"Missing Your Smile" by Jerry S. Eicher started slowly but got better and better. It appears like another story we have read and watched on TV many times in the past. However, we soon come to care about the characters and become anxious about...

Since Susan Morrow had always been her ex-husband Edward’s harshest critic, she was surprised when she received a box containing his manuscript. Eventually, she picks up the manuscript and begins reading. Quickly she becomes engrossed in the story of Tony Hastings. Tony’s story opens with...

"Christmas Even" A pawn shop owner suffering from repeated break-ins discovers what is at first assumed to be the dead body of the burglar still in his place of business. Harry Bosch, Los Angeles homicide detective, and his partner investigate and discover that things aren’t always...

Ex Marine and Iraq vet Spero Lucas works as an investigator for a Washington, D.C. defense attorney. He also has a side business finding lost items for people. Drug runner Anwan Hawkins, in jail awaiting trial, hires Lucas to find two shipments of marijuana stolen...

"Surreal Killer" has been obstinate and evil from early on in her existence. Her parents, so disturbed by her personality, actually HATE her . . . and she is still a child! Deciding that she needs to move her showbiz career from beauty contests to...

Mickey Haller is at it again! Reduced to representing foreclosure cases due to economic downturn (and defense clients having little to pay for a lawyer), he has found a lucrative niche. In fact, his team now has an office and has added an associate who...

"Christmas Gems" is a quaint little collection of romantic Christmas stories. The four stories, 'The Christmas Magi of Birch Bay', 'Wings of Love', 'A Christmas Surprise' and 'Mistletoe and Holly' were all about romantic Christmas miracles. In one story two lovers sold their most prized...

“Veiled Threat” hit home with me as it spoke of a workaholic who put more time into working than into a relationship. That theme continues in the poem titled, “Commitment, Responsibility, Obligation – Oh, My!” In Sally Shirley’s collection of poems about relationships, she...

"Darkened Hollows" takes readers on a romp through a coal mine as well as the hills and hollows of WV. This book takes off right where "Darkened Hills" left off. There is plenty going on in the tiny town of Melas. Something is killing and...

"Thorns of Roses" by Randy Rawls is a fast pace thriller that reminded me a lot of the movie 'Death Wish'. The story revolves around Private Investigator Tom Jeffries, a former Dallas police officer and an ex Special Forces Green Beret. When the stepdaughter of...

Patrick M. Garry poses a powerful ethical dilemma in "The Price of Guilt". At age 13, Thomas Walsh plays a small role in a prank that goes horribly wrong, leaving a classmate blinded and orphaned. Now, with his daughter away at college and his marriage...

"The Devil's Due" is a book about revenge. One woman faced tragic circumstances that left her scarred for many years. After many sleepless nights, she finally becomes bold enough to face the evils in her life. Her first order of business is to face in-laws...

Since 9/11 the fears of Muslims attacking Americans provoked the creation of the PATRIOT ACT. The very name meant that to disagree with it made you un-American. This has morphed into the most egregious violations of our Constitutional rights since Joseph McCarthy’s efforts to destroy...

"SMOKE AND BONE" is an amazing tale of blue haired Karou, a spirited seventeen-year old human girl that was adopted and raised by a group of monsters -- the chimaeras -- part human and part beast. Karou journeys into other realms in search of teeth...

"Selective Discretion" by Mary F. Twitty is a fictional novel based on an actual happening from the year 1847-1848. The basic facts are true but most of the records were destroyed during the civil war. When Carrie Matthews was born on the plantation, her father was...

"The Donkey That No One Could Ride" written by Anthony DeStefano and illustrated by Richard Cowdrey is a must-read and a must-have for everyone's collection! The donkey is weak and small and unable to carry anyone or do anything. The donkey is cast away by...

Mickey Haller finds himself on the other side of the aisle in this suspenseful mystery of not just who-done-it but more of how Mickey is going to nail him! Asked to be the lead prosecutor on a trial that has already taken place once, Mickey...

"Over My Head" is a clean, innocent story of a high school girl experimenting with love. Sang's father is trying to raise his daughter in the strict fashion his culture demands, but Sang reacts in typical teenage fashion: she rebels. When she becomes infatuated with...

"Sector C" by Phoenix Sullivan begins with a few sick animals but soon extends to the local population. The symptoms were flu-like but the prognosis was death. Mike Shafer, CDC Demographic Statistician, noticed an increase in deaths in the Great Plains. He traveled to...

"Now You See Her" by James Patterson and Michael Ledgewood is James Patteson at his best. Jeanine/Nina was a twenty one year old college student on spring break when she met Peter, a police officer. The handsome man appeared to be her rescuer. Upset and...