“Different is cool,” says Tabitha Fink and it is cool to learn new things, even if, at first, they seem a little bit scary. But Tabitha Fink isn’t scared. In fact, she’s a cat on a mission to learn all she can, this time about...

Mission Song: Chenoa's Story, Book 2 from the Ladies of Mischief series is a lovely historical fiction by Karen Dean Benson. Impetuous twelve-year-old Chenoa Sandoval’s adopted father, Padre Tomas, dies and she reluctantly goes to live with Don Sebastian at his ranch in Monterey. Her...

Blood Price by AL Wright is a paranormal fiction novel and book one in the Noble of Blood series. This will appeal most to an audience made up of young adult and adult vampire fans. Blood Price follows Josaleene, a young woman who wishes to...

Grief Tools for Healing: 3-2-1 God’s Way by Lois Jean is a helpful book for all those readers who have experienced grief and know that they have no control over life and where they stand in all of God’s creation. The book is a source...

Coming Out Of Egypt by Angela Joseph introduces us to Marva and June, two sisters who have been abused sexually since their childhood. Due to this abuse, Marva commits a terrible crime and she ends up running from the law, and working towards making a...

Samara’s Peril by Jaye L Knight is book 3 of the Ilyon Chronicles. Emperor Daicon has finally made contact with his war strategist and it seems that all is lost for Samara. In a bid to intervene and stop the disastrous outcome, Lady Anne leads...

Aurrora St. James's Lords of Magic Book 2: Stefan of Caeli is filled with intrigue, hidden secrets, and romance. Stefan Baudin, twin to Nikolai Baudin, King of Semar, has lived in the dark concerning his mother and her heritage. He hopes that on his quest...

Shahid Insaf’s fictional work of three short stories, 3 Tales of Vengeance, is a very clever and intriguing book. Each story is unique, with the main character narrating a captivating tale. There are always unexpected surprises, and with further consideration, the reader is able to...

Of Beasts and Bonds: Death and Destiny Trilogy Book 2 by N.D. Jones is the story of Special Agent Assefa Berber and Dr. Sanura Williams. These two are already madly in love and they feel their bond is very strong. But, according to a prophecy,...

I liked Hit by P.S. Bridge. It has all the elements I have come to love in a good thriller. A smart capable hero. A ruthless, sinister organization of powerful individuals planning world domination. Throw in a breathtakingly fast pace of critical events and you...

Stinky Blinky by Troy Kent is a funny story about Blinky who always has a bad smell coming from his rear. When he eats cheese or beans, it makes him go. Stinky Blinky is always worried that he might pass gas in class and all...

Mission SRX: Before Space Recon is the first book in the Mission SRX series written by Matthew D. White. As the crew of the U.S.C. Defiance – a space ship designed to haul cargo between Earth and Sol Bravo – makes their peaceful way to...

In the closing pages of I Promised Not to Tell by Cheryl B. Evans, the author says she wonders if she has made a mistake in publishing this book. Let me begin by assuring her the only mistake would have been to not publish it....

An Act of Murder is a murder-mystery novel written by Mary Angela. Emmeline Prather sullenly walks to the freshest grave of Copper Bluff Cemetery. The English professor stares at the headstone of her student, with his graded assignment in her hand. She’d had many lengthy...

Adventures in Avalon - An Offbeat & Quirky Adult Bedtime Story by Ginger Marin is a fast, humorous read. A journalist accidentally lands in a part of Middle America, known as Avalon, where the residents are cartoons. Well, for those cartoons, this journalist is an...

Defying a Duke: Regency Heroes #1 by Anjannette Conner is a beautiful tale of love, duty and honor. The story follows Jordan Montgomery, an American heiress, who was blessed with older brothers who love her and want to protect her at all costs. And although...

Writing Trash and Hunting Buffalo by Jay Williams contains a great paragraph about the reality of war, including these two sentences: “But that’s what war is. It’s not something you brag about or glorify in poems, because it’s horrible.” These words resonate well with the...

Kitchen Decorations: Super Speed Sam, Book 3 is a children's animal book for grades 3-6, written by Monty J. McClaine. It was a rainy afternoon, so no one could go out and play. Mom decided to make a cake, with Jack as her helper, and...

True love. Unbridled passion. Rose wrote award winning songs about these things, wrote with confidence and humor. But to experience anything close to it was an alien concept to her. And she liked it that way. In her world, self-control was essential. To allow emotion...

I can see Colors of Immortality by J.M. Muller becoming the next favorite young adult series. Daniel comes from a very broken family. Most of his life he was unwanted and abused. When he moves in with his grandma, things get slightly better for him....