It is quite possible to read The Dark Mister Snark by Lori R. Lopez in a single sitting. The book is certainly short enough. Being told entirely in engaging rhyme, the narrative all but reads itself. Mister Snark is the town eccentric, a morbidly minded...

Papa and Mama Said: Full of Dare County Folklore by Lucinda Gallop Baum is a non-fiction memoir or autobiography about the life and experiences of Lucinda growing up in the '30s and '40s of rural America. Papa and Mama Said is written in a...

Regen is an urban fantasy novel written by Cassie Greutman. When Trish regained consciousness, her rising feelings of terror battled with her need to be able to move. At first, even opening her eyes was a struggle as she tried to figure out where she...

Beauty by Lori R. Lopez is about a family's ordinary pit stop gone terribly different. The Aches, who are on their way to see the Grand Canyon, had to make an urgent stop after traveling for hours. They had no choice but to go for...

Common by Laurie Lucking is about a chambermaid named Leah Wellstone. Unbeknownst to everyone (not her mother and even her best friend, Gretchen) she had been enjoying a secret friendship with Raphael, the Crown Prince of Imperia. When she stumbled upon a plot to overthrow...

When Marion takes her two daughters to visit the ruins of Sparnstow Abbey, little did she know of the adventure that awaited. It was an adventure that would take her back many centuries to a time when the abbey was still intact and fully functional,...

A young man must accept his painful past and face an uncertain future in the young adult novel, The Staircase of Fire by Ben Woodard. Fourteen-year-old Tom Wallace is no stranger to heartbreak and grief. After an unfortunate accident leaves him an orphan and the...

The Pencil Case by Lorraine Cobcroft tells the story of a young boy and his sister in Australia, who were forcibly removed from their family and ‘taken into care.’ The reason for this was the inadequate care given to the children whose parents were too...

Marty, who is the erstwhile hero of Time Is Irreverent, has been abducted by aliens but, contrary to his initial fears, these are nice aliens. They are here to try to put things right on our planet before the crazy presidential incumbent currently in charge...

Based on the popular Christian myth of the fallen angels, The Quest to Overthrow Heaven by Bolko Zimmer is an inspirational Christian story that transports readers to the very beginning of time. The world is inhabited by heavenly beings — seraphim, cherubim, and a multitude...

Ariella's destiny had been written in the stars, not that she was aware of it, but other more scheming and unsavory characters were. She had been entrusted with a great responsibly. She was the Baroness of Leduryon. There were richer and more influential people who...

Deep in the forest, hidden within a tree trunk, is a portal. Few know about the portal and no one knows where it leads. In The Portal Keeper: The Keeper Chronicles by S.T. Sanchez, the Maxwell family has guarded the portal in the tree trunk...

Conjuring Deception by Camilo Iribarren is a thrilling crime read of illusion and misdirect. To stop a series of crimes committed by magicians, FBI Agent Simon Shakespeare puts together a team with a special set of talents: Feste Fillmore who is a mentalist, skilled cardist...

Jameon’s Closet is an educational children’s picture book written by Shauna Havlina and Leanne Richter. Jameon is not sure how he’s going to clean out that closet in his bedroom. If it were an ordinary closet, he’d have no problem, but he’s frightened of even...

The Find: Max and the Dream Time, Book 1 is a young adult fantasy novella written by Ruairí Cinéad Ducantlin. It was high summer, and in the fall the four friends would be in eighth grade, just one year away from high school and young...

The Parfit Knight, Book One of the Rockliffe Series by Stella Riley, is a historical romance set in Georgian England. Meet Dominic “Nick” Ballantyne, the Marquis of Amberley. At thirty-four, he’s a wealthy, worldly, and athletic nobleman just as comfortable dancing with Madame Du Barry...

Stella Riley skillfully blends history with romance in her novel, The Marigold Chain. She begins with Chloe meeting Alex Deveril and his friends by chance when her young ward was almost trampled by a horse. Chloe questioned within herself the fact that she loved him...

In a sleepy small town in West Virginia, a child struggles to survive. Sadie Tremont feels trapped. She wishes she could be normal like other ordinary kids her age. With her guarded personality, there is little hope she will find the help she needs. Then...

Wow! I don’t know where to start. I had hoped that Errant Gods: Blood of the Isir Book One by Erik Henry Vick was a good read. I doubted that it was as good as Stephen King’s The Dark Tower because that series is one...

Sixth grader Benny Cartwright tries to do the right thing when he suspects there is something wrong with his friend, Toby, but no one is prepared for what the problem really is in Demon King by Erik Henry Vick. Switching back and forth from the...