The Baby Factory by Donna Walo Clancy is a thought-provoking story that explores human trafficking; it is dark and poignantly written. Meghan Clark and Sarah Tolan have been best friends for as long as they can remember, and it’s been four years since they had...

Surrounded by Grace: A Bible Study for Lent is a nonfiction Christian study/devotionals book written by Bill Thomas. Thomas is a minister as well as a religious studies instructor. His book contains seven lessons which are particularly appropriate for study during the Lenten season, and...

Inspiring and poignantly written, Replay by Mandy Lawrence is a romance that explores what it takes to make a relationship succeed against the odds. When rookie receiver for the Carolina Panthers, Derek Holder, marries Abby, it seems like a fairy tale to her. But things...

Wehr Wolff Castle by B Bentley Summers is a terrific read and a great entry in the Wehr Wolff Chronicles, set against a powerful historical background with the rise of Nazi Germany. Hagen Messer is an American soldier who specializes in tracking, working with the...

Author Michelle Merz’s Dark: A Collection tells of 13 unsettling horror stories. Before reading the collection, the summary gives a bit of a warning stating that these stories are unsettling, and that readers will be taken along “a journey from which they might not venture...

Gwenonwyn of Aileen is a mystery novel centered around the world of horses, written by author Cher Griffin. This is the third novel in the Marla Mesconti Mystery Series in which each book centers on Marla the horse trainer as she uncovers unusual goings-on wherever...

I loved Warrior: From Nazi Occupied Holland to the Jungles of Vietnam...An Immigrant's Story by Leonard Deege. A line from a book I read years ago kept popping into my mind. The Grim Reaper is talking to a man whose soul he is about to...

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt has died and her body is secretly moved to a hidden location by devoted subjects who remain true to their religion and leader in The Lost Tomb of Cleopatra by JT Osbourne. While the ancient drama plays out, the story fast...

What Do Monsters Get for Christmas? by Blake L. Marsee is a picture book that begs the title question — what do monsters get for Christmas? Each page has a different monster and poses that very question. And each time the author tells us what...

If you enjoy crime mystery stories that move along quickly, thanks to easy-flowing dialogue, minimum descriptions, and an ever-evolving plot with lots of whodunit possibilities, pick up Yard Goat by Raymond M. Flynt. A member of Mystery Writers of America, this prolific writer has cranked...

The World Behind Us by Thomas Trang is a splendid meld of crime and time travel, an intriguing story with a powerful setting between two time lines and with strong historical elements. Ray Ranglin sees himself as retired from the Corporation, but a visit from...

A Gift for Laura / Un regalo para Laura by Pilar Velez-Zamparelli, with illustrations and design by Alynor Diaz and drawings by Mariet Vergara, is a bilingual children's book about Laura, who is celebrating her birthday. Laura lives in Mexico with her grandmother, Carmela, who...

Suffering comes in many forms: loss of a loved one, physical and substance abuse, violence, bullying. The list is quite extensive. How one deals with suffering is an individual experience. For many, writing, sharing our stories helps ease the pain that haunts and threatens to...

The Mortician is a horror novel by author A.L. Mengel which forms the first book in the Astral Files collection. Based on the concept that the body is temporary, but the human soul is forever, Mengel takes his readers on a terrifying journey to explore...

Steve the Mule by Shanna Hatfield is a book in A Pendleton Petticoats Children's Book series. Steve is a mule who has a very important job. And that is to keep Willa out of trouble. She’s a curious little girl who likes to pull the...

A Time To Grow Up: A Daughter's Grief Memoir by Larada Horner-Miller is a heartrending and poignant tale of grief, recovery, and healing. Grief is personal and, as the author’s mother tells her, everyone has their own way of handling grief. She takes her mother’s...

C.C. Oil Company is running a fracking operation in Bison county, much to the locals’ dismay. Some try to sabotage, confront and expose the damage done by the operation crew, but receive physically brutal, fatal retaliation from the company’s hired guns. When a local rancher...

Worship at the Keys by Donna Gielow McFarland is a much needed and beautifully written book. Any worship director, as well as students desiring to be a part of the worship team, would benefit from such a well-written book. The letter “To Worship Leaders” is...

Come explore Mother's Day with award-winning character Snowman Paul in the brilliantly colorful children's picture book, Mother's Day with Snowman Paul by Yossi Lapid. It's time to celebrate Mother's Day again, and who better to celebrate with than our friend, Snowman Paul? Snowman Paul will...

Author Mandy Lawrence tells of her early life with various dogs that made huge impacts upon her. Later in life, after being married, she got the cutest little dachshund and named him Wilbur Wiggles. Soon the parallel of how Lawrence cares for Wilbur and how...