"Listen to the earth’s natural rhythm…To play the drum, one must remember every drum stroke is a rhythm” are beautiful words taken from The Drum With No Sound by Katrina Rahman-Stephens. This beautifully illustrated children's picture book sets the stage in Nigeria and tells the...

When Everest, a cockapoo puppy full of life and forever active, was adopted and brought home to his fur-ever home, he was skittish and didn’t trust anyone. He had been abused in his previous homes and he was hesitant to trust anyone new. He even...

A set of twins were born to a 'painted lady' (harlot) and lived within the confines of the 'pillow house' (brothel) all their lives. Their names were Marilia and Annuweth, bastards of noble military birth. After the death of their mother and a rape attempt...

In The Crown of Rosemund by Michele Ashman Bell, in Anduron, 1498, the King and Queen have been murdered. All is not lost for the royal family as young Princess Rosemund has been taken deep into the forest for safety. With soldiers on the lookout,...

Your Service Is Required by Jeff Walker is a sci-fi novel set in a futuristic dystopia where human impact on the planet has pushed it to the point of no return, resulting in Earth being ruled by two sentient AIs, Malcolm and Angela. David is...

Fairy tales, those treasured once upon a time stories about princesses, princes, frogs, witches and so much more are a joy to read. However, these fantasy stories are more than just stories: they’re lessons, they teach us to be better people. Putting off for tomorrow...

Be careful what you wish for. Zayn is a locomotive for the Candy Floss Central rail line. He has a secret dream: to be an express train. Wouldn’t that be grand! He would be able to ride the rails at breakneck speed. Mincemeat is a...

How I Lost my Mother is about Leslie Swartz’s mother’s life and death and explores his conflicted relationship with her and so ultimately becomes a journey of self-discovery. He recounts Elsie’s difficult childhood in a struggling Jewish immigrant family in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and eventually...

Jacob's Tales by Loreta Yono is a collection of seven short stories that teach children important life lessons in an interesting and entertaining way. Jacob, the little boy, lived in a faraway country where these tales happened after he traveled with his mom to Nap...

In a serene and spectacular Appalachian gorge teeming with wildlife, the animals could cross the river to roam between the southern and the northern sides. However, the humans built a highway intersecting the ancient animal trails, where speeding cars and trucks claimed numerous lives each...

The Undine's Tear by Talena Winters is the first book in the Rise of the Grigori series. Calandra has always known she has a destiny, one that will save all of the undines, thanks to her power of healing and her bonding with a human....

It was a beautiful day and Snowy loved the sun. She was running in her backyard and saw her friend Zoey fluttering by. They loved playing with each other and Zoey told Snowy how a new virus called Corona had changed the world. She was...

Amazingly Avoidable Adventures of Hammerbang and Rice by Michael G. Temple is the first installment of the Precarious Chronicles series. With her unique gift of invisibility, Rice is the best cat burglar in the kingdom of Precarious. However, her hitherto unbroken record of successful burglary...

Moyo the giraffe lived in the wild savanna and every day she explored her surroundings with her mother. She learned everything about life as the tallest animal in the world. Moyo wanted to eat the leaves on the high tree but she could not reach...

Despite The Devil is a work of fiction in the women’s fiction, contemporary romance, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Shawna James. This compelling and emotional tale focuses on the central couple Stephanie and Andrew, whose initial romance seems ideal and a...

Coach Michael Taylor’s Don't Believe The Hype Of The Negative Media: 10 Reasons Why The Future Is Brighter Than You Think manages to address life’s sources of optimism in the fewest number of words. Taylor does not pay lip service. He knows what he is...

Dancing In The Wind: Journey To Freedom by Sandra Jackson is the exciting final installment of the Escape trilogy, a medical drama with the main character April and her family going back to the origins of her nightmare. Impending winter, a virus, mysterious whispers, and...

Bull River Blues: A Shark Attack Thriller: Crostonverse, Book 1 is a Southern Fiction/thriller novel written by Jeremy Croston. Marine biologist Holt Walker and his tech-expert sister Shelley were convinced that there was a killer bull shark prowling the waters of the Mississippi. Holt...

The Cycle of a Dream: A Kid’s Introduction to Structural Racism in America by Kimberly Narain is an easy and direct short book describing the origins and the development of systemic racism in the United States. It is beautifully illustrated by Mike Motz, who demonstrates...

It is the year 1922. A routine tourist expedition goes horribly wrong when archaeologist Sam Raia Biming and his crew hear a terrifying scream and discover a blood-covered gold ankh amulet of Horus at an ancient burial site in Stonehenge. Meanwhile, the Helm of Amun...