Shumi is a dwarf grey hamster who lives in a faraway country. His owner is Ellie whose eyes are the color of green jelly. She also has a fat orange cat named Pat. Shumi accidentally discovered what Pat does at nighttime. When Shumi asked Pat...

Arion Rising by Jackie Anders is action-packed, exciting, and engaging. Tea Lane knows how to take care of herself. She's gained plenty of experience by having to survive foster home after foster home. Now living on the streets, she won't let this stop her from...

Not a Fox by Arthur Strangekin is an illustrated children’s book about a very clever fox who is rather greedy. He is smart enough to outwit a farmer by convincing him to start handing over his chickens, but as we learn, one just isn’t enough....

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...

Sophia Meadows had just gone through a divorce after years of marriage. As a high-flying computer programmer, she took solace in her job. Aneella came along, a friend whom Sophia hadn’t seen in ten years. She convinced Sophia to spend time at her Inverness home...

How appropriate that just the day after I finished reading Fatal Depth by Timothy S. Johnston, CNN reported that because of rapid glacial melt, “It’s becoming increasingly clear that sea-level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem as we move through the...

The Devil's Daughter by Tyeshia Sturgis is a paranormal horror story. Lilith has always lived with the belief that a demon stalks her, causing her to do bad things. When Lilith does something unspeakable, her claims see her sentenced to life in an asylum. While...

The Sun at Twilight is a work of fiction in the historical, interpersonal drama, and thriller sub-genres, and was penned by author N. L. Holmes. As the fourth book in the Empire at Twilight series, the work is intended for the mature reading audience but...

Phoenix: By the Sword, Book 2 of The Phoenix Trilogy by Jackie Anders is a thrilling historical romance novel with fantasy elements. After making it back from the Battle of Teutoburg, Cassius, an eighteen-year-old Germanic princess now a slave to a Roman senator, is ordered...

Theodore Jerome Cohen's eclectic Mementos (A Unique Collection of Short Stories & Flash Fiction, Book 3) reflects on both ordinary and extraordinary situations from the perspectives of diverse characters. In its first entry, ‘Devil’s Horns’, a father and son survey the fire damage to the...

Growing Up at Work: How to Transform Personally, Evolve Professionally, and Lead Authentically by Yael C. Sivi and Yosh C. Beier is a leadership book that offers groundbreaking advice on leading one’s self and leading others in an authentic manner. In this book, the authors...

The Great Awakening is the second book in the SiBoRE series by Arthur F Seymour. Taking place some years after Earth Won, Ruby and Seymour are married and have a family. Living in a castle inside a cave, they know their sons and daughter are...

Cali the Destroyer by Sol Luckman is a thought-provoking and absorbing dystopian tale with a New Age touch. It balances the exploration of human relationships with environmental, social, and political issues. Caliandra and Juice are young lovers caught in a society that has lost its...

Miami’s Yester’Years: Its Forgotten Founder Locke Tiffin Highleyman by Patricia Daly-Lipe is an astonishing account of the history of Miami and Southern Florida, beginning in 1513. “This is the story of the conversion of that “swamp” of “grass and mire” to a fancy metropolis.” The...

God Bless My Broken Road by Stacy L. Thowe is the beautiful inspirational story of Sarah and Ben. We find them each on their own road. Sarah has been married for nineteen years. She and her husband have four amazing children and Sarah is...

In Tombs of Dross by Lew Anderson, siblings Isaac, Zac, and Breezy discover a mysterious tone pillar while exploring their extensive property. They try to decipher the meaning behind the script on the stones, but it really doesn’t make much sense. Even more mysterious is...

The Garden of Calilily, written by Chrystie Keller, is a children's book that promotes mindfulness through fairy tales. The book features two fairy sisters, Marigold and Sweetpea, who usually do a good job. However, they each have personalities that tend to distract them from their...

Aimee Cabo Nikolov is an encourager who enjoys uplifting others. This enjoyment shines through in her poetry book, Inspired by the Holy Ghost. Aimee has a radio/podcast in which she shares uplifting words and music, and she has written many poems taken from the Holy...

Eclecticism, compassion, and nostalgia are the veins of Theodore Jerome Cohen's Flash Fiction Stories with a Masculine Twist (Flash Fiction Anthology, Book 11) which also includes his works under the pen name Alyssa Devine. The characters consist of fictional historical figures and real people navigating...

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...