Lucky's Lick by Mary Esparza-Vela is a heart rending tale of Juanito, who is crippled after being hit by a car. Unlike other children of his age, he spends his day in a wheelchair. His mother makes him do a lot of exercises to help...

New beginnings are often hard to predict, but after the death of her parents in a house fire, change is all that twenty-year-old Rachel King can think about. It's hard to leave her younger sister Beth and grandparents behind in PA, but she decides to...

Stone of Destiny by Mary L. Ball is the story of Taylor Harrison, the youngest CEO of Mugful’s Beverage Company. Taylor has only two things in life she really cares about: Mugful’s and her Granny Kay. Taylor strongly believes there is no room or time...

A killer has finally been caught in Austin, Texas, but his legacy will live on. Harvey Smith terrorized women for a long time but a little slip-up landed him behind bars to await the needle. But Harvey isn’t going to go down without a fight...

No Place Like Home treats the reader to a collection of stories about those who have wandered and those who feel lost. In each story, Christmas is approaching and there are ties to be made stronger and personal issues to be resolved if the main...

The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop and Cafe is one of those really nice, heartwarming stories that sticks with you long after you put the book down. In her tale of rescue, adventure, and finding yourself, Mary Simses really succeeds in making her readers see through the...

A Cry in the Night: The City of Lights' Dark Side by Mary S. Brown Durr is a murder story set in the Jim Crow era. It is based on the murder of a young civil rights participant. It is also the personal experience of...

I have to admit that I've never heard of Frontotemporal Dementia, although after reading the book I believe my great-grandmother may have had either that or something similar. This disease is a slow killer, first crumbling away cognitive and thought abilities before eroding away the...

Mary Carter's latest novel, Three Months in Florence, offers the reader a breathtaking glimpse into the potential for marital disaster. Lena Wallace has been married to her husband Alex for sixteen years. They have seemingly been kind and gentle years of love, children, and commitment....

The Motor City and Me: Our Story by Mary Anne McMahon recounts the story of a migrant family settled in Detroit. Through the book the author describes, rather flamboyantly, the magnificence of Detroit as one of the foremost industrial cities and hub of cultural and...

The Fountain of Youth has been discovered, but it only works on people with B type blood. The only problem is that it makes you anemic when you bathe in it, so you must consume O type blood. If you have the bad fortune of...

The Quaker and the Rebel, book 1 in Mary Ellis’ Civil War Heroines Series, is an excellent and exciting start to this new series! Emily is beginning her life over in the south; however, she has not given up all of her old ways as...

Caleb Beachy had spent five years in the Englisch world, away from his Amish family and faith. He decides to make an appearance on Christmas Eve night, surprising his entire family. But even though Caleb grew up Amish, finding his way back into the Amish...

Unwell by Marie Chow is written as the confession of a mother-to-be to her unborn child about her decision to not to be a mother. From the first pages, her life unfolds with all the sufferings and happy moments, achievements and failures, love stories and...

Children of Fire by Mary Fonvielle follows the story of Arryn, also known as Ankenar. Arryn is of the race of the Fire Children, a race that has been unheard of by the rest of the world for hundreds of years. Arryn’s brother was set...

Rory was never a truly bad man, a weak one perhaps and a misguided one, but never really an evil man. All he wanted was to live happily with the girl he loved, but that was denied him. So he ended up on a different...

Riding the Passionate Edge: Converting Tension into Emotional Intimacy is a lovely read for any couple finding emotional distance in their relationship. Authors Mary and Tom Cushman are trained therapists who acknowledge that any couple is going to have tension in a long-term relationship, but...

There’s a Lion in the House by Mary Esparza-Vela is fifteen pages of excellent drawings, and a cute story with a moral. Young Robby Rabbit loves to tease his three brothers by playing tricks on them. One day he hid from them, and they all...

Portraits of an Artist is a historical novel focused on three eventful years in the life of American portrait painter John Singer Sargent, years which defined his whole career and future life course. Around 1882, Sargent produced some of his most famous works and the...

Most people know the famous tale of the Earp Brothers and the gunfight in Tombstone. Most have also heard of their friend Doc Holliday, the rough and tough gambler and ladies’ man, known to be deadly with his pistols. But what if there was more...