Johnny Boy is written by John Califano. Born into a tumultuous working-class family in Brooklyn New York, Johnny Caruso tries to make sense of the abusive relationship between his parents, while struggling to find a voice of his own. His bitter, alcoholic father, Bellisario, believes...

Girl With A Future by Parker Ames is the story of a young woman's search for herself and her place in the world. She thinks she might have a destiny, but what that is, she doesn't know yet. We get to tag with her as...

My Bliss Book: An Inspirational Journal for Daily Dream Building and Extraordinary Living by Sheri Fink is a book that people who want to transform themselves need, and there is no better way to start the year than with an inspirational journey. It is beautifully...

Think like a Bartender: Recipes for Life by L.D. Morrow is an engaging read for liquor fans and anyone looking for wisdom to enrich their life. While the author shares her experience of years of mixing cocktails, this book is not about mixing liquors, not...

Jungle Beauty Goddesses – Book 3 – Dirty Ball is a continuation of the saga of the seven sisters, daughters of the creator of the Universe, who are tasked with creating and nurturing a blue planet in the far-flung reaches of the Universe – Earth....

The Sorrow's Garden: A Novel by Anthony Carinhas is set in the period just before World War II. Radulf Berliner is a compelling character in the way he is developed and in his personality, an architect and writer in Leipzig, Germany. If he hates...

Shattered Earth: Approaching Extinction by Ian Prattis is a compelling prophecy for humanity. In this book, the author gives a strong warning against the threat to which human greed and abuse of the environment have subjected the earth. It is painful to read, but this...

Beyond the interesting celebrity connection, there is a fascinating backstory to Four Bears in a Box, written by Dreama Denver and illustrated by Ashley Belote. Although not necessary for appreciating the highly polished rhyming scheme and exquisitely created art partnered to tell a most imaginative...

Lose Weight? Exercise More? I Don’t Think So! by Kristen Carter could well be the refrain from all of us when faced with the doctor’s inevitable advice. The purpose of this book is to demystify that famous advice from doctors the world over – “you...

Better Endings is the second book in the Tammy Mellows Series by Tina Hogan Grant; an engrossing novel with a strong female protagonist. Having had her share of heartache and abuse, Tammy Mellows finally escapes from Steven, the heroin-addicted father of her son. Now she...

Black Bones, Red Earth is a work of historical fiction penned by author Lee Richie which is written for mature readers due to some scenes of a sexual nature. Set in the harsh and unforgiving climate of the Australian outback, the story takes us between...

Sweet Pea loved spending time with her Papa. She helped her Papa by pulling the weeds and planting the seeds while he was gardening. After some weeks the garden was ready to harvest. It was full of beautiful leaves of different shapes and colors. Papa...

Please Forgive Us, Richard Hauptmann is the title story in an eclectic collection from the pen of Wendy Lewis, a collection which opens with a tale prompted by her stay in Wellington, New Zealand in the late 1990s, combining a wry look at the city’s...

No Looking Back: A Powerful and Emotionally-charged Story of a Young Girl's Struggle for Dignity and Self-Worth by Shirley Dawson is an inspiring story that many readers, especially women, can relate to. Josephine “Josie” Pritchard’s childhood had been punctuated by physical and verbal abuse from...

Fun with Dick by John Dolan is a gripping psychological thriller with a quirky protagonist. From the start, the reader meets the protagonist, twenty-five-year-old Richard Blackheart whose life is dull. But there is more to him than that. First, he hates his name, even though...

Written On Stone – What We’ve Experienced And Why – The Story of Prevenient Grace is a work of non-fiction focusing on Christian and biblical themes with a view to understanding the true nature of the word of God as laid down at the time...

Sand and Smoke by Carl Cota-Robles is the first book in the Dragon Destiny series. Maya’s dream is to attend a Serpentine school and to bond with a Sun Dragon of her very own. When she receives news of her acceptance, it’s only the first...

One would never suspect the kind of adventures Petunia Brown has by looking at her. On Monday she traveled to outer space to watch the rockets in the flying comet race and she spent Tuesday building robots destined for Mars. Her Wednesday was filled with...

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...

Kill for You by Ayden K. Morgen places you right in the middle of a bloody war between two of the deadliest gangs in the Los Angeles area. Faith Donovan is dazed when the shooting starts, tearing up the bar in which she works. She...