Joanna Poncavage

A Young Girl’s Promising Future is Put Into Jeopardy in “Dark Hearts, Enlightened Souls”

Rose Buchan, age 12, excitedly prepares to leave home for her new position. The money she earns will be a lifesaver for her widowed mother and three little sisters. Bravely, she promises to write regularly, and enters the carriage of George Galbraith. Upon arrival at his grand Edinburgh residence, however,…

Joanna PoncavageAugust 19, 2021

Fiction Romance Young Adult

Here’s Some “Prom Theory” For You: Getting a Date Is Simply Science

As she heads to her locker at the beginning of another day at school, Iris notices they’re everywhere — pink posters announcing “Only 19 days until Junior/Senior Prom,” et cetera. As usual, Iris has a more pragmatic view of reality. She views the posters as “a propaganda campaign geared to…

Joanna PoncavageAugust 11, 2021

Fiction

Military and Political Thriller Meets American Family Saga in “The Wolf and the Fox”

Readers seeking a l-o-n-g thriller they can sink their teeth into, one that's rich with characters and history, need seek no more. D.P. Harshman’s The Wolf & The Fox Volume 1, Beginning of the Middle (D&D Publications LLC) is the first of a planned six volumes, each averaging 700 pages.…

Joanna PoncavageAugust 4, 2021

Fiction Romance

K’s Collection of Short Stories Proves Love Is a Revolution

The first three short stories in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories (FriesenPress), bounce wildly from Jerusalem to a present-day Canadian shopping mall to a dystopian future. “Radius” depicts the inner thoughts of a Palestinian en route to a suicide bombing. “Calamity Jane” is largely a teenage angst-laden conversation between…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 23, 2021

Fiction

Strange World, Faithful Friends — and Monsters Await “Beneath the Ruins”

It’s getting dark. Residents of Arkdale soon will shelter for long weeks behind their town’s locked gates until the weak sun begins to shine again. Even in the light time of year, only the brave — or foolhardy — venture out to explore the nearby ruins of an unknown civilization,…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 19, 2021

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Teen Author’s “In the Hole” Provides a Kid’s-Eye View of Homelessness

"ncredibly compelling and totally engaging ... This book should be in the hands of all upper elementary school and middle school students." — Diane C. O’Keeffe, retired principal and teacher —∞— "In the Hole checks all of the boxes: depth, emotion, character development, a deep inspirational thread, and an interesting…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 12, 2021

Book Club Network Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“Shenanigans: A Memoir” Details Hijinks and Hilarity Along the Road of Life

—∞— “Kenigsberg’s world … is one where the ordinary is never more than a few steps from the oddball.” —David Guarino, former correspondent, San Antonio Express-News “Easy and enjoyable to read, Abby’s story is a rare and refreshing glimpse into the life travels of one bright, sassy and determined woman.…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 7, 2021

Fiction

An Empire’s Fate Falls Into Question in Medieval Fantasy “Sarana and the Dark King”

In the kingdom of Bounten, Queen Ava gives birth to a baby girl with white hair and pale blue eyes. Believing the baby is cursed, the king is left alone with his child for only a few minutes. When Ava’s midwife returns, the infant is dead. Was it a natural…

Joanna PoncavageJune 9, 2021

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

“EVE-0,” A Pandemic Thriller Set in the Amazon Jungle

Dr. Gabrielle Gale is an emergency room physician at a busy city hospital that’s become even busier these days. In the eight years since the COVID-19 pandemic, a series of other deadly threats have killed many more millions. On CNN, a map of the United States showing outbreaks of different…

Joanna PoncavageMay 11, 2021

Fiction

“Secrets of the Solarium” Has Food, Life, Love and the Secrets of Happiness

A mysterious woman named Abigail. An even more mysterious psychiatrist named Lucciano. Two lives hiding many secrets. In the early 1900s, Abigail boards a train in the Italian city of Turin, determined to start a new life. With little money and no prospects, she is befriended by a young couple…

Joanna PoncavageMay 7, 2021

Fiction Young Adult

“Garkain” Rewrites the Vampire Rulebook

After sending in her little test tube of saliva, Amelia, an orphan left at the door of a Texas hospital 25 years ago, gets the call she’s been waiting for all her life: a voice on the phone that says, “I’m your mother.” Garkain: Book One of the Uluru Legacy…

Joanna PoncavageApril 27, 2021

Fiction Young Adult

“Emi” Means Magic and Monsters and Giant Teddy Bears, Oh My!

Will her father ever come home? Our protagonist Emi clutches her well-worn teddy bear and anxiously paces while a thunderstorm rages outside. Accidently waking her drunken mother passed out in front of the television, the little girl dodges a flying wine bottle and runs back upstairs. A rope dangles from…

Joanna PoncavageApril 9, 2021

Business Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Old Solutions to New Problems: “Cyberjutsu,” the Ninja Approach to Cybersecurity

Our digital lives depend on cybersecurity. When hackers broke into the computer networks of Home Depot, Staples, Target and Equifax in recent years, customers became victims of identity theft, their credit card numbers stolen and their credit histories compromised. Today, even our national security is threatened. The SolarWinds software breach…

Joanna PoncavageApril 6, 2021

Fiction Romance

Twin Souls Must Save a Dying World in Dystopian Romance “Dawn of Atlantis”

The beautiful blue oceans surrounding Atlantis have turned a sickly gray-green color, littered with dead sea creatures. The fabled island is at the mercy of an evil empire mining the oceans to power secret doomsday weapons. To make matters worse, the inhabitants of Atlantis have been enslaved and secretly drugged…

Joanna PoncavageMarch 29, 2021

Fiction

“Journeyman:” An Epic Fantasy Quest and Unlikely Friendship

For a heavily armed mercenary, peacetime doesn’t pay. The barons, princes, kings and queens of the Twelve Nations have no need of warriors to wage wars or settle skirmishes. Journeyman, Robert M. Leonard’s first book in the Brotherhood of Freeswords fantasy series, is a well-told tale of adventure, magic, and…

Joanna PoncavageDecember 18, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

P.I. Navigates His Latest Investigation Without Sight in “Blind Vigil”

Still blind. Every morning for the last nine months, Rick Cahill has opened his eyes to total darkness. Shot in the face while solving the cold case murder of his wife, the private investigator now counts his steps from room to room and ponders what his next act will be.…

Joanna PoncavageDecember 1, 2020

Joanna Poncavage

A Young Girl’s Promising Future is Put Into Jeopardy in “Dark Hearts, Enlightened Souls”

Military and Political Thriller Meets American Family Saga in “The Wolf and the Fox”

K’s Collection of Short Stories Proves Love Is a Revolution

Strange World, Faithful Friends — and Monsters Await “Beneath the Ruins”

Teen Author’s “In the Hole” Provides a Kid’s-Eye View of Homelessness

“Shenanigans: A Memoir” Details Hijinks and Hilarity Along the Road of Life

An Empire’s Fate Falls Into Question in Medieval Fantasy “Sarana and the Dark King”

“EVE-0,” A Pandemic Thriller Set in the Amazon Jungle

“Secrets of the Solarium” Has Food, Life, Love and the Secrets of Happiness

“Garkain” Rewrites the Vampire Rulebook

“Emi” Means Magic and Monsters and Giant Teddy Bears, Oh My!

Old Solutions to New Problems: “Cyberjutsu,” the Ninja Approach to Cybersecurity

Twin Souls Must Save a Dying World in Dystopian Romance “Dawn of Atlantis”

“Journeyman:” An Epic Fantasy Quest and Unlikely Friendship

P.I. Navigates His Latest Investigation Without Sight in “Blind Vigil”

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