The setting is Rome, during Nero’s reign. The narrator is Rusticus. He was once a great gladiator that saved Nero’s life during a chariot race. He worked his way up to one of the top ministers in the imperial court. He was in love with...

"Love Is Blind" is book 2 in Karen Wiesner’s “Denim Blue Series”. Detective Orlando Bateman, of the Briar's Point Police Department, was once again working with Silvia Price and Demin McHart. Keeya Nilsen arrived at the station to report that she had been robbed. Orlando...

Dr. Cassidy Wentworth is the daughter of James Wentworth, President and CEO of a fortune 500 company based out of Dallas Texas has been working on top secret project and someone is out to get control of it one way or another. When hijacking her...

Melanie Parker Evans lost her husband, son and parents in an automobile accident that left her in a coma. After dealing with doctors and therapists, Melanie decides to go to the island that her family owns off the Georgia coast. Her brother Ashley is not...

Inkydomus is a small man who has lived for 300 years. He began to shrink at the age of 10 when a curse was placed upon his father. He is now only a foot tall, but mighty in character. He is considered a wizard by...

Crusty is an intelligent crab who feels confined by the small minds in the community in which he lives. Feeling scared but brave, he decides to explore his surroundings and ends up in a place where his needs are better met. Crusty befriends a fish who...

The author uses an old concept and used many other tales ideas to compose this book. The chapters leave you hanging and you always want to keep reading to see what will happen next. The story is of a people that possess the knowledge of...

Our story begins with 16 year old Jenka stalking his prey, a large buck. The young man’s ambition was to follow in his father’s footsteps as a King’s Ranger. His pursuit of the buck ended in a ravine. It was getting late so Jenka built...

Karen Monteverdi’s LIVING CONSCIOUSLY in an EGO DRIVEN SOCIETY begins by giving us the background to understand why it was necessary for her to write this book. She abuses by her father would make anyone bitter and desiring only revenge. She was the last of...

Miss Sugar Crumb (don't you just love that delightful name!) seems to be a single young woman who loves the forest animals around her home. She invites these beautifully illustrated animals to come into her home and teaches them how to use measuring cups, the...

Cheri Powell offers readers a pre-trip look at traveling to Camino. I found the information on St. James fascinating. James was the Apostle to Jesus Christ. The Apostles scattered after the crucifixion. James went to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain.) He returned to Jerusalem and was...

Fall 1984: This story begins with a trial. A man was accused of killing his family. Richard King the defense, attorney cared little whether his client was guilty or not. He took the case for the publicity. The accused (Buxley the Butcher) declared his innocence...

In Luminous Nights, Michelle Hart takes readers on a journey in the future. Our mode of transportation is a mail freighter (space ship). Captain Rachel Waters’ task could be compared to the pony express or today’s mail carrier. Jack Luminous joins her on this flight....

Addicted To Cold Water by Jill Peck Voan is not an easy read but it is a necessary read. There are many forms of addiction. When we hear the word addiction we think of drugs, medications, alcohol, gambling, sex, and food. But there are many...

Jessamine Rose offers readers a glimpse into her life. She was born in 1937, in a small town in eastern Kentucky. For many her upbringing will seem foreign but for some it will sound all too familiar. The family's cabin was cold, the cracks in...

The Goose Gang is a short story for children with an excellent lesson about being bullied and picked on. It seems all the animals on the farm are being bullied by the Goose Gang. Gloria, Gilbert, Gus, and Gladys seem to use their large size...

This is a fantasy novel in which the author has creates a new world where people don't graduate from school until they turn 90 years old. It flows well, although the plot could work better if more action were added. The story follows a young...

In the year 2032, Professor Carlos Rodriguez was returning to his birth country, Venezuela, for the first time in twenty-five years. He was not happy to be returning to a country where the citizens were losing more and more civil liberties. An old friend, Bernardo,...

This is part two of the Captain’s Dog. Book One left us in the Louisiana Territory. In Book Two, we follow the adventures of Seaman and the Lewis and Clark expedition as they explore the Missouri River and head north into the Montana and Idaho...

Josie Sutherland is a journalist with a background in computers. She dreams of writing a major story. But all they ever send her to cover is mediocre conferences. On a stopover in Hong Kong she finally gets her chance to write that big story, if...