London Walsh, a young adult, is living and working in San Francisco when she gets a letter to come back to her hometown of Christmas Falls to sing in the Christmas pageant. The only thing is, her parents have moved to Phoenix and her mother...

Red: An Extreme Horror Novelette by D.J. Doyle is the story of Todd Jenkins (formerly known as Dwayne) and his blood lust for all things red. Red lipstick, red books, red kerchiefs...all souvenirs taken off women who became his prisoners. Told in the first person,...

Poetry and Attitude by Zipporah Rayne is an excellent, eclectic book of poetry with several rhetorical devices of note. For starters, the rhyme scheme used is unique to Rayne's writing, and is also a strong indication of her literary background. Most writers struggle to find...

For fans of adventure, travel, and memoirs, Travels with Vamper: A Graybeard’s Journey by George Critchlow contains amazing surprises, great entertainment and a rare injection of humor in the narrative that will compel readers to keep on turning the pages. After four decades of teaching...

Shakira has never quite felt accepted, or that she fits in anywhere. She grew up never quite getting too close to anyone, and her tall and lanky stature certainly didn’t help matters. This feeling of not belonging drives Shakira to find somewhere she does belong,...

A Bridge To ...? is an urban fantasy novella written by James Huber. Tim Shell had a successful business making maps. As this story is set in the early 1970s, maps were still hand-drawn works of art designed by cartographers who used earlier maps and...

Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block by Kristy Burmeister was an eye-opening read. When Kristy begins getting stalked by a member of her church, she turns to the other members in hopes of getting help. You would think that being the pastor’s daughter would...

In Tally: A Polyamorous Romance by J.M. Northup, Tally Abram is a successful lawyer but when it comes to finding love, the cards seem stacked against her. She longs for a family of her own, but time is fast running out. She has just...

It is a different kind of nation. America’s streets are rocked by riots arising from the bitter divide between the Redzees and Bluezees in From Us by Randall Jarmon. No one seems to care much about the law. It is all about which side you...

Before I begin the review for Eagle Shield: Milestone Rising by Carl Lakeland, can I just say, wow! Seriously, this is one of the best thriller novels with a spy angle that I have read EVER! I absolutely loved the story line, I loved the...

Sophia's Storm: The 1900 Storm is a young adult historical coming of age novel written by Cara Skinner. The highlight of Sophie’s summer was the week that her family would spend every year at the family beach house on Galveston Island. She loved watching the...

Kingdom of Famine is the second book in the Winter Agent Juno series by Mike MacDee, an interesting read with a dystopian setting. It’s an age of total disruption, set against the backdrop of a world dominated by a ruthless matriarchy, where men endure untold...

Half Past Monday by M. Erpenbeck revolves around Dr Dominic Rivera and his wife, Clarissa, and their little daughter, Savannah. Clarissa had worked as a part-time physician at a local health-care facility prior to becoming a mother. She ran the house with detailed precision and...

An Addicts Poem by author Declan J Mc Laughlin is a collection of short, one-page poems focusing on a variety of dependencies, including gambling and forms of substance abuse. Each poem has a rhyming structure throughout. The tone is simple, straightforward, and easy to understand....

“I have discovered that when you look into a dog’s eyes there is a power that draws you in,” says Leon Robertson in the introductory chapter to ARF & Soul and the book shares more of what one gets when one explores the mind of...

Lionel Slender had always thought that his marriage was destined. He loved his wife, Tamara, in his own way and probably she had tried to love him too in the beginning. Still, his patience and love for her are constantly tested, but Lionel sticks through...

In Chick-A-Bunga by Gail Kamer, Feathers is a chicken living on a farm, who desperately wants to fly like all the other birds. Feathers spends her days coming up with crazy ideas to help her achieve her dream, but none of them work out like...

Lightyears Trilogy by Troy D. Wymer is a science fiction story with a very complex plot. The story transports readers to a desert planet called Kaskoon. Here Olossky is taken prisoner by a powerful empire called the BlueMar. His children, Baas and Roedie, set out...

While attending a historic art festival, Shane discovers a missing document hidden behind a piece of art. He's handed a chance to find treasure, but it's an adventure that could get him killed. As he runs from the Galactic Government, he hides in an abandoned...

I Love You For You by Heather Lester is a delightful storybook that celebrates the concept of being different from each other yet liking each other for what they are meant to be. Children need not be the same as their parents, but that does...