A longing for the past that is never going to return – that’s the aftermath of a war. Annette Oppenlander’s When They Made Us Leave: A Novel about Hitler’s Mass Evacuation Program for Children details the brutalities of the Second World War from the perspective...

A Trick of Fate by Stella Riley will delight its readers as Lord Max Brandon and Lady Frances Pendleton trek through the country, all the way to Scotland, following the scoundrel who has slandered his name and stole her grandfather’s watch. A note in one...

Legend of the Storm Hawks: Book 1 of the Rootstock Saga is an epic fantasy by L. H. Leonard. In the south of the medieval-like kingdom of Innis, a king sits on an uneasy throne. Forces human and otherwise, treacherous and true, struggle for dominance....

Author Ann Spearman starts out her book, Reflection Of A Great, Mighty, Magnificent God, by stating that one needs to say good things because the devil is just waiting for you to say bad things and make these come true. The whole book discusses also...

Leaderology by Oleg Konovalov is an innovative way of looking at how to lead a company. Oleg Konovalov discusses how culture works and how a leader should use it to the company's advantage. They discuss how the leader should not only worry about how to...

Years have passed since the apocalypse, and survival has become a daily struggle. A virus took over humans and turned most of them into a zombielike species called runners. Not all surviving humans had the best intentions. A good portion of these survivors decided to...

As a reviewer, it’s always exciting to discover a new author, especially one who has just published his first novel. Chestnut Street is Simon Landry’s first novel, a fiction thriller, and it ticks the boxes when it comes to a unique plot, an engaging main...

A Heart for Daddy: Helping Kids Recover from Parent’s Self-Harm is a children’s book by Leticia Murphy and Sharon Walling designed to help children better understand and cope with the loss of a parent via suicide. The book starts by affirming that the struggles and...

Boston Teran’s How Beautiful They Were reveals the prevailing spirit of the theatrical stage. Jeremiah Fields, the behind-the-scenes stage manager of Colonel Tearwood's American Theatre Company, shares his relationship with the infamous Nathanial Luck. As with all great storytelling, Jeremiah begins at the beginning, before...

In #MeAsWell: A Novel by Peter Mehlman, Arnie Pepper once had the sports world in the palm of his hand. For 39 years, Pulitzer award-winning sports journalist Arnie has lived an extraordinary life, rubbing shoulders with the world's top athletes, but now his world is...

Natasha’s father has to go away for several months to work. Since Natasha doesn’t have a mother, she has to stay with her grandfather, whom she calls Deda, in his small flat in the crime-infested town of Horridgrad. There’s a lovely playground on the grounds...

Storms and Scarabs by HR Hobbs is the first book in the Time Chaser series. Mitch’s whole life has been uprooted when his family moves to his grandpa’s farm. He’s not looking for a friend or to settle in there when he meets Brock on...

Captain Jenna & the Sky Pirates by Dave Bennett is a children’s adventure story filled with plenty of action and a heroine that children will love to admire. Jenna was having a normal day, but it wasn’t going to stay like that for long. A...

Devastation Came To Paducah, Kentucky is another excellent western penned by prolific author Raymond Cook, this time in the western romance sub-genre. Set in 1880, this particular story of the tough times gone by takes us to meet Michael and Catherine Woods. When the devastation...

Backstretch Girls: A Novel by Dawn LeFevre is a wonderful novel for sports fans, especially horse racing. They meet in the most dramatic of ways: "Two seconds later, the horse blew past and Teagan caught a glimpse of the rider’s face. No one she knew,...

Mirrors of Life: What is Your Life in the Mirror? by Neal Owens is a riveting young adult story that explores racial themes, family, faith, and what it takes to succeed in a society where one's background already sets one up for failure. Yvonne is...

Between Friends by Elsa Miles captures the moment when Jordan finally sees Tessa for the woman she is. Though they fought more like brother and sister, this initial spark of interest grew into a fully-fledged wildfire that threatened everything they built their friendship upon. Regretting the...

The Grapevine Creek Ducks: Book One is a picture book for children written by Abigail Jackman and John Jackman, and illustrated by Phoebe Lewis. Abby loved living by Grapevine Creek with her mom and dad. She particularly enjoyed watching the wildlife that lived in and...

His Most Italian City by Margaret Walker takes place at the dawn of the fascist era in Italy. After the Great War, a piece of land previously part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is given to Italy. For thousands of people, it meant changing nationality and...

Immortal Defiance by Laura Maybrooke is the first book in the author's epic fantasy war series, Dulcea's Rebellion. Betrayed from among her own, Queen and Silver Elven Dulcea Lightbringer is kidnapped. The worlds are at war and her captivity with the Saruseans - the enemy...