Head Above Water, my long labor of love, is now available! 

A self described adult fairy tale, Head Above Water is the tale of a man named Darryl and a girl named Leena who both work at the same company but work in two different offices a thousand miles apart.

A chance meeting sparks a fire in the both of them but circumstances prevent them from being together. Through the course of their lives they find it hard to remain apart and, though they are fated to be apart, they remain determined to be together.

Head Above Water asks the question - how much would you sacrifice for love?

I hope that everyone will check it out and enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Available for $0.99 via the following and coming soon for iTunes:

Amazon Kindle 
http://www.amazon.com/Head-Above-Water-ebook/dp/B006LZR8R6/ref=sr_1_10_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324349663&sr=1-10 

Barnes & Noble Nook =
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/head-above-water-benjamin-jones/1107965938?ean=2940013844346 
 
Smashwords = https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/114222

Spread the word to all of your friends and family as getting the word out is the hardest process for indepenent writers such as myself.

Thank you,
Ben.

Reviews of Head Above Water are starting to come in. Peep the current one from Mr. Demetrice Prince!

Head Above Water will be released on 12.22.11 and can be found on Smashwords, Nook & Kindle for only $.99!

""First let me state that I'm not the biggest fan of romance/love stories, so I was slightly skeptical about taking on the task of reading this. However, from reading some of Benjamin Jones previous works, I knew that I was gonna be in for a treat. Within the first few pages I was instantly hooked! What followed was 33 chapters of pure genius with a little bit of something for everyone while still managing to stick to a main storyline!  Mr. Jones truly does have  a way with words. You would be foolish not to read Head Above Water or any of his other works!" - Demetrice Prince

Hazardous Choices, a book by author Joseph Rinaldo (and the second I've read of his) hits HARD.

Hazardous Choices is the story about a college football player named Darnell who goes to school in a small town in Kentucky to escape his life back home in Chicago which consists of being in a gang. The story is VERY intense because you know, at some point, the paths between his life back home and his life in Kentucky are gonna cross and it's not gonna be good.

The thing I liked about this book is the characters, all of which are written very believably and you grow to care about them. You don't want them to make some of the choices that they do but you can very easily understand WHY they make the choices that they do. There are several story lines (football, gang life, a family learning how to communicate with a special needs kid, etc...) that, taken separately, would make for good books in themselves but, woven together, they form this magical tapestry of a book that you really should read. It's a very quick read and, even when it ends (and I was surprised by it) you will be left wanting more.

I was very impressed with it and hope that everyone will give this book a shot.

5 Stars - Highly recommended.

Find more on Joseph Rinaldo and his works by visiting http://www.josephmrinaldo.com/home/ 

Time for another book review, this one for a wonderful little book entitled The Only Witness by Pamela Beason.

First thoughts, I ran through this book in two days and didn't want to put it down. The story - a seventeen year old girl leaves her infant child in a car while she runs into the store, only to find that the baby has been kidnapped. Turns out there is one witness to the event but that witness happens to be a gorilla that knows sign language. Very unique story/plot and the book is perfectly placed with characters that you end up caring about (human and animal alike).

This book would be perfect as a movie, especially the scenes where the investigator, Finn, is trying to "interview" the witness.

All in all, a highly recommended book that is a must read for anyone who likes a well told mystery.

Find more on The Only Witness and it's author, Ms. Pamela Beason, by visitin www.pamelabeason.com

5 Stars!

Time for another book review and, like most that I have reviewed, this one is quite wonderful.

The Stream: Discovery, the first in a trilogy by Bill Jones, Jr., is the story about a 12 year old boy named Charlie who, in a nutshell, starts having these dreams which eventually start coming true. In these dreams he's drawn to a young girl named Robin who he has never met before who merely watches him in the dreams, never saying anything.

Charlie spends most of his time around his G'pa Joe and the inhabitants of the nursing home where G'pa Joe lives - rarely associating with kids his own age. That is, until he actually meets Robin and finds out that she is real which leads to a series of events involving the both of them as well as G'pa Joe and others. Not gonna say to much more for fear of spoiling.

My thoughts on the book - I liked it a lot. It took me a little bit to figure out exactly what was going on but, once I did, I was into it immensely. The main characters are 12 years old and it READS like they're 12, which is very good - the dialogue they have and the way they act is very realistic as to how real 12 year olds act and provided a level of authenticity to the story.

The story itself is like The Matrix-lite meets Inception (wrap your heads around that) but in a tween perspective. As this is a trilogy the ending doesn't resolve everything and leaves you wanting to know more of what's going to happen next. Get lost in The Stream: Discovery, you won't regret it.

Find more on The Stream: Discovery and Bill Jones, Jr by visiting http://www.billjonesjr.com/BillJonesJr/The_Stream.html 

My rating 4.25 stars!