genre: Sci-Fi

The Last Dog is a dystopian drama set in 2086.

A highly intelligent puppy must make the long journey to Texmexzona and find her human parents after she escapes from a government lab.

Katz' Cat by Dawn Greenfield Ireland / Picture of Jimmy Katz, Guppy his Amazon parrot, and Maddy, his kitten by a laptop with a chewed pencil nearby.
"Katz' Cat" by Dawn Greenfield Ireland
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Jimmy Katz, a young journalist from the Big City, throws in the towel after he's robbed at gunpoint at a gas station. He finds a job at the Twinkle Independent News in Twinkle, Texas, 385 miles from the closest shopping mall.

Prophecy of Thol by Dawn Greenfield Ireland with Readers' Favorite award
"Prophecy of Thol" by Dawn Greenfield Ireland
Genre: Sci-Fi

Recurring nightmares haunted D’laine Jackson when she woke from an eight-month coma following a tragic accident. Four images were branded in her head: a dark-haired, handsome princely young man, a fierce reptilian monster, a white furry creature whose red eyes implored her with some unspoken message

Book cover image of woman with a bloodred birthmark snaking around her face and body.
"Blood Mark" by JP McLean
Genre: Paranormal & Supernatural

A young woman who bears disfiguring birthmarks is thrilled when, one-by-one, they begin to disappear—until she learns that her marks protect her from becoming a killer’s next victim.

Lexi and Xavier are featured in a near embrace with the Philadelphia skyline in the background.
"FALL TO PIECES" by BeckyFlade Flade
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Philadelphia Homicide Detective Lexi Danvers is determined to bring a suspected child killer to justice...no matter the cost.

Finding the Real Road by Leigh Lincoln
"Finding the Real Road" by Leigh Lincoln Lincoln
Genre: Christian

A damaged heart. A life of regrets. The path to healing begins in unlikely places.
Amy has to face her past mistakes to find her future. Because she’s discovering it’s impossible to run from yourself. Was she doing all the right things for all the wrong reasons? Or all the wrong things for no

Book Cover Image for Jagged Feathers
"Jagged Feathers" by Jan Sikes
Genre: Romance

Caught in the crosshairs of ruthless killers an ex-soldier and a psychic race to stay alive.

colorful butterflies representing the diversity of Hispanics, breaking through the book cover (representing breaking through limiting cultural beliefs)
"Uncolonized Latinas: Transforming Our Mindsets And Rising Together" by valeriaaloe Aloe
Genre: Non-Fiction

Uncolonized Latinas provides insights into the cultural limiting beliefs holding Latinas back, which contribute to the relative lack of representation in leadership positions and spaces of collective influence in the US and beyond, and provides a roadmap to create personal and systemic change.

Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving Book Cover
"Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving" by Samuel Sanders Sanders
Genre: Non-Fiction

Your Next Big Idea explains how entrepreneurs, inventors, creatives, and innovators develop successful ideas.