In Bleecker Street by Ted Lampron, in the summer of 1890, in the crime-ridden streets of New York, a drunken old seaman staggers out of a rundown bar. He is invited into an alley by a prostitute, and that is where he meets his gruesome...

Don Gutteridge’s The Star-Brushed Horizon is a poetry collection that feels like you are walking in the same footsteps as the poet himself. He is able to bring to life his years as a passionate, youthful boy on the verge of something he may not...

Samantha Goode - “Sam" - is a tough Texas Ranger in Leslie Marshman’s novel Goode Over Evil. Sam works at Border Patrol in El Paso and is passionate about stopping the cartels smuggling drugs across the border. When she is called home to attend her...

I have never before embarked on reading a trilogy, and I might not have lasted the experience if it weren’t for the excellence of Carl Lakeland’s writing. What an amazing imagination Lakeland has, one that steers clear of anything predictable. So refreshing. Each book stands...

Most people are slogging through life, simply living day by day and accepting whatever comes their way. But what if there was a better way - a way to take control of the wheel and steer your own life? There is, and the power of...

Gracie is a little dog with a lot of energy. It takes a special family to teach a dog, big or small. It takes time and patience and lots of love. Gracie’s first family didn’t have the time or patience, even though they loved Gracie....

Insatiable in a Kilt: Hot Scots, Book 6 is a contemporary sizzling romance written by Anna Durand. Keely O’Shea had experienced quite enough romance by her fortieth year. Her second divorce had even been finalized on her birthday, and her one live-in relationship was every...

In this collection of stories, Jeffery Viles shows us that he is a no-nonsense humorist with a distinct persona tinged with cynicism, neurosis, and idiosyncrasy. This book is a brilliant flight of imagination. The title itself, PecuLIAR Fabrications, is an intended pun that throws a...

In No Time To Play, we are introduced to a teenager named Mitzi. Her family was taken from her when Germany marched into Austria. Mitzi’s parents were heavily interrogated because her brother Ferdinand was a member of the Resistance. He had fled the country in...

A Last Chapter of the Greatest Generation is a work of non-fiction focused on the military life and subsequent career of Frederic A. Stone and was penned by author Judson I Stone. Subtitled ‘The Life and Family of Colonel Frederic A. Stone, M.D. Author, Doctor,...

Meet Leia, a fun girl who lives in the clouds and her friend, Theo, in the story Leia and Theo Play Hide and Seek by Daniel Egger. Leia liked to play hide and seek in the many white and grey clouds and her friend Theo...

Delta by Jordan Hallak takes the reader to a small town in New York state at the beginning of the 20th century. The main character is Lottie, a young teenager who is also the narrator. She lives with her family, the Madisons, in the town...

Bunker Boy is a fast-paced young adult novel by Jordan Elizabeth, which combines adventure and mystery in a post-apocalyptic society. In the midst of an argument with her free-loading uncle, eighteen-year-old Zara’s world suddenly goes black. She wakes up to discover that five years have...

A collection of essays is far from what I would usually choose to read, but a title like Empty the Pews was irresistible. This collection, edited by Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal, had to have something to do with organized religion...one of my biggest personal...

Our Military Family is a children’s picture book written by Suzan Johnson and illustrated by Sana Freeman. Harmony’s mom is in active service in the US Army. She’s on her tour of duty right now, so Harmony, her dad and her brother, Dominic, send her...

Take Charge of Your Happiness, Bellyfat and Sexiness: A Woman’s Rapid Reset for Body, Mind and Hormones by David Musgrave is a book that every woman should read. It addresses some of the issues that women have to deal with every day —concerns with weight...

Welcome to the Forest of Looms by Neil Heath-Hartley is a magical tale with adventure, self-discovery, and a fight against evil. Mother Nature has made a very important decision. When a special fairy is born during the lunar eclipse, she decides that the time has...

Halve Human is book two in the Bisecter series by Stephanie Fazio. The plot is thickening for Hemera Harkibel. Following her father’s betrayal and the freeing of his Halve slaves, Hemera loses Tanguro to a Dusker attack. Leaving behind their burning fortress, they must travel...

An amazing discovery draws a research team to the frozen tundra out of season. It started as a normal archaeological dig but quickly turned into something more when they unearth a perfectly preserved human man. The team quickly mobilizes to document the find and to...

Everyone knows the history of Jesus’ birth as related in the Bible. It has also been retold by mankind ever since. And while many of those retellings have focused on Jesus or the shepherds, how many have tried to tell the story behind the innkeeper’s...