Butterfly Lake by Robert J. Saniscalchi is a thriller featuring Vietnam war veterans Rob and Tex. Tex had just arrived at Rob’s lakeside cabin in Pennsylvania for a vacation with his wife and two kids. On the second day, they had no sooner prepared lunch...

A Thousand Butterfly Wishes by Susan Haught is a heartwarming story that features love and loss, a journey towards compassion, and the incredible power of human connectedness. Meet Rachel Gowen, a woman with a difficult past that haunts her, a past she would love to...

Our story begins in a butterfly garden with two cousins flirting with each other. Dace is a handsome young man prone to trouble. For much younger Liz he is temptation. He enticed her to swim in the pond. If Uncle Norm had not come along...

The title and cover art of INSECTUAL (The Secret of the Black Butterfly) by Barbara Sala intrigued me. It details the life of Maya – a German woman who describes intimacy and sex as ‘the devil’ – yet has no problems falling in love. After...

Don’t Forget to Breathe by Cathrina Constantine is a fast paced, punchy murder mystery. Leo is a high school student whose mother was brutally murdered a year before the story begins. The murder remains unsolved. Leo develops a friendship with Henry, the boy who comes...

The Spirit of Steel is Book Two of The Morus Chronicles, a children’s fantasy by J.R. Roper. Thirteen-year-old Ethan Morus, who possesses treasure hunting instincts, is closely watched by sorcerers from the Light and Dark. They need Ethan’s talents to locate another legendary ancient treasure...

Despite a bit of a slow start, Leighton's Summer by KC Finn soon drew me in. This is the story of a young man with an unusual gift on the cusp of his sixteenth birthday. It is 1945, after the end of World War II....

Sinister Sentiments by K.C. Finn is a collection of tales with dark endings featuring various monsters and ghouls. In The Maybe Man, Gregg makes a Faustian deal with a mysterious man for power and glory, but it comes at a price. In The Demon's in...

The Hunter Awakens (Book One of the Morus Chronicles) is written by J.R. Roper. Ethan Morus' grief for his deceased father deepens when his home is damaged in a storm, and his mother sends him and Destry, his sister, to stay on a farm with...

Evangeline ‘Evan’ Phillips moves halfway across the country with her parents to the quaint town of Braxton Springs, Texas. It is a chance for Evan to leave her past in San Francisco and start over; at least that’s what her parents think. The loner high...

The Day the World Ended (Skin) Volume 1 by K.C. Finn was a day like no other. April 3rd. Cherie’s father heads to work like every other day. Her mother is still working at the hospital. Cherie heads to the mall with her friend Cariad,...

How to Raise Well-Rounded Children: Dr. Lulu's "How To" Series: Book One by Uchenna L. Umeh, M.D. is a useful and helpful manual for all parents when it comes to tackling issues related to parenting and some of the mental issues children deal with in...

A Song for Ladybug by Susan Haught is Book 3 of the Whisper of the Pines series. Five years ago, Rachel lost her husband. Fifteen years ago, she was sexually assaulted but has locked the memories away. Now living with her daughter and her grandpa,...

Sasha Volonov left home in a self-imposed exile because he didn’t want to head the ubyzniki. The ubyzniki was a Russian cult-like organization comprising a few prestigious families designated to protect Russia from harm. However, their ideas didn’t please Sasha, who was the best assassin...