Broken Places by Rachel Thompson is a very descriptive, well-written memoir of abuse. Broken Places is a collection of non-fiction essays, short stories, and poetry. Author Rachel Thompson has a well-developed vocabulary for describing one of the worst experiences of her life — sexual abuse...

Lessons in Love is a contemporary young adult romance/coming of age novel written by Clarissa Carlyle. Alex Heron is the captain of the Woodsdale High School Cheerleaders. It was a hard-won position challenged by Sophie Walker, who is not at all satisfied with her role...

Counterfeits (An Art Theft Romantic Suspense) (Volume 1) by Kris Bock is a suspenseful romance that begins when Jenny's grandmother dies and leaves her an art camp. The camp cook, Rob, is willing to help Jenny, but he has a dark secret from his past...

Love’s Illusions is the story of Jackie Moretti and the men she’s loved, lost and discarded. An art student with a bright future, we meet Jackie in the most unconventional way but it speaks to Jolene Cazzola’s plans for this young woman. She is hard...

In Broken Embrace, Dana Mason writes an engaging story about two childhood friends who thought they had what it takes to be together but then mistakes got in the way of their happy ever after. Brian Hammel and Melissa Hayes have loved each other since...

I just finished reading a great book that I enjoyed so much! In Need of Therapy, the first book released by author Tracie Banister, is simply a delight. Follow the story of psychologist Pilar Alvarez. While she's the rock that all of her patients count...

In a story that is in turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, Seven Days to Goodbye, the first book in a planned series by debut author Sheri S. Levy, readers will find themselves completely immersed in a book that is hard to put down. Follow protagonist Trina,...

I enjoyed reading the stories in 45 Magazine: Women's Literary Journal by Zorina Frey. This magazine is filled with stories, helpful tips and art. The stories are both fiction and nonfiction and are clearly stated which one they are before you begin reading them. Everything...

Following up with his well-received children's book, The Boy with the Big Blue Hair, Chris Censullo writes another charming story about embracing diversity. Tin Can begins with a lonely young girl named Sam, with pink hair in a tree house, who wishes upon a shooting...

A Place Halfway by K.C. Finn is the third book in the Synsk series. The book focuses on sixteen-year-old Josie who has a lot more to deal with than the average 1960s teenager. She is but one of a school full of psychic children who...

Wisdom for Living as Spiritual Beings: How to Live Spiritually in Non-Spiritual Society by Tommy S.W. Wong is a spiritual classic, a book that will teach readers the secrets of living in a materially-minded world without losing touch with one’s spiritual experience. Through a form...

How to Train Your Knight by Stella Marie Alden is the story of Ann, a woman who learned from a young age that men are hurtful and to be feared. With one failed marriage that ended suddenly when her husband died, Ann is afraid for...

Darklands by Emma Woodcock takes the reader - and the main character - on a journey to a different world in which the sun always shines, it never rains, and everything seems a little too perfect. After returning to a place where teenager Sophie attempted...

Memories of Murder by Yolanda Renée is book 2 of the Detective Quaid Mysteries. Sarah is still having nightmares, only this time they are more real. Steven needs it to stop before it takes Sarah down. Caught up on another case, this time trying to...

In Margaret A. Millmore’s What Haunts Me (Ghost Killer, Book I), ghosts and demons do not haunt the living in the traditional sense, but plague the innocent with diseases, physical deformities and deadly addictions. They will haunt their victims for a lifetime or kill them...

All Means All, If You Believe by Gwen Sutton is a story of faith, resilience and a mother's belief. BabyRuth was happy. She had a beautiful life, she had a son, Derek, who had a great promise of a better future, and a daughter who...

In Arine's Sanctuary by KateMarie Collins, Arine returned home from a supply run to the most devastating news; her mother had sold her 14-year-old brother off. Arine searched high and low for the caravan that had taken her brother but in vain. She moved from...

Wow! I just finished reading the absolutely epic work of young adult fantasy fiction, Kikimora by author Emma Woodcock, and all I could say when I turned the last page was “Wow!” Following the story of the titular protagonist, Kikimora, as she is created from...

A Casualty of Grace is an historical fiction novel written by Lisa Brown. It was 1895, and Oliver and Simon were on an ocean voyage to a strange land and an even stranger future. Everything in their lives had changed when first their father died...

Infinite Reiki, Infinite Healing by Angie Webster familiarizes us with the Reiki (Universal Life Force Energy) system of cure. It starts with the beginnings of this system of healing in Japan and explains how its tenets fit into the modern world. After a discussion about...