Fallen Men: A Story of Three Priests by Brian O’Hare was a challenging read for me. Not challenging in a bad way; it was just challenging. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I picked it up. Was it a treatise on Catholicism or...

In Artama & The Watchtower Portal: The Second Journey by Bruce Paul, Artama's first forbidden trip across The Plain was a miraculous success. His success, however, attracted some unwanted attention and soon The Town was in danger of being destroyed by greedy men seeking a...

The Acheron Deception by Patrick F. Rooney is the story of Mikhail Volkov, who, utilizing the calamitous breakup of the Soviet Union, creates an altogether different scenario - stealing nuclear weapons from a Russian test facility. It is also the story of Sean McGowan, a...

In My Serenity by M. Clarke, Seth Stewart was on a fantastic ride that took him only upward. His life is good. He has an internship, even though he just completed his first year at Berkeley Business School. But things take a devastating turn when...

Courage Resurrected: A Ray Courage Mystery is Book 3 in R. Scott Mackey's Ray Courage Private Investigator Series. November 11 is a tragic anniversary for Ray Courage, despite it being 13 years after the fact. He's never stopped wondering about the death of his wife,...

The Illuminator's Test (The Voyages of the Legend) (Volume 2) by Alina Sayre revolves around the life of Ellie and her friends who start their new lives on the flying island of Rhynlyr. She has a role to play in the war against Draaken, but...

When Tiffanie Bate is killed in a suspicious accident, neither the police nor the insurance investigators can prove she was murdered and the case turns cold. Two years later the insurance company asks former college professor turned private eye, Ray Courage, to reopen the investigation....

Whoa! Can you say ‘thrill ride?’ That is definitely how I would describe A Fine Line: The Ancients, Part One by author J.C. Brennan. The story begins with the William Healthaway family. Having survived an attack by the Damned and triumphing over Tetron, the evil...

The Unforgiven is a work of epic fantasy by A. Katie Rose, set in a world of warring kings, prophecies, gods and magic. Our trio of central characters shares the same goal, but for different purposes: recover the child of prophecy, the one said to...

Hunting Ground and Other Stories: Tales from a world where man and dinosaurs coexist by Will Svensen is a series of short stories that interconnect to describe Gondolend, a world that is almost the polar opposite of ours and allows man to coexist with dinosaurs....

Not A Nugget by Stephanie Dreyer is a delightful book that revolves around food. It helps both parents and children carefully look at the food they are eating. Each page has the answer to the question: where does the food we are eating come from?...

Path Unchosen (Daughter Of Ravenswood Book 1) by Kim Cleary is the story of Judy, who is not quite as ordinary as other young women her age. When she touches dead animals, they come back to life. Soon Judy learns that she has the powers...

It’s not every day a friend is murdered right in front of you. Marisa Adair is shocked but quickly becomes drawn into the very convoluted mystery of which this death is only a small part. Murder Takes a Dare is the first Marisa Adair Mystery...

The Seven Deadly Sins of Business Valuation: Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses & Government Guaranteed Lenders by Robert M. Clinger III, after a good introduction to the concept of valuation of a business, discusses the methods practically used by businesses for such calculations. This is the income...

Ugly Tuckling: The Life and Loves of a Fat Guy by GL Sheridan is a humorous story. Cornelius Tuckling is a chef and has been fat for most of his life. And he blames this on the fact that he is still a virgin at...

Writing the Cozy Mystery by Nancy J. Cohen is about writing a whodunit which, as the author says, is a complex task. Mulling over the bits and pieces one has gathered, the puzzle should be made to fit together in the end. This guide begins...

The Lopsided Christmas Cake by Wanda E. and Jean Brunstetter is centered on Amish girls Elma and Thelma, twin sisters, who have just inherited their grandparents' home and country store. The girls leave behind their mother and father’s home and learn to live on their...

I must confess, I was first attracted to Fernando Torres’ new novel, A Habit of Resistance, by the cover. Gun-toting nuns in full habits; what could be better? Having been raised Catholic, this story was one I simply could not resist. And the book did...

The Last Cigarette: Five Steps to Quitting for Good by Carol Savoie attacks the issues of giving up smoking in an intuitive way. Step one, Carol explains is to find for yourself a really big reason to quit, the bigger, the better. The next step...

Food, Sex, Wine and Cigars: A Memoir by Lisa Stalvey spans the first twelve years of the author's career as a professional chef. Caught in a superficial world and battling with anorexia, the memoir shows the transformation of a young girl to an independent and...