The Magic of Miss Poly Loly: Bedtime Stories Book 1 - Volume 1 by Karen Avril is a charming and adorable storybook that conveys a good message to young readers. Mason is five and he lives with his father, mother, little brother Gabriel, and sister...

All the Lies We Live is the third book in the Normal Family Trilogy by Don Trowden, a captivating story with a cunning plot and engaging characters, set on an island in New England. Henry’s family has suffered many tragedies and this time, as he...

In the spirit of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, Grant Harper Reid’s Harlem Bible: In the Beginning is a memorable offering that helps readers rediscover the soul and spirit of black culture in Harlem. In this spellbinding autobiography, the author relives wonderful and touching...

I liked Swords and Slavery by David Lees. I like the sometimes-grim portrayal of ancient life. Some people tend to romanticize the past. It wasn't nearly as carefree as the movies make it appear. To be honest, I am interested in all things Roman and...

Eden by Shade Owens is a dystopian story that features a unique kind of conflict, one I have never seen so well-developed in any story — the gender war. Before the American Rebirth, women outnumbered men 7 to 1, until President Price banned the abortion...

Rosie Sees the Light is a contemporary fiction novel written by Carol Fogel. One look at the tired visage of Jesus waiting for her on the other side of the White Light had persuaded Rosie that no, it wasn’t time for her to enter the...

What a fascinating idea! To be perfectly honest, I find it hard to imagine the circumstances where this might actually take place, but it is still a great idea to think about. At some point in the future, school is separated by gender. Eventually life...

Samuel: Usdi Yona is an historical fiction novel written by Jeff B. Morgan. Jonathan Newcastle was chafing at the bit as he boarded the train bound for Asheville, North Carolina. He was on an assignment to interview Samuel Timmons. Timmons was a one-hundred-year old African...

The premise of The Ghost Chronicles 2, a between-life fiction adventure by Marlo Berliner, is so strong that one knows very well a great story is sure to follow. As explained immediately at the beginning by one between-life soul, Tom (as told to him by...

Andy and his sister, Emilia, learn that there is far more to who they are in the fantasy novel The Dragon and the Fairie by Roland Capalbo. Andy loves exploring, and an island on the Hudson River has always been of interest, but only a...

Merula: The Children of Corvus Book 2 by L.E. Harrison follows Acadia, aka Cadie, Maxwell as she flees from the only home she has ever known, after finding out about her tribe’s dark secret. In search of the truth, Cadie flees to the land of...

The Fabulous Life of Minnie the Sassy Chick: Minnie's Sassy Birthday (Volume 2) by Cindy L. Shirley is a captivating read that features Minnie, a beautiful, stylish and sassy hen. She lives with Carly and Riley who constantly fuss over her. The two sisters have...

Peace and Disquiet by Helen Laycock is a collection of short stories that range from death to hope. The author uses vivid language, giving birth to a variety of emotions for the reader: sadness, longing, despair, tenderness, fear, rejection, hate and many more. Each story,...

Fresh Manna: A 40 Day Journey To Your Promise and New Beginning With God by Shawanda R. Randolph is a meditation journal that will take readers on a 40 day journey where they can discover their identity in God and begin to live in covenant...

The Little Miss Grubby Toes series, written by Eddie Price and illustrated by Mark Wayne Adams, depicts a series of escapades and scrapes that Little Miss Grubby Toes herself (so named because of her reluctance to wear shoes) gets into … and out of. These...

An Unlikely Trio: The Winners of the 1913 Kentucky Derby is a nonfiction sports racing history book written by Eddie Price. The horse that won the 39th Running of the Kentucky Derby was a long-shot -- the odds placed on him were, and still are,...

Whispers is a young adult social issues novel written by Lynn Yvonne Moon. No one expected the twelve-year-old daughter of the deceased to punch her father’s body in the face as he lay in his casket during the funeral service. Listening to Pastor Johnson go...

In Lost Souls: Book Two of The Lost Trilogy by Anne Francis Scott, Toni had been digging in places she shouldn't have; first into the building development, then around the scene of a double murder. But she never imagined the trouble that would ensue. An...

Remanded To The Night Café by ME Smith is a debut novel telling the story of John Clarke, an ever so ordinary man. A man who once had a wife, a home, and a job. A man who believed that if you did everything right...

What would make a normal, rational person throw away everything and everyone he holds dear? Meth VS Death: "No Way Out" by Stormy Rainey explores the true story of one man’s relationship with drugs. From the age of three when his brother dies in a...