Fanny and Dora's South American Adventure is a contemporary travel novel written by Jason le Grange. It all started out with Fanny seriously considering, for a few moments at least, ignoring the ringing of the doorbell which she knew heralded the visit of her friend,...

Kellion S. Mocking is on a journey. One step at a time, on foot from town to town, he walks alone. He endures physical pain, and searches for forgiveness from emotional pain that rose from a life filled with tragedy, bad choices and mistakes. One...

Finding Pandora: World is a young-adult high fantasy novel based on the planet Haeylo. It follows Arriette, a smart young woman with a love for knowledge, and one of the few human beings remaining on a planet ruled by Everlasts and simmering with demonic forces....

Shades of Valhalla is the first book in the Inner Origins series, written by Ellis Logan. Seventeen-year-old Siri Alvarsson is about to start her senior year at Union High School in Vermont. Having just moved from Arizona, she takes time out from her extreme martial...

Corrosive by J. Kariuki is … horrifying. If you are looking for a horror story for entertainment, expect to get much more than that here. In fact, what you get—if you’re lucky—will far surpass any entertainment value and will touch the stained part of...

Weretiger by Antaeus is a powerfully written story of the epic generations-long battle between Werewolves and Weretigers. Antaeus describes his characters with vivid detail, bringing them to life on the pages. Antaeus has a unique way of bringing the reader into the story within the...

American soldiers are dying in the war against terror, and a domestic terrorist wants them to come back home in Seven by Jerry Johnson. He will stop at nothing to make his demands heard and acted upon. His inspiration comes from the deeds performed by...

In Masters of Life on Meaningful Living: Conversations Between Tom, Guru Dick and Guru Harry, Tommy S. W. Wong shares two conversations about life. Tom’s conversation with Guru Dick is all about money and power. Guru Dick believes life is about accumulating all the material...

“Left to your own devices, you may start a war,” are the words of her father, considering that Maura Stone is about to leave them for a long period of time in Paris. The mother thinks she will get mixed up with Communists, which can...

When Ash Rains Down by Cecelia Earl is the story of hardship and hope. Teenager Julia has a routine: work, study, school. She doesn't have time for friends, and certainly doesn't have time for fun. When her father left them, he took away her faith...

Deception is a crime thriller novella written by Dwayne T. Martin. It was Michael's proudest moment, the culmination of all his hopes, dreams and hard work. He was graduating from police academy at the top of his class. Angel, his friend for so long and...

Grammy Do... is a children's picture book written by Sandy Richards and illustrated by Lori Hohmann. Both the author and the artist are grandmothers, and Hohmann uses their grandchildren as the models for the panels in this book. What is a Grammy? Richards' story gives...

A Tangled Web is a novella written by M.L. Sparrow. Teenage girl, Hayashi Taiyo, has been best friends with twin boys, Ryuu and Kairi, for most of her life. Although physically identical, the boys’ personalities couldn’t be more different. Kairi is completely no-nonsense, spending almost...

Darker Seuss: Extra Grim Fairy Tales of Even Grimmer Existence by Dr. Matthew McKeague is a hilariously arresting collection of five short stories that will both entertain readers and provoke them to think about life. This is a perfect collection of five stories told in...

I teach English as a second language at a university in China, and I am always reading books that deal with education in my ongoing effort to improve myself, stay current in my field, and in general make my classes more fun and productive. Most...

Everyone is different. We all have different colored skin or at least different tones of skin color. Everyone’s hair and eye colors are different, too. Difference is not a bad thing. We’re not clones, after all. It’s the same thing in the wild. Every creature...

Mended Wings: A Flicker's Tale is a young adult coming of age novel written by Timothy Imhoff. Flicker's life ended when she was sixteen. Young, athletic, popular and good in school, the pretty blond cheerleader, who was planning on college, never really survived the accident...

Unsurpassed is the story of Aubree Holiday and her desire for her two friends, Max and Ryan. They met at a kickboxing class and, despite her fantasy of a three way with the sculpted pair, she settles for their friendship. At least until an unforgettable...

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...

Soaring Soren: When French Bulldogs Fly is a children's animal book, based on a true story, written by Deborah Stevenson and illustrated by Morgan Spicer. Deb was there at the airport waiting for the small French Bulldog puppy who had traveled all the way to...