Meet gorgeous Ruth as she is called in the story Gorgeous Ruth by Albert Chang. Ruth chips her tooth while sitting by the sea. She smiles daintily and her tea cup, which is porcelain, cracks. She spills some tea, but is unfazed. Ruth takes a...

The Boat House by Jana D. Barrett takes us inside the world of the very wealthy, the very powerful, and the sometimes mentally unstable. Genevieve Vandermere–Anderson is eighteen, but for the last six years she has lived with the horrible guilt that it was her...

Making Room For You: A Practical Guide to Organizing Your Home by Meghan Hill is a useful guide to readers who are looking for tips to organize their homes. Following the techniques shared in the book will help everyone clear the clutter and get organized...

The Country Girl Empress tells of the early days of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria, called Sisi within the family. We follow her story from birth to the day she married Franz Joseph, son of Archduchess Sophie of Austria and her feeble-minded...

Reflections of a Hospice Chaplain: Life Lessons from the Death Journeys of Young and Old is a deeply thought-provoking and emotion-stirring collection of stories by author and speaker Tom McQueen, M.Div. Most of the stories are about older hospice patients or their family members to...

Nuclear Blues by Bradley K. Martin is a tightly written and pulsating political thriller with a captivating setting in North Korea, riddled with espionage, shady activities, and a world where nothing is as it seems. Meet Heck Davis, a journalist who has embraced a new...

The past is the last thing on Rose's mind when she sets out to welcome the new Castellan to their castle. But it only takes a single look at the man who has come to be the new master of the castle before the past...

A Tale of the Builder by Jonathan Hatendi is an interesting story that follows the life of Mawara, who started off in a very unusual manner and grew up to be a respectable rural builder, a man who went to school at an older age....

Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold by Andrew Rowen is a phenomenal historical novel that transports the reader back to the 15th century and brings them into contact with some of the historical personalities that have shaped history. The story is centered on the epic journeys of...

White Wine and Medical Marijuana, by Julia Cirignano, is a bittersweet compilation of poems that describe the pain of being in love. Each poem is like a brutal wake-up call to anyone who has ever been in love. From being forgotten to watching a womanizer...

This book is one of the best things I have read in a while in coming-of-age literature. It isn’t just great, it is sweet like honey, absorbing, and it is a tale with very real and unusual characters. In The Unusual Suspects by Dominic Carrillo,...

Hot & Bothered in Cancun by Beverly J. Ray is a breezy read that combines travel, adventure, and one woman’s search for herself into a hilarious ride. Meet Bria, a woman who has known nothing beyond her native city, but who quickly gets seduced by...

Mighty Big and Super Great: Texas Is The "Lone Star State"! written by Amber Manning, and illustrated by Kory Fluckiger, is an educational children’s book about Texas. It can be said to illustrate a love story between Amber and her state. This book is not...

The Pirates of Cayo Pelau: The Adventures of Harry Morgan Series by Clabe Polk is the story of a group of friends and how their world view is changed when they go sailing. Harry Morgan is known as Captain Loggerhead among his friends. When Harry...

In The Reluctant Cowgirl: Taming the Cowboy's Heart by Renee Riva, Amy’s Aunt Polly leaves her a cottage, which was surprising to her since they had not seen each other for years. As she travels from Seattle to Wishram, Amy Landers’ goal is simple: sell...

Chance of Rain by Renee Riva is a beautiful love story about Christie and Joe. After being stood up at the altar, Christie embarks on a journey to Mexico with a broken heart and with the aim of escaping her embarrassment. What would have been...

The Holiday Boys & The Tall Man by Onicka Daniel is a story about two brothers as they face their greatest fear. Every night they dread the visit of the Tall Man. He is everything that could frighten anybody. With resounding steps, big eyes like...

Cecilia’s Tale by Debbie Manber Kupfer is the adorable story of Cecilia the cat who has just woken up from a dream and she is hungry. She is waiting for her humans to come and feed her. Cecilia always felt humans lead complicated lives and...

Esmeralda Grunch is a very enthusiastic and energetic flower sprite, a fairy. Her best friend is Tulip, the only red tulip in a field of yellow tulips. Esmeralda lived inside Tulip. Well, perhaps it would be more precise to say that she slept inside Tulip,...

Meet Miki the baby dragon in Miki and the Human Baby by Karen Avril. He is one of the few dragons left on the planet. At some point, dragons outnumbered humans, but not so anymore. Humans are continually increasing while dragons seem to decrease in...