The Owl and the Shepherd Boy by Tuula Pere is the story of a young shepherd who finds himself in a precarious situation that forces him on a challenging journey to reach home. Nicky's father leaves him in a mountain meadow with a herd of...

Imagine a mouse running loose in the opera house! Can you imagine the mischief? And yet, in Tuula Pere’s The Mouse of the Opera, Maurice, a curious little wood mouse, has an exciting time exploring the opera building after hours and again during the performance...

The Riddle of the Haunted Hoard by L. J. Aldon introduces readers to Pucci Riddle, a unique sleuth whose ability to see ghosts adds an intriguing supernatural twist to her investigative work. When a routine rum tasting in Grand Cayman leads to an encounter with...

The Ghost of the Deserted House is part of the Active Kids series by Tuula Pere. Oliver always enjoys his holidays at the family's summer cottage. He can go fishing, look for small wild animals, and read his comics in the abandoned house next door...

Cristina Garcia teaches children the importance of teamwork in The Pesky Problem, a delightful children’s book. Various pumpkins and gourds live at the top of a nice, sunny hill in the countryside. This would be a perfect place to live except it has one big...

"The Illusion of Secondhand Smoke" by Janice M. Van Dyck is about Maria DeLuca, a successful motivational speaker, whose personal life is anything but happy. She is into drugs and is having an affair with a married man. She is not without her reasons for...

In Gwen Dandridge’s novel, The Stone Lions, history, mathematics, magic, and intrigue combine to create a fascinating read for preteens. Twelve year old Ara lives out her life under the watchful eye of Suleiman in the harem of her father’s palace, Alhambra. Ara’s life is...

"When God closes a door in your life, he opens a new window." Laura didn't know if she particularly believed in that old saying. She had suffered so much in the last five years since her marriage abruptly ended. Laura has a secret pertaining to...

Stories that are based upon reincarnation and life after death, as well as multi-universes, are nothing new. Tales of multiple worlds where the fabric that separates them fades and gives one a glimpse of another time or place, have also been done hundreds of times....

In a lovely story for middle grade readers, The Journey Beyond: Universal Truths by author Cheryl A. Matsen-Nieves is a fun read that continues the story of siblings Raphael and Haniel as they attempt to rebuild their kingdom. Facing such obstacles as a witchy woman...

The Diamond Escape by Sheila Bitts begins at a platinum mine in Marikana, near Johannesburg, starting in August 2012. In a series of events, miners and drillers were on strike for higher wages as the Mine and Construction Workers Union staged a rally. Unbeknownst to...

Michael Waites is a psychologist residing in California, an accomplished professional who is suddenly falling fast for his married client. Disciplined and professional, he decides to take flight from the temptation by retreating to an estate belonging to his aunt in Quito, Ecuador. It is...

The Positive Impact of Modern Liberals by Perfesser Propah Gandah begins with a powerful, somewhat hilarious declaration that sets the tone for this wonderful work: “What can I say? I like to tease liberals . . . makes me politically erect. And, after all...

The Jensen family - Lydia, her husband John, and their two children, Matthew and Grace - are the main characters that help to teach us the true meaning of Christmas and the reasons for loving Yahweh. The Unannounced Christmas Visitor by Patrick Higgins begins three...

The Country Girl Empress tells of the early days of Princess Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria, called Sisi within the family. We follow her story from birth to the day she married Franz Joseph, son of Archduchess Sophie of Austria and her feeble-minded...

The Eagle and The Dragon is a charming novella by Steve Zimcosky, subtitled A Reiki Tale as it cleverly weaves the history and basic techniques of Reiki into a work of fiction. The tale starts with a grandfather telling his grandson how he had been...

When a very upset man comes looking for her boss in the private investigator’s office where she works, Hattie does her best to calm him down. She is extremely frightened when he suddenly collapses in front of her. She runs down the hall, looking...

The Snow Witch by Rosie Boyes is a charming read filled with the magic and wonder of fairy tales. Siblings Kes and Star's lives change when they're sent off to live with their legal guardian: a grandma living in a St. Flurries house said to...

The Perpetual Traveler is the latest novel in A Country Girl Empress series by A. Piper Burgi. This historical fiction novel continues the story of Sisi, Empress of Austria/Hungary. It is some years after the birth of her youngest child, Marie-Valerie, and many things are...

In The Love Of One's Country, we first meet Jerry Burke, a man who was born and raised in Ireland but decided to leave for Canada to start a musical career in 1966. He was working at a clerical job in Dublin that didn’t fulfill...