More by Mariah McKenzie may well be more than what readers expect or are prepared to handle. I certainly wasn’t ready for it, but, along the way, I learned a great deal I didn’t previously know about early childhood trauma. It’s no secret that children...

Hesterwine is a small town that’s more of a cluster of small communities held together by a main street, a drugstore, a soda fountain/diner, a second hand store, a beauty salon, and some miscellaneous shops. Two of the communities that live just outside of town...

My first novel of Leah Devlin, Aegir’s Curse, is the second book in the Woods Hole Mystery Series. Although I have not (yet) read the first book that introduced most of the cast in Aegir’s Curse, Ms. Devlin’s writing style allowed me instant access into...

Trial by Charm is the first book in the Charmed Trials Series by Jolene Buchheit and tells the story of Julia, who simply does not understand why all of her friends are always so interested in boys. To her, they are boring and a waste...

I have read several books about Walt Disney, company Disney, Disneyland, training and customer service at Disney, but I have never read a book that brings together the history of Disney and Disneyland and combined it with very practical leadership and personal skills as I...

Marius Brandusa's 11 Situations On How to Start a Conversation With a Girl is an engaging book with tips and suggestions to all those who want to know more about starting a conversation with a girl, and on how to break the ice with their...

In The Last Englishman: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail, Keith Foskett chronicles his experiences hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,656 mile route that connects the borders of Mexico and Canada. Passing through the states of California, Oregon and Washington, the trail...

Lightning Strikes Twice: Discover the Private Face of Public Universities by Mac O’Shea is listed as fiction-drama, an engrossingly, exciting, and entertaining read, the first story in the Ivory Tower Trilogy. It’s a tale that explores man’s contact with his humanity, the idiosyncrasies of those...

The boy who was a dolphin liked to call himself Usagi, meaning Rabbit. Although the boy wanted to hide being a dolphin under the masquerade of a rabbit, this only further ostracized him from his teacher and classmates. This bright little boy took responsibility for...

Musings of a Tangled Tongue: Prittle-prattle and Pickled Poems is an exciting collection of poems comprising a wide range of subjects, including love, life, lust, passion, adventure, work-life balance and heartfelt grumbles. This is a fresh, exciting, mischievous, and experimental style of poetry that will...

Living in the Shadow by Mark Beatleman (if that is the author's true name) is not a book everyone will want to read. That said, given the prevalence of child sexual abuse, incest and pedophilia, not just in today's society, but in all societies, cultures,...

Lucy is a detective and a good one, too. She worked hard to get where she is and she continues to work hard. She has good instincts that serve her well as she struggles to unravel the mystery behind the murder of a young girl....

To Be Frankie by Marcus Saieva is a story about a young boy who suffered cognitive impairment after an accident followed by contracting spinal meningitis. As a seventeen-year-old, he manages in a year group for fourteen/fifteen-year-olds. But Frankie has an indomitable spirit and a remarkably...

The Frog in the Pond by Rebecca Crosdale is a charming storybook for children where they get to meet a frog who has journeyed to his favorite place, the pond. It’s his best place to be. Resting on a lily pad, he hears the sound...

Victor Selan and the Savannah Republic Navy are powerless to repel the invasion of Savannah by Lysandran Empire forces. His ship destroyed, a prisoner, Selan watches as Emperor Magnus bombards his home world and is then cast adrift. When he wakes, he is confronted by...

In Finding My Way by Kathryn Foster Ph.D., we meet up with a spirited 94-year-old who has had quite an adventure. Camilla has had a good life. She tells us so on page one and then doesn't stop showing us why until the very last...

Sessions: Memoirs of a Psychotherapist by Kathryn Foster, PH.D. is an insightful read with characters that literally jump off the page and draw you into their world of chaos. Reading this book was like being there in the office, in the park, in the home...

When Your Relationship Changes by Kathryn Foster, Ph.D. gives a wealth of information about why some marriages fail, and ways to overcome it. As you begin to read through When Your Relationship Changes, it reads as if you were the therapist speaking to your clients....

The Naked Truth About Men (And Romance) by Kathryn Foster Ph.D. is an engaging book that speaks about the equation between men and women and also teaches them to develop more tolerance and insight into their partners' behaviors. The author discusses the romantic notions we...

Mystery at the Secret River is a novel for children by Kathryn Foster, based on true events with a Christian theme. Courtney meets Anglos on her grandparents’ farm. He is one of the migrants and is picking crops to earn the money for medical training....