Freshmen Fifteen is a coming of age novel written by Jasmine Sheffield. When we first meet Laila, she and her best friend Tanya are planning a big night out after graduation. They will be spending the night with their boyfriends for the first time. Laila's...

When we meet Jackie for the first time, we encounter a third-grader who is abused by his father and tormented by his classmates. Diagnosed with Autism, Jackie does not fit into the world correctly and is ultimately pulled out of school to be educated at...

Lemonade Revealed by Will Chluho is a somewhat ground-breaking novel for those wanting a personal philosophical study without spending classroom time. Initially, a boy is discovered unconscious on a Pacific Island beach and when he awakens, he is startled to find three entities attempting to...

An Absent Mind by Eric Rill is a moving story about a man diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Saul was in his early seventies when this terrible illness struck. It was obvious that throughout his life he had been a larger than life kind of character and...

Two major life changing events had taken place in Helena Brewster's life in the recent past; her father had passed away and she had seen Jason again after four years. However, neither of these compared to the effects of the sudden appearance of an angelic...

Dependence by author Sue Noye Clark is set in London in the 1970s. It is the story of Anna and Fitz, their love and progress as a young couple, and their struggle with the boy’s drug addiction. At first, Anna’s understanding of this world is...

Putting out fires, literally, wasn’t exactly what Grace Harkins had in mind for her first summer after retiring from teaching school, but that is exactly what happens in Fresh Start Summer by Beverly Nault. Her friend, Maggie Elmsley, informed her before movie production hit town...

Wendi Sotis' newest book, The Gypsy Blessing, is the author's perspective of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth Bennett comes upon an injured woman who turns out to be a gypsy. Elizabeth comes to her aid and then assists her back to her traveling home....

Kate Atkinson's Life After Life is an interesting loop of reincarnation and the life altering choices seemingly small decisions make. Ursula Todd has consistently felt deja vu through every stage in her life. Even the psychiatrist her parents take her to is intrigued. In fact,...

If you’re looking for a laugh out loud story filled with cringe-worthy mishaps then Grace Feldman’s Milk, Turkey, and Neurosis should be right up your alley. As a twenty-almost-thirty-something struggling for independence, success, and love, Grace must contend with an overbearing mother who often offers...