Wow! Just...wow! I just finished reading the absolutely wonderful collection of short stories by author Marylee MacDonald, Bonds of Love & Blood, and I simply cannot get over how fantastic this book was! Anyone who knows me knows that I love short stories in general....

A Cold Case: Not All Missing Persons Are Lost is a young adult mystery by K.D. Van Brunt. Jake Weathers, a 1985 high school senior, becomes curious when he finds a puzzling note written by Trish Hawthorne who disappeared with Kate Delisle, shortly after their...

The Gay Detective: Nick and Norm in Chicago by Kenneth D. Michaels manages to do what most mysteries can't do. It manages to do what most LGBT books can't do. It entertains. Somehow, these two different genres come together to create an enjoyable masterpiece. The...

In Dazzled by Darkness: A Story of Art & Desire by debut author Erica Miles, the reader is taken on a wonderful ride to the 1960s art scene. Follow the story of Sara, a 25-year-old Jewish woman working at an art museum, who falls for...

Emma is not your typical gal, no, she moved to a tiny little town, bought a run-down looking store in the middle of town, and made it into a used bookstore and coffee shop, then bought herself a little cottage way out of town to...

Coprolite: A Really Crappy Story is a children’s education picture book written by Lori Gesch and illustrated by her and Michael Dunne. The author’s subject is poo, and she delves into more science and scientific fact about that subject than one would ever dream possible,...

May’s Moon by S.Y. Palmer is a middle grade/age nine to twelve story about a lucky young teenager, Michael May, who has been selected from thousands to be in the final ten in a contest to send the first child to the moon. The story...

Larkin's Letters by Jax Jillian explores a friendship turned more between actor Ryan Boone and his long time best friend, Larkin. Their friendship has spanned from high school to the fifteen years that he has been in LA becoming a famous actor. They spent years...

Twenty-One Candles by Mike Mason is a collection of Christmas short stories. For over three decades, Mr. Mason wrote a new Christmas story to give out to his friends as a greeting card. These tales are fictional, but read as pleasant or painful realities. Held...

How To Write a Simple Book Review: Calling All Readers by Allyson R. Abbott is a short book familiarizing one with book reviews, both as a reader and a reviewer. It tells us what a review is and why it is important. Different types of...

Lunacy is a story of the South during the 1930s, a story of love, a story of faith, and a story that is very well written. Harper has lived an easy life at Nine Gables in the lap of luxury, but without the love of...

Set in a future where computers are literally connected to the human body, The Light Bringer's Kingdom by Anne Carly Abad is a quest filled with surprising twists. This terrific adventure centers on two sisters, Path and Sierra, and Eli, a young man they meet...

Marlee, or Mar, is a young girl who hates Christmas because her dad, Richard, died on that day. She and her father always spent Christmas with his family, who were fun and exciting, very different from her home life. Raucous laughter, drinking, smoking, lots of...

Benjamin's Field: Ascent (Benjamin's Field Trilogy Book 2) by J.J. Knights is a young adult story that starts with Jeremy Kyner as a teenager. Because of his clubfoot, he is being bullied by a teacher who wants to have him institutionalized. Many people come to...

In The Broken Road, K.S. Ruff has written a compelling story about rediscovering yourself after being torn down. Kristine Stone is a small town girl in Montana who has just left her abusive husband and is trying to rebuild her life. After leaving him, she...

Wow! I just finished reading The Walls of Woodmyst, the second book by the very talented author Robert E. Kreig, and my first thought after finishing the book was simply "Wow!" This story had me hooked from the very beginning, a creepy beginning at that....

Planet Ethos is at war with the mysterious, reptile-like enemy known as the Splicers. Their only successful defense is the Prime Initiative. All newborns with the compatible genetic code are injected with the Prime Stimulus. Each child that survives the stimulus develops an extraordinary ability...

Rachel McGrath's Dark & Twisty: A Twisted Anthology is a collection of sixteen short stories. Each story relates to the theme chosen for its title - for example, Torment, Obsession, Hunted, Fear, Retribution. The stories deal with relationships, human emotions, and situations people may encounter...

In Portmanteau by Paul Beardow, Portmanteau Investigations Agency is an investigative agency that has one difference over other agencies, namely the agents working for the agency have special psychic powers. The case of the disappearance of Mr. Peter Loveday’s wife, Laura, is investigated by following...

In Harry Watt, Bounty Hunter: 2150 AD - And Harry's Life Just Got More Complicated, Rob Guy combines old-fashioned detective thrillers a la Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett with futuristic science fiction—and it works! As the title indicates, Watt is a “fugitive recovery agent,” or...