For a short story, Her Christmas Cowboy by Tanya Stowe and Delia Latham provides a satisfying read that is far from short on character development and plot! Emily Mabrey finds herself on the run when she learns that her ex-husband wants to put their six-year-old...

Honor's Journey by D.B. Ayers is not just a book for children but a book for everyone who loves reading about lives in different times. This book is about twins Hawk and his sister Fox. Everything goes reasonably well in their little native American village....

Dell Brand’s A Voice to be Heard is set in 19th century England and Australia. First it follows the story of Florence, a servant girl in Standford Hall, who, despite her humble beginnings, develops a love for reading and learning. Seduced by Thomas Luxford, son...

The Mayonnaise Murders, written by the talented and creative Keith A. Owens, is a fantasy fiction story with a mix of intrigue, humor, and mystery. Johnny Beardy is dead, and problem-solving alien Vid is on the trail of whoever killed him. How did he die,...

Death and Downsizing are two things that people in Baltimore can be sure of. Howard Nobel, president and chief executive officer of Baltech Inc., is found beheaded in his office and the weapon used just happens to be his own Samurai sword. Detectives Joseph Isaacson...

Journey Within a Story by Giovanni Venturi is a short tale about a little boy who is trapped inside a library and is struggling with the real and the imaginary. The story starts by painting the image of the little boy reading a book inside...

In Siam Storm, four seemingly unrelated stories come together in a brilliant plot with an unpredictable ending. A young man seeking revenge from rejection, a wealthy pedophile who enjoys anything illegal, three Englishmen with somewhat loose morals and full pockets on holiday in Thailand, and...

No Returns by Gail Giles and Deb Vanasse is a tale of the unintended consequences of getting what you wish for. Pod, Manny, and Flaco, the 13-year-old members of Fly, aim to win Battleband — a competition to find the best under-sixteen band in the...

Ancasta is the continuation of the family saga that began in Riduna. Harriet is now a widow with four grown children. Edward is still traveling the seas, enjoying his freedom. As the world starts to change and a war looms, we follow the former...

Carlie Hollis is on the run and she has been for quite some time, finally settling in the town of Sayle, Washington, where she has found a sort of quiet existence as a deli owner. Then she meets Nick, who immediately has her on edge...

In Burp Gun Bandit by Cary Robinson, Carlos, or Careless as he was known to everyone, was a man on a mission. He left home in Houston, Texas, and flew to Mexico to chase after a girl, Maria, that he had only met once and...

Stranded In Oasis sounds like a wonderful place to be stranded, unless of course you’re Max Rutherford III, who was ordered to Oasis as punishment. Okay maybe not punishment, but at the insistence of his iron-willed grandfather. Sent to the community of Oasis, Max III...

Thin Blood is the first of Vicki Tyley’s exciting, Australia-set mystery thrillers. Jacinta Deller is a tenacious, but recently out of work, investigative journalist looking around for a career-enhancing scoop. Set on the trail of a missing, presumed dead, local woman by her newly moved...

In Bruce and the Murder in the Marsh by Gale Leach, we see Bruce and Milton accompany Chef Agatha when she goes to pay her respects to her mentor Cecil. When they arrive, they find out Cecil did not die a natural death, instead he...

Festival Madness by Judith Copek introduces us to Emma Lee Devens, a Boston based computer security consultant, and asks what would you do for a friend? Would you put your job at risk? Your marriage? What about your life? Emma does all of that when...

Ex-Navy SEAL Logan Alexander witnesses the murder of his friend Hamid, a former Kuwaiti intelligence officer, outside a busy restaurant in broad daylight. Hamid’s last words to Logan are a warning to beware Unit 400. Still reeling from the assassin’s brazenness and cold-blooded calm, Logan...

Harlie is a small-town girl who has suffered far more than she should have in her life. But when her daughter is born, she decides that she will no longer put up with the abuse. It’s time to break free and save herself and her...

Author Cat Michaels and illustrator Irene A. Jahns do a wonderful job of presenting a children's story about a young girl Jenna who loses her blue plush stuffed rabbit named Fuzzy. They were always together and when Jenna had to go to school, or someplace...

When former cop Ethan moves to Oregon to forget his past, he encounters an enchanting woman dancing naked in the moonlight. The attraction is instant, even though Ethan and Wiccan Jessie couldn’t be more different. The only monsters Ethan believes in are the flesh and...

Northern Lights by Sharon McGregor is a page-turning, suspense-filled mystery that begs to be read in one sitting! When Madison (Maddie) Smart finds herself without a job, her best friend Boomer suggests that she take a temporary job managing a fishing lodge for his friend...