Twisted, by Lola Smirnova, is a nightmare journey into the life of Julia, a young woman from Ukraine who, struggling for a future, follows her sister's path into the sex trade. In the post-Soviet break-up world, there is little to offer in the way of...

TransLight Nation (The Lassting Saga) by Kim Myron Shindler brings us to the world of Rhon Lassting, who continues to push forward into the unknown realms of space. Rhon is forced from planet Earth and he must continue to move forward. He has been given...

The story of Madness revolves around professional mistress Madeleine Holbrook who, at 27, is about to become a retiree. Tired of taking care of whiny men and their problems, Madeleine has decided it is time to focus on her and her own problems as soon...

A man awakes in a mausoleum, with no idea how he got there or who he is. As his memories are hazy, the murals on the walls seem to hold clues to his identity. When he finally has the chance to get out from the...

Diary of an Airedale (Airedale Diaries Book 1) is a fiction book written by P. J. Erickson. It's written in the first person and is the journal of Alf, a purebred Airedale terrier puppy. When we first meet Alf, he's at home with his mom...

Taya Bayliss -- Dog Sitter is a juvenile/preteen mystery written by E.J. Gore. Taya is eleven years old, and she’s on holiday. She’s just not sure what there is to do around town. Taya lives in an apartment above the town’s bookstore with her father,...

Ten-year-old David Kingsley and his sister Chloe are spending the summer at their grandmother’s house, expecting it to be boring and dreary. However, David begins to see and hear things he never thought he would ever experience; shadows, the voice of a little girl and...

The title alone, Fairytale Apocalypse - A Romance of Apocalyptic Proportions: Epic Romantic Fantasy (The Verge Book 1), intrigued me to read this fantasy novel by Jacqueline Patricks. Twin sisters, Tessa and Lauren, are not as similar to each other as people think twins are....

My Keyboard Was Hi-Jacked! by Mammy Oaklee is a delightful story that children will enjoy reading. Mammy is a writer and she wakes up one morning, goes to her keyboard and finds a gargantuan spider crawling on her keyboard. Mammy did not know how to...

An unexpected trip to Narralong and the Splinter Island bird sanctuary is not what 11-year-old Taya Bayliss wants, but what can a kid do? Before she even leaves home, though, a mystery presents itself and leads to big action! Taya’s dad, ‘Birdman Bayliss’, is a...

Taya Bayliss: Snake Charmer is a children's and preteen mystery story written by E.J. Gore. Chris and Taya are good friends who also happen to have birthdays that are only eight days apart from each other. Chris’ grandparents have invited the two friends to have...

Fresh Beginnings by Iris Blobel is centered around Jared, an Australian man vacationing in the States. His vacation was meant to be a solo trip, but he ends up with three tag-alongs: Ivy, a hitchhiker, Mia, a sister of a friend, and Mia’s boyfriend, Josh....

Seven Exes are Eight Too Many by Heather Wardell is the tale of MC and her stint on a reality TV show. Madeline Cora Spencer, better known as MC, is a very private person, but when she is pushed to one side by a good...

Music is a metaphor for life and life exists only in harmony with all of nature. This is the profound message of The Symphony by Paul Dillon, a charming book that makes the wholeness of nature into a musical symphony, where all get along, sing...

It's Okay To Just Be Me!! by M.J. Daley-Prado is a delightful story book for kids with a good message that teaches them to be happy with their own selves. Lilly has curly hair, but she wants to have straight hair like Sarah Nicole Hubert...

“The three o’ clock in the morning sessions” is described as a book on loss and unrequited love. However, several poems at the beginning paint love beautifully and are full of joy. Whether the tone is bittersweet is largely up to the reader’s interpretation. There...

The Mummy Nature Series of children’s books has been kicked off with a bang. Rebecca Bielawski begins the new and vibrant series with Meet Bacteria. Using rhyme and colorful illustrations, Rebecca introduces young children to bacteria, where they like to live, what they like to...

Growing up, we all had imaginary friends, but James’s pals are so awesome that one can easily believe they are real. It all begins with a beautiful and unusual cloud that seemed to be stuck in place. As James daydreams about its mysterious beauty, he...

Howard Pollack has conceptualized and developed a brilliant suspense novel in Everywhere That Tommy Goes. The author introduces us to Tommy, a seemingly ordinary fellow who suffers from intense migraine headaches. Tommy gets into a fight, only to be rescued by his new friend Troyer....

In Bees Like Flowers by Rebecca Bielawski, children will read along and learn as our happy young narrator shows readers, in a very simple and non-threatening way, that bees are worthy of a closer look. Author Rebecca Bielawski uses rhyme along with beautiful illustrations to...