Jeffrey Royer’s “The Mercy Project” is a well-planned, suspenseful, political thriller that doesn’t cut corners on detail. Henry Pendelton is the carefree college-aged son of famous Senator Daniel Pendelton and his family has been prestigious D.C. area socialites and political figures for years. One surprise...

If you even remotely like poetry, you will LOVE “From These Eyes” by Robyn Budge. The poems in this book are written with a spiritual perspective incorporating all aspects of life including aging, death, heartbreak and love. The author writes with an aspect of humor...

"The Year of the Horsetails" was first published in 1967. It is a brilliant historical novel that is most probably set in the vast Eurasian steppe, during the early Dark Ages, or late Middle Ages. The novel unfolds as Bardiya, a Saka tribesman, escapes from...

Ethan Compton has worked hard to overcome his past, and now he is poised to reap the rewards of his labors. As an ambitious and aspiring lawyer engaged to the gorgeous and wealthy daughter of “the boss”, Ethan is ready to step away forever from...

"Christmas Beneath a Frozen Lake" by Darrel L. Hammon is one in the series “The Adventures of Bob the Bullfrog”. It is well-written and well-illustrated. Bob is concerned that Santa won’t be able to penetrate the thick ice covering the lake where Bob and...

Carolyn Kane and her friend Kacey are scouring Roswell, Georgia, in the hopes of finding the perfect location to open a restaurant. When Caroline is told about Greyson Manor, one of the original plantation homes in the area, it sounds perfect. When her realtor approaches...

Hampton Road is a psychological thriller written by Michael Segedy. When we first meet Billy, he's in some sort of institution and being given medication by an orderly. Billy's not sure why he's there and hates the medicine which makes him tired and mentally confused....

“Very, Very Short Stories” by Mike Spears is a small collection of six very, very short stories. Several of the stories have some merit to them, but they are all similar in ending very abruptly. I realize flash fiction tends to do that; something about...

“Weeds” by F. Whitney Harrington is a remarkably entertaining work of science fiction, well worth reading by any and all fans of that genre. The premise is a simple one: an alien ship lands in a field on a remote farm, telepathically requesting permission to...

Twenty-year-old Xander Sirocco belongs to an age-old group of beings, but he doesn’t know it, at least not until he unwittingly saves a man from being hit by a bus while fresh out of a class in the college he is attending. He discovers that...

Kelly is your typical blonde bombshell news anchor struggling to make it to the big time. Not that Atlanta's number two news station isn't big time, it is just not big enough. So when a chance to get some real reporting done comes around she...

"Translucent Facts: Cutting Board & Roses" is a memoir about falling in love all over again, at the age of eighty! Three women agree that they never want to marry again, but lo and behold, the author of the book surprisingly finds companionship with a...

Most parents want to do a good job of raising their children. Like marriage, though, we get most of our training "on the job" making for a very bumpy career in our closest, and most critical relationships. If only . . . if only we...

"From One Place to Another" by Carol White takes the reader into the home and lives of Dina and Mark Marshall. This successful business couple live in an exclusive country club development, where success and appearance are critically important. When their marriage suddenly ends and...

The book “So, You Are a High School Graduate! The Ways of the World” by J Randall Stokes DMD guides young adults on how to keep their lives on the right track and be successful beyond high school. The author is thorough in his discussion...

I laughed out aloud while reading this book. Petti's experiences of growing up as a Catholic have inspired the title of the book, but even non-Catholics will find humor in this book. Petti writes about his childhood, marriage and parenting, commentary on American life, current...

If you are looking for a cookie-cutter romance with characters that are perfectly beautiful, perfectly sculpted and perfectly…perfect, forget it. Bonnie McCune’s "Heart-Strong" gives us real characters who look like regular people, have average characteristics and yet are still perfectly wonderful. Rachel Kinsey is a...

"Destiny Made Them Brothers" is about the unlikely friendship between U.S. Grant, G.A. Custer and Johnny Yuma, two Union soldiers and a rebel. Their friendship started during the war between the States and continued. The book follows the three men through the war and then...

I learned a lot about legal ethics from reading the cautionary tale called "Disbarment" by Jerry Sonenblick. I am interested in the process of taking the bar exam as a good friend of mine has two sons who are just starting out in the law....

In “Blood Shinobi” Edmund Kolbusz tells the story of a boy called Naki. He is the only survivor of an attack on his home village. The attack was ordered by Oda Nobunaga and the young boy swore revenge. He would not rest until Nobunaga would...