My oldest and I have taken karate together and I’ve spent hours watching both boys participate in a variety of sports, including parkour, without incident, unless of course you count occasional broken toes. Skydiving? Nope! I’d be the one to fall out of the plane without a parachute. Notice I didn’t say ‘real life’? No bungee jumping, cliff diving or parkour for me.

Personally, I’m drawn to all things ‘action-adventure’ in film and literature. Wizards, vampires, werewolves, and the son of a god had already been done… so what was left? Hello, special ability! Mix in some unique features, some good friends, a strong mentor, helpful adults and voilà, I hope a star is born! I’ve never been bitten by the writing bug with such vengeance and book one was completed in only six weeks! Ten weeks later book two was complete and I’m now finishing book three and at work on book four with plans for five books in the series. I sat down with my boys and began brainstorming based on some of our favorite characters from literature. The things he is driven to do are not only dangerous but have to be kept a secret. My Secret Watchers series is about young Owen Ryer who discovers he has a special talent for seeing the darker side of life. The down side… Now I can’t read it without my glasses! The good side of growing up is that you can write whatever you want. I’m also a teacher so I get that we have to have students meet certain criteria, but as a kid… I hated being told what to write. I’ve always been a writer but let me tell you, it’s lots more fun when I can make the choices about where a story is going. Lucie is taken, making Owen realize just how much she really means to him, but is it her the dark watchers want or is she only the bait in an elaborate trap? As Owen grows in experience, so does the darkness and danger.

He has firm control of his gifts and his own watcher to train, yet with two years of experience behind him things are not getting any easier. From kidnapping to murder – When is enough, enough? Can Owen defend the ones he loves or is all hope lost as he battles the greatest evil he has ever known? Dark watchers want to steal his powers and they will stop at nothing to get what they want. The adventures of Owen Ryer and friends continue in this third installment of the five book series. Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Action and Adventure Title: Insights (The Secret Watchers, Book Three)

Whispers by Lauren Klever