Vala's Bed by Joyce Faulkner is a historical fiction novel that looks at the aftermath of the Second World War from a refreshingly unique angle. A young German girl, Vala Hess, finds herself alone with her two little boys, Emo and Milo, when Germany lost...

Deep Zero by V.S. Kemanis is a legal thriller. It’s 2009 and Dana has been elected as the DA for the suburban county where she and her family live. The Great Recession has taken its toll and there are more cases of domestic violence and...

The Genesis of Janus by Brad Anderson is a science fiction, time travel thriller that follows in the spirit of its predecessors in The Janus Project Files series. It reads comfortably as a standalone and is easy to follow regardless of where in the series...

When Darkness Follows by Athena Daniels is the fourth book in the critically acclaimed, award winning Beyond the Grave series, preceded by The Seer's Daughter, The Alchemist's Son, and Girl Unseen. Set in Western Australia, the book begins with Rachel getting ready to go back...

This concept is frightening. Terrorists seeking ways to use technology to create and multiply the effects of natural disasters. It made me afraid for the world my children will live in...and it was great reading. Final Extinction revolves around a terrorist attempt to use a...

Annular by J. Dwight Donald starts with a poem that gives the collection its title, which I personally perceive as an ode to courage and perseverance. The second poem, Trees Felled, offers a literal depiction of trees being cut down before they can grow tall,...

Rescuing Lara by Lyn Horner tells the story of Lara Spenser. Currently Lara is in a wheelchair, hiding out in Ireland. She has something that a group called the “Hellhounds” wants desperately, but Lara is determined to keep her word to her deceased uncle. To...

New York City Bum by David Boglioli is a memoir in which David talks about his life living on the streets of New York as a so-called homeless person. In the book, David talks briefly at the beginning about his pre-homeless life where he worked...

The Protocols of Ambiguity by author B.B. Jacobson is a philosophical and partly autobiographical coming of age story centered on a young adult character. The central plot focuses on a young boy, known as ‘the boy’, receiving a gift from God, one which promises to...

Cactus Jumpers by Andrew Burch is an excellent meld of the crime and Western genres, with a setting in the quiet town of Emerald, California. In this small town, there is a power tussle between two influential men: the head of the Rancher’s Association, Moss...

Still: Inspired by God by Maureen Millar is an uplifting and inspiring collection of poems that will encourage readers to make a connection with God and feel a oneness with the Universe. The poems capture the beauty of nature, the solitude the countryside offers, and...

The Alphabet: Learned Quickly and Easily is a guide to pronouncing the letters of alphabet, as well as how to draw them. Teacher and author Brenda G. Martin has developed a method for teaching the alphabet that teachers and parents can use to help children...

Scripted in Heaven by Lourdes Duque Baron is a powerful testament of the inscrutable workings of God’s grace and a life-changing encounter that portrays, with vivid clarity, the solicitude of God’s tender love. Baron is a respected surgeon who believes he is in control, but...

I loved this author's writing in Scripted in Heaven, and thought another book of hers would be inspiring, and she never failed me. This time, it's not a tale about encountering a saint who brings about physical and spiritual healing, but what one strong woman...

The Black Diamond And The Witch's Curse by Terrence Alexander is a gripping tale with a strong appeal for fans of the paranormal. Derek James might be a football scholar and an ordinary freshman to some people, even to everyone in his school, but he...

Four from Peoria by Andrew Durant can be aptly classified as paranormal with powerful hints of a psychological thriller. A successful Wall Street broker, Jim, has suffered from realistic dreams for a long time. When he has a dream of murdering a man and it...

Weepers by Nick Chiarkas is a murder mystery set in the 1950s. In 1951, Christmas Eve, a man disappeared while walking through the Projects with Angelo, his son. In 1957, an undercover police officer was killed in a housing project in New York. At 2.00...

Bound by My Choices: How a Death Nearly Broke Me But the Navy Saved Me is a memoir written by Keshawn A. Spence. Born to a dysfunctional family, Keshawn is raised by his paternal grandmother, Evelyn, in Ironshire, a small backwoods on the eastern shore...

Circle of Time by Debra Shiveley Welch is a fascinating time travel story with powerful historical hints, a sensational romance, and a painful betrayal, a tale with compelling characters like Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and Bridget Littleton. Bridget Littleton is a twenty-one-year-old girl and...

Mystery at Point Beach: Pirate's Booty by Kate Jungwirth and Deborah Ann Erdmann takes the young reader on a journey through time as it notes some fascinating details about pirates, their lives and what that may have been like. The story is an enchanting mystery...