Israela by Batya Casper is the story of an Israeli journalist, Ratiba, who marries her childhood love, an Israeli Arab who is not aware that she is Jewish. Ratiba has no contact with her family. Her sisters, Elisheva and Orit, miss her a lot. The...

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...

Family Legends: From a Lawrence County, Indiana Family by Sophia Frazier is a very inspiring book about passing on the family details, history, and moments shared to the next generation of family members, friends, and all those who are associated with that particular family. Many...

In Knightfall, the first book in the Chronicles of Benjamin Knight, a series by R. Jackson-Lawrence, Benjamin Knight, a teenage prodigy, is whisked into an alternate universe when an experiment of his goes awry. Trapped in this new futuristic dimension, which appears to be a post-apocalyptic...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bee? In this cute and interesting book, Georgie Bee tells the story from a bee’s point of view. Sometimes it's easy to think that bees live useless and uneventful lives, but when we...

This is the story of Wendy White. At the age of twelve, Wendy decides to go on an adventure from the lonely old castle she had been living in with her father. Her adventures will change lives forever. As she takes her journey, Wendy will...

Fate (Sacrifice) by A.C. Heller is the story of Chasca Leon who is brought up in foster care. She leads a normal life and then gets kidnapped. She is such an ordinary person that she is unable to understand why she has been kidnapped. The...

Paranormal Properties is a very good ghost story. It is well done, entertaining, and interesting. I enjoyed each page and was pleased with the pace of the tale. Tracy Lane did a very good job with the voice of this story. It will become a...

Siren Song by Kaitlin Bevis revolves around a woman and her story. "There is no uncertainty in my steps as I stride to the shore as the surf strikes mercilessly against the sand," and so Siren Song starts with the main character's narration. She is...

The Very Fairy Princess is the latest in the Princess series by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton. It is beautifully illustrated by Christine Davenier and the colorful pictures help to facilitate the understanding of the story for younger children. Geraldine believes herself to be...

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...

Bringing back retro dance music from the 1930s was perhaps a greater challenge than Frank had intended to take on at first in Second Wind, by Ray Hobbs. TV and film composer Frank Morrison decides to bring a grey-haired set of master musicians back into...

Non-Compliance: The Transition, the second book in the Non-Compliance series by Paige Daniels, kicks off a couple of weeks after the first book ended. Danny, their biggest rival for control of the Sector, is dead but the new guy that replaces him doesn't seem much...

The Blood of Titans by C. Michael Forsyth is a historical novel which takes place in the dawn of African history. It is also a romance between Halima, a princess from the coastal kingdom of Kali and King Shomari, ruler of a mysterious race of...

Thea Mancini begins Keep Your Eyes Open with a quote from the Book of Isaiah and ends it with a quote from pop superstar Taylor Swift. The wide disparity of these literary bookends does indeed represent the broad scope of this harrowing memoir. However, while...

As Riding The Hurricane opens, we find Cassie at a crossroads in her life. Her daughter is on the brink of adulthood and therefore less reliant on her, while Cassie is then left to contend with a drunken, abusive husband. We meet up with Cassie...

Fast Answers - Fasting Plans for Specific Prayer Needs, by Beyr Reyes is a rather unique idea in that fasting encompasses everything from resisting food to abstaining from television viewing. The first chapter of the book explains the concept and also gives warnings on when...

Mexican Hit Girl by S.C. Smith is the first of a planned series about Mason Church. Church is an ex-military hero who is roped into trying to eliminate part of the strong Mexican drug cartel. He has "issues" related to his service that plague him...

Glimmers by Barbara Brooke is set in present time and is a story about a young housewife and mom, Paige, who discovers that she has a unique talent of experiencing life through someone else’s memories and feelings. Soon after the story begins, Paige starts having...

Would you ever want to know when and how you would die? For me, after going through stage 2 cancer and seeing my life flash before my eyes, I no longer wish to know about the inevitable, but instead enjoy each new day that...