Discover the path to true friendship and financial independence in Trust by Daines L. Reed. Ruth Gentry may live with her husband, but she has lived in a suspended state of separation since her grown daughter was young. Now a grandmother to a teen and...

There is a lot to unpack in Return to Eternity, Jenni Barnett's colorful and character-driven drama. I appreciated the preface certainly, as it grounded me in the factual history of colonial Australia that the novel expands upon. This is more than historical fiction; it's a...

Charlotte has been having dreams of a woman who was hanged for the crime of witchcraft. Elizabeth Gray Bruce was a possible ancestor who had been condemned to death by frightened villagers on March 5, 1819. She was found guilty of murder by witchcraft. Charlotte...

My grandmother always claimed we lived in the ‘me’ generation, the era where all we care about is me, myself, and I. But there’s more to life than ‘me’. And, really, when you think about it, the ‘me’ in the equation really doesn’t take care...

Anne by Zarina Macha is one of the best coming of age stories for young adults that I’ve read. Why? Because it addresses so many of the topics currently of major interest and importance to teens, i.e. gender issues and concerns about opening up to...

Imagination is a powerful tool and dreams can come true – within reason, of course. When a little girl’s Nana asks her what she wants to be when she grows up, she replies, “A unicorn.” Can people grow up to be something other than a...

In Beth Duke’s heart-warming novel, Tapestry, Skye Willis and her grandmother, Sparrow, decide to find out more about their ancestry, a decision that launches their lives on a course they would never have imagined. Skye had always been curious about her father’s side of the...

What a stress-buster The Basilwade Chronicles by Dawn Knox has been! This hilarious ride began with Derek going to a speed dating event. Soon, his tactless remarks about the ladies' appearances signaled that he would not find a date. And yet, he managed to share...

Begetters of Children: The Story of Our Stories by Michael Pedretti is book three of a twelve-part series. This book chronicles a family as they embark on new lives in a valley called San Bernardo which offers them protection from war, plagues, and other threats....

Time to Journey Home: Story of Our Stories by Michael Pedretti brilliantly documents the author’s journey home to his ancestral roots. In this account, the author decides to visit a small valley in Italy where his forebears lived for a thousand years before moving to...

Seventeen-year-old outcast Jane Shackle is a young maid who has the gift of sight whenever she touches objects. For that reason, she wears gloves most of the time. Surprisingly her secret is known to Mrs. Crossey, the cook, who reveals to her the existence of...

Frankie the cow was grumpy and her problem was that she did not like the view. That was all that she talked about and she had no time for her friends. One summer morning a hedgehog was passing through the fields and saw Frankie standing...

Could Anthony Newley Be My Muse? (Or His Story Never Ends) is an interesting work of self-exploration and New Age thinking penned by author Joellyn St. Pierre. Subtitled “Forging a Creative Bond with the Dead”, the work contains some mature themes, explicit language, and ideas...

In Good Life to Perfection Perception by Karl Lorenz Willett, following on from his first book, The Memoir of a Schizophrenic, the author takes up his life from the age of 34 to the present day. In this second autobiography, we are invited into the...

Drawing with Whitman by Kristin McGlothlin is a coming of age children's story, and book one in the Sourland Mountain Series. Catalynd “Cat” Jewett Hamilton has her world turned upside down when a car accident forces her (and two broken, casted legs) into a wheelchair,...

Journey of the Lightworker: A Magical Journey to Authenticity, Self-Love, and Finding Life's True Purpose by Shari A. Hembree is a coming of age story of a young woman who realizes that living successfully and living happily are two very different things. Kyra had it...

Be F*#%ing Amazing! 70 Healing Insights to Live Your Full Life by Deborah Lucero invites readers to take control of their overall health — mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual — and to create the happiness and success they have always wanted. In a no-nonsense style...

The Heretics' Revenge: The Final Search for the Holy Grail is a work of historical fiction written for adults by author Martin Barrett. In this epic adventure, which features no graphic content and is accessible to all readers, we find ourselves embroiled in the intrigue...

Breeda Looney Steps Forth is the debut novel from author Oliver Sands. It takes us to a rural seaside village in Ireland, where Breeda Looney has been caring for her aged and dying mother. When her mother passes, Breeda is left all alone and lost...

The Tournament’s Price is a work of historical fiction focused around young adult protagonists and knightly adventures and was penned by author Given Hoffman. Written as the opening novel to the Marked series, this highly engaging and nuanced work takes us back to the age...