A Deep Thing by A.K. Smith is a suspense novel about a young widow searching for her lost husband's secrets. Kendall Riggs lost her husband, Tim, over sixteen months ago in a diving accident in a cenote. She is still feeling the pain of her...

A Twist of Lemon: 100 Curious Stories in Exactly 100 Words by Arlene Duane Hemingway is a cleverly written collection of complete tales. Too many to list here, each story has its own merit, ranging from comedic to tragic. This happened to be my first...

A Gentle Wizard was written by Nils Andersson, an expert on Einstein's theory of relativity and related astrophysics, to celebrate the 100th birthday of Einstein's theory of gravity. The narrative is written from the perspective of a young boy whose chance encounter with Einstein led...

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...

Wow! Just, Wow! That's exactly what I thought when I finished reading Deadly Homecoming at Rosemont: A Wrenn Grayson Mystery by author Connie Chappell. It's not often that a prolific reader like myself finds a mystery that pops off the shelf as truly unique in...

In Shady Place by David A. Byrne, we first meet Jim Phillips, a retired police detective, as he is preparing to leave the Philadelphia home he shared for many years with his now deceased wife; being urged on by his two adult daughters to move...

The Ripper is a riveting horror story by L.A. Maldonado. Ripperologist Chelsea Reid gains clairvoyant vision after a brutal attack and warns a stranger in Whitechapel of her forthcoming murder. A tabloid hires Chelsea’s detective father, Matthew, descendant of the detective on the original case,...

As an orphan in a large group home, Franny Mireles contented herself with stories of fairies and make-believe lands. Imagine Franny’s surprise one day, on an outing in Highland Park, when she discovers a fairy trapped in a spider’s web. In Franny and The Land...

Unhappy about moving away from her city home and friends in Gabbie and the Secret Door by L.A. Maldonado, Gabbie is pleasantly surprised when she discovers an amazing secret hidden in the wall of her new bedroom. In a suburban neighborhood where she has to...

Her very own apartment, and at only sixteen; it all seemed surreal to Claire, but then again so did the fact that she would never see her mother again. Her mother had finally lost her battle with cancer, and now Claire was in a new...

Rock Candy Mountain by Earl Davis is quite a different type of memoir in that it focuses on just a short period of the author’s life, up until the age of fourteen, with most of the story revolving around a two-year period from the age...

In "Jump-Starting Real Job Creation in America", Gary R. Patterson sets out to outline what he believes to be key economic changes that are necessary to 'jump start' job creation in America without increasing the budget deficit or accumulating more government debt. It includes key...

Almond City Ashes by Connie Chappell is a cozy mystery novel. It is book five in a series but works as a standalone. Historian Wrenn Grayson lives in the small town of Havens, Ohio. She was invited to the Foundling Estate and was asked to...

Liberty: A Dog with a Job is a cute educational story written by Terri Kelley. Jovie is excited to go camping with her mother and cousin near the lake. They have fun swimming and fishing, and Jovie’s chore is wood collecting for the fire. She...

While scripture tells us to forgive and forget, it isn’t easy. There are some hurts that just aren’t that easy to get over. Unfortunately, when we hang on to them, we only hurt ourselves. Anger can take over our lives preventing us from finding the...

It’s remarkable that a book this compact can leave you reeling and overwhelmed with sadness at the atrocities one human being can inflict upon another. And when the victims of those atrocities are children who haven’t even hit puberty, as in the case of Yuna...

Lariat Girl is a psychological thriller novel written by Suzanne Prescott. Kenley Madson was not your ordinary teen. She loved the action and adventure lifestyle that went with having a dad who had been a stuntman and now had a training center for people who...

If ever a story and its author were worthy of the accolades it has received, it’s the memoir Strip by Hannah Sward. I have read dozens of memoirs, even written my own, based on early childhood abuse and its lifelong effects on the child, but...

Atonement by Marie Huguette and Susanne Lee Matthews revolves around Anca Cole, a Boston bartender disillusioned by her urban life, who returns to her Salem roots to care for her injured Aunt Selma and protect her family's threatened heritage. Propelled by her aunt's prophecy, Anca...

Hush Money by Deborah Harris, Jaquie Abram, and Delilah Harris is an explosive novel that focuses on systemic racism. All Ebony, a black woman, ever wanted was to have a decent and steady source of income, to take care of her mother and son. Her...