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John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

About John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

Providing exceptional writing, editing and publishing services to hundreds of international clients, ranging from nutritional copywriting and long-form ghostwriting to substantive editing, assessment/analysis of academic texts and structural/content editing for bestselling novels.

Review: Reflection (The Lenka Trilogy Book 3) by John Righten

Reflection by John Righten

Closing out The Lenka Trilogy with a nail-biter, author John Righten delivers yet another smart and adventurous thriller with Reflection. All of the lessons, enemies, losses, and sacrifices of a mysterious and selfless Irish heroine come to a head in a dangerous race against a Christmastime clock.

Lenka Brett remains as indomitable and entertaining as ever, taking up a tall task in South America to deliver essential medical supplies amidst a landscape of violence and outright corruption. The wear and tear of her previous two missions have clearly taken their toll on Lenka, both physically and emotionally, but […]

2022-02-23T03:22:12+02:00February 19th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |
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Thomas Jefferson: Family Secrets by William G. Hyland Jr.

Thomas Jefferson: Family Secrets by William Hyland A rarely told chapter in the life of an American legend, Thomas Jefferson: Family Secrets by William G. Hyland Jr. is a revelatory look into post-presidential life – a detailed and enthralling peek at the man and his experiences, but also the ongoing state of the young nation.

Most Americans have some image, opinion, or high-school recollection of Thomas Jefferson, but this biographical tome offers a different glimpse into his life, focusing on a less-discussed era of the 3rd US president. Charming scenes of high-ranking visitors arriving at Monticello to find barefoot children underfoot give the aging president a humanness […]

2022-02-17T07:56:13+02:00February 17th, 2022|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |
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Review: Academy Award Winning Movies 1928-2020 by Diane Holloway Cheney

Academy Award Winning Movies 1928-2020: How Movies Have Changed Through the Years by Diane Holloway Cheney

Author Diane Holloway Cheney celebrates her clear passion for cinematic history and keen skill as a researcher in Academy Award Winning Movies 1928-2020: How Movies Have Changed Through the Years. With a confident and knowledgeable pen, Cheney hosts a historic rundown of the legendary Academy Awards ceremonies, overflowing with backstage insights that will pull in any lover of the silver screen.

Ideal for movie lovers who like to have a bit more background info or even Hollywood gossip to inform the cinematic experience, this book connects the dots in movie history, without getting bogged down in too many of the […]

2022-03-15T01:31:57+02:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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Review: Your Little Big You Adventure by L. Owen Paxton

Your Little Big You Adventure by L. Owen Paxton

Author L. Owen Paxton delivers an uplifting and invigorating map for personal progress with Your Little Big You Adventure: The Secret to Discovering Your Enlightened Life. Drawing on ancient wisdom, philosophical traditions, and modern revelations regarding human psychology, this book encourages readers to live in their true identity by shifting their perspective to uncover their full potential.

Where this book veers away from traditional discussions about “enlightenment” is that it focuses on the enlightened self that already exists within each of us – our inner child, our most innocent self, our playful id. The idea is that within our […]

2022-02-17T05:19:25+02:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |
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Review: Gloryland Reprise by Drew Signor

Gloryland Reprise by Drew Signor

Take an entrancing journey through the wild and wickedly beautiful world of Arizona in Gloryland Reprise: Walking the Arizona Wilderness and the Spiritual Implications of Landscape, a touching ode to the road by author Drew Signor. Detailing dozens of mountain ranges, backcountry journeys, tiny towns, unexpected detours, and unforgettable characters along the way, this eclectic read is a testament to a windblown life well lived.

As Signor explains in the introduction, “In my imagination, all my roads are headed west,” and his years of yarn-worthy trips certainly follow that trajectory. Drawing on the tradition of great wanderers, and the […]

2022-03-09T08:45:55+02:00February 14th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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Review: FitzDuncan’s Enlightenment by John Spearman

FitzDuncan's Enlightenment by John J. Spearman

Author John Spearman offers a whip-smart installment to his sword-swinging series with FitzDuncan’s Enlightenment, a savagely clever and entertaining adventure.

Still reeling from his last adventure with the broken nose and bruises to show for it, Casimir FitzDuncan plunges directly into his next job, one that will also involve Lucy, his “betrothed and beloved.” Caz’s reputation as a finder of lost things and a messenger of unusual retribution has spread to the highest halls of power in Aquileia, including the king, queen, and crown prince. Far superseding the status of his birth, they royally task him to accompany the […]

2022-03-08T09:30:40+02:00February 14th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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Review: Tales of the Axis: The Hunter’s Prey by Justin Hui

Tales of the Axis by Justin Hui

Author Justin Hui catapults readers into a wild, humanity-filled galaxy in Tales of the Axis: The Hunter’s Prey, a character-driven thriller armed with clever sci-fi twists.

After centuries of tepid tolerance and extraterrestrial expansion, the United Commonwealth and the Valderian Empire are on the verge of historic trade agreements that could reunite the human race. However, when the Valderian emperor is killed in an explosion, Princess Adelia finds herself thrust into power, and dropped into a lion’s den of deadly manipulation and political maneuvering.

Adelia’s tragedies continue after being arrested by her father’s “best friend,” who alleges that she […]

2022-03-04T08:24:34+02:00February 8th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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A Boy’s Hammer by Alex Grass

A Boy's Hammer by Alex Grass Author Alex Grass fuses mythology and magic with the gritty modern world in A Boy’s Hammer, a witty, immersive, and mystical adventure that will leave you laughing and thoroughly hooked.

When Alan dramatically descends to Earth in an ultraviolet explosion, covered in tattoos of hammers, few people can believe he’s the same boy who disappeared in a plane crash twenty years earlier. His odd arrival is also a harbinger of something much worse: chaos is organizing itself in deadly and demonic ways, and long-dormant powers are awakening to face them. Finding unlikely allies along the way – from curmudgeonly […]

2022-02-08T08:50:10+02:00February 7th, 2022|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |
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