Books with author Tori Turner

As an aspiring teen actress, model, entrepreneur and philanthropist, at only 14 years old Tori Turner has learned that getting to the top and reaching stardom is a marathon, not a sprint. Through personal accounts, triumphs, and pitfalls as a young aspiring artist, Tori shares with her reader how to overcome by keeping God first and not only dreaming but dreaming big on purpose! When I Decided to D.R.E.A.M. Big is organized into a series of steps one should take in order to strategically go after your goals and dreams, while also offering insightful lessons learned, Biblical inspiration and inspirations from other big dreamers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama and Walt Disney, to name a few! In When I Decided to D.R.E.A.M. Big, Tori takes the reader through the beginning stages of her journey and all of the priceless inspirations that she has picked up along the way. Her journey is far from over and in fact it is only the beginning, but this teen has decided to give back along the way and share everything that she is learning in hopes that other teens will have the courage to go after their dreams!

Burned out New York homicide cop, Charlie Crawford, goes south to take it slow and ends up in steamy Palm Beach, Florida. But after six months of pink and green collar crime, he's bored out of his mind and desperate for a face-down stiff with a little rigor setting in. Palm Beach has plenty of glitz, glam and hedonism, but murder - not a one in the last ten years.Finally one Halloween night, Crawford is first on the scene and finds a twenty-year-old male swinging from a stately banyan tree. This sets in motion colliding plots involving a billionaire with a thing for young girls, a far-reaching art scam with Crawford's girlfriend playing a starring role, and a ruthless hustler passing himself off as the long lost son of one of the richest men in town. Add to the mix a sultry real estate broker who knows where all the bodies are buried, a gorgeous forensic cop usually one step ahead of Crawford, a Mutt and Jeff combo of stone cold killers and you've got Palm Beach Nasty. Fast-moving, funny, slightly off kilter and everything you ever wanted to know about the most scandalous town in America and its larger-than-life citizens.

Rachel McKinley, Mia Guichard, Leilani Stevens, Harmony Hastings, and Malique Washington come from totally different backgrounds, but they have three things in common…they are NOLA Girls, they are all trying to figure out this thing called “teen life,” and PAGEANTS!! The five girls meet during a pageant in their hometown, New Orleans, LA and from that moment deemed themselves inseparable sisters. With such high expectations placed on them because they wear the crowns, The Teen Queens series follows these girls as they are discovering themselves and dealing with the pressures that come along with being pageant queens. All Is Fair In Love And Pageants: Malique Washington meets friends for life at her first pageant and they become inseparable sisters. Although she loves every aspect of pageants, she soon realizes it’s not always sunshine and roses. All is fair in love and pageants and in the good ole spirit of competition, but when Malique and her new found sister queens are all chosen to compete in the citywide pageant, their sisterhood is threatened. Malique struggles with balancing her life-long friendship with her best friend, her friendship with new sister queens, her new life as a teen queen, and her new boyfriend. On top of all of that, she has to prepare for the pageant, not to mention school! Maybe the world of being a teen queen isn’t so wonderful after all…

Foreword Reviews 2014 IndieFab Book of the Year Finalist * "5 Hearts (out of 5)" - Foreword Reviews * "A delightful adventure featuring smart, wisecracking heroes and breathtaking action that will make young readers laugh and gasp alike" - E.C. Myers, winner of the 2013 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy ** Charlie Galen's vivid imagination has transported him places no other kid in New York City-or the world for that matter-has ever been. But even in his wildest dreams, Charlie has never battled an army of furies, gripped the Sands of Time, or spoken with the one person he has always longed to meet. That all begins to change one mysterious night when a series of strange events forces him to question everything he sees and believes, launching him on a journey that neither he, nor any who read his tale, will soon forget. For it is on this grand adventure that a magical world is revealed-a world that just might make all of Charlie's dreams come true, if only he can unlock its secrets before his deepest fears destroy him.

Burned out by high-profile murders in New York and his love life splashed all over Page Six, homicide cop Charlie Crawford heads south and signs on with the Palm Beach PD. After months of petty crimes, he's first on scene to find a man hanging from a banyan tree. Prime suspects are a hedge-fund billionaire with a thing for young girls and a bartender with a sketchy past and a ten-out-of-ten creep factor. Right in the middle of it all is Crawford's girlfriend, a beautiful, conniving gallery owner, ready to do whatever it takes to move up a bracket or two. Add to the mix a sultry real estate broker who knows where all the bodies are buried, a gorgeous forensic cop often one step ahead of Crawford, a Mutt and Jeff combo of stone cold killers and you've got Palm Beach Nasty. "Turner's Palm Beach is a blend of desperate criminals, social climbers, merciless billionaires and surprising heroes," said Publishers Weekly. "Taut and efficient," Booklist said, and added, "it's a pleasure to watch craftsmen at work, and that describes the author as well as the cops."