Katie Reed is reeling from the death of her husband, as well as her young son Kenny in a house fire, and is unsure how she will go on. Drew Richards has just lost his beloved wife Rachel during the birth of their second child,...

In her latest cat-sleuth mystery book entitled "Cat Telling Tales", Shirley Murphy has clever feline Joe Crey smack in the middle of a murder in the coastal town of Molena Point. There is a fire and an alcoholic woman is dead, leaving her 12 year...

"Poppy and the Stranger," written and illustrated by Eli Jay, is a children's book that takes the reader on an adventure that results in discovering the mystery of shadows. Poppy is a balloon and one night when he is floating along in the night he...

Sally Edwards was convinced that her husband’s death was not suicide and not accidental either. One year after his death she contemplates having the case reopened, despite her son’s objection, so that she and her son can finally have closure. Relying on her husband’s appointment...

"Phoenix Rising: Firebase Freedom" by William W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone is an interesting book. It is fiction but in today’s political climate it seems it could be very real. The President of the United States, Mehdi Ohmshidi, won the election with the promise...

It is a difficult time in the US and there is a growing sentiment that the government is protecting the rich that comprises only 1 per cent of the population against the 99 per cent who are steadily losing their jobs and homes. Young American...

"If No One’s Looking, Do We Have to Try as Hard" by Mary Hemlepp is a look at women’s lives once they reach fifty. It is compulsive reading, and should probably also be compulsory reading for everyone since it gives such insights into the more...

This is the first book of a trilogy, hence it has a certain amount of introductory material. As at the end of "The Fellowship of the Ring", the ending of this book finishes something, but it clearly leads into the next book. One sign of...

Everyone has a story, but there are few quite as stirring as "Fierce Joy", a memoir filled with huge life struggles. Ellen Schecter begins experiencing physical symptoms of an unknown origin in mid-life that interrupt her normal lifestyle. With grit and determination she...

"A Giant Pencil" by 9 year old Connor Wilson is the story of a young boy, Billy, who feels grumpy all the time. Why is Billy so grumpy? Well, he is the youngest of seven siblings, and always being picked on. His parents fuss at...

Do you ever wonder why people spend so much time, energy and money on themselves just to please someone else? We are all guilty of this at some time or another. The Bible tells us that we are made in the image of God, so...

We all are used to praying at the usual times such as before meals, at church, at bedtime, or during our devotions, but did you know we can pray any time, about anything? Have you ever prayed while doing the laundry or washing the dishes,...

When you open one of the books from Stefan Vucak's "Shadow Gods" series, you know you are going on an exciting journey through an alternate star system."Immortal in Shadow" is the 5th book in the series. Vucak wastes no time in grabbing the reader’s attention....

"A Mustard Seed" by Angus Buchan is a daily devotional for every day of the year, starting with January 1st going through December 31st. It doesn’t have the year added, making this devotional available to read any year. Each devotion has a Bible verse that...

John MacArthur has written a collection of prayers and gathered them in this beautiful book, “The Majesty of Prayer.” A statement in the front of this book sums up the reason for these prayers. MacArthur says: "My heart’s desire is that the prayers in this...

James Grippando is not new to the world of literary intrigue. The difficult task is to keep the readers interested and guessing to the end. In "Need You Now", Grippando has accomplished this heavy task. In a Maddof-like plot, Abe Cushman has successfully run a...

What happened at that first Christmas is a miracle, but can you imagine that for all of your life, you have been dreaming about the Messiah coming, and it finally happens? That is what happened to Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, Zacharias, Simeon, Anna, the wise men...

Have you ever wondered what your infant child was thinking about their surroundings? Kelly Lambert gives her readers this awesome little book of heartwarming poems that express the world of your little ones. Each poem talks about different things in an infant’s life and what...

In “The Puppet’s Secret” by Alex Samms the reader is privy to Angie’s journal which reveals all of her obsessions, desires and secrets through the years. We join Angie when she is an older, more mature woman who has to live with a secret. The...

Dave, the narrator of "Cornjerkers", and his high school friends are entering their senior year at Hoopeston High School in the small town of Hoopeston, Illinois. It's 1967 and the war in Viet Nam is now full-blown. Protests against the war are increasing across the...