Gatsby’s Grand Adventure by Barbara Cairns is a children’s story illustrated by Eugene Ruble. It is the second book in the August Renoir series, in which a cat by the name of Gatsby leaps into the famous painting, The Apple Seller, to have an adventure....

Will and Diana Kincaid seem like your typical suburban couple. He is an accountant while she is a cop. Both of them fit in within their neighborhood, have made the acquaintance of their neighbors and even begun to develop friendships with others. But they have...

Losing St. Christopher: Book 2 in the Cherokee Series by David-Michael Harding is the second in a trilogy featuring the story of Chancellor Vann. As the book begins in the 1820s, Vann, son of a shaman, is the epitome of an acculturated Cherokee Indian, wise...

High-powered action, mythical monsters and a strong paternal bond make up the central themes for Gideon’s Spear by Darby Karchut. Protagonist Finn MacCullen is the thirteen-year-old apprentice to Gideon Lir, an ancient knight. Finn is struggling to hide his monster-slaying training from the humans around...

We find a true love story in Forgotten Sins: The Sin Brothers, Book 1 by author Rebecca Zanetti. Josie and Shane Dean had a whirlwind romance and, after knowing each other only a few weeks, were married. For Josie, it was a dream come true...

Dark Genesis is a speculative fiction novel by A.D. Koboah and the first book in the Darkling Trilogy. It starts off in present day New York, but soon stretches all the way back to the early 19th century, to the life of a beautiful slave...

Emily is a high school hockey star in Minneapolis, with an extremely dysfunctional family life. For the most part, she is a typical teenager, except for her strange ability to know when and where another player on the ice is going to move. One day...

Last Light Falling: The Covenant, Book 1 by J. E. Plemons is the story of twins Arena and Gabe (though the focus is on Arena), who were orphaned at a young age and raised by loving foster parents. After losing their parents, they also lost...

True Colors: Book Three (The Colors Trilogy) by K.R. Raye is the last book of the series. Imani Cabrette is proud and independent, which makes her handle things without asking anyone for help. But then, Imani is a helpful friend and her friendship with Melody...

A young man’s very settled life is suddenly turned upside down by an unexpected visitor who reveals a secret that changes everything. Andrew Correo’s grandfather, whom he’d thought to be dead for many years, had actually faked his own death. Andrew is shocked to find...

It’s hard to be different in high school. Five apparently random students who have to stay for detention one day discover just how hard it can be! In Circle of Five: The Pha Yul Trilogy Book 1 by Jan Raymond, Cassie and her brother Sam,...

R. Lee Walsh's fantasy novella, Irin: The Last Scribe, is about an ancient race of supernatural beings known as Irin. They don’t age, get sick or wounded like normal humans do. They walk freely in society, easily overlooked as someone unimportant. They protect the world...

The fantasy genre is truly one of my favorites. And I’ve recently found that books written with a targeted audience of young adults are some of the best on the market right now. Add in a strong female protagonist, and you’ve got me hooked. And...

School of Deaths by Christopher Mannino has a plot that is quite different from your typical YA novel. Suzie, a teenage girl, suddenly finds herself in the world of deaths where she is supposed to be trained to become a death herself. Deaths are the...

Impact by Steven Whibley is another page turning, edge of your seat adventure in The Dean Curse Chronicles. Dean Curse still isn't comfortable with the gift that allows him to see visions of death twenty-four hours before it occurs. His two best friends, Lisa and...

Isaura, the female main character of Altaica (The Chronicles of Altaica Book 1) by Tracy M. Joyce, is a character you will most likely find quite interesting and likeable in her own unique way. Isaura is different from the people she lives with, and they...

Laurel's Quest (The Cornwall Adventures Book 1) by Nancy M. Bell is a young adult fantasy novel. Laurel Rowan is sent to stay with a family friend in Cornwall while her mother fights cancer. Homesick and heartbroken at the thought of losing her mother, Laurel...

Rondo (The Landon Saga Book 4) by Tell Cotton is a true Western story. Rondo Landon is well known throughout the West for having a fast gun that killed bad guy Ben Kinrich. However, he has given up his outlaw ways and is now...

I have been anxiously awaiting this book because the last book left me needing to know the fate of Maggie Murray. Blood Lines, the latest installment in S. Thomas Bailey’s Gauntlet Runner Series, certainly didn't disappoint. I found myself drawn right back into the danger...

Don’t Rhine on My Parade (The Rhine Maiden Book 1) by Erin Evans is a tale of supernatural beings – in the human world. Piper Cavanaugh has The Voice. She can command anyone to do anything but she has made a vow never to use...