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...

If you like historical fiction with a military theme, Ever the Wayward Sky by Oliver Phipps is for you. Set in the period just after the American Civil War, it describes the travels of James Taft, a former sergeant in the Union cavalry. Having inflicted...

Harlandsville is a small town close to the Trans-Canadian Highway, which has seen its industry and a good percentage of its population depart for richer pastures. What remains by the crossroads at the center of town is a gas station, a Chinese restaurant and Le...

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...

Video Game Takeover by D.T. Vaughn is a young reader action adventure story intended mainly for boys, but any young person who enjoys playing video games will most likely enjoy this book. The story follows a twelve-year-old named Caleb who lacks confidence and struggles with...

While her father is a proud citizen of Rome, her mother believes in the Jewish faith and is allowed to teach and take Lydia to the temple. Lydia’s marriage is arranged when she is only fifteen to a man she does not love and...

Poor Teddy: The True Story of a Poodle Named After a Noodle is the incredible story of shelter adoption, written by Lisa DePriest and illustrated by Ignacio G. Abandoned and tied to a shelter door, Teddy growls out of fear when strangers approach him. Having...

What does it take to defeat an enemy who seems invincible and who is aided by his powerful daimôn lord? The answer that The Enemy Within, the sixth book in The Paladin Chronicles by Neil Port, offers may seem easy, familiar to some readers, but...

Idiosyncratic by Britt Nunes is an imaginative dystopian novel for young adults. It follows a nineteen-year-old orphan named Les’sette as she is sold to an eccentric scientist. Les’sette is considered defective since her skin is not covered with green scales like everyone else. She also...

Who Could Forget? Adventures With a Phenomenal Memory by Frank Healy is the extraordinary true story of a young boy's ability to remember every day of his life from the age of six. He can recount not just the major events, but personal ones too;...

Mike Shelton’s TruthSpell is an interesting young adult fantasy that explores the burden of unique gifts and one woman’s journey to connecting with her destiny. Shaeleen is entrusted with the delicate mission of protecting the stones of power and, as the privileged custodian of Truthstone,...

The Bubble in Me by J. Alvarez is a quirky tale of friendship and teamwork. Tibby is a chubby tiger who befriends poor Benny, the bumblebee who can’t fly. Together they join forces with Hiccup the Hippo who has no friends because, whenever she speaks,...

Agents of Shadow: The Keepers of White by Richard Crofton is book 1 of a horror series like no other. Megan Panco has moved to Lancaster, PA, to try to pick up her life after losing her mother. She has the perfect man, a strong...

Elsewhen is a humorous fantasy by Kathy Burford. Kayla meets a strange woman who whisks her away to another world. A place in dire need of saving and she's been recruited into the fight. Kayla's world, called When, is becoming dangerously close to colliding into...

There is no tale quite like a good quest. I’ve read some great quests in my time. The Lord of the Rings is the one that comes to mind now, but there have been many more. Few of them compare in scope and quality to...

The brilliant end to a brilliant story. The Brilliant Game by A. Gavazzoni is the third and last novel in the Hidden Motives series. I am a little sad to see that this is the last novel in the series, but at the same time...

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we first practice to deceive.” – Sir Walter Scott. Shattered Lies is a murder mystery by JM Hughson. Emarie Lukins gets an assignment from her editor, Jim, to write a story about sixty-five-year-old Dorothy Hall who murdered...

Be Careful What You Wish For by JM Hughson is Volume 1 of The Idlebury Series. The residents of the Kingdom of Idlebury are, well, idle, quite happy to let the king and queen do everything for them. The king heads off on business on...