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	Stephanie Lynch is one half of the writing team of Marilu Mann and Cai Stephan. She got her RWA Pro Pin with a double rejection from Tor and Silhouette. After indulging in chocolate, she dove back in to write some more. Her team writes Bombshells, Paranormals and Contemporaries with a distinct preference towards Paranormals. In her everyday life, she is a web designer for Allstate Insurance. Hobbies include aviculture, computers, reading and cooking. She also serves as a Trustee for the Rocky Mountain Society of Aviculture. Stephanie belongs to the Colorado Romance Writers chapter of RWA and the From the Heart Romance Writers online chapter.

THE PSYCHIC IN YOU: Understand and Harness Your Natural Psychic Power
Jeffrey A. Wands with Tom Philbin
Pocket Books, $13.00, 246 pgs
ISBN: 0-7434-7000-1

Mr. Wands' bio touts that he has earned a living as an intuitive psychic for most of his adult life. What it doesn't say is that he could have been earning his living teaching others to do the same thing. This book is his effort to share his knowledge and passion for communicating with your psychic self. And he does an amazing job of it.

The chapters flow very well except the last three. I might have been tempted to switch the order so that "Cleansing Yourself Of Pain And Negativity" came second to last simply because it is a very important lesson for anyone who wants to exercise their own abilities. And Mr. Wands makes it very clear that anyone can do what he does. In fact he encourages people to explore this part of themselves by offering simple things to do. He emphasizes the idea that all you have to do is pay attention.

I have over 20 years of working as a psychic both intuitive and in conjunction with the Tarot cards. Even I learned quite a bit from this gentle book that relies on anecdotes and compassion to relay a message of hope and communication. I highly recommend this book if you are even the slightest bit interested in what it takes to open up your own psychic self. Even if you don't care about that, the stories alone are worth the book. He also gives some excellent tips on how to avoid being scammed by a fake psychic.

Stephanie Lynch

STATE OF THE UNION
Brad Thor
Pocket Books $7.99 523 pages
ISBN 0-7434-3678-4

Fortunately for America, series hero Scot Harvath (The Lions of Lucerne; Path of the Assassin) possesses almost superhuman abilities and an equal amount of fantastic luck in this blistering, testosterone-fueled espionage thriller.
Be warned. When you open this book up, you won't be able to put it down. Our hero, Scot Horvath, is ready to rock and roll on the enemies of America. Unfortunately for him those enemies aren't as easy to identify as they used to be. Someone seems to want the Cold War back, but what's more is that they want Russia to be the dominant nuclear power.

Imagine that Russian operatives hid nuclear devices in America. Now consider that one Russian soldier holds those devices as a threat to order the President of America to remove itself as a world power or millions of Americans will die. Enter Scot Horvath, ex-Seal, now Secret Service operative. He has one week to find and disarm the weapons. Throw in a lovely Russian Intelligence agent and some angst from his new girlfriend and you have a plot for some fun suspenseful action. And let's not forget the CIA detachment along for the ride.

Thor, the host of PBS' "Traveling Lite", makes the most of the exotic travels of his characters. They even land in Finland! He weaves a tightly written story with characters that you want to learn more about. I was able to thoroughly enjoy this book even though I had not read the previous two in the series.

Stephanie Lynch

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