This is part two of the Captain’s Dog. Book One left us in the Louisiana Territory. In Book Two, we follow the adventures of Seaman and the Lewis and Clark expedition as they explore the Missouri River and head north into the Montana and Idaho...

Accused of treason, Jaco, Delian the blacksmith, Lord Farizel a friend, and Telm a messenger from Elgur escape the city together. Evil Baron Kagarlak convinced King Alvard III to issue a warrant for their arrest. Meanwhile Kagarlak encourages General Traun that the King is a...

Hollywood Hills takes the reader into the world of art, drugs, and teenage robbers. Art dealer, Nigel Wickland, is experiencing hard times due to the economy. He is on the verge of bankruptcy but has come up with a plan. One of his clients owns...

I was eager to read this book. I think it is because I am a military brat and wanted to be drawn back into that life.....and what an interesting "life" this was! This author has a great skill at penning a different, yet capturing, read!...

90 Days of God's Goodness by Randy Alcorn is another great devotional with daily reflections that shine light on personal darkness. Bestselling author, Randy Alcorn, offers his unique insights on the ups and downs of life. This nice, hardback book includes 90 devotionals that will...

While Odyssey of a DP: Memoirs of a Displaced Person tells the story of one family, many people from that era lived the same hardships. They witnessed their homes being destroyed. They were uprooted and sent to refugee camps. Many of them made their way...

The premise of this book is that negative thinking keeps adolescents from accomplishment and personal achievement. The author presents a series of techniques and practices to help the reader overcome negative thinking such that energy can be freed toward more productive goals. There is certainly a...

Often the person we see at work is not the person we see at home. In Birth of a Salesman we meet Vincent. He is prone to panic attacks, loves his daughter and rarely sees a doctor. Vincent is also a salesman. Like most salesmen,...

Once again M.C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth is swept up into a murder investigation in “Death of a Chimney Sweep”. When Captain Henry Davenport is found murdered and stuffed into his chimney which had just been cleaned that same day, all eyes were on the chimney...

Jasmine and her mother were arguing again. Curtis was walking down the hall when she stormed out of the apartment. She followed him to the store and talked her way into his apartment. They both lived in Crestwood Heights, one of the worst apartment complexes...

A Cold Dark Place is a story of unrequited love. Luke met him at an old friend’s house. From the moment he shook hands with Andy, Luke knew he loved him. Luke was from an abusive home. His father had cherished him, encouraged him and...

The characters and their voices were likable. Their names and the names in their cities are unusual but after you get adjusted to them, they fit this book perfectly. The story follows some characters that possess a gift that, when used, becomes of great power...

Josie Sutherland is a journalist with a background in computers. She dreams of writing a major story. But all they ever send her to cover is mediocre conferences. On a stopover in Hong Kong she finally gets her chance to write that big story, if...

In the year 2031, the Domain, a technology-based, advanced sect declares war on the rest of humanity. Their ultimate goal is the singularity, the moment when human intelligence fuses with artificial intelligence to create an altogether new being. This story centers on software genius Ray...

This book piqued my interest the moment I saw it for two reasons: 1) I love tomatoes; and 2) I'm overweight. Author Joanna Cameron takes a unique approach to weight loss. She encourages us to have a conversation with our unconscious mind and to make...

"One of those Russians fell ill and remained for a time. Without ever knowing it, he caused a death and a birth and altered three women’s lives forever." Daughters is the story of three generations of women in Palestine from 1883 to 1957. The...

This story has an explosive beginning! When Rose Martin, a home health nurse who moonlights as an EMT, is visiting the home of her patient Sophie Hostetter, she gets the shock of her life when Sophie and her son Ammon's car literally blows up in...

Young Cyankazu Omondi lives in a magical land of Trino. At 12-years-old, Cyan begins his training as a Samurai. All is well until one long night things rapidly change: an invading army of monsters, Orcs and Behemoths, Ogres and Daemon Lizards, Lamia and Dominus Beast...

Mike Lyons's mother is the owner of Power Meetings, a corporate meeting planning agency. She is put on trial for killing Alex Reed, a man who worked for the firm providing inspirational speeches to clients, and also her lover. The evidence so overwhelming, the jury...

This series of books by James Patterson is geared toward 7th-10th graders. In previous books Whit and Wisty’s parents were taken captive. Whit and Wisty were prisoners of the One Who Is The One. They discovered they had magical powers. After escaping they take refuge...