The mark of a good work of fiction is how it can mirror reality so closely as to confuse the reader about whether it is real or not real. Author Bolko Zimmer has created a delicious piece of fiction with "Angelic Warfare: The Stones of...

In Scott Clements’s "Gasparilla’s Treasure" Trip Montgomery’s great grandfather, Pappy, encourages Trip to “Get the trunk! Promise me! You need to find that trunk...” But before Pappy can explain the importance of the trunk, he suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. The...

"Montezuma’s Treasure" is a well-known legend, and many people think it is just that: an interesting legend of how Montezuma’s followers hid the king’s treasure away, to prevent it falling into the hands of the Spanish conquistadors. The legend also says that ancient guardians protect...

In "Storm: The Elemental Series", author Brigid Kemmerer makes her debut appearance in the young adult market. Most readers will be mesmerized by the hypothesis that four brothers represent the Earth's elements: fire, wind, rain and earth. As the beginning is a bit sluggish, it...

"Desert Intrigue: The Adventures of John and Julia Evans" by Linda Weaver Clarke portrays a great summer on the beach relaxing in a chaise lounge book. The characters are very easy to be liked and the plot keeps you reading to the end. Julia’s brother...

I was eager to delve into "101 Hymn Stories: The Inspiring True Stories Behind 101 Favorite Hymns" by Kenneth W. Osbeck because I grew up in a traditional church that sang hymns. Today I admit I enjoy worshiping with contemporary music but the old favorites...

"Mahinder’s Grand Tournament: The Jade Blade Legacy" by Thomas J. Black reads much like an ancient Chinese story. The setting is The Kingdom of Jade (aka the Ninth Kingdom of Ruby) which had been conquered by The Kingdom of Ruby. For many years the people...

"Timeless" is the 5th book in 'The Parasol Protectorate series' by Gail Carriger. I was not familiar with this series and had no idea what to expect. I do not usually listen to vampire books but the cover of this one caught my eye. I...

J.C. and her angel friend Lawrence Smith (Smitty), who is from the spiritual world, are time traveling friends who have experienced many adventures in the company of each other. Together they go back in time to different periods in history where their assignment from the...

"No One Left To Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton" by Christopher Hitchens is reviewed here in its audio format. Christopher Hitchens was notorious for his condemning assessments of well-known people. No one was off limits including Princess Diane, Mother Teresa or Henry Kissinger....

Sebastian has kidnapped Jace and no one can discover where he has taken him to. The Clave has de-prioritized the search for Jace, and Clary must wait in painful anxiety for two weeks before she can even begin the desperate pursuit of her boyfriend, Jace....

Pretty, parky Kari Dulin had met and fell in love with Matt Bauer, who had overcome a troubled childhood and was on his way to becoming a Baptist minister. They married and Kari gave birth to two little girls, Kensi and Kassidy. Kassidy had suffered...

Adam Brown was born on February 5, 1974, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and died a hero, a Navy SEAL Team Six member, on March 17, 2010, in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. He left behind a wife, Kelley, whom he dearly loved, two treasured...

Joana James's "Finding Romeo" is the first in a romance trilogy about finding true true and the trials along the way. Daynia is stuck in life. She is still living at home, working at a job she hates at a resort in a number one...

“Despicable Me: The World’s Greatest Villain,” written by Kirsten Mayer and shared in an audio version, is entertaining and will delight children. Gru wants to be the greatest villain; however, his greatest nemesis Vector is also trying to be the greatest. Gru wants to try...

Princess Petra will have her royal birthday the ninth day of the ninth month of the ninth year. It is the royal custom that Petra will get whatever her heart desires. Imagine the King and Queen's surprise when she announces that she shall be a...

Fans of Maximum Ride will be sad to know "Nevermore" is the last installment of the series. Book 8 finds Max torn between Dylan and Fang; she has feelings for each of them. There is still plenty of action in this book but there is...

Dr. Robert Rose shares his most challenging role in life, that of a caregiver. Robert and Marie Rose had been married almost forty years when they heard the diagnosis. Marie had scored 18 out of 30 on the test administered by the neurologist; anything under...

"Too Early for Flowers" is a novel with actual characters and dedicated to Polio moms. Iris left Hardscrabble, Illinois, in 1940 never intending to return; she had plans to travel. Life doesn’t always go as we plan. In 1949 Iris returned to Hardscrabble, IL, as...

Author Traian Nicola was born in Transylvania in 1949 and was baptized in the Romanian Orthodox Church. However, in those years when the author was growing up, Romania was under Communist rule. Although Traian Nicola's parents tried to give him and his sister a normal...