To say The Abduction of Mary Rose starts off a little on the heavy side would be an understatement but it is an important part of the story we learn even before our heroine, Naomi, does. Shortly after losing her mother to a battle with...

The First Drawing, written and illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Mordicai Gerstein, is a beautiful book about life for a young boy before people created drawings and how he taught his family to see pictures and draw. This young boy lived in a cave with his...

When we talk about drug use in America, it is always in terms of big cartel busts, gangland shootings, and stop and frisk laws. What we rarely hear about are the people and the lives that are touched by drug use and that is what...

The Personal Management Handbook, written by Carl M. Powe, is written for anyone who feels as if they are not succeeding and accomplishing his or her goals, although it seems as if everything possible is being done. Powe stresses in the beginning of his book...

Bastial Energy, by B. T. Narro, is the story of four roommates (aged seventeen) who have begun their training as warriors, magicians, chemists, and psychics at the Academy. Their land has a specific form of energy, bastial energy, which can be used to enhance a...

Steve and Melody think they have found the home of their dreams in Hope House. Little do they know, the house has some horrific secrets and a thirst for some new blood. I have read and enjoyed Michael Bray's work prior to picking this book...

Prolific author Kathy Clark continues the suspense of Denver after dark in Cries In The Night. The main character, Julie, has a secret past and a heroic present. The story begins in the heat of the moment, not with Julie but with a woman who...

Edward M. Erdelac's novel Merkabah Rider: Tales of a High Planes Drifter is a novella collection. It consists of four connected stories where the Rider, a Hasidic Jewish mystic who becomes a gunslinger, is involved in a series of heinous crimes laden with the supernatural. Readers...

Awakening Colors by Ritu K. Gupta is a beautiful and intriguing story about Pari, who wakes up from her coma to find that she can see people's auras. That marks the beginning of her spiritual journey which leads her to discover that she can feel...

Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood is a riveting tale of forbidden love. It is as timeless as the sea and as special as the movement of morality through the ages. Billie and Frankie are a typical suburban Massachusetts couple in the 1960s. He...

In The Dogs of Cancer, author William Kenly gives the reader a personal glance into the experience of medullary thyroid cancer. He tells of learning about the cancer and then exploring the various treatments available. There are statistics of the prevalence of the disease as...

In Fairest (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale Book 2) by Chanda Hahn, the readers have to learn that fairy tales are not always full of happily ever afters. The main character, a girl called Mina (short for Wilhelmina) Grime, has quite a difficult job in addition...

Fable (Unfortunate Fairy Tales) by Chanda Hahn is the third book in a very interesting and exciting fantasy series for young (and not so young) adults. If you would like to enjoy the story as much as possible, I'd recommend you read UnEnchanted and Fairest...

Be Still My Soul is an excellent start to Joanne Bischof's The Cadence of Grace Series as it dives right into the story and holds the reader's attention all the way to the end of the book. Lonnie is shy and is shocked when Gid...

Pawnee Buttes by Rene David Rivero is an odd story, but one which is oddly engaging. In the basic background part of the story, and even through the midway point, this appears to be a simple tale of two young men, Jack and Tom, who...

Lady Preacher by Brenda Carradine is about women preachers who are called to preach about God. The book speaks about how initially this post is accepted with a lot of reluctance due to doubts of being able to be eligible and qualified to preach. This...

Life Everlasting by C.D. Loza is a unique fictional look at heaven. The room was white and empty when sixteen-year-old Peter Ramirez opened his eyes. He did not know who or where he was and he was filled with questions that only a man named...

Robby Shelton has a hot temper and he gets kicked out of his football team. His girlfriend also leaves him. He tries to escape from his current situation by going to Idaho. He then ends up in the midst of a disaster that leaves him...

God Hearts Me: Daily Devotions for a Girl’s Heart is a sweet and adorable book of devotions from the Bible just for girls. Each devotion is about a topic that young girls face in everyday life. Each one is short, only taking a few minutes...

Asha leaves her North Carolina home to spend a summer working with orphans in India. While there, Asha meets 16-year-old Rani who was stolen and forced into human trafficking. Asha’s main goal is to free Rani, despite the warnings from one of the workers, Mark....