Twinkle by SJ Parkinson introduces us to the richest man in the world who wants to have a 4th of July like he has never had before. He wants to get his name into the record books and to do so he decides to put...

In Taming the Telomeres by Richard Shapiro, we meet Andrew Michaels, an attorney. A Hemispheres airplane crashes, killing his brother and sister-in-law; only his niece Amanda survives. Amanda has a mild brain injury leaving her with amnesia; she must wear a halo until her bones...

In The Enclave by H.M. Clarke, Commander Katherine Kirk and her crew were in hot pursuit of Hyde when they received orders to pick up an ambassador and transport him to Junter Three. The VIP was a SID, her estranged brother Ambassador John Kirk. Hyde...

The Queen's Spy by Ruth S. Daigneault is a romantic novel set in England before, during and after the historical event of the Spanish Armada. The backdrop of the story covers a period when the country saw a lot of unrest and there was much...

The Opening by J. Blanes is the first novel in a young adult science fiction series called The Universal Portals. I consider it exceptional in its genre. The science makes sense, the teenage characters are interesting and believable, and the writing and pace are good....

Dorothy Kozeny, grieving for her son who died in Vietnam, is shocked when she receives a mysterious letter stating the ashes the military sent her may not be Andrew’s. Her investigation confirms this, but the military bureaucrats are tight-lipped. Dorothy decides to go to Laos...

In The Return of the Mahdi, author Sharon Alice Geyer tells the exciting story of Ari, an Israeli Jew, who was chosen by the Muslims for an unusual purpose. The story begins with a dangerous adventure in which Ari leaves his family behind and steps...

Ronnie Masters turns to the only person who can help her locate her missing brother and husband, her former partner Australian pilot Mitch Blaine. Together, Mitch and his friend Beyer fly with Ronnie halfway around the world to Page, Arizona to confront ancient Native American...

I thought The Dragon’s Egg (Relics of Mysticus Book 3) by H.B. Bolton was an astounding book that readers of all ages will be able to enjoy over and over. I should mention that I have not read the first two books but found that...

Boys will always get into entertaining mischief in The Adventures of Buckfart, Seabiscuit, Pedro and the Gang by Royal T. Honeycutt. These boys have one of the best summers, despite the repercussions of war. Seabiscuit and his brother stay with their loving grandparents on their...