The Gripped series has earned two new honors from the 2026 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest. Gripped Part 4: Smoke & Mirrors received the Gold Medal in Young Adult – Coming of Age. Gripped Part 6: The Dunkin Legacy received the Silver Medal in Young Adult – Social Issues. Results were announced September 1,ContinueContinue reading “Stacy Padula’s ‘Gripped’ Series Takes Home Gold & Silver Medals in the 2026 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards”
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The Right Person: an Amazon Best Seller in Multiple Categories
The Right Person is the debut novel in The Montgomery Lake High Book Series, which follows a large cast of personalities as they navigate through the social waters of high school. Characters include Chantal and Cathy Kagelli, identical twins whose similarities stop at face value (think good vs. evil, naive vs. manipulative); Chris Dunkin, a talented football player whose success is threatened by alcohol and drug abuse; Courtney Angeletti, the mayor’s straightedge daughter who cannot deny her attraction to Chris’ life of the party reputation; and Bryan Sartelli, Courtney’s loyal longterm boyfriend who happens to be best friends with Chris. Whether reading this novel as a teen or an adult, readers will be entertained, intrigued, and inspired by its dynamic array of characters.
