Animals, folklore or fiction. These are the causes of many so-called haunted places, and paranormal investigator Jack Barnes is confident that the derelict New Castle Asylum won’t be much different as he goes inside and sets up his equipment for the night. Yet, the place...

The news of Abigail Ward's death was a shock to her family and neighbors. Everyone said Abby was the kindest and most generous person they knew. It was surprising that she died of a heart attack after her 80th birthday party, as she had looked...

The Apple King by Barbara Anne King is a historical fiction novel about an immigrant who had to make a tough decision just when things were going well for him. The story begins in 1880 when Nikola Markovich leaves Croatia for a better future in...

In Parenting with Kindness and Consequences by Barbara Frandsen, we find cute imaginary letters from the young children and babies in Frandsen's life beginning each chapter, and sweet pictures and helpful illustrations accompany the text. Frandsen explains the concepts of child development and behavior in...

Pushing the River by Barbara Monier is a family drama that highlights many of the difficulties we all face in our busy lives as we try to hold our families together, especially as our children grow up and leave the nest to spread their wings....

Five Fortunes by Barbara Venkataraman is a sweet tale of five best friends who buy their fortunes at an arcade vending machine before the story opens. They think it will be fun, but they start to take their fortunes seriously and let their problems preoccupy...

The Long Way Home is a work of fiction in the mystery and suspense subgenres and was penned by author Betta Ferrendelli. It is intended for the general adult reading audience and forms the sixth installment of the Samantha Church Mystery series. In a chilling...

On The Border by Betta Ferrendelli is the fifth book from the mystery series of reporter Samantha Church. When a sloppily-handwritten letter in Spanish arrives at the newspaper, addressed to her, she asks the recently hired bilingual reporter, Hunter John Hollingsworth, to translate it for...

Cold Case No. 99-5219 is the fourth book in the Samantha Church Mystery Series by Betta Ferrendelli. When she visited her sister's grave, Sam found another grave with a very peculiar headstone. The inscription on the headstone did not say anything about the real...

Samantha Church has already faced tremendous danger and hardship, but things are not getting much better for her in Dead Wrong by Betta Ferrendelli. Still recovering from injuries she received during a kidnapping, Sam feels guilty for Wilson’s need for a prosthesis to replace the...

Revenge is Sweet (A Samantha Church Mystery) by Betta Ferrendelli is, as the title suggests, a gripping mystery. Samantha Church and her publisher Wilson Cole Jr. are kidnapped by drug dealers seeking revenge because Samantha had ruined their smuggling operations. They are taken to an...

Samantha Church had every aspect of her life going wrong; she had lost a good job, lost her daughter to her ex-husband, and was drinking more and more every day. She thought she had hit rock bottom and things could not get any worse until...

An Invincible Summer By Betta Ferrendelli is a beautifully written story told with great emotion. Jaime Monroe finds herself in controversial waters when she hears that a local reporter, Leigh Roberts, plans to have her daughter, Ashleigh, forcibly sterilized to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Jaime is...

Meet Bridgette Connor. When luck is being issued, she must feel as if she is the last person in line receiving the good stuff. As her life plummets from bad to worse, she throws up her hands in total despair, and runs. Her heart is...

“For God so loved the world he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” This oft-quoted verse from scripture is the foundation of faith. It’s a testament in itself to help us through times...

Concrete Wings: One Man’s Fifty Year Journey to Personal Freedom by Beverly Gandara is a historical novel that follows the life and struggles of Julian Vida, a Cuban immigrant, and his journey to inner freedom. It is the eve of the event that has come...

Women, Work and Triumph is a compilation of Beverly Gandara’s interviews with 26 marvelous women from different fields. It’s a celebration of success over remarkable hurdles and a shout-out to all that daughters of Eve can achieve in a male-dominated world. Their stories are testaments...

Soaring in Silence: One Woman’s Triumph over Fear by Beverly Gandara is the riveting story of one woman’s experience with a dangerous retiree who stalks her. During the summer and after one week of vacation, Kim and Brad return home to their co-op apartment...

The Wizard's Testament: An Unexpected Challenge is a work of fiction in the epic fantasy and adventure subgenres. It is intended for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Billy Ironcrane. Taking its primary inspiration from Chinese mythology, folklore, and combat styles,...

Seed of Dragons: Surviving an Empire Undone is a work of fiction in the action, adventure, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Billy Ironcrane. The book tells two stories: the first is about the...

Token Tales and Fragments: Recalling a Time of Heroes and Sages is a work of fiction in the epic fantasy genre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by Billy Ironcrane. The book is a collection of stories based on the...

The Ghost Inside Me: Even More Tales From The Baron is yet another enthralling poetry collection by Billy J. Barnum. The poem Infatuation tells the tale of a scorned woman struggling to comprehend that the man she loves has spurned her. The Creepy Castle follows...

Love, Lydie by Blair Harton follows the story of Nathan as he loved, lost, and then learned to do it all over again. Nathan’s life isn’t easy. He lived the majority of his youth as a rockstar, but that all changed when something big happened...

Delos: The Moon’s Eye by Blake Miller is the second book in the series. Cynthia and Kaden are the impossible twins. They lived two separate lives - one in California and the other in England - with different parents, but everything changed once they turned...

Blue Andrews is a suicide survivor who managed to turn his life around. Choosing Life is a candid confession in which he details his descent into depression and alcoholism. He begins his story from his early junior year of high school in Kirkland, Washington. Once...

Union organizers are struggling. There are even people who predict that they will disappear within twenty years. However, if you want to make a difference, there is still a chance for you to do a great job. But what are the practical things to do?...

An extinction-level apocalyptic event that could destroy all life in the galaxy is inevitable unless Lady Silver gets to a planet called Centralis on time and uses her exceptional magic to heal the breach in the dimensional barrier. As she journeys on a ship to...

In The ISIS Gambit by Brad Carlson, Hezbollah launches an attack on Washington, Boston, and New York from Russian-owned cargo ships. The US President finds himself drawn into another conflict and sends out Special Forces to deal with what they believe to be a...

Enigma Tracer by Breakfield and Burkey is a riveting page-turner. Gracie and her twin brother, JJ, are well-trained for the roles they just took in their family business. Gracie is the leader of the R-Group team, and JJ is the lead of the CATS team...

The Time Travels of Annie Sesstry is a novel by Brenda Welburn. Imagine being named Ann Sesstry. Sound it out and connect it to parents who are historians and constantly dragging the family along to look into their family stories, their ancestry, and you’ll understand....

The Mage Destinies: Path of the Daydreamer is a work of fiction in the fantasy and adventure subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience from young adults upwards and was penned by author Brett Galen. The story follows protagonist Tessa, who has dreams...

A New Orleans policeman hell-bent on revenge, a time-traveling physics professor on a rescue mission, an American family trying to escape the wrath of a native American nature deity. As random as these events sound, they share one thing in common. They are parts of...

Inner Pixel: We Are All The Same Inside by Brian D Wilson is an educational picture book for children. Peter Pixel and his friends live inside a screen. One day, Peter decides to make an image with pixels just like him, but it doesn't go...

Angels and Bandits by Brodie Curtis is a historical fiction novel set during the early days of the Second World War. After being given a taste of flying on a plane, working-class Eddy Beane is hooked on returning to the skies again. Eventually, he finds...

How to be Happy on Mondays by Bruce McCombs is an intriguingly curious mix of the ordinary and the extraordinary which is what makes it so enjoyable. Whilst on the one hand McCombs traces his life’s journey in an autobiographical style, on the other, he...

The Fake Fall of Rome by Bruce Shoemaker is a short but comprehensive book where we are presented with the history of humanity from a very different perspective from the one we know. After studying the subject for 15 years, Shoemaker explains how 96 percent...

There's Blood on the Moon Tonight is a retro-horror in the classic style of human-driven supernatural macabre wherein author Bryn Roar centers the story on a remote locale and a group of misfits known as the Creeps. Nothing good ever comes from a covert government...

Pet owners know the great joys that are involved in sharing life with a beloved pet. Unfortunately, with all those joys comes the inevitable day when they will need to say goodbye. In Bunny Russell's book I Love You: A Tale of Comfort Now and...

Black Witch Moth: A Man's Spiritual Journey to Find His Destiny is a work in the interpersonal drama, spiritual and sociocultural issues subgenres. It is best suited to the mature adult reading audience owing to some scenes of a sexual nature and the use of...

C.S. Wachter creates an amazing Christian fantasy in Lander’s Legacy. Lander Devlin is just a simple, yet shy, teenage boy reared by his Pop-pop Ian. When his grandfather dies, Lander discovers many answers to why he could not have friends and was taught to use...