A dry spell for months on end, dangerously low humidity levels, and a gradual build-up of flammable duff – it was the perfect recipe for a disaster. A severe thunderstorm appeared, and the countless ground strikes provided the final nail in the coffin. A wildfire...

In Mountain Home by Grace Zacaroli, Danat belongs to a quiet faith community that shelters Solomon after war kills the boy’s parents. Solomon is twelve years old with a living father, whom he has never met, in the northern mountains. Danat accepts the duty of...

What if there was a way to attain substantial wealth with any given level of income? Formula for Wealth by Alan James details realistic and measurable ways to achieve certain financial goals. As clearly stated by the author, it is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Rather,...

After Darkness Falls: Volume 1 by Matt Drabble is yet another fine collection of bizarre and spine-tingling short horror stories. This is at least the third short story collection of Matt’s that I have read, and his talent and genius for composing good, solid horror...

Gated II: Ravenhill Academy by Matt Drabble is another excellent novel by this exceptional author. It is not necessary to have read Gated prior to reading Gated II, but I strongly recommend that you do. Not only will it help familiarize you with the main...

From Iran to America: Mahnaz and Shirin - A Love Story by Reza Mashayekhi is a simple love story set against the backdrop of growing up in the Middle East and then moving to the United States. Apart from the love angle, the author speaks...

After Darkness Falls: Volume 2 by Matt Drabble is more proof – as if proof is needed – that Matt is a master of the short horror story. The ten tales in this collection offer a glimpse at the broad scope of Drabble’s imagination, as...

The English Colonel’s Wives: Inspired by True Events by A.C. Smith takes us back to the first half of the twentieth century but predominately to the period post World War II, as the great British Empire began to disintegrate under the weight of native dissatisfaction...

Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals by Jennifer Welborn tells us a story about Rosie, the daughter of a veterinarian, and how she uses what she learned from her mom to help animals. With the knowledge of natural remedies, Rosie goes on an adventure helping all...

In What's It Gonna Be? by Cassandra Piat, Lucy knows she needs to make a change. Though head over heels in love with her long-time boyfriend, Matt, she can’t be truly happy knowing Matt won’t ever take the plunge and marry her. She understands that...

Corinthia Falls is a community church in northeastern Oklahoma. The Sunday the prank happened, as with all Sunday mornings, one side of the church was filled with sitters: the quieter people, those who worship within themselves, not showing anyone how they feel. The other side...

Gated by Matt Drabble is a horror novel as good as any you will find on the market today. The town of Eden was the epitome of good, old-fashioned, friendly small-town America. It sounded too good to be true. It was. However, Michael and Emily...

Abra-Cadaver by Matt Drabble is about Tommy Ross who has a penchant for adventure and magic. Something goes wrong with one of the tricks on The Captivating Cosmo X which his parents had hired for his 12th birthday. What follows is a series of scary...

The Fire's Dawn In Winter's Break by Michael Weber is a book that takes us to a world that has been in darkness for years, but the fires of determination are still burning and just waiting to be released. Winter is over and as the...

Julia Warren must unravel a mystery more than a century and a half old in Greenwood Tree by B. Lloyd. Ex-Officer Orville has charmed his way into the 1783 Lichfield society, the salons and grand houses, and secured a substantial inheritance from the eccentric and...

From the front cover to the last page, children will delight in the almost childlike and always colorful and quirky illustrations that accompany Maya & Filippo Play Chef at Sea by Alinka Rutkowska. This tale is another in the series of Maya & Filippo, stories...

Alinka Rutkowska and Konrad Checinski have done it again in Maya & Filippo Separate in Skagway. Maya and Filippo travel all over the world with their mom, dad, and their cat named Otello on a ship called the Fun Princess. They see many wonderful sights...

Tacoma's whole life revolved around his 12-year-old sister Seattle. With an out-of-the-picture father and a crackhead mother, Tacoma and Seattle were on their own. He would do and sacrifice anything to give his little sister a chance at a brighter future. They were all each...

The hidden journal of Michael Brandon Kohler is the story of Apalachicola Pearl. I was pulled back into the late 1860s and into the Civil War in Apalachicola, Florida. Pearl, a young child, is the heroine, though we don’t learn her real, surprising mission until...

Apalachicola Gold is an historical fiction novel written by Michael A. Kinnett. Kinnett was instrumental in the creation and is an ongoing curator of the Orman House Historic State Park Museum in the historic city of Apalachicola in the Florida panhandle. While Apalachicola Gold is...