The Map to Abundance by Boni Lonnsburry is a beautifully designed book whose aim is to help readers live a more abundant life. However, abundance, in this case, is not only meant in a financial way: it is about a general abundance that includes money,...

Sixteen-year-old Grace Fortune is an orphan and she seemed to be unlucky until now in Forlorn by Gina Detwiler. Grace had been orphaned at a very young age when her parents died in a car accident. She remembers being saved and she believes an angel...

Red Star Rising by Tyler Roberts is a gripping novel with a strong dystopian and political setting. The American Empire is on the brink of collapse, economically weakened by its uncontrolled spending and mounting debts. Now, China wants the debt repaid and the US is...

It’s always fascinating to see how an author has created an absorbing and informative story around some obscure historical person. That is what Beth M Caruso has done so very well in One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging. That so-called...

Song of the Shepherd Woman by Carlene Havel and Sharon Faucheux is an engaging novel set against the backdrop of first century biblical times and featuring a shepherding people. When her parents die, Channah is given away. She finds a new home in the house...

An unpaid piano player and the kidnapping of four women are key factors in the unearthing of a criminal element infiltrating a peaceful community in the suspenseful sleuth mystery, Trouble in Bay Town (A Sonny Knight Adventure) by Alan Blank. Sonny Knight is a private...

What if you found out that you had a magical gift, and instead of a boring life with a mother who dumps you with your grandparents while she goes off on an adventure, you find out that you are a witch and have a special...

The Mystery Box by Monty Edwards is a collection of poems divided into seven sections: Animals & Birds, Garden Creatures, Food & Family, People & Places, Play Time, Weather Watching, and Fun With Words. The poems are fun and playful and they are filled with...

Chasing Shadows by author Kerry Watts is an inspirational children’s story about a racing greyhound who goes by the name of Shadow Chaser. Chase is his pet name. As the story unfolds, Chase eventually endures an injury that may end up threatening his professional career....

Waggytail by Kerry Watts is the story of Jet, a pup who has been living with his new family for four months at Number 5, Barrels Avenue. Once the school routine started, no one had any time for Jet except Billy, who took him for...

Michael Elliot is an investigative journalist working on an article about the abuse of opioids. He has made appointments to meet some officials in Canada's capital city, Ottawa. Because his meetings coincided with Ottawa's one hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration, Michael had made reservations at...

Put Stress to Work:Turning Headaches into Advantages, by J. Michael Godfrey, is a comprehensive dissection of stress in people’s lives today, as well as a complete guide directing the reader to reduce and/or eliminate stress on a daily basis. The book describes where stress comes...

A devastating scream and a mysterious murder bring to a climax Sarah’s trauma in Fatal Family Affair by Leila Kirkconnell. This is the beginning of detectives Martin and Doyle’s mission to find the murderer. What appears to be a straightforward homicide turns out to be...

Ocean One: Only One Ocean, Only One Chance is an environmental science children’s storybook written by Eileen Clancy Biegel and illustrated by Sue Lynn Cotton. As a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Biegel spent a year on Kure Atoll, which is the subject of...

To Be Had by Sava Buncic is a great read with compelling characters. A lawyer who doesn't earn more than a waiter, Boris feels trapped in Greentown. But how can he give his family the life they deserve when there are no prospects of advancing...

Medar by SR Manssen is a young adult fantasy novel in which fourteen-year-old Freya finds a mysterious tablet as she hides from brutal guards. It tells her about a beautiful land beyond the Wall, but when she mentions it to the others no one will...

Haunted is a paranormal romance novel written by Shari Nichols. Karly was not in the market for a new romance. She was still recovering from her breakup with Chad, who had been unfaithful to her, and the store she and her sister, Sophie, had opened...

The Rocket that Flew to Mars by Audrey Sauble is all about the rocket that flew to Mars. The book speaks about the capsule propelled by the engines that launched the rocket that flew to Mars. It travels for many, many days before landing on...

Politics isn’t an easy subject to discuss with anyone because it seems as if everyone is so set in their ways that they refuse to even listen to someone with different views than their own. But in The Secret to Political Happiness by AM Ramsey,...

Girl on the Right: Memoir of a Life Upside Down is an autobiography written by Tina Truax. The author knew she was not the brightest, most wonderful child in the world. Her father had made sure she realized those facts, first in the way he...