Leslie Miller’s The Ivory Needle is an allegorical tale for the young and the old. “Africa is a spiritual place, a profound and magical place.” Chessie’s parents’ divorce had rocked everyone’s world. Mom was not herself, sadness filled the household. When Gram’s invitation to visit...

The Sword to Unite by Peter J Hopkins is an epic tale of valor, courage, and a man’s fight to embrace his fate; it’s a magical story with intense action and a huge conflict. Many years have passed since Azrael — the very incarnation of...

The Royal Heart by Greg McGoon is an enchanting storybook for children that deals with the messages of love, acceptance, discovery, and celebration. Lyric was born to the King and the Queen after a long time. The King expects Lyric to rule the Kingdom one...

The Chocolatier by Brenda Scruggs is a complex yet sweet romance that centers on a man and a woman from very different worlds, yet they are perfect for each other. Charles Riviera is the heir to a chocolate empire that thrives on the dark, rich,...

The Forgotten by Joshua Noon is a tantalizing sci-fi with characters that will have readers spellbound. A stranger, “a man with short, almost military-cut, sandy blonde hair and clean-shaven face…” has just been found by the nomadic folk, badly wounded and left to die. Everything...

David Bishop has managed to combine two of my favorite elements, politics and puzzles, into one thrilling read! The First Lady’s Second Man is the story of Linda Darby and how she ends up in the middle of a life or death scandal. You see,...

I must admit that though I read a lot on a wide ranging variety of topics, I had never heard of antifragility, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, or even Sinan Si Alhir, the author of The Antifragility Edge: Antifragility in Practice. But I had read Sun Tzu’s...

The Fat Man Gets Out Of Bed (Collected Shorter Stories) by Michael Lynes has 13 broad-based literary works for readers. Some are readable and enjoyable, and some might need another angle of perspective to understand them. That said, Lynes’ skill in terms of prose and...

Plato, Sir Isaac Newton, Giordano Bruno, Galileo Galilei, Paracelsus, Yoko Ono and Jack Lenor Larsen are all a part of the inspiration behind The 12 Alchemists & Other Poems by Kevin McWha Steele. In this book you will discover a collection of poetry that starts...

When a cat decided that he wanted a new home, The Kitty: Who Rescued Me After I Rescued Him by Shawn P. Flynn begins. The male cat turned up when Shawn moved into a new house. Soon it was clear that the cat had decided...

The Feral Sentence by Shade Owens is a collection of four novellas that constitute an excellent read for fans of young adult thrillers. The stories feature an exciting setting with characters that are memorable. It’s a futuristic work that deals with resilience, creativity, and the...

The Lifeblood of Ill-fated Women by Kevin James Breaux follows the journey of warrior-woman Astrid the White, daughter of Kol, after she wakes up after her home of Birka was raided. She doesn’t know where she is, how she got to be there, or what...

The Great Nations of Rendaraia is a scholastic account of the five great nations and their mysterious downfall. The first part briefly documents the history of Arilyness, Lithicus, Mithera, Danrock, and Noda. Each of these nations concentrates on a particular field of learning, from the...

The World of Letters (A Tale of Jealousy) by C.C. Strachan is a Christian fiction novel. This is a book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of children, young adults, and parents who enjoy stories that teach life lessons. This book takes place...

I liked The Sorcerer’s Quest by Rain Oxford. As the title implies, it is a traditional quest adventure with magic and all the fantastic beasts and other elements you can expect in this kind of tale. I am a big fan of magical stories so...

We get to meet Little Miss History in the storybook The Adventures Of Little Miss History: Volume 1 by Barbara Ann Mojica, who is so named because of her keenness to learn about things in the past. She has traveled everywhere by land, sea, and...

The Terra Debacle by Marcha Fox will appeal to readers who like a hefty dose of science with their science fiction. A UFO has crash-landed in Utah in 1978, and one of its occupants is a sentient plant named Thyron. A NASA researcher, Gabe Greenley,...

Ethan Pope is surprised when his lifelong postman from Yonkers ends up as the postman for his new home in West Chester. Things become even stranger, though, when Ethan wins the United States Postal Service contest, Priority for Life, and he discovers part of his...

The Deceased Miss Blackwell and her Not-So-Imaginary Friends by K.N. Parker is an exciting children's book about a 9-year-old boy named Martin. One day, Martin checks a book out of the library that contains many different spells. With this book, he manages to awaken a...

The Town of Mohaba (Volume 1: Death) by Nazanin Marzban is a children’s science fiction fantasy novel that would appeal to a mixed audience of tweens and teens who enjoy magical and supernatural stories. Mohaba was once a magical town, but now it is known...