As a Shadowheart, other people's pain is Vylaena Azrel’s constant companion. It's a Curse set upon her by Ikna, the Goddess of Midnight, one that she was determined to be free of. Living alone and away from others in the haunted Elderwood, the arrival of...

In Dream It and Do It by Holly Sharp, we are introduced to a large selection of fun careers and how one would go about making a hobby and a dream a reality. With a wide range of jobs, you will read about a person...

Accidental Lives by Howard Reiss tells the story of twenty-six-year-old Cole, who has a college degree and a good job in the accounting department of a major corporation. He is paralyzed for life when a ninety-two-year-old driver turned right in front of him without...

In Mia and Nattie: One Great Team by Marlene M. Bell, we are introduced to Nattie, a tiny newborn lamb, and Mia, the little girl who found her. Mia found Nattie alone in the sheep pen and realized that her mother had left her behind...

Sally Lee Baker is up to the letter X in her series of alphabet stories. Xiomara the Xiphodon, written and illustrated by Sally Lee Baker, is filled with words that either start with or include the letter X. I even learned a new word. Xenodochy...

Teaching young people to enjoy reading is a difficult task, especially in this era where there are many distractions to lure them away from a good book, a good story, a good poem, or a good play. While English teachers strive to instill in young...

Ancient Sumerians living among us? Maybe a possibility in The Agency: Tablet of Destinies by Lynn Yvonne Moon. A whole nation with a rich and ancient culture living beneath the sandy deserts of Iran with ancient alien technology – impossible? For a long time,...

Fly Francesca Fly is a work of fiction in the women’s fiction, interpersonal drama, and cultural issues sub-genres, and was penned by author Venera Concetta. The plot is focused on the struggles of one woman against the bonds which tradition and family place upon her...

Scrub is a little bar of soap that lives on a pink dish in the bathroom. He loves jumping into action during a bath where he slips and slides until every part is clean. He might enjoy bath time but what he enjoys the most...

J.N. Baker’s Last Light is a fantastic story about Zoe Marks, an immortal reluctantly caught in the middle of a war between good and evil that has been waging for a thousand years. Being one of the “Chosen”, Zoe has amazing and terrifying capabilities that...

Murder Makes Waves: A Cozy Jack and Frances Mystery by Carmen Radtke is the third book in the Jack and Frances Mystery series. Frances Palmer and her fiance Jack are hitting the high seas, taking a cruise ship that brought them to England. Frances was...

Mr. Claws Decks the Halls is a children’s holiday-themed picture book written by Lindsey Coker Luckey and illustrated by Toska. Mr. Claws loves the Christmas holidays, and he prides himself on being so very busy, even busier than Santa Claus, he figures, or his reindeer....

Missionary: Saving Fearful by S.O. Fidimaye chronicles the author's fears and apprehensions in spite of growing up in an Islamic family and reading the Quran daily. The Yoruba people are known to have a god for almost anything and the author speaks about how all...

In JJ Brown Wants to be COOL by BB Mack, JJ Brown is a cute little pup and he wags his tail at everything when he is happy. JJ not only wants to be happy, but he also wants to be cool. JJ Brown is...

One? by Jennifer L Cahill is a rom-com of sorts in the vein, perhaps, of “Friends,” following the fortunes and loves of two very different young women, flatting together in London and each searching for the one – the love of their lives and the...

If you are a parent who wants to introduce the topic of racism to your young child, please consider The Lying Liar Called Racism: A Love Letter, crafted by Giselle Fuerte. She begins by introducing three big ideas that are woven together during this captivating...

A journey of self-discovery forms the basis of this wonderful first chapter book, I Am Sam, by Rodney James. Sam has always felt different from the rest of his family, resulting in some awkwardness between them. It doesn’t help that he’s a bit clumsy and...

In a sidenote intended to properly describe her apparent children’s book, Life of a Firefly (illustrated exquisitely by Suzanne Groat), Sandra Brown-Lindstedt says simply and ingenuously that it is “particularly suited for ages 8–12.” I’m afraid that’s like saying To Kill A Mockingbird is at...

Mooreeffoc by Tetiana Aleksina and Tony Single is a short story that begins with a thrilling twist. The setting of the story is described in rich detail. The reader is transported to the kind of cozy café where one would like to go on a...

Well now, this was interesting and most unexpected: I was very curious after reading the intriguing description of Breathless by Yvette M Calleiro. It indicated this was a fairy tale with a difference. The length of this fairy tale is in keeping with most children’s...