When I come across poetry I'm excited because I experience and embrace the thoughts, emotions, and transparency of the author. With over thirty poems in Among the Dying Violets by Barb Shadow, the author did not disappoint. Poems like Grandpa, My Father, Unspoken, and Moms...

After the death of her grandfather, Grace Woodruff returned to Woodruff Mountain, home to many generations of the Woodruff family and its herb business empire, for two main reasons. To settle and manage her grandfather’s sprawling estate, and also seek peace of mind since her...

Melissa “Mel” Noblett, a journalist and environmental activist, is in Milan gathering information from a whistleblower about a new bee virus, but is disappointed by the lack of progress. To salvage the trip, her editor sends her to Bologna to interview Dr. Daniel Woodruff, a...

Falkirk: Of Shadows & Secrets Book 2 by Casey Morales delivers a riveting blend of espionage, romance, and wartime tension that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Set against the backdrop of occupied France during World War II, the novel follows the...

Mathsmagica: Tapestry of Shadows by Daniel Stefanov Georgiev is about twins Sova and Nilah, the sole surviving members of the disgraced black magic practitioners from Nocturia, as they pursue opportunities at Mathsmagica Academy. They find an unlikely ally, a light magic practitioner from the opposite...

Cephrael's Hand: A Pattern of Shadow & Light Book One by Melissa McPhail follows three men and their destinies and the decisions they make. Prince Ean val Lorian is the last heir to the Eagle Throne in the Dannym. When his brother is killed in...

Brutal murders in the small town of Eagle Lake form the basis for a dark but fascinating story that links the detective thriller with erotica, precisely the beautiful and the opposite ugly sides of the BDSM scene/lifestyle. FBI profiler Jake Reed, formerly dominant and...

Chasing Eva is the first book of the In Light of Shadows series by Camellia Hart. After ogling over Clive Stanton’s picture on the cover of that morning’s tabloid magazine, Eva, Izzie and Ali make their way to the office. When the elevator doors...

Khon'Tor's Wrath by Leigh Roberts is the story of a healer, the leader, and his mate. Adia was a revered Healer with a fair heart and just spirit. She set off for another village to give a bag of goldenseal to Ithua, a fellow Healer....

Your Father Has Something to Tell You by Dave Riese is an unusual novel in that it reads much like a memoir, and yet Dave Riese assures us it is fiction. Despite his assurance that it is, in fact, a novel, lovers of great memoirs...

Are you ready to be immersed in a tale filled with magic, adventure, and unusual creatures? If you said "yes," then Spindleheart: Trail of Shadow and Spool by T.I. Avens should be the book you pick next. Wynn is a swirlear lark who is on...

Annwyn's Blood is penned by author team Michael Eging and Steve Arnold in the epic fantasy, adventure, and interpersonal drama genres, and is the opening part of The Paladin of Shadow Chronicles. In this engrossing tale, Marianna, daughter of High King Mattheus, is abducted by...

The Paladin of Shadow Chronicles by Michael Eging and Steve Arnold starts when Erik of Birkenshire, or Brittania, ventured beyond the realm on a mission to save the daughter of High King Mattheus. When he finally makes it to the fortress after a grueling journey,...

Oh no! Max has been cat-napped and dragged through time in Max's Arabian Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter. Max is a Tonkinese cat with the special ability to speak with other animals and people by way of a magical amulet. When a strange voice calls to...

Join Max, a large Tonkinese cat, as he goes on a special mission with the most unlikely of people in Max's Christmas Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter. Max is a different kind of cat. With the aid of a magical amulet, he can speak and understand...

Max, the lilac Tonkinese cat, is in trouble again in Max's Midnight Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter. Following Uncle Richard into the attic, Max does what he loves best and falls asleep in a comfy dark box. When he wakes, he discovers he has gotten himself...

Max has been snatched from Jemima again! Who is it this time? Why now? Max's Undercover Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter is an brilliant children's adventure short story. Max wakes to find himself being thrown into a van with another talking Tonkinese cat, Clio. Max is...

It is a pleasant afternoon until something upsets Max the talking Tonkinese cat's life again! Max's Hallowe'en Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter is a spine-chilling middle grade short story featuring Max, hero of The Shadows From The Past Series. In this fifth installment of Max's spin-off...

Max, short for Maximus, also referred to as 009 Lives (amongst his Guardian of Time secret agents) because a cat does, after all, have 9 lives, is a rather large Tonkinese cat. He’s a hero, but that’s not all: he’s also a time traveler who...

Gabi is a very talented ballerina. She could have a lead role in any big dance company in the world, but she’s chosen a small ballet company in Florida to follow her dream. Seems rather unusual and mysterious, but then just about everything about the...