Faith Steps for Military Families: Spiritual Readiness Through the Psalms of Ascent by author Lisa Nixon Phillips is a fantastic guide for families, military or otherwise. A well organized read in which each chapter focuses on one particular biblical reference in Psalms and applies it...

Split: A Child, A Priest, and the Catholic Church by Mary Dispenza rocked my world for two reasons. First, I attended Catholic schools till I was 18; second, I was, like Mary, a victim of child sexual abuse. But if Split rocked my world,...

Wow! I just finished reading A Second Daniel, the first book of In The Den of the English Lion series by debut author Neal Roberts, and all I can say is WOW! In this absolutely fantastic story, readers will meet protagonist Noah Ames. An orphan...

Sheronda L. Barksdale’s He Made Me Laugh, Unlimited Love and Life: The Chronicles is a poignant love story and is a woman’s story as well. As a college student, Octavia Snow had a relationship with Bryce that resulted in pregnancy, but she had an abortion...

What does it take to have dreams and to achieve them? In Move Forward or Move Aside: How to Play the Game of Life to Win, Ron Malhotra offers timeless insights on the secret of beating the odds and achieving anything one wants to achieve...

Skye's Lure by Angel Leya is the story of Skye, a mermaid who lives in a pod with other mermaids. One night she sees a party boat and a man falls overboard. Skye breaks all the rules by saving his life. The man she saved,...

Discovering Treasure by Crystal Mary Lindsey is a warm and fuzzy, happy story that truly offers inspiration and enjoyment. I found it impossible not to love Treasure Gilroy from our first meeting, as well as all of the friends she comes in contact with; Primrose,...

It is common knowledge that the antidote can be found in the wound itself, but allowing that knowledge to penetrate the human heart and influence our attitude towards setbacks and adversity is the greatest challenge. Adversity Is Your Greatest Ally by Michael Wayne Taylor is...

Odes on Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest is a collection of sports poetry written by David A. Bates. Bates introduces his work with an autobiographical account of his personal recollections of Ali's bouts as well as what he calls Ali's "pre-fight antics", and he...

Marc Reklau's 30 Days - Change Your Habits, Change Your Life is an excellent self-help book that offers a lot of concrete suggestions about how you might go about fixing things in your life. It has a long series of micro-chapters, each of which has...

No Rain Today (Clouds in the Wide Blue Sky Book 1) by Kristen Iten is an adorable story for kids. A happy little cloud was watching everything below him as he was floating by. He liked to watch the kids playing. One day he realized...

For me, as a reader, there's nothing more satisfying than picking up a book that I just can't put down. That usually only happens if the book is a thriller or a mystery written by a very skilled writer. It rarely happens when I read...

When one of their most sacred monasteries is attacked by a force of unknown origin, the royal family of the Tiankong Empire requests aid in tracking down and reclaiming their sacred ancient relic. Under the command of his brother Gavin, Raylan and his squad must...

Amber Wake: Gabriel Falling, The Razor's Adventures Pirate Tales is an historical adventure novel written by P.S. Bartlett and Ronovan Hester. Captain Gabriel Wallace had no idea that his presence in a tavern filled with Royal Navy men and sailors relaxing with their companions would...

Dirt, Truth, Music and Bungee Cords: Conversations With the Souls Who Guide My Life by Bud Megargee is a spiritual non-fiction story that covers Megargee’s six-year journey toward the meaning of human existence. Megargee’s story started when he saw things that his mind (and society)...

Jane Goodall didn’t have the usual pedigree, the high levels of academic education, to qualify as an animal specialist, but she did have the ability to sit back and observe closely. Her work with chimpanzees in Gombe, Africa encouraged many people around the world to...

Lacey’s Law by LS Fellows follows one woman on her path of vengeance against someone who was supposed to be her friend: Carla. Years in the making, Lacey’s cunning plan takes an unexpected turn and she ends up in the hospital with a head wound;...

It could never happen to you. Not your husband. He would never cheat. But then...he does. All of a sudden, your world is turned upside down. What happens now? How do you deal with kids, relatives, etc. when you can barely see past the pain?...

I have read a lot of self-help books. Too many to list here, but many of them are known to almost everyone who has sought to improve themselves or their lives. A Catholic priest once labeled me as a “seeker” and I don’t mind owning...

Travel as Transformation by Gregory V Diehl is a remarkable book by a remarkably insightful young author. Diehl left the comforts of his Californian home in his late teens with the purpose of travelling the world - gaining cultural insights, shaking off his acquired childhood...