“Life is a transformation.” The Ph.D. properly adorning Jaime A. Pineda’s name as the author of Piercing the Cloud assumes immense importance when the reader discovers that the author failed kindergarten, lending added significance to the opening quote. Fortunately, this early setback itself was not...

Eloquence That Feeds the Soul should be the subtitle for A Sword Song for Blood Roses, a poignant offering of poems by Joan Wiley. While relatively short insofar as books go, A Sword Song for Blood Roses definitely packs a huge emotional punch. It’s divided...

I have seen so many so-called professionals over the years, all of whom claim to know the almighty cure to my Deafness, Depression, PTSD, and myriad more ailments that remain a mystery to me. Choose to Prevail: Unexpected Insights to Help You Overcome Challenges examines...

Hinterland by L.M. Brown is an engrossing and emotionally rich story that explores themes of love, family, and parenting. Nicholas Giovanni drives a taxi at night and adores spending time with his five-year-old daughter, Kate. His wife, Kathleen, has been unstable, health-wise, even before their...

Life Before Death by Matthew William Frend is a paranormal fiction novel with a fresh take on the genre. It begins with a road trip across Australia, where characters are determined to live life to the fullest and make their dreams come true. It isn't...

We Are Life by Peter Griffiths is a non-fiction theology book that explores the complex ties between ourselves as humans and the entirety of life in all of its many forms on earth. Griffiths begins with a story of his relative youth with a farmer...

Second-Year Widow: The Path From Grief to Transformation by Anne Thrower is the poignant story of the author after losing her husband Mac, who died of a massive cardiac arrest on Thanksgiving Day morning. The memoir captures her journey of grief and she hopes it...

The Last Miracle is a work of fiction in the suspense, intrigue, and supernatural thriller sub-genres, and was penned by author Robert W. Adams. This intriguing and tense novel follows protagonist Thea, who has always been plagued by persecution because she feels she has a...

Atomic Kiss by Brendan S Bigney is a collection of entertaining and insightful free-verse poems. The poem “The People that We Meet” opens the collection. It examines the many people one meets in a lifetime and encourages appreciating those among them who turn out to...

Mementos by Theodore Jerome Cohen is an exposition of creativity. Mr. Cohen has penned an anthology of short stories inspired by photography. Included in this collection are imaginative tales of family, friendship, baseball, adventure, and nostalgia. Some of these tales are slightly taller than the...

Executive Malice (A Tale of Corporate Deceit) by R. L. Hann takes place in 1994, more than twenty years before the “Me Too” movement. This means women in the workplace were treated less than appropriately, especially when confronted with men in higher positions on the...

Consciousness: Earth's Evolution Spiritually Realized (Universal Consciousness) by Jason L. Mondragon is an eye-opening book that explores the nature and power of consciousness and will appeal to fans of New Age spirituality. The book opens with a beautiful definition of consciousness, understood as an evolved...

Out of Mind (Progenitor Book 2) by Matthew S. Cox is a science fiction novel set in the distant future. Sima Nuvari was an Outcast on Earth but on Mirage she has hope. Sima and the kids she rescued have been adopted and things are...

We all remember those special stuffed animals we cherished as a child, especially the most loved of all: the teddy bear. I know mine was loved and hugged and dragged everywhere. My grandmother had to do multiple repairs over the years, as I grew up...

When King Kaison is poisoned, his wife Alanna is on the run in hopes of protecting their unborn child, Alric. It is prophesied by the Oracle that this boy will possess a power no other before has ever known. In one final act of her...

Love Behind Enemy Lines by Jeanette Anderson is a tale of forbidden romance between Palestinian Jannah al-Jarbouni and Israeli Efron Oved. From the moment their eyes met, both Efron and Jannah had felt an irresistible attraction toward each other. Their union, albeit risky, was full...

A secret file belonging to the president of the United States is a threat to the lives of an undercover agent and his family in the sensational Christian thriller, Black Pearl (A Cody Musket Political Thriller Book 5) by James Nathaniel Miller II. When Cody...

What a wonderful twist! I wasn’t expecting the gift that Jacob chose to give in the children’s picture book A Gift for Santa. I love the way Santa thanks him every Christmas for the gift. What would you give Santa for Christmas? I love the...

The Unconscious Community is the real-life story of author Patrice Griffin's childhood, filled with psychological and physical abuse, and her eventual return to society, overcoming overwhelming odds to lead a healthy and fulfilling life. Patrice grows up in a healthy family with a loving grandmother,...

Baby Got Back In Her Pants: A Simple Plan to Thrive on a Plant-Based Diet by Christin Bummer is much more than just a health and fitness book, it is actually a combination of various books. Indeed, it is first and foremost a guide, which...