Author Terrie Christine’s The Secret Power of You: A Guide to Mastering Your Inner Greatness has a comforting, straightforward narrative style. It reads much like a friend you’ve known for many years who is about to tell you something about yourself that you may be...

Sex, the Illustrated History: Through Time, Religion, and Culture by John R. Gregg is an interesting historical narrative of how sex was perceived and has evolved over time in society as a whole across various cultures and nations around the world since the beginning of...

Bad things happen when the devil is bored; fortunately, Kanika seems to have captured his attention. His unwanted help in rescuing a cat from a tree had been the catalyst, leaving her with a debt and giving him a personal invitation to come and manipulate...

It’s Free: So What Could Go Wrong? by Carol Hadley is a book written for young adults and tells the story of Andi who ‘wins’ a horse in a competition. She has always been mad about horses and this thoroughbred is exactly what she...

Witch Heart: Gray Girl Book 3 by Susan I. Spieth is a mix of the author’s real life events and a suspense-filled mystery. The main character, Jan, is entering her training at the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning. With few other options to get...

When Ashlyn’s father dies he leaves her everything. Provided she gets married within a couple months and stays that way. For a year. Working towards her doctorate, Ashlyn has no plans or desire to get married and if not for the fact that her mother...

Make it a Habit! Creating Health and Happiness for your Body, Mind, and Spirit by Sylvie Heyman is an insightful and motivating book that speaks about how habits play a crucial role in affecting body, mind, and soul. The book helps readers find better health...

As an epic fantasy story, Helm, Volume 1 could be compared to works by J.R.R. Tolkien. Robert Louis Malek not only entertains us with elves, unicorns, and dwarfs, but he also includes mystical creatures from multiple regions, uniting them in a cause to save everyone...

The Beast Within by Liz Cowan is a wonderful rendition of Beauty and the Beast. This is a second such novel that I have read and this one is by far the more modern and approachable story line. It is more believable and enjoyable because...

The Chronicles of Arcanilius: The Origin Stories by Antonia Rapheal finds Naherna on a journey as the new Representative to the scribes. As the wizard Wadzviler rises in power, Naherna embarks on her first mission, which sends her traveling to the Ziggurat of Kir. She...

On the Cusp: The Women of Penn '64 by Anne Sceia Klein and Vilma Barr looks at the emergence of women as they invade a man's world. This is a collection of real life stories of nineteen University of Pennsylvania women graduates on the threshold...

In a world where dragons and humans co-exist, Kya, youngest of the dragons, has recently reached adulthood. Named as the latest Bloodstone dragon, Kya possesses powerful magic, but none of her gifts will help her succeed in the challenge of assuming her human form to...

Willis is a bear with a destiny. He is a friend, a keeper of secrets, and a sharer of worries, fears and tears. Or at least he will be. Upon his shelf he waits until he is taken to a child who needs him, and...

In Second Chance in Paradise by Jennifer Peel, Holland Reeves is a young scientist who has devoted her life to earning her Ph.D. in pharmacology and to one day defeating heart disease. Her pursuit of this lofty goal is also an attempt to cure the...

Biography of an Everyday Couple: Turning Ordinary Into Inspirational by Lorrie Parise is a daughter’s testament to her parents. Alice and Fidel have been together for 64 years and it is time for one of them to leave. Lorrie and her family must cope with...

The Wolfe Tones Phenomenon by Alex Fell is a book about one of the most popular folk and ballad bands in Ireland. An international success, particularly with Irish communities that settled elsewhere in the world, they are a group of very accomplished musicians. With their...

Who knew that birds sat on top of the genealogical tree of life? They reign in Mrs. PJ Wigglesworth: The Dancing Spy, a children’s adventure by M.W. Dutton. Penelope Wigglesworth is a shy, clumsy Atlantic Puffin who yearns to be a dancer. After accepting an...

What You Gonna Do With All That Belly? by Daniel Georges is an entertaining fantasy story that speaks about balancing sugar intake into the body and having a healthy level of physical activity. Ronnie loves bonbons, lollipops, jellybeans, and gummies. One night he ate a...

Kyle has no money to buy his dad a birthday gift and so he decides to sell his dad’s old shoes in the story I’m Selling My Dad’s Shoes (My Crazy Story Series) by Daniel Georges. He takes them from the shoe cupboard and sneaks...

Maya Knows a Secret (Shhh.) by Daniel Georges explains to young readers what a secret means. Maya asks her dad what a secret is and he explains it to her. He tells her that when someone tells her something and asks her not to repeat...