Books with author J S Sterling

From NEW YORK TIMES best-selling author J. Sterling, we dive headfirst back into the epic love story that started it all, The Perfect Game, but this time from Dean Carter’s point of view.Freshman Dean Carter is the younger brother of campus hotshot Jack. Abandoned by their parents when they were young, Dean and Jack have a bond that most brothers only wish for. As Jack follows his dream of becoming a professional baseball player, he falls in love along the way with aspiring photographer Cassie Andrews. We see Jack get the girl—then lose the girl—and we follow his painful journey through it all via the eyes of his adoring younger brother, Dean.With never-before-seen scenes and fresh new dialogue, Dean’s point of view is an emotional journey through relationships and the trials that test them. This isn’t the same old love story…but you will still fall. Let the gang steal your heart all over again in The Other Game.

"33 Percent Rockstar is an entertaining, honest look at the trials and tribulations most musicians endure -- and still fail to attain their dreams. Yet it also illustrates why the dream remains alive." -- BlueInk Reviews (Starred Review)"10 out of 10!" -- The Booklife PrizeScott has played over 500 concerts at hundreds of venues spanning almost two decades. From performing to the bar staff at strip mall dive bars, to a sold-out show with members of The Misfits and the Ramones, 33 Percent Rockstar: Music, Heartbreak and the Pursuit of Rock Stardom is about the love of music and life as a struggling musician. It is the true story of what happens when you give up everything to follow your dreams—even when they lead to a run-down strip club in a seedy part of Lincoln, Nebraska.Scott learned how to play the bass guitar, and became a musician. He'd eventually become a damn good one. He fell in love and got his heart broken. Twice. He played in multiple bands, recorded multiple albums, and toured the country.In the end, Scott never made it big, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. All for the love of music, he toiled in dead-end jobs, drove across the country in dilapidated tour vans, and dealt with the fragile egos and creative differences of a rotating cast of bands and band members.33 Percent Rockstar: Music, Heartbreak and the Pursuit of Rock Stardom is a Behind the Music for the vast majority of musicians who never achieve rock stardom and offers a glimpse of the everyday lives of those hopeful, possibly deluded souls pursuing the rockstar dream.

A reluctant sorceress. A papal plot. If she wants to survive, she must put her life in her enemies’ hands. Rome, 1191. Cassandra’s magical powers could get her burned at the stake. Orphaned and struggling to survive, she dreams of using her gifts for more than conning men out of their coins. But when the Knights Templar kidnap her off the street, she’s forced use her sorcery on a quest to secure the Holy Grail. As Cassandra attempts to win her freedom from the Pope himself, power-hungry enemies make a play for the coveted relic. Beset by darkness on all sides, the sorceress discovers that finding the grail may just answer the burning questions of her past.Can Cassandra conjure enough magic to claim the prize before she’s swallowed up by the darkness?Grail of the Grimoire is the first book in an exhilarating YA historical fantasy series. If you like magical quests, courageous characters, and surprising twists of fate, then you’ll love J.S. Sterling’s spellbinding tale.Buy Grail of the Grimoire to embark on your adventure today!

Breaking Bad meets The Basketball Diaries! Amazon Best Seller in Drug Dependency and Personal Health!In 1996, Scott was nineteen and lost in adulthood with an endless job and no future ambitions. Teenage Degenerate is his story about drug addiction, music and growing up. Over the course of ten months, he quickly descends into the dark and dangerous world of crystal methamphetamine.Scott experiments with crystal meth in a dark, deserted parking lot in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado and soon after his crew of misfits will do almost anything for their next high. One by one, family and friends disappear, and he is left alone with a decision to continue fighting or give up. This is his struggle to reclaim a normal life and the search for something real.Teenage Degenerate is a vivid, heartbreaking, and harrowing story that explores the depths of addiction.

"Confession: I love X-Men and the idea of people developing different kinds of powers, be they psychic or shapeshifting or elemental control. This is exactly what I got in True Born, and it was so cool." –Dani, Dani Reviews ThingsWelcome to Dominion City.After the great Plague descended, the world population was decimated...and their genetics damaged beyond repair.The Lasters wait hopelessly for their genes to self-destruct. The Splicers pay for expensive treatments that might prolong their life. The plague-resistant True Borns are as mysterious as they are feared…And then there's Lucy Fox and her identical twin sister, Margot. After endless tests, no one wants to reveal what they are.When Margot disappears, a desperate Lucy has no choice but to put her faith in the True Borns, led by the charismatic Nolan Storm and the beautiful but deadly Jared Price. As Lucy and the True Borns set out to rescue her sister, they stumble upon a vast conspiracy stretching from Dominion’s street preachers to shady Russian tycoons. But why target the Fox sisters?As they say in Dominion, it’s in the blood.

A reluctant sorceress. A papal plot. If she wants to survive, she must put her life in her enemies' hands. Rome, 1191. Cassandra's magical powers could get her burned at the stake. Orphaned and struggling to survive, she dreams of using her gifts for more than conning men out of their coins. But when the Knights Templar kidnap her off the street, she's forced use her sorcery on a quest to secure the Holy Grail. As Cassandra attempts to win her freedom from the Pope himself, power-hungry enemies make a play for the coveted relic. Beset by darkness on all sides, the sorceress discovers that finding the grail may just answer the burning questions of her past.Can Cassandra conjure enough magic to claim the prize before she's swallowed up by the darkness?Grail of the Grimoire is the first book in an exhilarating YA historical fantasy series. If you like magical quests, courageous characters, and surprising twists of fate, then you'll love J.S. Sterling's spellbinding tale.Buy Grail of the Grimoire to embark on your adventure today!

"33 Percent Rockstar is an entertaining, honest look at the trials and tribulations most musicians endure -- and still fail to attain their dreams. Yet it also illustrates why the dream remains alive." -- BlueInk Reviews (Starred Review)"10 out of 10!" -- The Booklife PrizeScott has played over 500 concerts at hundreds of venues spanning almost two decades. From performing to the bar staff at strip mall dive bars, to a sold-out show with members of The Misfits and the Ramones, 33 Percent Rockstar: Music, Heartbreak and the Pursuit of Rock Stardom is about the love of music and life as a struggling musician. It is the true story of what happens when you give up everything to follow your dreams—even when they lead to a run-down strip club in a seedy part of Lincoln, Nebraska. Scott learned how to play the bass guitar, and became a musician. He'd eventually become a damn good one. He fell in love and got his heart broken. Twice. He played in multiple bands, recorded multiple albums, and toured the country.In the end, Scott never made it big, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. All for the love of music, he toiled in dead-end jobs, drove across the country in dilapidated tour vans, and dealt with the fragile egos and creative differences of a rotating cast of bands and band members. 33 Percent Rockstar: Music, Heartbreak and the Pursuit of Rock Stardom is a Behind the Music for the vast majority of musicians who never achieve rock stardom and offers a glimpse of the everyday lives of those hopeful, possibly deluded souls pursuing the rockstar dream.

Abandoned by her family in Plague-ridden Dominion City, eighteen-year-old Lucy Fox has no choice but to rely upon the kindness of the True Borns, a renegade group of genetically enhanced humans, to save her twin sister, Margot. But Nolan Storm, their mysterious leader, has his own agenda. When Storm backtracks on his promise to rescue Margot, Lucy takes her fate into her own hands and sets off for Russia with her True Born bodyguard and maybe-something-more, the lethal yet beautiful Jared Price. In Russia, there's been whispered rumors of Plague Cure.While Lucy fights her magnetic attraction to Jared, anxious that his loyalty to Storm will hurt her chances of finding her sister, they quickly discover that not all is as it appears…and discovering the secrets contained in the Fox sisters' blood before they wind up dead is just the beginning.As they say in Dominion, sometimes it’s not you…it’s your DNA.The True Born series is best enjoyed in order.Reading Order:Book #1 True BornBook #2 True NorthBook #3 True Storm

THE MAJESTIC WORLD OF SORCERY, SAINTS, ANGELS AND DEMONS UNFOLDS BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES...Jessica McNiel is a beautiful tough-as-nails attorney who seems to have it all. She lives an affluent lifestyle, owns a gorgeous condo overlooking the waterfront, and will soon be a named partner at one of New York's most prestigious law firms. But such epic success draws the envious into her idyllic life. Their spiteful gazes leer from the shadows, and soon a simple disagreement brings an enemy to her doorstep; an enemy secretly drenched in black magic and skilled in the dark arts of ancient sorcery. The evil witch attacks Jessica with an unspeakable curse and watches as Jessica’s prosperous life crumbles.The curse is vicious and plagues her with a fatal illness, emotional turmoil, and unrelenting diabolical psychic attacks. She begins to lose herself and questions her own sanity. Captured in the clutches of a malevolent, tormenting spirit, Jessica is forced to play a dangerous game to combat something with which she has no experience. Her brilliant courtroom skills and charm leave her helpless against this sudden onslaught of evil.Holding onto her sanity by a thread, with death lurking around the corner and her very soul in jeopardy, she frantically searches for a solution to her horrific ordeal. Suddenly, word comes to her of an ancient mystical saint—a powerful but faraway healer—who just might be able to help her. To find this spiritual master she must abandon her prestigious life in New York City and set out on a quest through the rugged mountains of Ireland. For only with his guidance and tutelage can she attract healing, attain heavenly protection, cultivate psychic powers, find true love, and secure her faith in the divine.