Fractures is the second book in the Heartwood series by Nance Newman and is a gripping fantasy story that follows Elathea’s battles with demons bent on breaking the earth. Ela happens to be that one in-a-hundred-years’ descendants of Xylem to be gifted with the powers...

Duel With A Dragon is an adventure storybook for children, written and illustrated by George Neeb. The First Emperor of China had a burning need to be immortal. He searched his kingdom for potions and magical spells to achieve his goal; he even called himself...

Michelle Anderstarr writes verses with the sense of longing for a respite from the arduous vocation of motherhood. She does a good job of this in Ring a Ring a Rosé: A tweak on your favourite nursery rhymes. For tired mums who could do with...

Guide to Car Camping: Make your next car camping experience success with this beginner's guide by Gregory Nielsen is a handy manual that gives good insights into making car camping a success. This guidebook focuses only on the essentials and eliminates unnecessary details, making it...

Canny Danny by Gerhard Dennis is a thriller that is intelligently and skillfully crafted for fans of horror. It follows a serial killer who uses an unsuccessful writer to document his gory crimes. Gerald Grimes is a struggling writer who gets ensnared by a fugitive...

Wizard Island: Child of the Orb is a hilariously funny fantasy story by Terry Morris. Wilton, a seven-foot being, shows up on the doorstep of the Woolf family to fulfill a prophecy. He must gather the three Woolf children and take them on a perilous...

Twelve Lifetimes by Claire Merchant is a clever, compelling YA novel about reincarnation and a chance at finding true happiness. Yes, the main character Elizabeth Cambridge has lived eleven times before, and although there are differences in each life (her fourth life as a would-be...

Kisses of My Enemy is the third book in the Harry Ferguson Chronicles by William David Ellis, a gorgeous treat for fans of well-plotted fantasy novels. This author demonstrates a powerful creative mind, weaving a yarn that melds different elements together to create a wonderful...

Love on the Run by J. P. Castle is the first book in the teen and young adult dystopian series, 18 from Breckenridge. The story begins in the year 2085 with the violent and sudden arrival of the military in the otherwise peaceful and secluded...

Punks by Daniel Martin is an urban coming-of-age story that chronicles the lives and adventures of the main protagonist Pete Wilson and his newfound friend Dwight Morton. The book is written in the first person with the story told in a way that feels almost...

A Runaway Star is a work of fiction in the historical, interpersonal drama and Regency fiction sub-genres, and was penned by author Gretta Curran Browne. In this fourth installment of The Lord Byron Series we see our central figure’s fame on the rise owing to...

A skinwalker is running loose on a Navajo Reservation in the breathtaking adventure novel, Gamble of the Gods (Idol Makers Book 2) by Sonja Dewing. Freelance software developer AJ Bluehorse wants life to be the way it was before her insane trip through the Amazon...

Novels based on childhood abuse have a special place in my heart, particularly if the victims manage to eventually put their pasts behind them and use their experience to help others. Jessica Aiken-Hall, the author of Boundaries, is one such survivor. I remember reading and...

The Bishop and the Rose: A Family Saga by Victor A. Wilkie is the fictional account of the Bishop family, starting with the patriarch, John Shelby Bishop, and culminating in the life of his grandson, Jefferson Bishop. As the story goes, John Shelby Bishop was...

Does a person ever get over being raped? Rape victims do “get over it” to a degree; some, like Cindy Foster in Demented by Joe Clark, even manage to rebuild their lives. But they never forget the event, and if they see their rapist, even...

In Super Max and the Math Menace by Heather E. Robyn, it's just another Friday. Max wakes up and heads to school but is plagued by an uneasy feeling. She's waiting for something to happen but it seems like any other normal day. Spelling, lunch,...

The Flashfall Sword is the second book in The Book of Ruin series by W. G. Hladky. A prequel set about 100 years before the first book in the series, the story follows Ranger Lovecraft Weir as he tries his best to stay safe and...

“For nearly thirty years, Haunted Hill’s ghost roamed within the periphery of his execution. He preached to his imagined congregation, continuously, honing an edge to the same insane sermons, day after endless day of his eternity.” It's 1982, and the body of a brutally murdered...

Immersed in West Africa is a non-fiction travel book written by Terry Lister. From his earliest days, travel was in the author’s blood. Both his mom and dad were seasoned travelers, and, while he was born on a small island, Bermuda, Lister’s imagination was captured...

Moments of the Heart: Four Relationships Everyone Should Have to Live Wholeheartedly by Dorice Horenstein is a thought-provoking and insightful book that takes readers into the world of Jewish thinking and experiences which have been accumulated over a long period of time and under all...