Fiction

The senior year of high school, so much to look forward to. Prom coming up, college applications to fill out, college scholarships to apply for and graduation. A year of fun, parties, hanging out with friends and making memories. It's a great year in any person's life. Unless you attend Foster High

Josh and Kevin are best friends. Being bored with nothing to do, the two boys get into trouble as they let their imaginations run wild. They get into some trouble as they think they see one of their teachers on TV wanted for murder, they think a neighbor killed his wife, they break into a neighbor l

A collection of short paranormal romance stories from a talented group of authors. From witches and warlocks to time travel and zombies, these fascinating stories will make you laugh, cry and smile.

A plump elementary-school teacher. An obnoxious galactic prince. An unlikely soulbond that might save the galaxy, if they don’t kill each other first.

My BFF is an Alien is a humor-filled young adult science fiction novel My BFF is an Alien Arthur Rhodes knows he’s a freak. Between his OCD and his family life, his only friend is Emilio Luna who has Tourette Syndrome. When Arthur’s military father forces him to go camping, Emilio accompanies him. A space life boat crashes in the deep woods on Mt. Shasta and the two fifteen-year old boys discover an alien. They take the alien home, defrost him, and enroll him in school. Overnight, the boys become popular as the alien known as Tone, takes Valley High by storm. But Tone wants to go home. They take him to Arthur’s father’s job at the Ames Research Facility which conducts experiments in conjunction with NASA. Tone tries to transmit, but they get caught and run. Now NASA knows someone tried to send a message to another galaxy. Arthur’s love interest, Ashley Green dumps her boyfriend Roscoe. When Ashley shows an interest in Tone, Roscoe decides to find out his secrets and expose him, while Arthur questions his decision to bring the alien home. Tone’s unique properties, symbiotic life forms that pass as hair, are able to reprogram human brains and act to protect Tone when he’s threatened. The programming turns out to be temporary and when the boys sneak out of Prom to return to Ames to see if Tone’s parents answered his call, all hell breaks loose. The boys have to meet Tone’s parents on top of the research center’s largest satellite dish. The only problem is they’re being chased by base security, Arthur’s father and Ashley’s ex boyfriend. Will Arthur and Emilio get Tone to his parent’s space ship in time or will NASA catch Tone and haul him off to Area 51?

Voodoo Child is Mid Grade published by Tell-Tale Publishing Voodoo Child blurb Left alone and homeless after the Haitian earthquake, Jean Benoit lives with foster parents in New Orleans. Oscar is an overweight underachiever whose mother abandoned him in Wal-Mart. He lives in the store hoping she will come back for him. Bella lives with her adoptive parents. Her parents are dead but they left her an ability she has yet to discover. Bella is a shapeshifter. Explore the mysteries of the French Quarter through the eyes of three seventh graders as they search to reconnect with their parents and avoid a nasty set of bad guys. A voodoo witch named Odette, her brother Bocor and Odette’s son, Natas, are searching for a magic amulet sent to Jean by his mother. He has no idea how to use it. He has to learn on the fly. The bad guys are after him and he needs to find his mother. Received three five-star reviews from readers favorites Reviewed By Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite Voodoo Child is an urban fantasy novel for young adults written by Janet Post and Gabe Thompson. Jean Benoit’s foster parents seemed to think of him as their personal manservant -- and little more. He lived in their basement with a furnace that pumped out smoke and fumes, and spent his afternoons down there doing the family’s laundry. Sad thing was, Jean didn’t mind being in the basement so much as it meant spending less time with people who didn’t seem to care about him at all. His best friends, Oscar Delgado and Bella Morgan, also had issues with their family situations. Oscar’s mom had left him in Walmart some months ago, and he was living in the store while waiting for her to come back for him. She had done this before, so Oscar was determined to stay where she could find him. Bella seemed to have it best of the three friends -- her fosters were well-to-do and gave her everything she could possibly want, except their company. They were just too busy to notice or even care about her. Jean couldn’t believe that the Paynes had actually thrown away a package addressed to him. He had noticed it that morning as he took the trash out. Getting mail would have been such a big thing for him, as it had never happened. His dad had disappeared some years ago, and he had been living with his mother’s friends when the earthquake wrecked and destabilized Haiti, where they all lived. Jean had ended up in an orphanage until the Paynes fostered him. He wondered what had happened to his parents, and how they would ever find him again. So this package represented a tie to his past that was irresistible indeed. He didn’t have time to open it on the school bus, so he put it in his backpack for safekeeping until he had some time to himself. But when bullies started to give the three friends a hard time outside the school, Jean noticed that his backpack seemed warmer than it should be. He looked inside and saw a light coming from the package. Jean’s life, and that of his friends, was about to change. There would be danger from terrifying sources and even a way to interact with his dad, but his surviving the near future was anything but guaranteed. Voodoo Child is an engrossing and beautifully written story about three kids whose bonds are tighter than those they have with the adults in their lives. I loved seeing the support system Jean, Bella and Oscar have built together, and had a grand time experiencing New Orleans through their eyes. The characters have zing and appeal, and the reader quickly begins to feel as though they are friends; and the plot is filled with action, adventure, terrifying beings and magic. Voodoo Child is hard to put down, and finishing it was both satisfying and sad. I’d love to see a sequel as these characters have too much going for them to be limited to one book. Voodoo Child is most highly recommended. The following are comments from your reviewer and do NOT appear in your final review. Usually these are concerns your reviewer had that they did not want to put in your final review. Wow!

Award winning Young Adult Science Fiction Vagrant. First book in a three book series, Vagrant is a Finalist for the International Best Book Award and won the Seal of Excellence from Apple Awards. Logan Hall is a Vagrant, one of the disenfranchised living beneath the mega city of New Washington. The Vagrants have to hide from the Company who is rounding all of them up and shipping them to newly discovered planets to work in the mines. That’s what happened to Logan’s father. Shayna is one of the privileged. She has a chip, a credit disc and lives in a shiny stainless steel and glass highrise above ground. Shayna is allergic to corn so she is one of the few above ground people who is not stoned on Sopore. Sopore is a drug found in genetically altered corn. It’s in almost all food. The Vagrants know about Sopore and avoid it. These two teens from wildly differing environments meet by accident and fall in love. Logan will stop at nothing to rescue his friend Raj, captured and sent to the moon. Together, he and Shayna will follow his dream of finding his father who was sent to work in the mines of Gliess 67. In a future where everyone is stoned on genetically altered food and being sent to work in the mines of newly discovered worlds, one boy will save his friends and escape to start a new life.

Eddie would love to have a puppy to play with. A puppy would pull on a rope. Catch a ball and lick your face. But his Uncle brings Eddie an older dog named about a famous spy. What can you do with an old dog? It probably couldn't learn new tricks, and the only thing this dog did was stare. It's what they find to do together that makes them the best of friends! https://jdholiday.blogspot.com/p/the-spy-game.html Buy: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-spy-game-j-d-holiday/1112796163 Currently, 10/2018, With Prime $5.49 https://www.amazon.com/The-Spy-Game-JD-Holiday/dp/098186144X Review: You know the contests you see on blogs all the time? Be sure to enter when you have time (and of course - if you're a child, ask your parents first!). I won a book by J.D. Holiday called "The Spy Game." It's a lovely story about a little boy who wants a puppy, but instead gets an older dog. As he feeds and walks the dog, he gets to know and appreciate the uniqueness of his new friend - and he gets involved in a mystery, too! I hope you'll check out "The Spy Game." Posted by Donna Shepherd http://donnashepherd.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-won-book-spy-game-by-jd-holiday.html

The Great Snowball ESCAPADE, a chapter book for 6 to 9 year olds. Wilhemena Brooks' cousin, Bud Dunphry come to live with her family. Wil, as she likes to be called, finds her pink pencil sharpener is missing after Christmas. Wil knows Bud has it! Who else would have taken it? Bud doesn't like girls! In fact, Bud doesn't like anybody. Wil tries to ignore him but he pulls her friend's hair, takes over games, and when Bud is in trouble he making his "you're going to get it" face at her. After a snowstorm closes school, Wil and her friends go sled riding. Bud shows up and starts a snowball fight which lands Wil in her room for the rest of the day for fighting. When her pencil sharpener is found, right where she left it, Wil decides she has to try harder to understand her cousin and stay out of trouble. Her mother told her to be nice to Bud and to treat him like she would like to be treated. If Wil treats Bud nicely does that change anything for her? READ an Excerpt for this book! jdholiday.blogspot.com/p/excerpt-from-chapter-book-for-6-to-9.html Buy: https://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Snowball-Escapade-Holiday/dp/0981861423/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1386703452&sr=1-1 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-snowball-escapade-jd-holiday/1026666723?ean=9780981861425 Reviews: Reviewer Wayne S. Walker from HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW calls The Great Snowball Escapade “a heart-warming story about the importance of understanding the problems of others and treating them as we would like to be treated…” http://homeschoolblogger.com/homeschoolbookreview/ From KidsRead, Book reviewer and librarian, Nancy Mossmore“…an entertaining read for emergent readers that includes a lesson about compassion and judging others. Because of that lesson, I would suggest that teachers in first through third grade use this as a read-aloud in class.” AND “…As a librarian, I would add this book to pathfinders about bullying and friendship…”http://kidsreads.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-great-snowball-escapade-book-giveaway-interview-with-author-jd-holiday/ From author Terri Forehand: “…This book is a story which includes characters who face a bully, make judgments without facts, and learn to get along together…” AND “…The characters are likeable and the theme is a common one among peers- learning to trust, get along, and compromise. Young readers will enjoy the story and leave with the satisfaction that all is not what it seems. I give the story a thumbs up…”http://terri-forehand.blogspot.com/2010/12/meet-jd-holiday-and-learn-about-her.html

JANOOSE and the FALL FEATHER FAIR by J.D. Holiday and Luke Brandon Winski The Fox returns to Free Range Farm and he has a score to settle with Janoose. How will the fox get his revenge? Janoose finds her job at the feather factory in trouble! Bags of feathers are disappearing, and Janoose is puzzled over how this is happening. But with help from her true friends at Free Range Farm, she will solve this mystery! https://jdholiday.blogspot.com/p/janoose-fall-feather-fair-and-short.html Review: This is a great read aloud book for families with young children. You can use fun voices until your children can read on their own. This is a sequel to the original Janoose the Goose, but can be read on it's own too. The colorful illustrations add to the enjoyment for both the children and the adults. by E. Knightley Paperback: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/janoose-and-the-fall-feather-fair-j-d-holiday/1124964645?ean=9780981861487 https://www.amazon.com/Janoose-Fall-Feather-Fair-Holiday/dp/0981861482

A picture book: In the story, Janoose the Goose is visiting her cousin, Molly the Duck on the farm. Janoose likes the barnyard very much but she must go home because there are no job openings there. When her flight home arrives, the fox has begun a crime spree, and Janoose is the only one who can stop him. https://jdholiday.blogspot.com/2018/05/janoose-goose.html made #1 onBestsellers in The Kindle Store KIDZLIT ONLINE and TWISTING PIXEL CALLED Janoose The Goose one of Amazon.com's "HotNew Releases in CHILDREN'S Books" in 2008! JANOOSE spent 3 months straight on Amazon's Hot New Releases list from August to October 2008! Buy: https://www.amazon.com/Janoose-Goose-J-D-Holiday/dp/0981861490 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/janoose-the-goose-jd-holiday/1102513406?ean=9780981861494

I have just published my first fiction novel entitled Eternity with Jesus: Now and Forever on Amazon (ASIN: B07GTM855M). This is a mixed genre work within a science fiction/fantasy format that features a genius Hispanic physicist main character who is a devoted Roman Catholic who time travels to the time when Jesus was a child to get a deeper understanding of what he needs to do to turn peoples’ hearts back to God. In addition to being exposed to the wonders and terrors of Jesus’ times, he is escorted by Jesus to the three realms of the afterlife of Purgatory, Hell, and the outskirts of Heaven. He gets much more than he bargained for, as he is exposed to a harrowing series of very painful experiences that dramatically thrusts him into a psychological and spiritual metamorphosis which tests his every mettle to remain sane and cognizant of this alternative reality that awaits us all.

Aislynn , a mermaid, really wants to experience human emotions...especially love. Instead, she finds herself entangled in a serial killer’s plot. One that she’s not sure she can escape as a mermaid.

A mixed-blood Catholic seminarian struggles to discern his true calling: the priesthood or his ex-lover, a proud but damaged Ojibway man.

Contemporary fantasy romance about the Claus family.

Teatime is anytime! US and UK conversion charts as well as a section on spirited beverages.

Short, spicy, contemporary paranormal romance. Laria is a tea shop owner and guardian to the sacred land she lives on. Magic, the fae, cats and a sexy hero.

Various brainstorming techniques at the beginning, then lots of blank pages to write in.

When Abby's nudged out of her comfort zone, Shaun makes walking off her straight line all the more fun.

Can AJ find love through a chat-only service?

When murder, cattle rustling and kidnapping occur right in his big back yard, E.J. turns to one of the local ranchers who hates everything about him, especially his name. Will E.J. be able to rescue the woman he loves, or will his efforts result in forfeiting both their lives?

Will she choose love or money? The Cowboy or the City? Camryn Carmichael, MD must choose between her dream career in a Houston research hospital and a rural practice close to the infuriating rancher she loses her heart to. Cowboys, murder and romance. Oh, my!

I published Another One of my Books on LULU.com/spotlight/Jennybooboo