The Contessa’s Vendetta by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer is a sordid tale of revenge. After the much beloved Contessa Carlotta Mancini marries who she suspects to be her true love, Dario, they begin a quaint life together at her villa. She bears a child and her...

Fantastical by Marija Bulatovic is a delightful, engaging read that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Fantastical is a collection of personal stories from a country and region that was once known as Yugoslavia. This memoir includes a mix of the region’s legends,...

Moish and the Mob and Other Short Fiction is a short story collection written by Raanan Geberer. Moish and Artie live with their widowed mother, Mrs. Birnbaum, and in 1929 they moved from the East Side up to 175th Street. This was a good move...

Christopher Dragon Meets the New World: The Tales of Christopher Dragon, Book 1 is a children's book written by Mary Kagan Draper and illustrated by Patti Brassard Jefferson. Christopher Dragon lived in the olden days when there were knights and kings and castles. He has...

Christopher Dragon Shopping with Friends is the second book in Mary Kagan Draper's children's series, The Tales of Christopher Dragon. This book is illustrated by Patti Brassard Jefferson. Christopher Dragon goes with some of his friends to a shopping mall. They first go to a...

Swindled! If Government is ‘for the people,’ Why is the King Wearing No Clothes? by Don Fraser is a highly informative book about money, finances, free market and our nation’s economy, what its general policies are and viable solutions to fix our current decline. We...

Finding Happy is the first book in the Happy Montana series by Zanne Sweeney. It starts off with a throwback to Breezy's history up until that point. We find out about the loss of parents at a young(ish) age and about a rushed marriage that...

Miranda has been called to Mystica to help fight the darkness in The Dream Walker Returns, Land of Mystica Series by Michelle Murray. I don't usually read adventure stories involving magic and mystical creatures, but I finished the whole book within a few hours of...

Bub and Guy Wish Upon a Star by Michele Lynn Seigfried is a beautiful story of friendship for kids. Bub and his friend Guy are looking at the night sky and they see a shining star. They decided to make their wish, only to realize...

A washed up dentist, homeless and living on the edge of society, Dr. Blair Vaughn loves his drink more than he loved his previous life. So begins Pigeon Blood by author B.A. Braxton. The first book in the new Detective Rein Connery series, the story...

In author Callie James' book, Innocent, seventeen-year-old Missy and eighteen-year-old Will are stuck in the friendship zone. She often sleeps over at his house, hiding out from her abusive mother. She definitely wants more, but she is unsure of his feelings for her, and with...

The Wyrde, the protection shield against the Fae entering your world at first sight of the full moon, is now dead. There is no longer a way to keep the monsters, imaginary creatures, ones thought to be those of a child's fairytale or imagination from...

In Buck Trent by Frank Atwood, former soldier Buck Trent enters Arizona Territory in 1875. Unknown to him, there is a bounty on his head, placed by an unknown enemy. An enemy crippled in an explosion that happened toward the end of the Civil War....

Shimmer by Elena Dillon is the story of Chandler Raines and her life on the run with her father, trying to escape from the ghosts of the past. Her whole life has become a lie as they travel to new places with new names and...

Exhale: A Breathe Series Novella is young adult romantic suspense written by Elena Dillon. Jasmine, her family and their friends are enjoying Thanksgiving together when a knock on the door changes everything. She's stunned to see her father, Michael, standing on the porch. It's been...

The first in its series, Foxglove Hearts is a romance novel by Suzette Kramer. The story stars Mallari, a headstrong woman who takes over her family’s thoroughbred farm after her parents die. She keeps up with it for a while, but unfortunately cannot take care...

The Crumbles Chronicles: Battle of the Paper Bags is a children's story written by Laura Scott Schaefer. Crumbles was born in another country where it was hot, and he had to find his own food. He was rescued one day by humans who offered him...

I liked Neither Here nor There: A First Generation Immigrant in Search of American Exceptionalism by Frans H. Jager. Mr. Jager, a well-traveled, Dutch-born man with extensive time spent in the United States, is qualified to recognize the factors preventing America from being a truly...

A Second Look at Jesus: The Experience of a Christian Mystic by John Evans is the book everyone never knew they needed! Evans takes the reader on a journey through his experiences searching for a true spirituality unburdened by creed or ceremony. From an experience...

Rainstorm Revolt by Randall Jarmon starts off in the shadows of suspense and never lets you go. Beginning in an empty room and a video conference between a former government operative and three hooded men named Freedom 1, 2 and 3, the tone is set...