A group of elite young warriors must pose as a boy band while searching for their missing battle-brother in J.H. Tepley’s Lightwatch Chronicles: The Guardians. If such a premise doesn’t draw your attention, no young adult science fiction will. It’s a story of four...

Twelve-year-old Jamie C. O’Hare and his family move to the little town of Black Creek for a fresh start after his father passed away. His older sister, Janine, is pretty and popular. She chooses not to associate with her brother and insists on bullying...

The Blood of the Lion by C. D. McKenna is an epic fantasy and the first book in The Vorelian Saga. McKenna gives us three distinct point of view characters all in different stages of a journey that we will likely see converge at some...

The Feathered Nest by Ellen Read is part of The Thornton Mysteries series. The Thornton family has planned an expedition to take them to Norfolk Island just in time for Alexandra's birthday. Their goal is to study and save the endangered species of birds on...

The Seige by Linda Thackeray introduces Marshall Kris Jensen who prevents the lynching of the town’s African American healer, Sam Rainey. Together with bounty hunter Flynn Brenner, Kris is persuaded to stay and guard the perpetrators. However, the arrival of refugees from the outskirts alerts...

The Pursuit of Marriage Oneness: The Key to Marital Success by Dr. Hobson Irving Wilson offers a wealth of advice as he pairs his points and topics with biblical sound examples and Bible verses. His many years of experience both as a husband and a...

The political science fiction series The Tribal Wars is back with its second book, The Body Politic by Stella Atrium, which I was fortunate enough to read just a couple of weeks after finishing book one, The Bush Clinic. Women are burning themselves up in...

The Waxing Moon by Barry S. Markwick is the first installment in The Areekyan Chronicles epic fantasy series. The story follows Juk Thri, a captain of the 1st Regiment who has fought for peace in Areekya for years. After a particularly nasty battle, the ruthless...

The Outcast is book two of the Techboys Series. This is a sexy, modern love story by Eve M. Riley. Dr. Kate Thurman and Fabian Adramovich are two very different people with completely different lives. They happen to meet one fateful day at the hospital....

Author Melissa Jacobus has raised two adopted children, both diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), an invisible but preventable developmental disability. FASD is caused when a mother consumes alcohol during her pregnancy which can present in the child in various ways. The main factor...

The magic continues in The Madigan Chronicles series by Marieke Lexmond, who has delivered book four in The Cup. Lexmond has a flair for cinematic landscape no matter what world[s] the characters inhabit. The Cup traverses London, Boston, New Orleans, the land of Fairy, and...

The Nocturnal Devil is a work of fiction in the mystery, drama, and suspense subgenres, and it forms the third novel of The Griffin Knight Series of mystery tales. The work is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author...

Having undergone vocal surgery to save his voice, country singer Joe Bob Blade decides he should recuperate in the mystically beautiful Hoh Rain Forest, where he meets his very own babe in the woods in the form of Ali. Mary Alice, or Ali, finds herself...

The Wayward Mage is a work of fiction in the fantasy, adventure, and romantic comedy subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and forms the first novel of The Adventures of Jack Wartnose low fantasy series. Penned by author A.S. Norris,...

The Gift of Sensitivity: The Extraordinary Power of Emotional Engagement in Life and Work is a work of non-fiction in the motivational, emotion-focused, and social issues subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Elena V. Amber. In...

Arianna's admission to Heincraft, the Academy of Swordcraft, marks the beginning of The Crimson Maiden, Book One of The Swordmasters’ Legacy by M.V. Grimm. When Arianna was young, her father, who had once worked there as a teacher, inexplicably vanished. Now that she was sixteen,...

The Dragon of Evermore by Cheryl Rush Cowperthwait is the seventh book in The Spires of Dasny series. Grifton and Elky reunite, discovering Hu'gan's abduction. Tucker, a knight, and Dragonbird join the fight. Seyra and Dreyth propose a stealth mission to rescue Hu'gan, and they...

Learning to act with kindness is essential for children to understand their feelings and those of others. This is necessary for strengthening friendships and overcoming obstacles, as shown in The Garden Encounter. EDD Jordan tells the story of Filbert the chipmunk who has a garden...

The House Guest: The Adventures of Gidget and Tigress, Sister Cats by Faye Peacock Wilson is a picture book for children. Cat siblings Gidget and Tigress learn they are to have a house guest staying with them for a while. They are excited and intrigued...

The Orchid: The Secret Code of Modern Goddesses by Rocio Aquino and Angel Orengo offers a transformative journey that brings readers to a point where they can say: “You are complete. You are not alone. You are love.” The Orchid is a serene retreat founded...