What an amazing and magical little gem appears for the holidays in Janie Gets a Genie for Christmas by David Blaze. This may be a children’s book, but like any truly great one, Janie Gets a Genie also targets the adult perspective – not to...

Meet Scary Jerry, the monster in Not So Scary Jerry by Shelley Kinder, who is trying to scare a little boy with his various antics. The boy and the monster strike up a friendship and the boy thinks monsters do not hug, though he is...

Mercury in Retrograde by Merethe Walther is a futuristic science fiction thriller that keeps the reader on tenterhooks throughout its nail biting action. The book begins with the main protagonist, Aralyn, who has just served out her prison sentence on Tartarys, the most horrific prison...

Forest Dancer by Susan Roebuck is an interesting story with wonderful characters, a story that fans of Polina will adore, beautifully crafted with characters that are genuinely flawed yet decided on bringing out the best in themselves. Flora Gatehouse has just recently lost her father,...

Tears Before Exaltation by Fidelis O. Mkparu revolves around Ben Ava, a medical student who is struggling to make ends meet and pay for medical school since the death of both his parents. It is during these hard times that he receives a letter saying...

A Year Lost, A Life Gained: Fighting Breast Cancer with Wit, Humor, Friends and a Perky Poodle is an inspirational, entertaining, and informative personal memoir by Suzanne Dalton. I’ve known of women who died from or survived breast cancer, but I never knew the details...

Busting Walls: Secret Adventures of Foxfire by John Hope is a terrific book for both young and older readers. This sounds like a generic statement but the story of Sebastien and his friends is filled with action, heartwarming moments, and a bonus adventure built by...

In My Little Fox Says Please by David Blaze, discover how my little fox learns the importance of saying ‘Please’ in everyday situations. My little fox is taught that it is always better to be well mannered and considerate of others than to stamp and...

What is the number one desire of most people? Peace! In Patrick Henry’s famous liberty or death speech, he says, “Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace.” Mankind is still searching for peace. Lee Ann Rubsam enters the stage by writing...

Wyatt is drifting through life after his daughter is murdered by bandits. All he has now is his gun and his horse. He comes to a small town and Chuck tells him there are places where he can stay the night. Wyatt is also in...

With thematic threads and certain plot elements reminiscent of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and the long holiday movie classic It’s A Wonderful Life, D.L. Finn’s short-short book, A Long Walk Home, offers a feel-good antidote to potential seasonal doldrums, as well as a cautionary tale...

Never Enough: A Recovery Workbook For Addictions, Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors and Eating Disorders by Nina Bingham is a workbook designed to assist people suffering from a wide range of disorders in a healthy manner. Bingham outlines multiple disorders from Anorexia and Bulimia to Depression and...

Believe: What Do You Do When Your Dream is Bigger Than You? by Kirstin Leigh is a Christian middle-grade story about a 12-year-old girl named Kristi Kate who wants more than anything to be a big star. Songs just come to her. She lives to...

A book with an international setting that will appeal hugely to fans of adventure and historical novels, Zamm Boola by Scott Leroy Chally follows four friends whose friendship dates back to their years in junior high school in Los Angeles, California. Now in their thirties,...

Just Her Poetry: Seasons of a Soul by D.L. Finn is a full-length book of poetry with high literary quality. It is divided into two halves, one about the healing beauty of nature and one about relationships and emotional situations. Part One—Just Her Poetry—talks about...

Dear Mrs. Magootie by Beth Howell is a laugh a minute read. The author shares a collection of fictional notes that parents generally write to the principal, and to add to the fun element they are written on toilet paper, aluminum foil, etc. Meet the...

Piggybacker by Mikki Noble is the first book in the Vessel of Lost Souls trilogy and it is a strong and promising opening. A simple accident has everyone believing that Marley wanted to take her own life, and that's why she is sent away by...

'Trust in your I Am Power to make it so, And It Shall Be So. And So It Is!' I Am Power: Divine Powerful Affirmations that Can Change Your Life One Moment at a Time by Daya Devi-Doolin is an uplifting book with a collection...

Drama is just an expression of negativity, according to Aeliana, a special individual with the responsibility of guarding and awakening positivity in the world. I Awaken by Renée Wehrle relates Aeliana’s quest to brighten the outlook of her new hometown, Blame, Utah. As one of...

“What is the purpose of life?" “How do we know what’s real and not real?” “Why is there so much unfairness in the world?” “Where do babies come from?” Children ask the most intriguing questions. Some are very basic, simple really. Others require deep thought and intense...