I love my trees. My home is surrounded by trees. All kinds of trees. I may not be very knowledgeable about these trees, but I do appreciate them. Perhaps not as much as poet John Benzee. His collection of poems paints a vivid picture in...

Dagger’s Destiny by Linnea Tanner is the second book in the Curse of Clansmen and Kings series. The book picks up immediately after the events of the first book in the series, Apollo’s Raven. Set in the year 24 AD in Britannia, the young Princess...

What is the number one desire of most people? Peace! In Patrick Henry’s famous liberty or death speech, he says, “Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace.” Mankind is still searching for peace. Lee Ann Rubsam enters the stage by writing...

Every Christian should spend time praying for others. God commands His children to pray for their enemies, their loved ones, friends, neighbors, leaders, and everyone. Praying for others is the basis of intercession. Lee Ann Rubsam knows that those who are serious about praying for...

Buzz Flyswell is restless. He is going to start his first week of school the next day and is worried if the other students will like him. Buzz tries his best to be like the other students but he knows that everyone knows he is...

Heart Strings by Claire Merchant is a gripping young adult romance with relevant and realistic themes. Nicole Nero has grown up wanting to work for her most favorite record label and to win the affection of Elijah West, a charming and gifted musician. But she...

Marie Drake’s You Can't Force Love is a realistic novel with multi-layered characters. We encounter two sophisticated characters, drawn from two different worlds and thrust together in the same foster home. The only thing that Jordan Fry and Kimberly Orvine have in common is the...

It’s Not Easy Being A Kid: Trust Me is written and illustrated by JuYin Wong and follows the daily routine of sisters Felicia and Serena from the time they wake to the time they go to bed. They describe how difficult it is to wake...

Life is full of snippets, some true, some made up. When life becomes a story, there are many versions, multiple scenarios and tangents. And then there is the clever weaving of fact with fiction and point of view. Author V.S. Kemanis does this expertly, one...

Every so often, a book comes along that blows you away with its uniqueness. For me, Reprobation by Catherine Fearns is one of those books. It’s so different, so intense, and so “heady” for lack of a better word, that I can only say if...

Wyatt is drifting through life after his daughter is murdered by bandits. All he has now is his gun and his horse. He comes to a small town and Chuck tells him there are places where he can stay the night. Wyatt is also in...

Police Detective Barry Marshall can't seem to catch a break. He's worked two major cases and become a victim of identity theft when another case falls into his lap. The problem is that this time it's personal. The perpetrator is targeting individuals who have crossed...

Little Meditations is a work of inspirational poetry by author Avinash Jalani. Part spiritual and part meditative, this mid-length collection of poetic works is intended to inspire healing and mental well being by exploring various forms of self expression. The collection chronicles the author’s own...

Daughter Departed by Claire Merchant is a wonderful coming of age story. After her graduation, Amelia Saber worked at her father’s public relations group. A great and respectable job, but she felt “like a caged tiger... alone in the castle but not in the world.”...

Send Packs! by David Paul Kutchinski is an exciting foray into American history and those momentous facets that were scintillating episodes of bravery and courage during the tumultuous period of the American Civil War and its immediate aftermath. The Union forces fought the rebellious Confederates...

Autobiography of An American Teacher by D.J. Wright is a book that asks a hard question about American education, a powerful reflection from an education expert: What is it that makes American education ineffective? The author of this book doesn’t waste time in answering the...

Enya’s Son by Cindy Thomson tells the story of Columcille, who is also known as the “Dove”. The heroine longs to have a child and fears that she is cursed according to the old religion. She begs the god of the Christians for a child...

Snow Angel by Davalynn Spencer is a romantic Christmas novella set in the late 1800s in a small town in Colorado. A young Lena Carver plays in the snow outside her family's cabin when events tragically take a turn for the worse and she suffers...

With thematic threads and certain plot elements reminiscent of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and the long holiday movie classic It’s A Wonderful Life, D.L. Finn’s short-short book, A Long Walk Home, offers a feel-good antidote to potential seasonal doldrums, as well as a cautionary tale...

Never Enough: A Recovery Workbook For Addictions, Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors and Eating Disorders by Nina Bingham is a workbook designed to assist people suffering from a wide range of disorders in a healthy manner. Bingham outlines multiple disorders from Anorexia and Bulimia to Depression and...