Murder In The Theater by Christa Nardi is a fascinating sleuth murder mystery. Sheridan Hendley is a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Cold Creek College, a small private school. One part of Sheridan's job is to make the students, their parents, and the...

We all have feelings. It’s often difficult to describe our feelings, but we do feel something all of the time. There are happy feelings and sad feelings; feelings of grief and anger; feelings of gratitude and exhilaration. Feelings are what make us who we are;...

Penny White and the Marriage of Gryphons by Chrys Cymri is the third book in the Penny White series. Penny White is back with her gryphon Associate Morey, her brother James, her boyfriend Peter, and the snail shark she's raising, Clyde. Penny struggles to balance...

Just at the beginning of this book, the reader is presented with a very curious conversation taking place between two seemingly important people and a judge, and one of them asks in a tone more alarmed than composed: “Shit what the hell happened? Dr. Max...

What is life like as Ben and his family travel from Australia to visit his friend, Anik, in rural India during the holiday season? In Ben in the Land of 1,000 Mangoes: Multi-Ed Series, Book 1 by J.R. Poulter, children will not only learn about...

Maritimers do love their folk art. From small carved figurines and quirky touristy trinkets, to paintings and much more, it’s not surprising that these creative people love to do things big as well. They are a proud people, these Maritimers, proud of the culture and...

In Katie Lewington’s Here Comes the Sun, the collection focuses on one summer of traveling that the author embarked upon. As readers we can guess a bit at the exact locations, with the only hints being the use of the words “Euro” and “Europe.” Although...

Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture by Lisa Boucher is a very useful tool for readers struggling with alcohol addiction, a book that brings together stories and lessons from women, young and old —grandmothers, career professionals, and young moms — who...

Chicanery in the Charente (Catherine Patterson Mysteries) by GM Haley is an intriguing murder mystery. Catherine and her husband Karl run a charming chambre d'hotes in a small village in the southwest of France. The tourist season is almost over, and Catherine is happy to...

Caroline and the Gilded Gauntlet, by B.B. Morgan, is a fast-paced adventure about standing up for yourself, even if it means forsaking the world you once knew. Caroline Eversole is the daughter of a wealthy merchant, who longs for freedom. One day, while visiting her...

Chasing the Chalice, by Laura Charlotte Berlin, is a chapbook that entices you into a dream filled with happiness, sorrow, and mischief. Each poem seems to open a rift between reality and fiction. The words invite you to stay for a while, however long you’ve...

The poetry collection Eat the Young by poet Kurtis Matthew Russell immerses you in emotion and unfiltered thoughts on a range of topics, from imaginary pets to drug use. It triggers responses of all shapes and kinds. It is not paint by the numbers poetry;...

Wendy Elover’s My Cape Is at the Cleaners: Choosing Happy over Perfect is one woman’s perspective on the having-it-all-trying-to-be-perfect-superwoman lifestyle. Women especially seem to fall into the trap of wanting to be everything to everyone and yet along the way they lose themselves and their...

All her life, Belle has been raised as the daughter of a powerful alpha werewolf and his equally powerful wife. Just as her eighteenth birthday is nearing, her world is shattered when her parents finally reveal that they are not her biological parents. She was...

In Epicurus And The Pleasant Life, Haris Dimitriadis has written a staggeringly comprehensive book about Epicurus. One of the Greek philosophers, Epicurus believed in pleasure being the meaning of life. However, it is not vain, carnal pleasure, but finding contentment and happiness where you are....

On the Bricks, set in the small town of West Plains, Arkansas, is the debut novel from Penni Jones. And from the opening chapters, the hopelessness of a drug-fuelled, dead-end existence for the main characters seeps uncomfortably, yet convincingly from the pages. Ms. Jones’...

Flavio the Flamingo by Cassidy Jackson-Carroll opens with Flavio the Flamingo having lost his pink color and he wants it back. He thinks that if he does not regain his color, he is going to be non-existent. Flavio goes to Zeke the Zebra and Zeke...

The writing style of They Call Me The Cobra by Benson Grayson is most unusual. But so are the plot lines and the protagonist, Dr. Rahmani; so much so that readers won’t expect this action novel to grab them the way it does. Dr. Rahmani...

Safari for the Soul is a non-fiction travel memoir written by Jan Boal. The year 2010 had been a turbulent one for Boal. Her 27-year-long marriage had ended, and the death of her stepfather, Morey, had her grieving not only for her loss of a...

Life on the Porcelain Edge by C.E. Hilbert is the perfect example of great comic timing, amazing romance and superior writing skills. This is the story of a woman named Tessa Tarrington who is at her wits' end, thanks to her now having no job,...