The Gobblings by Matthue Roth is a fascinating book for young children. I was immediately drawn by the beautiful pictures in vibrant shades of blue and green. The story line is imaginative as well. Herbie is a space traveler with his parents. Since he is...

Josiah's Apple Orchard by Katherine L. Holmes revolves around Vivvy and her brothers Vince and Matt, and apples. Vivvy likes music and green apples and she goes with her little brother Matt to pick up apples. Music always played in Vivvy's head when she went...

Three lords live in a sumptuous palace. They are Fame, Fortune and Power. These lords bestow gifts upon newborns, babies whom they decide will benefit from their gifts that befit the lord's name of Fame, Fortune or Power. It sounds a little confusing and it...

The Huntress is a sensual contemporary romance written by Elizabeth Davis. Kaitlin Hawthorne is the daughter of Astor Hawthorne, a powerful industrialist, whose company Hawthorne Industries controls the patent rights to a large percentage of the current technological advances, which concerns the young woman. While...

Jane Ellen Freeman has written a lovely story for preteens called Jeremiah Lucky and the Guardian Angel. After Jeremiah’s father died, he tries to be more responsible by helping his mother with the chores. His mother, a nurse, often leaves before Jeremiah wakes and returns...

3GB: Good Girl Gone Bad by K.A. Black is a coming of age tale about a teen named Alexandra, called Xandra by her family and friends. She seethes with resentment against her older brother, Brent, the local all-star athlete and the center of attention. Her...

The Christmas Garden (Amber/Autumn Series) (Volume 1) by John Alexander revolves around Amber and Autumn, two elementary school sisters. Autumn and Amber take a different route back home one day after school. They decide to check out the spooky old haunted house, and after that...

The Twisted Diary: Infatuation by Anne Roberts is a story about one woman’s strength and search for love in today’s modern world. Kate is a fifty-something recently widowed woman who happens to meet Harrison, a suave, successful man, though just a friend. Harrison is a...

Exciting and captivating, The Lost Prophet by James B. McPike takes you through the Middle East on an adventure of biblical proportions. When a madman destroys the Tomb of the Prophets, Vince Ramsey is called back from a well-deserved vacation to perform his duties as...

The muddy waters of the Perdido River swamps are covering a multitude of secrets, as are the Shelbey, Percy and Doogan families. It is Duddy Doogan’s quest to uncover them all in a search for his father or his father’s remains, as well as some...

The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur is a beautiful romance that explores love, sexuality, and the blossoming of a new relationship, as well as the trauma and anguish in the wake of a school shooting. College freshman Erik Fiskare is drawn into the world...

Listen Up! The Other Side Is Talking by Kelle Sutliff, as the author says, is pearls of wisdom and inspirational ideas for a fuller life. The book begins with her journey in search of the person inside her, how she held nature in reverence, the...

Animal Alphabet Search by John Priest is an educational book for small kids put together in a fun way so that kids not only learn animal names but also numbers and alphabets. The book teaches everything in a fun and interactive way that makes learning...

Sapient by Jerry Kaczmarowski is an intense, action-packed, suspenseful and thrilling read! The storyline is definitely unique and pulls readers in right away. Scientist Jane Dixon is frantically trying to find a cure for her young autistic son Robbie. She pours her heart and soul...

In a wonderful debut by author Patricia Yager Delagrange, Taken Away is a fantastic read, combining elements of romance, mystery and suspense. Jessee Bradford, a young California veterinarian, deals with a nightmare scenario. He comes home to find that his wife Serena, and baby daughter...

In To Swallow the Earth by Ransom Wilcox and Karl Beckstrand, Wade Forester has a big problem. His problem, it seems, is that everyone wants to shoot him. When he comes home after a long absence, he finds everything has changed. His father has disappeared...

Journey Home: A Thank You to American Veterans is a picture book for children, grades K-3, written and illustrated by Tori Meyer. The author was inspired to write this book by her child's question about what a veteran is. Lee is a young girl who...

Orphan Moon: The Orphan Moon Trilogy, Volume 1 is a historical coming of age story written by T.K. Lukas. Barleigh Flanders was nineteen years old when her family's ranch in Texas was burned to the ground by a raiding party of Indians in September of...

Trespassers by Saul Delino is a story about how someone’s past can come back to haunt them. When Vincent Wright was a teenager, he, along with his friends, made a mistake. Years later he is disabled and trying to live his life in spite of...

Dreamadillo: A Bedtime Rhyme is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Tina Marie Bevan. Armadillo may be asleep in the sands of his desert home, but when he dreams, he is far away up in the clouds. In his dreams he’s known as...