It was the beginning of the nineteenth century and ruthless pirates ruled the seas surrounding China and South East Asia. Just as Europeans were trying to exert their naval and cultural power on the Chinese and others in the region, one group was determined to...

The Roma's Claim (A Dark Roma Mafia Romance Book 1) by Shae Coon focuses on a payment owed to gypsies in 1960. When the gypsies healed Jolene, her mother had to give her to them after she recovered. Instead, Leandra fled Italy with Jolene to...

The Abduction is a collection of poems written by Maram Al-Masri and translated by Hélène Cardona. The poems tell the story of a mother whose son is abducted by her husband and returned after many years. They begin with happy poems about her pregnancy and...

In The Ear Bend: Pawsome Pals by Shannon Mori, Champ looks at pictures of himself from when he was just a pup. He sees that he is different from the other dogs he knows. Instead of his ears standing up as most ears do, Champ...

“It seemed to come from the books themselves, a symphony of hushed voices, each vying for his attention, beckoning him closer.” Can books really speak? Or sing? In Dr. Tsvika Ben-Porat’s The Library of Lost Stories, young Leo is about to enter worlds of unfinished...

The Mother Tree by Christina Nolan is a delightful story that explores the bond between a mother and a daughter, which deepens over time. The author depicts this mother-daughter relationship using the image of a tree carefully planted at the beginning of the book. The...

The Dreamlighters Go to Space is a children's adventure picture book by Mike Gammage. The story follows two siblings, Kaleb and Maya, who dream of going to space. One night, as they discuss their plans, they see a bright light in their room and a...

Have you ever experienced a solar eclipse? Do you know how and why they happen? Immerse yourself in a rhyming tale of the solar eclipse with The Cosmic Ballet by Gel See. A day comes when the Sun claims that today is unique. The Sun...

The Many Colors of Friendship by Rita Kaye Vetsch is a delightful book. It tells the story of Katherine, a first grade student. There was a new student in her class whose name was Luis. She wanted to talk to him; but she didn't know...

The Spruce Gum Box is author Elizabeth Wilder's debut novel and she has tweaked the imagination of readers with interest in the cultural and historical development of the state of Maine. Set by the Aroostook River in a disputed area bordering Nova Scotia, a...

The House by Anjuelle Floyd is about Anna Manning who stayed with her husband for thirty-five years, through the birth of their four children, and now all she wants is to be free...free from the years of infidelity, the years of spending weeks on end...

"The Little Rose" is a beautiful story written by Sheri Fink and illustrated by Mary Erikson Washam. Little Rose was surrounded by weeds and never felt as if she fit in with them. Little Rose was teased, called names and treated poorly by those around...

Zachary E. Lewis shares his struggle and journey with readers in his "The Burly Man: Adapt Change Assimilate Transcend" in the hope that it may benefit at least one person searching for an answer to an Auto Immune Disease. Zachary E. Lewis was a burly...

"Professor Googols Flying Time Machine and Space Capsule Math Primer" by Samuel W. Valenza, Jr., is the answer to the dreaded MathPhobia! Valenza is a genius; he makes learning math fun and easy. Kids love comic and graphic books. This one fits both descriptions. This...

"The Morning After" by Brenda Whiteside is a sweet love-at-first-sight short story that will make you smile. Abigail and Bobby meet at their best friend’s wedding. Bobby falls in love with Abigail on the spot. Abigail is extremely drunk and doesn’t remember much of the...

Robin Hillard and Matthew Gregory are attracted to each other after their first meeting in the hospital. Love soon follows. After successfully battling Matt’s ex-wife's intrusion in their lives, the couple get married and buy an old house to start their new life, together with...

Wheels within wheels or a story within a story, The Muse Of Violence by Bruce Hartman reveals and deceives at the same time. Will Schaefer, 37, a fiction writer with writer's block, leads a seemingly harmless writer's group. His day job is with a large,...

The City Kittens and the Old House Cat is a story written with a Christmas backdrop. Nyda, the cat, is happy in the family where she is living and she has settled into a comfortable routine. Her life changes when the eldest daughter of the...

Because of an accident that occurred during her childhood, Dawn McNally has given up hope of ever having a family of her own, so instead she spends her time working at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home where 83-year-old Moses Bailey is one of her favorite patients....

The Griffin Cryer: Griffin Riders by Julia Hughes opens in another world where a griffin rider instructor is waiting for the return of a young boy and his griffin. When the boy does not return, the prologue closes and we are introduced to 15-year-old Francesca...