A smile is contagious. Ben, the star of Victor Dias de Oliveira Santos’s book, The Boy Who Illustrated Happiness, was a smiler. More importantly, Ben was an optimist. He loved art and lived and breathed to be creative. Those who smile a lot also tend...

Baby Out of Wedlock: Co-Parenting Basics From Pregnancy To Custody by Jim and Jessica Braz is a handy tool that will help millions of new or soon-to-be-mothers or fathers who are not in a conventional marriage. The book will help them go through the nine...

The Dual Path: An Earth to Stars Adventure by AnnaMariah Nau is a wonderful and delightful tale for fans of young adult fantasy, a story with strong lessons for young readers. For twelve-year-old Zelia, a summer with her Aunt Joy is supposed to be a...

Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse by Sherrill Joseph is book 2 of The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries. Lorenzo de Cordoba was a famous silent movie actor and in 1945 he hid an emerald somewhere in the Eucalyptus Street estate owned by the Cordoba family. Not just...

Lowie Mortem: Time Paradox is a work of fiction in the fantasy and thriller genres. It is aimed at the mature end of the young adult reading group and upward, and was penned by author J. Rene Munz. The book follows Lowie Mortem as he...

Black Ice & Fire: Poems 1974-2014 is a collection of poetry penned by James Ross Kelly and is suitable for the general reading audience. This collection covers a diverse range of topics that include thoughtful musings on intimate subjects such as loss and grief. Poems...

Wraithwood by Alyssa Roat is the first book in the Wraithwood trilogy. When Brinnie's parents announced they were going to take a trip to visit her sister and help refugees, she assumed she would be tagging along. Turns out, her parents had other plans for...

The second book in The Brotherhood Chronicle by Tejas Desai continues the story with The Run and Hide. Niral Solanke has lost his faith following the actions of some rotten apples in The Brotherhood. But Niral will continue his journey into the underworld as he...

Dreaming Your Dream is a work of fiction in the dystopia, adventure, and drama subgenres. It serves as the first book of the Machine Dreaming series. The novel is intended for the adult reading audience and was penned by author Starwing and fully illustrated by...

Surviving in a zombie apocalypse, three teenage vampires face a new threat in the exciting young adult urban fantasy Feasters: An Apocalyptic Tale by Solomon Petchers. Vampires Kieran, Emily, and Andrew witness the carnage of their families, friends, and neighbors. An unknown viral mutation infected...

Lost Hallway: Where Do Lost Things Go? by Peter G Reynolds is an adorable, imaginative children’s picture book, cleverly designed to help children develop mindfulness when it comes to keeping track of their belongings. Forgetful Griffin is not too happy at all. Where in the...

‘You need a crime, a detective, and the solution” - Kerry Greenwood. Private Ivy is the second children’s mystery book in The Legacy Series by Steven Cortinas. Ivy Virtue has a very sharp tongue, a fearless, headstrong attitude, and fantastic detective skills for a twelve-year-old....

Three Shocking Stories: Scoundrel, Shameless, Sins & Secrets by Noreen J. Byrne features three stories that are beautifully written. In Scoundrel, Susan is an eighteen-year-old girl with an angelic face, a girl who has lived a very sheltered life in her upper-class home in Chelsea....

Marigold is Heather Mitchell Manheim's first novel and it makes an impressive beginning to her vision, writing skills, and ambition. Davis is the poster child of the firstborn child to receive the Marigold inoculation and survive. Shortly afterward her mother dies and she is reared...

Summer Sin by KS Marsden is the fourth book in the Northern Witch series. Mark has reunited with his boyfriend Damian, but their mission to London ended with the tragic loss of Mark's friend, Eadric. As he struggles to get his life back to normal,...

Searching for the Eminent: March of the Meek is the first book in The Fleeting Requiem fantasy series by Marvin North, a tale that is filled with adventure. While the last inhabited city prepares for the apocalypse, a motley group of characters living at the...

In Corruptacy by Don VanLandingham, the story is told by Jeffrey Cordell Allan who is an investigative forensic accountant working for a governmental department with the acronym EOUST - Executive Office of United States Trustees - when he is given a case by his boss...

My Brother Themba by Michele van Rensburg is a novel with strong historical underpinnings, exploring racial tension in South Africa. It follows two key characters, Themba, the child of an inter-racial relationship, and Alex, a white boy. Against the backdrop of the apartheid system, these...

Bette could never do anything right in her father's eyes. Her father, Jake West, wanted a son. Jake never missed an opportunity to tell her she was good for nothing. Bette had very low self-esteem and started hating women. Jake was abused when he was...

One Hot Rumor by Anna Durand is one hot romance novel. Nick is a forty-year-old Brit who’s found some trouble with his massage salon in Cockshire, England. Rumor is he’s a gigolo who gives “special” treatments. To flee the local media scuttlebutt, he decides to...