Essence of Life by Darren Boeck is the second book in the coming-of-age fantasy series The Firenight Prophesies, preceded by book one, Gifts of Fire and Ice. The book begins with Serg, Blur, and Nola in a precarious position as they navigate their abilities in...

Riding with Ghosts, Angels, and the Spirits of the Dead is a work of non-fiction in the spiritual, supernatural, and life experience sub-genres, and was penned by author John Russell. An extraordinary and intriguing work, the book explains the pursuits of the author in relation...

Deception by Victoria Saccenti is a well-written sizzling romance and has great potential to entice readers. Joe is a marine who, while serving in Afghanistan, loses one of his friends, thanks to a letter from home. That letter drove his buddy to commit suicide. Now...

Nicky Covo was an adolescent when he fought the Germans in his homeland of Greece. He had one especially close call when a German soldier aimed a grenade at him. The German died but Nicky was not harmed; it was as if a protective shield...

As Above So Below: The Rise of the Southern Obeah by River L. Davis is the perfect mixture of fantasy with magic. What would you do if the salvation of countless people rested upon your shoulders? Clem has no idea what Obeah is and only...

Charles W Jones's The Road To Saratin is a gripping dystopian saga. There is a mysterious chemical attack that causes mutations in humans. Carl is a 28-year-old man who was taken to the Freedom Institute under the care of Dr. Emerson Sharod when he was...

There’s nothing spookier than a haunted house. How about a haunted house with skeletons, vampires, zombies, and even Frankenstein? Would you be brave enough to enter this house? Well, a certain witch was brave enough and she had a really fun time. She enjoyed meals...

Wouldn’t you love to live next door to your Grandma? I know I would. Daily visits, shared secrets, and lots of Grandma’s delicious treats and, of course, those wonderful hugs. Three children are very imaginative in how they would visit their Grandma if she lived...

Clarisse, a German Shepherd, is excited about Christmas. When the Droolmeister, her Great Dane godfather, gives her a magical dog toy, dressed like a toy soldier, (“a Muttcracker,” her godfather explains), she is transported into a fantasy world of doggie wonders. There’s a battle between...

Ed Protzel's Something in Madness is set in post-Civil War Turkle, Mississippi. Durksen Hurst, a white former Union Army captain of a black unit, returns home to Mississippi with Antoinette, Big Josh, Long Lou, and a boy named Caleb, only to find that blacks are...

The concept of Death of a Bully by Steve Zimcosky is simple enough: following the reunion of a group of classmates, one of them is murdered. Of course, after the spouse is cleared, the immediate suspects are those with whom the victim spent his last...

What do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see a brave young person ready to take on the world and fight all the demons? Do you see a powerful young person, knowing full well what destiny has in store and how...

When a friend vanishes in mysterious circumstances, three YA brothers fly to the Navajo Reservation to find him in the exciting suspense novel, Betrayed by Joseph Lewis. George's friend Rebecca calls him from his hometown to tell him someone has killed some of her family's...

Toby noticed a little black puppy in the lane when he and his dad were riding their bicycles on a back road in Vermont. Toby got off his bicycle and went near the puppy to see if he was hurt. The pup felt so soft...

Nicky is a very special puppy. He’s different. Well, only physically he’s different. He doesn’t have a paw on one of his rear legs. But that doesn’t hold him back. He’s still full of energy and lots of love. Only thing is, his mommy’s breeder...

In S.I. Taylor's Guilty Photographs, Barbara knew she could only rely on herself. Her body was a canvas of the betrayals she had experienced. But this latest edition had her concerned, unable to recall the events of the night before she awoke bleeding, sore, and...

The Haunting of Lavender Raine is a paranormal mystery novella for children and preteens written by Jessica Renwick. What happened to her grandmother’s locket, and why had she ever thought to wear it that day? The golden heart-shaped locket had been one of her grandmother’s...

Winston’s Wet is an adventure picture book for children, grades k-3, written by Megan Cline and illustrated by Sakshi Mangal. At first, Winston hadn’t wanted to go out -- it was so hot out there, but his mom persuaded him to give it a try....

Eat to Prevent and Control Disease: How Superfoods Can Help You Live Disease Free by La Fonceur gives good information about food that will help boost immunity, superfoods that will help prevent diseases, foods that reduce inflammation in the body, and food combinations that give...

The Ring of Mann is the second book in the Circles of Time series by David Thomas Kay and is a well-written novel for fans of historical fiction and fantasy. Fans of psychological thrillers will enjoy this narrative. It is set in the English Lake...