Five Moons: Zep Tepi by Bill Parker is the sixth book in Bill Parker’s Five Moons series and takes place in a futuristic world where humans and androids work alongside one another and space travel has become the new norm. When a medical emergency arises...

Finding Sarah, Finding Me: A Birth Mother’s Story is the inspiring true account of Christine Lindsay. There are short snippets of some other adoption tales as well. Christine looks back on her life as a young and scared pregnant woman who's forced to make a...

Hospitals have a purpose: to help people get better. But they can be scary places, even for grownups. A child is easily frightened by all the people, the noise, the comings and goings and, of course, all the tests that they do. If a child...

Playing With Fire: Bart Learns a Hard Lesson About Fire Danger by Sylvia Yordanova is a well written story that begins with Bart and his friends going out to play and have fun in the forest one day. Bart decides to build a small fire...

I missed the two previous books in The Oathtaker series by Patricia Reding, but Ephemeral and Fleeting tamed my heart and gave me a longing for more of this author’s work. Although this is the third volume in the thrilling epic fantasy, it reads beautifully...

Love Bleeds Blue (Hot Cops. Hot Crime. Hot Romance.) by Emma Calin is the fourth book in the suspenseful romance series Passion Patrol. This is a book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of mature young adults and adults who have enjoyed the...

The Trainee Undercover by Brenda Shaw is a young adult thriller. Paul Collier is high up in a pharmaceutical company and he knows something that others don’t want to get out. His family is under threat if he says anything so he decides that they...

Carlo the Mouse, Book 2: Now We're Talking! by Mrs. D. is a fun follow-up to Book 1, in which we were introduced to Carlo, a happy-go-lucky - but perhaps too curious - little mouse who resides with his family inside a hospital. In this...

The Syrian Peddler by Linda Hanna Lloyd is a fictionalised retelling of the author’s forebears as they immigrated and settled in America in the early years of the twentieth century. Like so many Europeans, many people from the Middle East sought a better life at...

That Is How Things Are by Mrs. D. is a book with two short stories, The Autumn Wind and The Kitten and the Sparrow, which explore the magic and beauty of autumn. In the first story, readers get to see the gray-silver headed wind rising...

Avoiding the Mistletoe: Mistletoe, Jingle Belles, and Second Chances, Volume 1 is an historical Christian romance novella written by Anne Greene. Darcy was determined to get her sister, Olivia, to sign on with her to be one of Asa Mercer’s mail-order brides. Lowell, Massachusetts held...

Two Halves Whole: Hafu Sans Halo, Book 2 is a young adult coming of age novel written by Melissa Abigail. While the author gives enough background information to allow this book to be read on its own, I would advise that readers begin with the...

Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank by Nanette Blitz Konig will give you a new view into the world at the time of the Holocaust as the Jews were targeted by the Germans. After being asked a question by her...

Alabama Oh: Artist, Dandelion Dreamer, and Independent Girl by Andi Cann,‎ with illustrations by Micaela Stefano, follows the story of a young girl, vivid with life and enchanted by flowers and color, and her struggle in a bland, colorless town. Alabama Oh - her name,...

The Christmas Victory: A Gem of a Sermon, All Wrapped Up in a Historical Novel by James M. Becher is a delightful gift edition of an uplifting story of Christmas and faith. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow hasn't felt the Christmas spirit since the death of his...

Depression is a problem but nobody really knows why and how people get depressed. The Quill Method: Conquer Depression in 10 Steps by Sylvester Quill is an engaging book that will help all those dealing with depression. The ten-step approach is a good tool to...

Short stories are gaining in popularity. There is a growing market for a short story. People are interested in reading short snippets, something they can read from beginning to end in one sitting. With the internet opening up more markets for publishing short stories, writers...

Going to school can be difficult for a child, but it doesn't have to be. School can be a great place where you hang out with your friends, play games, learn a lot of new things, and have a good time. Besides, studying can be...

Granddad Teaches Des to Ride is a story about 5-year-old Des and his first two-wheel bike. His grandparents surprise him with a brand-new bike and all the safety gear that goes with it. Des is very excited to try it out. The first step is...

Aboard the Time Line by Bastian Gregory concerns Pete, a young boy who begins his adventures in the classroom. At first, he felt so bored that he believed time was standing still. When he discovered that everything had indeed stopped, he decided to investigate. This...