Growth: A Novel by AJ Smith is a gripping tale that explores the theme of personal growth and transformation. Meet Bburke, a drunk who had his first beer at twelve. Then at fifteen, he starts buying beer because he is 6'2. For ten years, as...

Something is wrong with Edna’s younger brother, Harrison. He seems perfectly healthy, an oddity in itself, but he isn’t acting like his normal self. Edna pushes her worries to the back of her mind until she tears off the strange watch around Harrison’s neck and...

Escape from Witchwood Hollow by Jordan Elizabeth is a young adult fantasy about clinging to a love that should have faded away, despite all the tragedies one may cause. Honoria is a teenage girl whose family had died during the terrorist attack at the World...

Gears of Brass is a Steampunk Anthology by various authors, including Jordan Elizabeth and Eliza Tilton. In a world powered by steam and filled with clockwork devices, these fairy tale retellings feature a steampunk twist. A Clockwork Dollhouse finds a power hungry Robert haunted by...

In The Tower Below from J.R. Roper’s fantasy series, The Morus Chronicles, fourteen-year-old treasure hunter, Ethan Morus, and guardians of The Light search for another ancient artifact. This is very significant because its powerful secrets were even withheld from senior wizards. Lord Dehric, the leader...

The Yoga Beginner's Bible: Top 63 Illustrated Poses for Weight Loss, Stress Relief and Inner Peace by Tai Morello is a surprisingly comprehensive book on yoga poses. But more than simply a list of poses, it includes excellent, clear graphics of a person doing each...

Knowing by Shawna Allard is an insightful and thought provoking read that will make readers aware of the need to find their own unique path to spiritual awakening. The author speaks about her unique gift as an intuitive channel, and how the Divine has a...

In The Executioner by Ana Calin, Alice is hardly a regular student, an ex-heiress who has just had her heart broken, but soon she is about to find out how dangerous the world truly is. The story follows Alice as she tries to move on...

When Jack Trumps Ace by author Debbie De Louise revolves around Jackie Riordan who is the child of a broken marriage. But Jackie's story is not typical for a child in her situation. Her mother is deeply religious, or at least in as much as...

After nearly three decades, a town's dark past is brought to light in the intriguing mystery novel, Secrets in the Woods (An Emilia Long Mystery) by J.E. Smythe. When she was a newborn infant, Emilia Long was adopted after being left on the doorstep of...

Great Catch, Sarafina! by Carol A. Bacon is a charming story that conveys a good message to young readers. Through the story of Sarafina, readers are taught how to keep trying to achieve whatever they have set their hearts on and to never give up....

This last project is pretty important to everyone involved; Dale, Lucy and Mr. Machen. Dale's been doing pretty well in his classes so this final article could be what lands him a good job. That is why he picked Sker House, that and to spend...

In The Afternoon Sun: My Alexandria by Julie Hill is a memoir that captures the pulse and soul of the city of Alexandria in Egypt, a story that transports readers to a metropolis that was once a melting pot of cultures and civilizations. Her parents...

She Was Born a Good Girl: An All-Girls Boarding School Story by Garfield Whyte is a novel that explores the psychology of young girls seeking to find themselves in an all-girls’ boarding school, a story with interesting characters and a world that readers will find...

Prince Haille had always been made to feel responsible for the death of his beloved mother and queen, since she died giving birth to him. Coupled with the stigma of his mother’s death, he is considered a cripple, an invalid, even a freak, because of...

Flying Beyond the Syllabus: What You Weren't Taught in Groundschool by Ryan Domenick is a book for pilots and scientists, and I must say that it’s for those who love to deal with complex equations. Right from the beginning of the book, the author states:...

In Gathering Shade by Natalie J. Case is the second book in the Shades and Shadows series. After he's captured by the 8th Battalion, Mason Jerah knows they'll kill him. The last thing he expects is to be rescued by a group of Shadows. He's...

A Whyte Christmas: The Happy Holidays Series by Michele Brouder is a festive romantic comedy. Kate O’Connor has always loved Christmas, but not this year. Everything has been against her – the death of her father, the failure of her engagement, and a setback at...

The Homestead by Douglass Hoover tells the story of a group of people who have, for one reason or another, left life on the outside world to live in a Utopia they have created in the Alaskan wilderness. Their lives are undisturbed and each is...

Bringing Magnolia Home is a fascinating coming of age story unlike any I’ve read to date. Magnolia (Maggie), on her own following a break from a dysfunctional family situation that includes an abusive step-father and an uncaring mother, awakes one morning to a new and...