The Ascension by Randall Lombardi is a gripping story told from the point of view of two different characters. Selene and Tera Sue are twin sisters nearing adulthood, finishing school and considering which university to choose. Their safe little world suddenly turns upside down when...

The Dogs of War by Thomas Roke pulls readers into the chaotic world of 1427 when wars were rampant and hunger and poverty a constant for the masses. France is rocked by the Hundred Years’ War and, in other parts of Europe, upheavals are brewing....

"The Strange Case of Jonathan Swift and the Real Long John Silver" by Robert Prather is a fascinating look at an old Kentucky legend. Most readers will be familiar with the name Jonathan Swift. However, this is not the Jonathan Swift that wrote "Gulliver’s Travels"...

The Monocle by Mark Cavanagh opens in the summer of 1966 when thirteen-year-old Mick Sullivan and his friend Viv Oulette discover a mysterious bronze clamshell in an abandoned farmhouse. The house's owner, Mr. Winsor, disappeared without a trace, leaving behind the clamshell, a notebook, and...

Island of the Hand of Satan by Wayne S. Gilbertson is a collection of thought-provoking stories featuring dark, supernatural, and fantastical themes. The book includes the tales of a young man who finds the woman of his dreams on a mysterious island but must confront...

Stories from the Age of Distraction: The Island, Volume 1 is a contemporary literary fiction novel written by Patricia M. Mahon. After growing up to the sound of her author mother's typing on her old IBM and pursuing graduate studies in literature, Morgan Byrnes is...

Mukade Island is the story of Jack, who suddenly finds himself on a strange island in the middle of an orange ocean after he made a wish. In his world, everyone gets to make one wish when they are 15 and the wish will be...

Journeys with the Caterpillar: Travelling through the islands of Flores and Sumba, Indonesia by Shivaji Das is a book with Indonesia as the backdrop and looked at from the author's perspective. The travelogue is engaging and captures the attention of any reader. Shivaji and Lobo...

Bones in the Alley: A Journey to Self-Awareness That Began on the Island of Barbados is a non-fiction memoir written by Viterose Van Huis. The author was born to an unmarried teenager in Barbados in the late 1940s. At that time, teenage or unmarried pregnancies...

Azores - The Storyteller's Photo Guide: A Photographic Tale Across The Islands Of Flowers and Fire by Joana Kruse is a detailed travelogue that takes readers on a photographic journey across the nine Azorean islands. Through a conversation style of writing, Kruse discusses each island's...

The Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn, written by Lorraine Carey, began in 1884 on Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction in Arizona. The Apache savagely murdered the Peralta family and burned their cabin. Juha, aka ‘Eagle Eye, saw a vision of a red coyote leading...

Trip the Light Phantasmic by Judith Sterling is the first book in the Gothic Gwyn Mystery series. Gwyn is adjusting to a major change in her life when she moves to Salem after the passing of her great-aunt. Along with her inheritance comes an assortment...

Harbor in the Storm: The Greek Isles Series, Book 6 is a romantic suspense novel written by Angel Sefer. While this is book 6 in her series, each of Sefer’s Greek Isles books is written as a standalone story that takes place on one of...

Above the Best: The Remarkable Life of Seeley E. Ralphs by DM Coffman tells the inspiring story of Seeley Ralphs, an adventurous man who graduated from the California Highway Patrol Academy, a father who embraced a way of life that set him on a path...

Boon on the Moon is a work of children’s fiction focused on science fiction and space travel, penned by author John Huddles as part of The Booniverse. The central titular character is Byron ‘Boon’ Barnett, a highly imaginative boy who is often told off for...

Sea Island: The Earth-Watchers Series #3 by Lester Ferguson is a beautifully illustrated book about the Earth-Watchers and their adventures. The Earth-Watchers go to the Bahamas to help a friend restore the exotic Sea Island Coral Reef. The Sea Island Coral Reef is a large...

Wild Bill’s Journal is a Sea Island Extended bonus publication from The Earth-Watcher’s Series, written and illustrated by Lester Ferguson. The first entry in Bill’s journal, dated 1945, discusses the horrors of a war which had just ended and brings news of his father’s untimely...

Plasticity Island: The Water Wars by Warren Roberts begins with (for me) a near perfect hook line: “Ouch! I just got my ass ripped by the President of the United States.” Thus begins an exciting story set in the near future (although many of the...

In Far on the Ringing Plains (Island) by Patrick E. Craig and Murray Pura, the authors have taken a very sensitive topic and written a story about forgotten soldiers. These are ones that no one wants to remember that died on the island of Guadalcanal,...

Ella has a tumor that has robbed her of speech. She knows it is going to cause her death, but she just wants to be treated like a normal teenage girl. Tessa, her mum, and her grandpa Archie are doing their best but since her...