The Chupacabra & the Bat Rastard by Mark Trollinger is a beguiling story that is beautifully written with a unique culture, a short story about a drunk who meets an old pal and begins a new adventure. Carson Quinn used to be a science teacher,...

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...

The Belgrave Legacy by Zara Hoffman is an upper young adult paranormal novel about the ancient fight between Heaven and Hell. Upon her 16th birthday, Fawn Belgrave receives her inherited magical powers. After nearly setting her mom and twin brother on fire, she decides to...

Mari Selby's collection, Lightning Strikes Twice, shouts from its pages in a clear and strong voice. The black ink speaks of her trials, that could easily be looked upon by the mind's eye instead as blood red font. Her cancer scarred and lightning struck body...

What happens when your right foot suddenly decides that everything is wrong with your left foot? When The Right Foot Was Not Right by Airean Andureal is an adorable children's book carrying an important message. Right Foot becomes disillusioned with her best friend, Left Foot....

Dead Fish Jumping on the Road is a hard-boiled detective mystery novel written by W.L. Liberman. Joe Simpson had worked for the Applewood Gazette for three years now, but Norma Jennings's drowned body was the first death the twenty-six-year-old reporter had covered. She had been...

Crescendo! by GR Jordan is the first Austerly and Kirkgordon adventure. Kirkgordon has lost everything: his wife, kids, and friends. Teamed with Austerly, an eccentric professor obsessed with the supernatural, and a government agent that's more suspicious than trustworthy, Kirkgordon searches for a missing music...

The Time Traveler’s Guide: Writing Time Travel Stories and Historical Fiction serves as a go-to reference when writing both historical fiction books and novels that include elements of time travel. The book begins by asking the question: What is time travel? The concept of time...

There are so many chemicals in our food and drinks that many of us are sick and tired. Tap water can contain plastics, weed killers, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals and other toxins. Even bottled water, if it does not say “spring water” or “purified water,” is...

Shining Through: From Grief to Gratitude is a non-fiction memoir written by Soraya Saraswati. Saraswati's middle child attempted suicide just a few days short of his eighteenth birthday. Prem was a special child, sensitive, caring and quirky, but he was seriously affected by the trauma...

White Lake is a contemporary women's fiction novel written by Susan Amond Todd. Cynthia Lewis's life had been poised on the brink of new and exciting changes. Some were undoubtedly bittersweet, such as driving her son, Christopher, to his new dorm and knowing he was...

The Last Leaf is a children’s book written by William Baldwin and illustrated by Liesl Bell. On the first day of spring each year, new buds and leaves sprout on the branches of the Great Oak Tree. As the buds blossom into shiny green leaves,...

Mr. Biddle’s Great African Safari by Anne Mason is simply delightful! Equal parts educational and entertaining, this book follows a stuffed bear by the name of Mr. Biddle as he explores the savanna to bring us a closer look at some of the most incredible...

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...

Bear with Bear by Hagit R. Oron is the story of Bear, a nine-year-old boy who wants to have a critter as a pet. He dreams of having a pet maggot or a pet snake and gets into trouble at home and school for his...

It's interesting to select a book and find that you're getting what you expected and a bit more. It was the genre that drew me to What He Didn't See by Jacqueline Simon Gunn. As this book is classified as romance/suspense, I was curious about...

Passion Never Dies is a collection of the four novellas in Anna Durand’s Reborn series. In Reborn to Die, Dawn wakes up in a tank in a laboratory, with no memory of her life or identity. Jake rescues her and informs her that she’s a...

High Summons by Eli Celata is a fun urban fantasy following the story of Jon as he finds his place as a warlock. All his life, Jon has grown up hiding his magic from everyone except his mother, and dreaming about a father he's never...

Severe Silence: A Narrative in Poetry and Collage by Ava Carmel is a powerful book that chronicles the transformation of a woman from that of a silent wife to that of an outspoken and independent woman, and how she found her voice. The author aesthetically...

Eli's 1st Winter Carnival by Lisa Bowen is a delightful tale of Elijah, whose friends and family call him Eli. He goes to his very first carnival with his parents and his brother, Isaiah, who had attended once before. Eli loves winter; it is his...