"The Knitting Fairy: A Crabapple Yarns Mystery" by Jaime Marsman is a whimsical, funny mystery that any one who has ever knitted anything or thought about knitting anything or might want to try knitting will find a great book. We first meet Molly Stevenson at...

Jane Bouddic is not your usual teenager. Sure, she is angsty, has a stubborn streak and doesn’t know when to back down, but she knows how to make things work. After having an alcoholic mother and an absent father, she knew that she was the...

After successfully completing her mission and killing the Russian terrorist who turned out to be her father, Jane is ready to relax a little with Luke at her side. She barely made it out alive herself, but now she wants nothing to do with that...

In her Author’s note at the beginning of Phoenix of Scarlet, Ellie Raine declares: “If you have made it this far in the Reaper’s adventures, you are my favorite reader!” Well, that would be me, and I am happy and honored to have been along...

Rose is a harrowing work of realistic fiction based on true events, written by author Tom Kelly. Studying the impact of a single unplanned event on an entire family, the work centers on titular character Rose during the 1920s. Coming from a strict Irish Catholic...

Bolan's Quest II: The Rise of the Gnarlis by Paul Simmonds is the story of a war hero named Bolan who was left scarred and devastated after the war that gave him powers that no one else has. After the last battle, Bolan retreated from...

I just couldn't resist reading a book with the title Good Writing is Like Good Sex. After all, it involves two of my most favorite things to do. C.S. Johnson did not disappoint. She delivered a book that I enjoyed reading and I think will...

Abducted is the second book in the Red Heeled Rebels series by Tikiri Herath, a suspenseful thriller with strong characters and intriguing themes. When Asha and Katy arrive at London's Heathrow Airport, they are sure they have left behind the terror that haunts them. But...

Imagine That: The Magic Of The Mysterious Lights by George Yuhasz with illustrations by Egle Bartolini is the story of Evelyn, a little girl who is mesmerized by the stars and the wonders of the universe. Evelyn soon discovers that she is seeing lights in...

The Lost Princess by Lee Tidball is a thrilling sci-fi novel that follows a young woman named Giana, and her experience as a kidnapped, soon-to-be slave onboard a spaceship. Giana has been bought by the son of the rulers on the planet Ty-lo, and the...

In an upmarket apartment block opposite Central Park in 2012, the residents are neighbors but know very little about one another. Although they are aware that there are some famous people and residents with murky pasts around them, they know little else, even though they...

Say Your ABC With Me by Gloria Johnson-Gordon is a workbook specifically designed to help kids develop the early learning skills necessary as they begin to learn to read and spell. Each page contains the letter being learned in its written form as well as...

The Judge Merit Golfing Club by Matt Hargrove takes place in a tiny town in Texas in the late 1800s. A young teenage boy, Sam Stallings, shows up with two hundred dollars cash in his pocket, carrying a set of golf clubs in a bag,...

Sleep, Baby, Sleep by MJ Hardy is a murder mystery loosely based on fact. Oakland County, Michigan in the 1970s was booming. The Detroit suburbs with great schools and little in the way of crime were a safe place to bring a family up. Then...

Author Joel Burcat’s credentials reassured me that Drink to Every Beast, with its plot centered on the illegal disposal of dangerous chemicals, wouldn’t be a flight of fictional fantasy...and it wasn’t. Not only is it a captivating legal thriller, but it’s also a rather delightful...

The Bridge Monster by Michael J. DiPinto is the story of the curious and mischievous monster who lives under drawbridges. He always hides and only very few people have seen glimpses and peeks of his tiny little hands and seven-toed feet. Even the bridge tenders...

Seeing the Elephant: One Man’s Return to the Horrors of the Civil War is a work of historical fiction focused on American history and was penned by author T. W. Harvey. Based on very real attitudes, events and emotions from authentic letters penned during the...

In A World Without Failures by Esther Cordova, readers follow a boy named David on a journey to discover why it is important to experience failure. David has struggled to understand why it is important to know how to fail and thrive. With his sidekick,...

Breast Cancer Meets Mindfulness: Surrendering to Life by Cheryl Wilfong demonstrates the author's approach when being diagnosed with breast cancer in her mid-sixties, showing how she applied her Buddhist studies and Buddhist meditation practice to get through that difficult phase of her life with calmness....

Hadassah, Queen Esther of Persia by Diana Wallis Taylor is the story of Hadassah, a young Jewish girl who became the queen of the Persian empire and played an important role in saving the Jewish people in that kingdom. Hadassah lost her parents and lived...