In a dusty, sparse oil town, the tangled web of deceit sits patiently for its next victim. Unsuspecting Bug McKenna has his own problems: like being thrown in the clink at every town he stops. This town is different. He has never had a jail...

Shannon Seiver writes a book of poetry from her heart. Each poem is from a stream of consciousness as she contemplates a relationship gone wrong. This was a relationship that caused her heartache and deep despair. She works through the pain by writing her thoughts...

This is a very interesting sea story of a frigate named Constitution. It is a very nice tale full of seamen’s talk and terms. I like the terminology and the way it is used in the story. I would say that this book is a...

"Bizzy Bee and the Flowers" by Jill Warren is a delightful book. The cover is brightly illustrated and will tempt children to pick it up and look inside. There is a picture of Bizzy the bee and a variety of flowers: roses, sunflowers, daisies and...

Casey, the three year old yellow lab, is a Senator in the Central Canine Government. She is investigating why dogs, mostly little Yorkshire Terriers, are disappearing from the west side of her district. She is aided by Cooper the Golden Retriever, Chuckles the Dachshund, and...

It is February of 2010 and "172 Hours on the Moon" begins with men high in governmental power here in the United States deciding to celebrate the 50th anniversary of landing on the moon. There will be a world-wide contest for three teenagers to be...

For over 140 years the world has been at peace: war, homelessness, starvation and corruption are all things of the past. The world has been divided into small entirely segregated counties that are independent of one another; inter-district travel is banned as is all non-administrative...

I was honored to meet Ms Higgs at a book fair and again at the taping of the DVD that goes along with this book. Every time I meet her I become teary eyed and giddy. She never puts on airs and she always makes...

Beth Morrissey takes great pride in her boys but that wasn’t always true. She has come a long way in the last fifteen years. In 1978 Mary Beth married Richard. It was in the late 1980s that she discovered a different side to her husband....

In Barbara Morris’s "I’m Not Goin’ There! A Gutsy Girlfriend Guide for Boomer Women Who Don’t Want to Spend Their Golden Years Cuddling With Their Cats", 83 year old Barbara Morris, who worked as a pharmacist until age 76, starts off with a disclosure stating...

Connie Mansfield Carter has created a wonderful Christmas poem based on the old traditional “The Night Before Christmas." In “The Night Before Christmas in Bethlehem,” Ms. Carter starts the story off as this: Twas the night before Christmas in Bethlehem town. All of the townsfolk were settling...

Men and women can really mess up relationships, can’t they? Sometimes it is an inability to understand the opposite gender and sometimes it is unrealistic expectations. Whatever the cause, authors Roy and Nazira Barry answer the question about whether finding Mr. or Mrs. Right is...

The mark of a good work of fiction is how it can mirror reality so closely as to confuse the reader about whether it is real or not real. Author Bolko Zimmer has created a delicious piece of fiction with "Angelic Warfare: The Stones of...

Grab a box of Kleenex before you start to read “If There’s a Mailbox in Heaven” by Celeste N. Bowers because it is so beautifully moving that you are going to cry. Don’t even try to pretend you are too strong to cry – it...

In his latest book, Chuck Swindoll moves through ten steps for public speaking. Using a bit of autobiographical material and explaining how he plans and writes sermons, he shows preachers and public speakers alike how to create an effective sermon or speech. In the first...

"The Thriving Child," written by Erica Reid, is an excellent resource filled with information and tips for parents. The first section of the book focuses on helping children who suffer from allergies and asthma to thrive in all areas of life. This section includes tips...

There are two Gilly sisters, Jo and Claire. Jo stays much to herself on the salt farm. She was strong, stern, hardworking and loyal to the family’s tradition of farming salt. Claire was outgoing, egotistic, attractive and popular; her desire was to leave the farm...

Faith Fairchild is a caterer but like a modern day Miss Marple, she has a knack for solving mysteries. Husband Tom is a pastor who himself is troubled by a large amount of money missing from the a church fund. An elderly friend tells her...

Enthralling. Intriguing. Suspenseful. These are only a few of the words that I can think of to describe this book. "The Vatican Knights" is one of those pieces of literature that captures your attention immediately and carries you through to the very end. I found...

Attention all avid romance readers: here's a red-hot summer romance for you all! In Barefoot in the Sand, Roxanne St. Claire pairs single mother Lacey with architect Clay and she manages to weave in several subplots in the process of bringing them to some sort...