Editor Pick: Books

"I Like You Just Fine When You're Not Around" by Ann Garvin is the kind of story, one can imagine becoming a movie of the week on the Lifetime channel—an entertaining and touching summer read.

In 'The Memory of Us' by Camille Di Maio, we are introduced to Julianne Westcott, the only child of a wealthy family. She lives a dream life of money, gowns, and dances, as well as young men wanting to escort her about town. When she uncovers a secret within her family her life changes in more ways then she can understand. With war on the horizon, will she survive to find the answers to her life.

'Paradime' is a wild tale that will keep readers happily entertained on an idle summer’s day.

On the plane I showed them my bomb – just some red safety flares in the briefcase with wires and battery taped to them, but that worked.

Never give up on your writing, but keep your day job.

An interview with Kati Kleber, a critical care nurse. Her 'Admit One: What You Must Know When Going to the Hospital' is a savvy insider's guide to getting the most out of a hospital stay.

Intellectual property theft, if it continues unchecked, will drive your favorite authors away from continuing to write. And that would be a shame for all of us.

In ' This Too Shall Pass' Milena Busquets seeks to weave a touching story about the tragedy of loss. Unfortunately, this never happens.

In 'Kowloon Bay' by Ty Hutchinson we catch up to Abby Kane one more time as she continues her work with the FBI. However, on holiday in China in order to help her children understand their background, she is drawn into a mystery that could well be the destruction of the very family she has come to view as her own.

The recipe for Houston’s Loon Lake Mystery’s success lies in the author’s tasty seasoning of rural mayhem and murder with a large dollop of fishing lore.