In another time, in another place, far away and long ago, those with the knowledge and studies were called Keepers, and they advised the Queen as well as studied everything. Alaric was a Keeper, but for the last year, instead of doing his duties, he...

Easy 8: The Big Event is an action book for children by Carrolyn Foster. Bull riding season is almost over and competition is fierce among the contestants. Every bull is determined to achieve the best score to win the Bull of the Year award. Winter...

I am one of the soldiers that Bob Kern is talking about in his great book, We Were Soldiers Too. I appreciate him taking the time to write this. The Korean War is often referred to as 'the forgotten war.' If they forgot the war,...

In a unique and creative new offering in the very popular category of fantasy for young adults, Immortalis: The Guardian by debut author Leah Lozano will grab readers from the very start and keep them reading obsessively all the way through to the very end....

Oak and Mistletoe by J.Z.N. McCauley is a story reminiscent of fairy tales. Catherine and her siblings, Danny and Kathleen, take a trip to Ireland to celebrate her college graduation. During their vacation, two significant events occur: Catherine receives an offer to work at a...

Faithful Traitor by Samantha Wilcoxson follows the story of Margaret Pole, one of the last of the royal Plantagenet dynasty, who lived through the reigns of Henry VII and his son Henry VIII of England. We first meet her when she’s already married and soon...

Ferret by C.C. Wyatt is Volume 1 of The Ferret Books. Four years ago, Pia lost 16 hours of her life when she disappeared and then reappeared, not knowing where she had been although she knew that she had been kidnapped. Now, Pia is going...

If you ever turned the last page of a book and find yourself pining for more, then you have firsthand experience of what I felt after turning the last page of Jelly Bryce: The Legend Begins. The consolation is that it’s just the beginning of...

Stealing Magic: The Legacy of Androva, Book 1 is a contemporary coming of age fantasy novel for preteens and young adults written by Alex C. Vick. Shannon loved to sit out in her garden, almost as much as she loved reading fantasy novels in her...

Wow! Just, wow! That's exactly what I thought when I finished reading Cable of Fate: The Zimmermann Affair and the Great Southwestern War of 1917 by author John Eric Vining. In a creative tale that explores what could have happened if the "Zimmermann Telegram" had...

Awakening: The Six Steps to Awaken a New You is an inspirational Christian living book written by Julia Jean-Baptiste. After experiencing a crisis of faith due to personal loss and grief, the author had the great opportunity to attend The Gathering, an event featuring a...

Tender is the first volume of The Trelawneys of Williamsburg Time Travel Romance and it does not disappoint. Rachel Sheppard is a modern young woman with no recollection of her childhood. Rachel, along with her best friend, Camisha, understands that the man who adopted her...

I truly was blown away by A Journey Toward Perfection. Author Helen Kamenos is an Orthodox Christian and gives a truly stellar description of many tenets of their doctrine. It is very detailed and thorough. I very much enjoyed it because, as is true of...

Láilá is very different from all the other children who live in Nuorgam on the banks of the Karasjohka River in the northern part of Finnish Lapland. Her father, Axsel, is a fisherman. Her mother, Arinví, used to be a teacher before the stork...

Jelly Bryce — The Man In The Mirror is the final installment in Mike Conti’s Jelly Bryce trilogy and, if you have read the first two, missing out on this one would be like reading a murder mystery and not bothering to read the final...

#SkintoSoulBeauty Unleashed is a non-fiction motivational self-help book written by Neva K. Read. What is beauty? Read differentiates between the superficial beauty found on the pages of social media and glossy fashion magazines and that deeper beauty which comes from within in this guide that...

Some time in 1975 or 1976, Ila Bosarge gave me a copy of Interview With The Vampire, written by some author I had never heard of called Anne Rice. I wasn't too keen on reading it because I’m not into horror so much. But I...

Spiritual Warfare: The Battlefield of the Mind is a valiant effort on the part of Isaac Essilfie to explain how it is in God’s world, but in layman’s terms. The book is broken down into three sections: the darkness, the battlefield, and the whole armor...

Deeply Flawed: The Zombie Apocalypse by Ro Ruffalo is the second book in the Jasmine Kincaid Mystery series. In this entry in the series, readers are introduced to Detective Jasmine Kincaid who has to save the city by stopping a deadly and sinister sociopath who...

Polly Mae: The Old Suitcase is an historical adventure novel for children and preteens written by Julie Hodgson. Polly Mae was in trouble -- again -- for pulling that old cat's tail. She wasn't trying to hurt Mrs. Donkin's cat, but it was constantly getting...