And My Father Was There by Noah McCaffrey is a fictional story that is built around a true baseball legend. The main character is a young man named Laird Young the third. He is the son of a former baseball player/former soldier from World War...

It seems strange to call a book about poor orphans and dark magic charming, but that is the first word I thought of when I read The Lost and Drowned by Stuart Fryd. The central characters of the novella are two sisters, Lydia and Sophie....

Daughter Departed by Claire Merchant is a wonderful coming of age story. After her graduation, Amelia Saber worked at her father’s public relations group. A great and respectable job, but she felt “like a caged tiger... alone in the castle but not in the world.”...

The Captain & the Queen is a young adult coming of age novel written by Phillip Vega. Mateo Nelson expected that his senior year of high school would be relatively smooth and predictable sailing. His grades were decent; his SAT scores were respectable, and his...

On a rainy New York winter’s day, while he was going home from work, Kevin Lamb thought he saw the same man he had encountered in the morning, dressed in an over-sized heavy coat. He wondered if this strange man was a mugger. Unnerved, he...

March of the Gnomes by Erinn Price is a fantasy novel you cannot put down. Alexis Dumont finds herself alone in her sister’s house while Morgan cares for their parents after an accident. Alexis is the athletic one of the family, but a broken leg...

Orbit by Leigh Hellman is about Ciaan Gennett, who is known as a Halfsiee. She is a P-Kid who’s first mother is from Earth. She grew up having to defend herself, and ends up getting into a lot of trouble because of it. Thanks to...

Shadows of Aizai by Mary-Jean Harris is the second book in The Soul Wanderers series. Wolfdon and Toulouse have learned of their destiny to help form the paradise Aizai and work alongside a group called the Magicians. The creation of paradise is threatened by the...

Beeswing Makes Friends is a children’s picture book written by James Bruner and Elizabeth Stevens, and illustrated by Daniela Frongia. Long ago, before there were buildings and cities and the time we all think of as familiar, Beeswing played and danced and sang with his...

Send Packs! by David Paul Kutchinski is an exciting foray into American history and those momentous facets that were scintillating episodes of bravery and courage during the tumultuous period of the American Civil War and its immediate aftermath. The Union forces fought the rebellious Confederates...

Missing: Never Forgotten is a contemporary mystery novel written by Leila Kirkconnell. It was in 1952 when eight-year-old Hank Yates came home from school to find his family forever and tragically changed. While his mom was hanging laundry in the backyard, someone had stolen Hank’s...

Luke and Jude. The perfect couple, with two beautiful kids, Emma and Jacob, and a 22-year-long marriage. He has a successful business and she has a job she enjoys. So, what more could Jude Johnson require? Well, an orgasm would be nice! Jude played the...

Enaro by Neda Aria is a great achievement for a debut novel and a riveting entry in the genre of science fiction. Set in 2022, in a society that "has been shaped when ownership lost its meaning and consumerism failed humanity," the reader is plunged...

Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows by J.M Bergen is a stunning fantasy novel about a twelve-year-old boy named Thomas. When Thomas was really young, his father told him that magic was real right before he left him. Thomas lived his life as an...

Rescue Mission With My STEM Invention by Sumita Mukherjee is an engaging story about a group of children who are preparing to work on science projects for the annual school science fair. Twin sisters who always compete in the science fair but never really do...

Two children and a squirrel discover that with a little effort and ingenuity, they can make fascinating discoveries in the children’s educational short story, The Secret of the Smelly Trail: Malaysia by Sumita Mukherjee. Keiko and her ornery younger brother Kenzo enjoy exploring nature, experiencing...

The Girls Are Gone by Michael Brodkorb and Allison Mann is a true story. A bitter divorce and a custody battle over 5 children results in terror on April 19th, 2013 when two of the children disappear. Samantha and Gianni Rucki were being settled back...

First Time Manager is a nonfiction business/management book written by Scott Boyd. That first promotion to a managerial position is usually greeted with a mixture of jubilation and fear. While the recognition of one’s achievements and abilities, not to mention the increase in salary, is...

The Meadows by London Clarke is a terrifying tale of the supernatural. Scarlett, fresh out of rehab, needed a new start and The Meadows in the Shenandoah Valley seemed like the right place. A huge mansion going for a song; she planned to turn it...

The Good Mood Book has a great message for young children. The idea of a child going to bed upset and dreaming of Good Mood Gorki has a lot of positives. The Gorki was cute, entertaining and delivered a good message. The illustrations were everything...