Books with author Chris Engle

Fifteen-year-old Joe Grant has a problem, and that problem is TROUBLE—he finds it wherever he goes.But Joe also likes his problem.And THAT is his over-protective brother’s problem.For too long, Joe had to live life on the sidelines. Then the day came that changed everything, and suddenly, not only did he have a heart for helping people, he had a body fit for doing so as well. Now, Joe lives the life he has always wanted, and today is another adventure where he risks all he has for strangers.Come tomorrow, he’ll do it all again.UNBROKEN, now an award-winning novel, is an origin story filled with intricate plotting, edge-of-your-seat action, and characters you’ll grow to love. And things are only getting started. Joe’s story is only the first to be told in the paranormal world of SENTINELS & GUARDIANS.

While learning to live with partial hearing loss and a telltale scar made by a grazing bullet, thirteen-year-old Jamie Martin struggles to prove himself at Treymark TKD Academy, a newly formed high school for martial arts prodigies. As Jamie focuses on his training, little does he know that a deadly threat from the past is lurking in the shadows, closing in on those he loves. Will the threat be spotted before it's too late?Originally released in 2008, When the Past Returns is an action-packed novel for young teens that received an Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards and became an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award semi-finalist. It explores such themes as friendship, loyalty, and faith.

Fifteen-year-old Joe Grant loves his new life. Every day provides new excitements, new adventures to be had, and there is nothing better in Joe’s mind than an action-packed life spent helping people and thwarting evil—a life he has always wanted but never believed he would have. While armed with a sense for finding trouble before it begins and an older brother for a sidekick, Joe’s new life is that of a budding superhero, but what will happen when he decides to prove himself apart from his watchful big brother just as he finds himself thrust into a supernatural game of cat-and-mouse? Will his faith be enough to carry him through—unbroken?

Jenn McNabb spends her days shuttling back and forth between her crappy home life and crappy school life, dreaming of the punk scene, dreaming of escape (and maybe that punk boy she saw). But even if she manages to work her way into the scene and get the boy, will that be enough to fix her problems and change her from the girl the world thinks she is to the girl she wants to be? And will she figure out how to throw a punch if she needs to? Molotov Hearts features punk houses, punk parties, basement shows, make-out sessions, fist fights and dumpster diving. It’s funny, sad, romantic and a novel for anyone who wants to read a story in the tradition of “girl-meets-boy, girl-joins-punk-band, girl-kicks-ass.”Molotov Hearts is the first book in the HoodieRipper punk romance series. Future volumes will continue to explore the fiery love lives and politics of marginalized youths in Westport, Canada. (tl;dr: Smash the state; make out.)

Jenn McNabb spends her days shuttling back and forth between her crappy home life and crappy school life, dreaming of the punk scene, dreaming of escape (and maybe that punk boy she saw). But even if she manages to work her way into the scene and get the boy, will that be enough to fix her problems and change her from the girl the world thinks she is to the girl she wants to be? And will she figure out how to throw a punch if she needs to? Molotov Hearts features punk houses, punk parties, basement shows, make-out sessions, fist fights and dumpster diving. It’s funny, sad, romantic and a novel for anyone who wants to read a story in the tradition of “girl-meets-boy, girl-joins-punk-band, girl-kicks-ass.”