Through "enhanced decision-making", Dr. Helen McKibben shares her new psychological technique for dealing with stress in her book Drop: Making Great Decisions. Dr. McKibben shows readers how to "rewire" their brains to change their reactions to certain negative stimuli. The author mentions the book is...

Beyond the Darkness by Dr. Chad Scott is a powerful and personal journey through the world of dark tourism. We find ourselves visiting historical sites of tragedy, atrocity, and human suffering in this bizarre but intriguing hobby. From Auschwitz and the Paris Catacombs to Ground...

Near the Danube Bridge by Catherine Allen-Walters and Elisabeth Hartig Lentulo is a true story that spans multiple generations, capturing the history of families living in the Balkans during the 20th century. It follows Kalman Hartig, a gifted musician and survivor of a labor camp,...

Authors Jacqueline Terrill, Connie Clyburn, and Teresa Smyser take readers on a transformative journey of faith in this illuminating devotional guide. A Good Fight of Faith offers prayers, reflections, and tools to help readers acquire wisdom from the scriptures and overcome the everyday rigors of...

Parenting can be an exciting as well as a challenging experience. While most parents want what’s best for their children, determining what exactly is best for them is perhaps the most demanding part. What many fail to realize is that parenting is not just about...

"And Rainedrops Fall Down My Cheeks" tells of the author's many different life experiences, in which she establish a justification of the reason for them is much more than being human and we have guardian angels. I thought this book was a bit abstract through...

It is the golden age of French aristocratic life, the glittering court of Louis XV. Beneath the posturing and hedonism lies a seething hotbed of intrigue, deceit, and treachery. Sex, lies, and politics go hand in hand, and courting royal patronage is the ultimate prize....

The Volcano That Changed the World, by James W. Mercer, is a fascinating amalgam of Geology, Archaeology, the legendary city of Atlantis, and World History. All this occurs within a milieu of attempted murder, marital infidelity, and the underhanded shenanigans of a Professor doing everything...

Accursed Women, a collection of short stories by Luciana Cavallaro, is a unique and interesting take on Greek myths with five stories (each with 'curse' somewhere in the title) told from the perspective of five different women. You don't have to know much about Greek...

Not So Long Ago, Not So Far Away is a coming of age story written by Trisha Slay. It takes place throughout the summer of 1977 in small-town America. Erika is fifteen and a freshman in high school. Her best friend is Cassie, a beauty...

While Return to Hoffman Grove is a love story, it is also a story of friendship. The story opens with Cinda meeting with her closest friends from childhood to get over yet another broken relationship. This scene is very telling and lets us know a...

In With Angel's Wings by Stephanie A. Collins, Laura is a military wife who is expecting her second child. She has a beautiful three-year-old daughter and another beautiful girl on the way. But before she can give birth to the baby, her husband Kevin is...

In Ridge by Stephanie Hurt, meet an ex-soldier who is struggling through life with PTSD, until the day he meets 'the One' and his world turns upside down. Ridge is the oldest Cauthen boy. He grew up in a big, happy family. Ridge is kind...

Beyond The Rainbow's End: Short Stories by James Pitter is a collection of five short stories, just 57 pages in all, covering a variety of situations and introducing diverse characters. In A Digital Immortality, we meet Jed and Rami encountering a philosophical debate over whether...

Seer of Souls (The Spirit Shield Saga, Book One) by Susan Faw opens with Mordecai the wizard saving the souls of two infants from the poison that killed their mother, Princess Gwendolyn. They are born again and live as twins, Cayden and Avery Tiernan, in...

In Jane McGarry's Unexpected Rewards, we are placed in an area that many would consider to be outside of our comfort zone. We all try to plan how our lives are going to be lived, but life has a way of changing things. Especially in...

Wanda M. Luthman’s Franky the Thirsty Flamingo, accompanied by Mara Reitsma’s distinct bright and playful illustrations, is a children’s picture book with a lovely rhyme scheme throughout. It has a narration that is easily comprehensible by most age groups and includes educational moments as well....

Hayley the Halloween Cat and The Search for Bitty the Bat by Wanda M. Luthman is a children’s picture book narrated through a rhyme scheme that will have kids happily reading along out loud. The colorful characters all have rhyming names, each feels unique and...

Sophia the Christmas Eve Snow Bunny & the Real Gift by Wanda M Luthman, with illustrations by Mara Reitsma, is the story of a young rabbit that's been tasked with a job by Santa Claus. After receiving the lovely red kite Sophia had longed for...

Margot Gets An Unexpected Visit is a charming work of nature storytelling and photography composed and compiled by author-photographer Lieve Snellings. In this story of nature in Quebec, aimed at ages 5 to 9 years old, the central character Margot is a groundhog. Also known...