Private L.A., by James Patterson and Mark T. Sullivan, is a heart in the throat, mind-boggling, grasp your seat, action packed book. Once you start you can’t let it go, and yes the main couple made me think of Brad and Angelina, or in this...

In The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller, the scene is set in rural Iowa. Robert has been assigned to photograph the beautiful old wooden bridges, a vanishing piece of architecture. A chance need of directions, and Francesca being home alone, with her...

“The social order of the State of Earth is Humane Capitalism. The fundamental value of Humane Capitalism is consumption, because one person’s spending provides work and income for another person. This is why consumption is the constitutional obligation of each and every citizen of the...

As He Has Me begins, we meet aspiring journalist Audrey as she gets the opportunity to interview a journalistic idol. Unfortunately he takes ‘hard-hitting’ to a new level that threatens her future as a journalist. After a disheartening encounter with a professor, Audrey is a...

In a world where so many creative artists weary themselves with the effort of trying to find anything new to say, it is a rare pleasure to find a poet who speaks about familiar, universal things in simple, straightforward verse clearly intended to warm the...

One Heartbeat Past Normal is a collection of macabre short stories written by Dennis Timothy. Each tale is self-contained, and there is no general theme connecting them. They are all, however, tales that are, literally, One Heartbeat Past Normal. Tranquility Park is a noir tale...

Wil Jade is a successful press agent in Sacramento in the early 1940s. Wil Jade by Philip Alyster Lagree begins with Wil’s hunt for justice for the death of his father at the hands of unscrupulous politicians and continues through the end of WWII. Wil...

Cliff Diver (An Emilia Cruz Novel) by Carmen Amato is a murder mystery set against the backdrop of Mexico. Emilia Cruz, Acapulco's only female police detective, is investigating the death of a dirty cop. Though she faces a lot of non-cooperation from the other cops...

Beauty certainly is in the eye of the beholder and nothing illustrates that truth better than My Fingerpaint Masterpiece written by Sherrill S. Cannon and illustrated by Kalpart. When a child is interrupted from a fingerpainting of his dog while at school, it is the...

It hasn’t been a really great few months for Duncan Walsh. In fact he’s gotten fired from his job and is barely surviving in a metropolis that seems determined to evict him. That is until he meets Agnes, a girl very unlike anyone he’s ever...

Tyler Anderson was a military kid and when his mother passed away his 6-year-old life changed forever. With his dad’s assignments, he couldn’t take care of a kid so he asked his in-laws, who happen to be Amish, to take care of the boy until...

Marietta Hughes was forced into her job as a spy because of her family legacy during the War Between the States, and the secrets of her late husband and brother-in-law. When her grandfather told her about her husband and the KGC members, she was more...

Caleb Beachy had spent five years in the Englisch world, away from his Amish family and faith. He decides to make an appearance on Christmas Eve night, surprising his entire family. But even though Caleb grew up Amish, finding his way back into the Amish...

Ron Rhodes' What Happens After Life? 21 Amazing Revelations About Heaven and Hell is a controversial topic because there are so many theories about this subject. People claim to have died and returned, but these are called near-death experiences. Rhodes gives Biblical references to make...

“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me (John 15:26).” Mary DeKok Blowers provides an excellent testimony that relates directly to this passage from the...

Parenting is undergoing massive changes depending on the generation and times. In James Pedersen's The Rise of the Millennial Parents: Parenting Yesterday and Today, the author discusses the complexity of parenting style and methods and how it affects the growth of a child, positively and...

Daniel Swensen's Orison is a wonderful read that had me enthralled from start to finish. Mankind has become mere pawns to the will of dragons. Wrynn, a fallen sorcerer, has had encounters with these powerful beings in the past and now lives a life of...

Quest of the Hybrid by Ginger Gelsheimer and Christina Keats is the first book in the Aurora Conspiracy Trilogy. Nineteen-year-old Jesse and her older brother James are living on their family farm in Aurora, Texas. Haunted by the disappearance of her mother years ago into...

The Holon Method: A Breakthrough in Energy Medicine and Step-by-Step Guide to Powerful Self-Healing by Carol Maikalani Hannum is an uplifting book that is unconventional in its healing approach and departs from the usual healing methods one follows. The Holon Method covers a very broad...

Angie has been in love with her Uncle Chris (they are not related by blood) for as long as she can remember. But everyone in the family watches and disapproves of their interactions so it took a long time for Angie to act on her...