Carbon Under Pressure by Meg Heart is a book based on real events. This emotional and moving story begins with Rose being awoken by her sixteen-year-old daughter’s sobs and tears. Rose was taken by surprise at her daughter's emotional breakdown as she was always cheerful....

The Little Firefly, by Sheri Fink, is an adorable tale about a young firefly who longs to shine. He watches the older fireflies glow and dance and play exciting games of Fire Tag. As he watches, he dreams of the day he will be able...

"The Little Gnome" was written by Sheri Fink and illustrated by Mary Erikson Washam. This children’s story begins by introducing the Little Gnome to readers. Little Gnome was happy as he enjoyed the beautiful flowers, the singing birds, the whispering wind and the warm sunshine...

If you are unfamiliar with the author Warren Adler, as I was, don't hesitate to pick up Mother Nile. Mr. Adler is an incredible writer and Mother Nile is an utterly engrossing story. How engrossing? In my eagerness to learn how the book ended, oblivious...

What a fun ride I have had reading this time travel romance! It is a great mix between ancient Egyptian life and culture and the romance a woman from our twenty-first century. It is beautifully crafted to please historians and romance lovers of every age....

Agnes was raised in the house her father had lovingly built for her mother. Her mother insisted on keeping the house although she lived there alone now and was no longer capable of taking care of the place. With her mother in bad health she...

After the death of her parents, twenty-eight-year-old Emily Darling finds herself working as a servant in her family home, thanks to her mean brother. While collecting the mail one morning, a letter arrives, and while she quickly surmises it isn't for her or her brother,...

Kathryn Meyer Griffith’s Four Spooky Short Stories is surreal and its haunting theme will keep readers turning the pages. The collection opens with Ghost Brother; the tragedy of a man named Bobby, who’s manipulated by the ghost of his dead brother, Gerald. I sympathize with...

It's not often that I find a children's book with so much appeal. The Little Unicorn is a refreshing, delightful tale of a unicorn who wanders off to an unknown area of the forest and isn't sure if she will ever find her way back...

Till it Stops Beating by Hannah R. Goodman is the fourth book in a series. Maddie Hickman is 17 and is about to enter her senior year. An old flame turns up, a member of her family is diagnosed with cancer, and she’s hit...

The Maddie Chronicles features three books in the series by Hannah R. Goodman: My Sister’s Wedding, My Summer Vacation, and Fear of Falling, a compelling collection in which readers encounter high school student Maddie Hickman who is determined to rediscover herself and pursue a life...

The Little Dragon by Sheri Fink is a charming story that held me captivated from beginning to end. There are no concessions made where language is concerned – words like whimsical, expressive, sensation, stomach, barge, and taught cannot be read phonetically. It is a picture...

Forgiveness is a powerful tool, according to author Robert A. Hobbs in this motivational work of non-fiction entitled Exploring the Wonders of Healing through Forgiveness. The author is a Christian Spiritualist. Christian Spiritualism follows the general concept of the orthodox Christian churches. Hobbs discusses the...

Water Lily Dance is a novel mixing contemporary and historical stories and was penned by author Michelle Muriel. Set in both 2014 and 1865, we meet women in search of a better life for themselves, all of whom are connected by the romantic art and...

The Little Monster by Sheri Fink is an adorable children's story about a monster who is scared of the dark. Approaching the age of 600, the monster is given his own room, which makes him have mixed emotions; he's never slept alone before. The monster...

The Little Penguin by Sheri Fink tells the tale of a small penguin who loved having fun, swimming, and gliding all over the place. One day, the little penguin accidentally ends up in a new and mysterious place where she finds the most beautiful and...

The Seraphim's Song is the fifth book of The F.I.G. Mysteries series by Barbara Casey. At a remote archaeological site in China, a young man named Milosh - molded by darkness - steals an ancient artifact, unleashing an evil dust storm turned hurricane that threatens...

King Guillemin of Finistere has fallen ill and fears that, despite the best efforts of his healers, he may not last long. He sets about putting his affairs in order, which includes his succession. As his daughter cannot inherit the throne, he must choose a...

Shadow of the Moon is a historical fiction drama by Edward McSweegan. It's the year 1878. After returning from Colorado Springs, having lost a friend to an ambush, Nolan Carter is back in Pueblo, Colorado, when he comes across Professor Mitchell of the Vassar Astronomy...

The Fever Hut by Edward McSweegan is a historical novel built around the real events of the U.S. invasion, the subsequent battles against the Spanish in Cuba, and ultimately their occupation of Cuba about the turn of the twentieth century. Duncan Cleary, a young, newly-minted...