By Water and Blood by Melanie Rose is a paranormal novel that will leave readers thinking about their own heritage as well as about decisions which impact their lives. Sophia is a young woman who feels out of sync with her world. When she discovers...

Yellow Pansies in a Blue Cobalt Jar by Nancy LaPonzina brings Rhose Guerin's life to the page. A bibliotherapist, Rhose uses books, movies, poetry, anything with words really, as tools in her private practice. At an age between where her daughter's and mother's lives are,...

Dragon Song by Jim Murdoch is the second volume from the Dragons and Visions series. Thirty-year-old Pat has an uncommon ring representing a dragon, given to him by his Aunt Gaby. She has a matching pendant which she found as a girl at the back...

Having friends is a great way to go through life – especially when the friends help keep you safe from bullies. Bullies, Bees and Brussels Sprouts by Narelle McAllister follows Kish, Whitehouse, Posh, Ling, Marmalade and Mayonnaise as they leave ‘The Hollow’, the inner city...

Werewolf Nights is a romantic fantasy adventure by author Mari Hamill. Borrowing tropes from classic horror movies to spin a more light-hearted tale, the action centers on a small town with a famous werewolf legend, and the Hollywood moguls who move in to try to...

Pierre Hideaway Pinkett is an unusual boy, brought to Caroline by some unusual circumstances. She raises him as her own, although he was given to her by a witch. He is adventurous and full of mischief, and later meets the same witch that gave him...

Ruined by Thomas Macy is the follow-on from First Fury. Escaping with her life and a man named Coonie from a cargo ship mutiny, Ann finds herself in California. With all her money stolen, she sets up a shop, trading in salvaged goods, alongside a...

A picture of a dead horse: Living • Loving • Laughing • And Spinal Injury by Trevor Herdman begins with his last year in school, a time for unbridled fun with his friends. During one such occasion of revelry, an accident at a swimming pool...

Hayley's Courage by Linda M. Steiner is the story of Hayley, a young girl who has a birthmark on her face. Her parents teach her that she is special and Hayley is quite a remarkable girl who doesn't let other people's words bring her down....

Bachelor At Her Bidding by Kate Hardy is the story of Ryan Henderson and Rachel Cassidy. Ryan is roped into being auctioned off for charity, even though he really doesn’t want to date. Ryan has come back to Marietta to help care for his aging...

I really liked the concept of Susurrus Episode Two (A Necessary Journey) by Rory Tillitson. What isn't to love about the idea of a computer controlled boat? Throw in the fact that there is a beautiful, mysterious woman who needs to get out of town...

Trigger is a fun, suspenseful tale of a girl whose summer vacation backpacking across Europe goes from strange to thrilling and ultimately empowering. Jordan Shaw and Anna Richards, both early 20-something students, leave Oregon for a grand European adventure, which turns out to be much...

Larry K. Collins takes us on a journey into the lives of fifteen individuals in Lakeview Park: A Short Story Collection. Some of the stories are loosely depicted on the lives of actual people with an added twist. One stable character in the book is...

Amelia's Middle-School Graduation Yearbook by Marissa Moss is a cute little book that takes young readers on a nostalgic trip along with Amelia during her days at Middle School and before that. The author captures Amelia's fears of going to High School beautifully by sharing...

Essie's Roses: A Novel by Michelle Muriel is a historical fiction novel set in the South during the years leading up to the American Civil War. Essie, a slave, is born on the Westland plantation at the same time as the plantation owner, Katie Winthrop,...

Th3 Simple Questions: Slice Open Everyday Life is a collection of Jean W. Yaeger's blog entries from January through June, 2014. Each entry revolves around three questions: "Who am I?", "Why am I here?" and "What do I want?" These essays are far-ranging, with topics...

Young and old alike are going to have a howling good time reading Kibble Talk by Cynthia Port. Tawny is a fifth grader that never backs down from a dare ... so when her best friend Jenny dares her to eat a piece of dog...

Christmas Nevermore by Cadieux/Bastien tackles the relevant topic of global warming and environmental issues through an interesting story. The story is set in a village called Akilineq. People living in this village belong to the Inuit culture and they feel that there is going to...

To other students in his school, Matthew Peters is just a weird quiet kid and a target for bullies. However, Matthew is the lord in his own universe, especially Excelsior, a popular web comic hero he created that is gaining more and more exposure. The...

Delightful, delightful, delightful! That is the best way I can describe the new work by author Elizabeth Cooke, A Tale of Two Hotels. Following our protagonist, Elizabeth, as she returns to her beloved Paris and the Hotel Marcel, we see the infighting between two established...