Unlike many other zombie apocalypse stories that keep the ghouls coming, The Survivors Book II: Autumn by V.L. Dreyer deals with the survivors trying to pick up the pieces. After all, zombies are not the only problems this small group faces. Beginning with the death...

With a large part of their compound destroyed by fire, Sandy, Michael and the group living in the Motel have to move on to a safer location. Taking along new group members as well as the Parata Tribe, Sandy leads the survivors south to locate...

The final leg of the journey begins for Sandrine, Michael and the rest of the survivors but it won’t be easy. The Survivors, Book IV: Spring by V.L. Dreyer takes the group further south into the winter with obstacles on the Central Plateau, but then...

Ray Porter is just your average guy. Hard worker, handsome military veteran, on his way home for a weekend break from his minimum salary job. Knowing that he probably made a poor decision to indulge in a few Friday night drinks before hitting the road,...

Whoa! What a heart-pounding thrill ride of a read! That's what I thought when I finished reading Conspiracy of Silence, the first book published by author Glede Browne Kabongo. Follow the story of successful Boston businesswoman Nina Kasai as she lives a seemingly perfect life....

Wheezer and Whimple Whitewhisker and the Fiery Fart Berry Bush by Laurey Hart Ray is a tender story that teaches children the importance of honesty and the dangers of cheating. Told from a dragon's point of view, the story is whimsical and interesting enough to...

I loved the premise of Hover Car: How far into the future will you travel for love? by Derek Vaughn. Harold wants to show off in front of his wife and friends, so he steals a hover car from his place of work. But Harold...

Duane is stood up on a blind date and frustrated about it. So frustrated, in fact, that he cuts his hand, thus altering his love line forever, although he doesn't yet know this. This one event changes the course of his life forever. He returns...

The subtitle for Keeping Up With The Joneses by Derek Vaughn says it all: What would you do if a corporation placed a robot in your neighborhood to sell products? Haze is the 9-year-old next door neighbor, except, well, he's actually a robot. After failing...

Jiggles is a very unusual little pig. This is quite a concern for his parents. While Mom, Dad and Jiggles' siblings all frolic in the mud to stay cool, Jiggles wants to run to the river to get clean. He refuses to play with everyone...

AJ Krafton and Ash Krafton's The Heartbeat Thief was not at all the book I expected. Now, that can be a good thing or a bad thing. In this case, it was a very good thing. It is a story of the greatest of loves,...

A baby owl is born and, like all newborns, this baby is very hungry. However, this baby owl, Ollie, never seems to outgrow his hunger and as he grows he eats more and more. His parents have a difficult time keeping up with the baby's...

I absolutely loved The Ant Who Can't - La Hormiga Que No Puede by A.M. Vela and Mary Esparza-Vela. The story is about an ant named Frita who is not very good at carrying food for her colony. One day when Frita’s colony is attacked...

One thing is true for us all: life ends in death. We each must face the end of life with our own particular accumulated insights and skills. What To Do with Your Stuff by Lois G. Tager, M.Ed., CSA is a practical, indispensable guide for...

Planning For Love is the story of Poppy Reagan, a type A personality with terrible luck in the dating and love department. Poppy’s problem is that she chooses poorly, bad boys mostly and cheaters, and they never result in the happy ending she desperately wants....

The Path to Job Search Success by Tom Payne begins with an interesting observation that humans are psychologically wired to move in the wrong direction down the job-search path. Tom Payne therefore emphasizes the need to be well prepared with the correct approach at all...

Southern Fried Fiction: How The Insidious Onset Of Depression Derailed a Successful Man's Life is a memoir written by Stuart Hotchkiss. The author's family is steeped in tradition. The grand estate where they lived when Hotchkiss was young was a bittersweet reminder for him in...

The NightShade Forensic Files: Under Dark Skies Book 1 is about the first case of Senior Agent Eleri Eames and medical examiner-turned Agent Donovan Heath. They are recruited by the NightShade division of the FBI to investigate a case of child kidnappings in the heart...

Grace had to overcome a painful tragedy and is doing her best to live each day. Her counselor, Ben Hardy, believes he can be the one to bring healing to Grace and give her back the beautiful life that she had before her painful episode....

The childhood rhyme, "Give me give me never gets; don't you know your manners yet," rattles through my mind as I read this charming story, Treasures in the Winter Vault by Debbie Bertram and Lisa Detanna. It's a lesson that children and adults alike need...