Jo Ann Bender's "Story Cookbook" will stimulate your taste buds and have you wanting to plan a trip to the Lazy Bee. Filled with a wide variety of recipes that have a connection with her family ranch, Bender shares her love of cooking, visiting, and...

An excellent read for everyone, "Being Anti-Social" follows the life of an alcoholic from a surprisingly functional family that she tries to deny her love for. Mace was blessed with a strange name, strange friends and a strange family. She is a middle aged woman...

"The Golden Lane: Faja de Oro" by Sam L Pfiester is, quite simply, historical fiction at its best. It is interesting, informative and imaginative, but above all, it is a thoroughly absorbing read as it brings history to life. It is the story of the...

In "The Ring, The Bomb, and the Word," a trio of agents from the RU, Religious Unit, part of the Anti-Terrorism Task Force of Homeland security, are stretched almost to the breaking point stopping attack after attack. But, are these seemingly unrelated small terror attacks...

"The Hawken Eye" is a delightful book that reads almost like a Harry Potter book, though the tale has nothing to do with the famous wizard. The character of Kimora, one of the threesome that are the main characters in this tale, is very much...

Take a walk into an enchanted forest in "Red Knit Cap Girl" written by Naoko Stoop. This is a tale about a little girl in a red knit cap and her playmate, white bunny, who explore the forest and wonder about everything. She includes a...

Sue Ellen and her uncle Gene were fishing when they found the body of their friend, Mary Lynn, with a sewing machine weighing her down. No one really cared that the girl was dead; they all seemed to think it was a bother. Sue Ellen...

"TeenCoder: Windows Programming by Homeschool Programming, Inc." is a text book for teens to learn computer programming at home. It is designed for them to learn by themselves, at their own pace. That is great because most parents would be at a loss about how...

This is a review of the audio version of "Darkness Bound: Chimney Rock" by Stella Cameron. Stella Cameron’s new series "Chimney Rock" is off to a fantastic start with the first book, "Darkness Bound". The setting is Washington State, Whidbey Island’s Chimney Rock. The small...

When three fishing buddies find a strange and mysterious object on a wilderness trail, they have no idea of the danger that it signifies. They aren’t the only people to see a blinding flash of light as the object plummets to the earth. The military,...

Early one morning on the farm, Farmer comes out to his barns to begin his workday. He brings the horses out to hook them up but they are so tired that they keep falling asleep. All during the day he wonders what could have kept...

In "The Compassionate Rebel Revolution: Ordinary People Changing the World" you will meet people who are stepping out of their comfort zones to meet the needs of others. The first section of this book shares the stories of ordinary people who became heroes at ground...

"Katie’s Hellion" by Lizzy Ford is an entertaining and well-thought-out paranormal romance novel. A hellion is a mischievous, troublesome or unruly person. In this caseit is Rhyn, who was one of the shapeshifting immortals making up The Council That Was Seven before he was...

"Arctic Prison" by J E Hopkins is actually quite a hot book! It is a sensual paranormal romance novel with some interesting twists to this genre. You don’t usually come across sirens in such books, nor such non-dysfunctional families. Vampire Julian’s family isn’t perfect by...

Marie Bostwick fans, you will not be disappointed in Marie's latest novel "Ties That Bind". Margot is forty, unmarried and childless and she feels time slipping away like the tide pulling sand from the beach. In New Bern, Connecticut, Margot has a wonderful network of...

"The Roman, the Twelve and the King" is the second book in Jenny L. Cote’s 'Epic Order of the Seven Series' for children. It is a story about a wonderful team of animals that God created and they are about to go out on a...

Moshe Kasher was born into a life so confusing, unique and tumultuous that 'dysfunctional' really doesn't adequately describe it. Anger issues inherited from his gene pool are a struggle, resulting in psychotherapy starting at an early age. After a vacation to California that turns out...

It is 2135 and after violent nuclear attacks on the east coast of America, it is security expert and analyst Lana’s job to assess the damage and to rebuild all critical infrastructure systems. Lana has no one in her life except guardian, the alluring mysterious...

Wow! What a page-turner! In "The Operative" by Andrew Britton, former government agent Ryan Kealey hopes that he is out of the high-suspense and knuckle-biting business. But then terrorist attacks on New York and Baltimore bring him out of retirement at the request of the...

Jacob Benjamin Kane was born in the early 1930's to parents who were observant Jews. His mother was a pianist from Poland and his father a Rabbi and a mathematician who was involved with the scientists at Los Alamos, New Mexico, and the Oak Ridge...