Hits, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer by Marty Essen is an entertaining and enlightening ride through the author's ups and downs. Although he became a popular campus speaker and sought-after author, the road to his success came with twists and...

Painting the Past: A Guide for Writing Historical Fiction by Meredith Allard contains valuable advice on how to write creative and engaging historical fiction. Its first and second chapters discuss the aspects of historical fiction that make it unique and the purpose for writing books...

Singing Grass by Ian M. Evans interweaves New Mexico’s complex history with a thought-provoking case between a clinical psychologist struggling with a difficult, crushing past and a man whose story possesses a troubling likeness to American frontiersman Kit Carson. When Dr. Richard Young accepts the...

Draconium Carbide: Casus Belli by Alan Ray Argente is an epic fantasy novel with plenty of action, dragons, and war to keep you entertained for days. The war between the Blessed Lands of Javyria and the Empire of Ardynia is ready to boil over, and...

Handee is a planet of hands that spins in the sky around the Nameless Star. Monster C on the Hands’ Planet by Loreta Yono tells readers that the inhabitants of the planet are all hands and that everything on the planet is hand-shaped. Handee gets...

Love in Another Time: A Sardinian Saga by Lexa Dudley is a brilliantly plotted story that follows a grandmother’s adventure and the story of her granddaughter. It begins with Ellie Montford’s early years. Her parents are diplomats who are scarcely home, and when her school...

The Blue House Raid: American Infantry and the Korean DMZ Conflict by Robert Perron takes us back to 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War when elsewhere in Asia the American military was also pulling duty as assistants to the South Korean Army, patrolling...

Deirdre Flynn is a wise, feisty, and kindly 70-year-old. When she accompanies her adopted niece, fear-filled Leah, and Leah’s wild and wilful 17-year-old step-daughter, Belinda, to the sunny beaches of France, none of them expects to find dead dogs on their doorstep, massacred chickens, and...

The police force is in over their heads when a power-hungry criminal with an insane desire for immortality targets their detectives as a means to achieving his dream in the breathtaking suspense novel, Of Breath and Blood (Detectives Daniels and Remalla Series: Book 6) by...

Nancy M. Churchill has written a masterpiece. Through the Tunnel to Win the Heart is superbly written and kept my interest throughout. Each page is filled with intrigue and keeps you engaged to see what happens next. This book tells the story of Nancy when...

The Healing by Lynda Faye Schmidt is about a woman who sets out on a quest after enduring more than two decades of an abusive relationship. This is a novel about healing and personal empowerment, and this bears repeating: it’s about healing and personal empowerment....

Egypt's Second Born is a work of fiction in the historical, interpersonal drama, and family saga sub-genres, and was penned by author Lauren Lee Merewether. The work is intended for the mature reading audience and forms the fifth part of the Lost Pharaoh Chronicles Prequel...

Farewell to Murder by Kimberly Griggs is the second book in the Deadly Paradise Mystery series. Mallory Hemingway was once a reporter but after a close encounter with a murderer and the breaking of her engagement, she decided to accept a job as caretaker of...

The Oinkiest Oink by Lanea Brumfield is a 39-page-long illustrated story for very young readers (3-5 years of age). It is about a pig who wants to learn how to make his native sound, “oink”, but does not get any help from any of his...

Brandon Goes to Hong Kong - Xiānggǎng (香港), by Eugenia Chu, is an 80-page adventure-filled children’s story starring Brandon and his family who travel to Hong Kong where lots of fun and adventure await. This American-Chinese family is from the States, and they visit relatives...

As soon as I saw there was a second Brody Cody book up for review I grabbed it. Brody Cody and the Haunted Vacation House by Toni Pike is another delightful tale. In the first book, poor Brody is faced with accepting a new mother,...

Repelled and yet intrigued by her mature neighbor, a high school senior gets caught in his world of madness and murder in the blood-curdling novel Red Romance: A Contemporary Thriller by Timberly Price. Layla Fabian's parents move her from the sunny beaches of Florida to...

Peak Self-Control: Building Strong Willpower to Accomplish Important Goals (Peak Productivity) by Said Hasyim is a thought-provoking and encouraging book on the topic of self-control. It gives good tips and tools to readers on how to use willpower, how to reduce its usage, how to...

Checking Our P.U.L.S.E. for Kids: A Personal and Practical Guide to Effective Educational Leadership by Robert Nelson is a non-fiction self-help book that utilizes the steps in its titular acronym to reassess and strengthen the role of the chief administrator in school environments. For most,...

The Flight of the Schimmerplotz: Alias Brains and Brawn Book 1 by Charles A. Salter is a Christian thriller bursting with fun, excitement, and humor. This short work will have you speeding through the pages in no time, all the while entertaining you and keeping...