Bringing up a child can be challenging and it can be worrisome too, especially when it is a child with emotional outbursts and big reactions to minute things. In Being Happy Raising Happy: The Empowered Mom’s Guide to Helping Her Spirited Child Bloom, author Maureen...

Esme’s Wish is a captivating, excellently-written novel. Author Elizabeth Foster did a great job of keeping me reading as I followed Esme’s journey to investigate the disappearance of her mother, a brilliant painter. A messenger bird and a trail of clues in her mother’s art...

Mayur Ramgir's Evolve like a Butterfly: A Metamorphic Approach to Leadership is a groundbreaking work on leadership with powerful lessons inspired by the life cycle of a butterfly. A butterfly! The title of the book got me intrigued and I was wondering “Why a butterfly”...

The Memory of Loss by Dana K. Haffar blends family drama with historical elements into an intriguing, character-driven story that will have readers mesmerized. Nadine Hall has suffered a devastating loss and still blames herself for everything. Having completed her training in caregiving, she seizes...

You pretty much have to live in the bush or the desert these days not to hear of yet another mass murder or killing spree, sadly, and increasingly, committed by teenagers. What is going on here and why does it happen? What is going on...

Marigold is a romantic suspense short story written by A.L. Wright. Lyle’s Marine training had held him in good stead throughout his long years of solitude and captivity. He had filled his days with calisthenics, yoga and body-weight training for his body and mind, and...

The Dancing Spirit by Chaute Akira reveals the world of the unseen. Where does that sudden feeling of creepiness come from, or the out-of-the-blue sensation of heaviness? Who is whispering promises of comfort, but in reality causing tremendous fear and frustration? Who are the phantoms...

Crushed Velvet by Alicia L Wright is a captivating, dark and thrilling erotic novel that pushes the boundaries of romance. Scorching hot, sizzling, intense and darkly seductive, this novel exposes romance, emotions and a more realistic side of the world. The novel follows a gorgeous...

No Boundaries by P.G. Cartwright is not your everyday book, touching on many taboos and controversial topics that not many people would like to write about. P.G. Cartwright took the courage to write about Mass Disobedience of Immigration Visas that is believed to be perpetuated...

The Snow Birds is an illustrated children’s book, written in rhyme and illustrated by Phyllis Dillard. As the wild winter weather ravages the landscape, birds go about their endless, everyday chores as if it were any other day. The author asks a bird why they...

Parents are not the only ones busy with chores and jobs. Children can also be busy in their daily lives, just like their parents. Jobs of a Preschooler by Brigitte Brulz is a charming storybook which speaks about the many jobs a preschooler can to...

Protect the Guilty by Pablo Omar Zaragoza and Susan Giffin is an inspiring story that features a unique protagonist, Sam the Ghost. Sam Westmore has been a murderer in his pre-suicide life and has taken the lives of many people, the last of which is...

Talking Tales: Sam’s Sticky Sucker by Erica Graham is a delightful story for children where they are introduced to Sam who has been given a strawberry sucker by his sister. He cannot wait to have it and he has dreamed about it all night. The...

Please Follow the Rules (Mrs Glenda's Book Nook) by Glenda Peele is a charming and educational story of a family that lives on a farm and what happens when one of the children disobeys his mom and mayhem ensues. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three...

Behind and Beyond the Badge: Stories from the Village of First Responders with Cops, Firefighters, Dispatchers, Forensics and Victim Advocates by Donna Brown is a compelling book that will change the way most people see officers with Police and First Responder badges, a compendium of...

There are a slew of self-help books out there today focused on finding your purpose, but Just Tell Me What I Want: How to Find Your Purpose When You Have No Idea What It Is, written by Sara Kravitz, is not just another one that...

Talking Tales: The Bright Red Tricycle by Erica Graham is an adorable story that revolves around Ryan and his bright red tricycle, which loves riding every day. The tricycle had bright red paint that shimmered in the sun and he was the happiest tricycle in...

Jake Falcón: Spirit Hunter is a paranormal graphic novel written by Victor M. Carrión and illustrated by Felix Carrión. Jake lived fast and loose. He was brutal in business and blithely disregarded the thoughts and feelings of those he came in contact with. When his...

Tejano by J. Bradley Van Tighem is a real treat for fans of Westerns, a story with a great setting and plot. It has been 15 years since Thorn Bird's war ended and the land has known real peace and prosperity. But now, a new...

The Amazing Tree House by Naomi Rogers is a fun, rhyming children's book. One day, three children find a big tree, the perfect kind for building a tree house. Their dad gathered some tools and they got right to work. Their mom didn't agree with...