Highly atmospheric and elegantly written, The Brute: A Novel by Mike Klaassen is a young adult novel that is as mesmerizing as it is deeply affecting, exploring a young man’s journey to what really defines him when a tempest hits a campsite. On a prairie...

Persimmon Takes on Humanity is the first book in The Enlightenment Adventures by Christopher Locke and it is both inspirational and thoughtful, a great story that will undoubtedly be hailed by animal lovers. It awakens a deep sense of compassion in readers for animals that...

I feel lucky that I missed going to Vietnam, but sometimes I wonder how I would have performed, what it would have been like, would I have even lived through it. I’ll never know, but reading Things I’ll Never Forget by James M. Dixon gave...

Fans of paranormal, adventure, and poetically entrenched stories, beware: even you may not escape the sting of the prose and the excitement of the adventure. Family Secrets by Augusta Wright is Book Two in a series and it follows what becomes of four siblings after...

His For The Claiming: A Medieval Time Travel Romance and the third book in the Campbell Brothers series by Ju Ephraime is a historical romance with powerful hints of the paranormal and time travel. Set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, the story follows...

From New York to Miami to the US Virgin Islands, private investigator Joey Mancuso and his team work diligently to solve the case of a missing young woman in The Case of the Antiquities Collector: A Joey Mancuso, Father O’Brian Crime Mystery (Volume 4) by...

The Manhattan Red Ribbon Killer by Owen Parr is the third book in a crime mystery series featuring unlikely brothers, Italian-American Joey Mancuso and Irish-American Father Dominic O’Brian (don’t worry — the relationship is explained in the story). This time, New York City is being...

Covenant of the Sword by Carol Louise Wilde is the second entry in the Nagaro Chronicle, a tale featuring a world brimming with magic and sophisticated characters. Nagaro and his fellow slave friends are finally free and on the island of Pakoa. Although free, he...

A Random Buzzard In Kathmandu by Suzanne Link is a memoir written by Suzanne about her journey battling with cancer and her subsequent travel to the Himalayas. The narrative begins with her initial diagnosis of breast cancer and the chemotherapy and radiation she went through...

Explosions of Joy: A Memoir of the Grief Counselor for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 by Paul Yin and Trina Kraus is the story of a grief counselor — gritty, atmospheric, and laced with humanity. In this narrative, Paul Yin and debut author Trina Kraus...

Shadow’s Unexpected Adventure by Mary Clark Dalton is an innovative and imaginative story about Shadow, a redwing blackbird, and Bright, a bluebird. The two birds, although from different species of birds, are good friends and enjoy each other’s company. Shadow and Bright pass the time...

In Fred & Mary by Kipjo Ewers, love, loss, and grief are transformed into an enticing paranormal romance that is as moving as it is emotionally captivating. His wife was killed in front of him and since then, he has been plunged into a kind...

Genesis by Kipjo Ewers is the third entry in The First Series and the first I am reading from this author. It is an absorbing and surprising narrative, enriched by strong elements of science fiction and political intrigue, and driven by a phenomenal conflict that...

At the beginning of The Decadence of Our Souls, a fantasy book written by Claudiu Murgan, Bart is under pressure to lead Rakash into the “state of bliss”. The City Council has other intentions for Rakash’s abilities. Bart knows that the state cannot be forced....

Earl T. Roske’s Last Wave imagines a world where humans are quickly becoming extinct due to a genetic accident that has left everyone sterile. Those born last live longer due to miraculous medical procedures carried out in automated medical centers capable of replicating even the...

The Regenerative Business: Redesign Work. Cultivate Human Potential. Achieve Extraordinary Outcome by Carol Sanford is a non-fiction book on business practices and how to innovate and reinvent a business onto a long-term, sustainable path that helps both people and society. The Regenerative Business is designed...

Retribution is an exciting and engaging prequel novella in the Jason Conrad USAF thriller series by Michael Byars Lewis. Three story lines converge in the character of Jason Conrad, a married newly-commissioned lieutenant in the Air Force who is about to start Undergraduate Pilot Training....

A day trader and seven-year divorcee, Linda has vowed never to be attached — not in the way her mom is attached, anyway — to any man. Marked for death, she finds solace in a small town on the coast of Oregon, making Sea Crest...

If you are looking for a light easy read with lots of smiles, then you won’t go far wrong if you pick up Tie the Dingo Down, Mate!, written and illustrated by Nicole O’Connor. It tells the story of an Australian vet who goes to...

Charlize and Breen are made for each other – or are they? Moon-Riders by Tracy Tappan brings Dragon Charlize together with Varcolac Breen with explosive results. Charlize has a lot of baggage from an unhappy past and thinks moving to this unique colony will provide...