The Healings is a funny tale of a man's journey to self discovery and enlightenment, peppered with a lot of humor. It is, in short, a very funny collection of many, many stories about a single, very depressed man who has "lost his way." The...

The Ramirez family begins its multi-generational plight of bad luck and hard times in 1918, when the Spanish Flu and Pancho Villa's regime systematically destroy their world. After losing half of their children in a short time and the impending doom of soldiers, it is...

This is a witty and entertaining book made up of entries in a diary written by a fourteen-year-old girl named Melissa. It depicts her life after she is given a diary by her twelve-year-old sister, Megan. She started it right before she begins her first...

Rain is a three-generation family saga that begins with the Australian Wallin family and their daughters Grace and Helena. Though they were raised in comfort and love made possible by their father’s sawmill dynasty, loss and misfortune soon change the future for the sisters. Grace...

Kathy M. Miller has captured the personalities and the lives of adorable chipmunks in her book, Chippy Chipmunk: Babies in the Garden. Miller took pictures of four baby chipmunks, fondly named Rosalie, Roosevelt, Rachel and Benjamin, after they were brought to her yard by their...

Into The Lions Heart by Beth Trissel is a historical romance novelette that is sure to delight the fancy of those who read this genre. The story revolves around three main characters: Captain Dalton Evans; his best friend, Thomas Archer; and Dalton's distant cousin, Sophia...

In the fairy kingdom of Solandia, Queen Magenta and King Godfred punish the king's brother, Prince Thorkel, for attempting to steal the sun orb which gives power to the entire kingdom from the sun. Years pass, Thorkel's survival is unknown, and Queen Magenta gives birth...

"Highway Odyssey" by Alexander Flint is the story of a man attempting to discover himself. The year was 1978 and he found himself a single father after his recent divorce. He started traveling with his seven year old son. Together they made adventures: back packing...

Lillian is an educated woman in late 1929. She is expected to do wifely and motherly tasks while serving the demanding needs of her Jewish husband in a small Midwestern town. After three years of marriage and a young daughter, Lillian feels alone and unfulfilled....

This time travel story is one of the best I have seen for a while. It is an exciting and well developed tale that will keep you spellbound from the beginning to the end. It is well written, with great descriptions and likable characters. Jenifer is...

Catherine West's writing instantly pulled me into this story and made me feel a part of the characters’ lives. A dramatic story in a time when the world was torn, a raging Vietnam War was happening and the lives of those serving AND those on...

What a fabulous book! In "They Stood Alone: 25 Men and Women Who Made A Difference," author Sandra McLeod Humphrey presents people who started out ordinary but accomplished extraordinary things. She explains in the beginning that she chose these particular men and women based on...

"Everyone Has Hope" is a picture book about help and hope for anyone who has lost someone that they love, told through Clarington the bear in a way a child would understand. Clarington loses his best friend Lily suddenly and finds it unbearable to go...

The Dragonfly Prophecy by Jacquelyn Castle is a wonderful book for young adults that takes you on a journey to another universe! As we begin the book and meet Lexi we are taken on an adventure into another dimension. As we get to know Lexi,...

Young Kusikiy is worrying about the lack of rain in his small community because the birds are not singing and the trees seem sad. Kusikiy loves this community where he lives so he strives to find a way to help. As this young child talks...

Jenny Spark fell in love with ballet after her grandparents sent her a DVD of Swan Lake. Even though she had never seen a live ballet or met a dancer she longed to be a part of that world. She convinces her mother to allow...

Just like the Jerry Maguire movie line, "You had me at hello," author Gwen Ebner had me at, "Being perfect and complete was not meant to imply that we would never sin, be tempted, or ever make a mistake again." Whew, was that ever...

"Antics in the Attic" by Stephanie J. Corum is a book written especially for the young child to help them face their fears. It seems most children hear things in the night after they go to bed and Zach was no exception. When he hears...

"I Remember When" by Dawn Wynne and Illustrated by Andrea Vitali is a book that will take you on a journey back down memory lane as you read this to your grandchild. It is the story of two children whose inquiring minds want to know...

Ben has morphed into a safe person after a violent crime takes his family from him. Reserved, quiet and so in tune with safety that he sells his service as a safety consultant to businesses and corporations. He has settled into a vanilla life, marries...