After reading this book, I wanted to find Nutmeg and hug her and comfort her, but it appears that after all she went through in her life, she is now a mature, well-balanced young woman, thanks to the Children's Garden. I can't imagine an eight year...

Joseph has spent most of his life in anguish due to tormenting, graphic nightmares that he cannot shake when he's not sleeping. In fact, sometimes he daydreams and they come to him: still the same scene, just as graphic and certainly as disturbing. Using karate...

First friends, first loves, childhood secrets, love, passion, loss of innocence, guilt, betrayal. Angels and demons. Choices and agency. Loss and grief. These themes are all woven intricately into the plot of Heaven’s Way by Roger Ladd Memmott. The narrator is Danny, and we see...

Elizabeth Williams brings Elvis fans a new insight into his personal life. She knew him in a way few others can claim. Ms. Williams met the King when she was only six years old. Their meeting could only be defined as fate or divine intervention....

Annie Cleaving's mother has died, and her young son, Ethan, has been killed in an automobile accident by the drunken youngest son of the town sheriff. Annie is grieving deeply, so she quits her job and sells her family home in Kentucky. She doesn't want...

Paige Agnew did a wonderful job in explaining the true feelings of teenagers. Kahlen Thomas is a very quiet stubborn 16 year old whom has just experienced the most tragic event of her life, an event that all of us will also have to experience...

Voices is an intriguing novel written by Roger Ladd Memmott. Kala Westergaard was orphaned as a young child and raised by her grandmother and aunt. The novel starts with Kala and her boyfriend, Tommy, out driving late at night. They encounter a deer on the...

The Prisoner Within written by Emma Daniels is an intrinsic romantic novel, yet it is about tragedy and dealing with consequences. The Story starts when Luke Alexander, a young man in his mid-twenties, is leaving prison after having served 5 years for being involved...

Aubrey had a loving mom and dad, and they were a close and happy family until that one dreaded day when a horrible accident took her dad, leaving Aubrey and her mom alone. To deal with losing her husband, Aubrey’s mom chose the bottle to...

Lavina Bradshaw was raised by her grandparents. She barely knew her mother and never knew her father. When her grandparents were killed in an auto accident, there was only one option for Lavina...to move to England and live with the mother who gave her away...