Four American Tales by Jack Messenger is a collection of four short stories: Wichega, A Hundred Ways to Live, Ballbusters on Parade and Uncle Mort. All four are set in America, and each story is concerned with money and power, secrets and the way they...

Tangled by James W. Lewis is a tale of suspense and mystery. The Monte Clara High Class of 2005 ten-year reunion has been set. It will be the biggest party of the decade. It should be a place to meet up with old friends and...

Lydia knew there was something important she should remember. Her mind kept returning to it over and over again, yet each time it slipped her recollection. Her world was nothing more than a painted dream, yet she couldn't help but wonder what their home had...

The Fox of Cordovia is a historical novel of a factious island close to Scotland. Linda Weaver Clarke captures the spirit of a people who had recently won a major victory over a dictator king. This novel is the third in The Rebel Series and...

Secrets of Ravenshire: Romance and Revenge is a spellbinding opening in The Gabriella Trilogy by Noëlle de Beaufort, a book with elements of historical romance. Lady Gabriella Wyndward is a strong, spirited woman who enjoys her independence and her values, a woman who doesn’t like...

Strain of Resistance is the first audio book in the Bixby series, an unusual tale of resistance and courage after an earth-altering tragedy. The book is written by Michelle Bryan and narrated by Marnye Young. First off, I would like to comment on the narrative...

The Thinking Human's Guide to Religion by Steve Paull scrutinises each chapter of Genesis in depth and questions whether the Bible is the work of the creator or man made fiction. Was God a cruel dictator who enjoyed setting impossible vicious tasks for mankind? The...

Individuation is a term that was used by Carl Jung to describe the process of unifying the conscious and subconscious minds, producing a psychologically integrated and balanced personality. Identical conditions or spiritual awakenings are recognised in many religions and cultures under a variety of names....

The Last Suttee by Madhu Bazaz Wangu tells the story of Kumud who, at the age of only nine, had to witness the suttee of her aunt. A suttee happens when a wife follows her dead husband onto the pyre and is burned alive. It...

The Witch of Blacklion by Joy Ross Davis is an exquisitely written story that takes place in the village of Blacklion, Northern Ireland during World War I. This wonderfully written tale begins with the introduction of its two guardians, Old Shelly and Mordecai. Mordecai is...

Seeds of Hate by Robyn Walters and Peyton Abbott follows the path of attorney Patrick Kane as he seeks to defend Wilhelm Kastner, former German World War II soldier turned elementary school teacher, as he is accused of sexual misconduct by female students in his...

The False Princess: The Sitnalta Series, Book 5 by Alisse Lee Goldenberg is the story of a princess who grew up a little too fast, but now she has to make some decisions that are making her question everything and everyone. Princess Sitnalta is finally...

It’s a real treat to find a legal mystery fiction that you can get into quickly and enjoy the unfolding plot without getting lost in a copious amount of lawyer jargon as happens to too many legal thrillers. Teresa Burrell, author of The Advocate’s Homicide,...

Nathan’s Clan of Deadheads is the third book in The World of Deadheads’ series, written by Paul Atreides. Nathaniel (Nathan) Ray Crockett is carefree in death. For almost two hundred years, slipping into a new body when each borrowed one expires is a common occurrence,...

One delight of most Buddhist teachings is the stories masters tell to instill a kind of continuous contemplation in their students' minds regarding the practical applications of their teachings. Unique to this most non-religious practice of transcendent spirituality, such stories embellish everyday life with higher...

Riding for the Brand by Lawrence H. Lee is a beautifully written autobiography that follows the author’s life from the turbulent years of WWII, seeing him through his early careers to becoming the Chairman of the Board of Western Airlines. In this autobiography, the author...

Sarah Ashwood’s fantasy novel Aerisia: Land Beyond The Sunset features Hannah Winters changing from being an ordinary college student into the prophesied Artan. This novel is divided into three parts. In Part One, Laytrii details Hannah’s encounter with Risean and his transporting her to Aerisia....

Running from Color: A Novel by Morenike' starts with a personal letter from the author which expresses a racist experience she had at Walmart, one that opened her eyes to the painful reality of racism. At the end of the letter, she states with a...

Songwriting: Apply Proven Methods, Ideas and Exercises to Kickstart or Upgrade Your Songwriting by Tommy Swindali is an interesting book and reaches out to all readers who want to become famous and successful when it comes to writing songs. Writing songs can be complicated and...

Theo is an ordinary twelve-year-old boy, teasing his twin sister, Nia, and fooling with his best friend, a nerd who makes Theo wings, unsuccessfully. The only oddity in his past is that his father drowned on the day he was born, and there are strange...