Thieves by Steven Max Russo is a dark and dangerous tale of greed and crime. Esmeralda has two jobs – a house cleaner and a restaurant hostess. She has only just left high school and her income is all there is for her family. She...

Monkey Bandit goes to play with Lilly in the storybook Monkey Bandit: Manners on a Playdate by Maria Ellis. Monkey Bandit is very excited at seeing all the toys and he sees Lilly painting. Monkey Bandit snatches the brush from her hand and starts to...

Silly Fun on the Farm: 5 Word-by-Word Build-Up Funny Stories by Maria Ellis is written for very beginning readers. There are five stories, each containing 25-30 words and the stories build by introducing words like “pig” and “duck” and then combining the words into a...

Dinosaur Arms by Regina Puckett is a beautiful story that tackles a relevant topic, that of bullying. The young flies, butterflies, monkeys, zebras, elephants, giraffes, lions, and a T-Rex attend animal school in the Land of Friendship. All of them are good friends with each...

A detective from Scotland Yard must set aside his seaside holiday to find a celebrity missing from a small coastal English village in the mystery tale, Downfall, by Deborah Teller Scott. Detective Michael Dachemont was working on a high-profile murder case until the Chief Superintendent...

Mobsters, Movie Stars & Musicians by Roger Rossi takes you into the life and world of piano player and vocalist Roger Rossi. Spending over 60 years of his life being a band leader and a musician has left Mr. Rossi with a wealth of stories...

The Spiritualist Murders: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries, Volume 2 is an historical mystery novel written by James Musgrave. Clara Shortridge Foltz, Esq., had been attending a suffragist meeting at the Supreme Grand Lodge of the Rosicrucians. In the repressive atmosphere of 1886, the...

The Spirit of Joy: How to Live a Psycho-spiritually Integrated Life by Joseph Malancharuvil is a beautiful, inspiring and spiritual book with strong psychological and moral underpinnings. In this book, readers will understand the secret to living a joy-filled life, how to find joy and...

Fussy Willikers: The Baby Sock Thief is a children’s picture book written by Ryan McLemore and Ashley McLemore, and illustrated by Yuqi Lu. As any parent knows, something strange happens whenever washing day comes around. Perfectly good pairs of socks are suddenly transformed into sad...

Let’s Go to the Zoo with Sam and Sue is a picture book for preschool children written by Deborah Dolan Hunt and illustrated by Xavier Pom. Mom, Sam and Sue are spending the day at the zoo. There’s so much to see that it will...

Essential Oils, Teas, & Self Care by Deborah Hunt and Meaghan Hunt is a handy manual that gives information about the potential health benefits of essential oils, herbal teas, and self-care practices. The book gives recommendations for use along with the precautions that need to...

I Wonder is an imaginative children’s book told in rhyme about animals, including several which are rare or endangered. Written and beautifully illustrated by Regina Sparrow, it features silly situations that are guaranteed to cause some laughs and giggles as a parent reads the book...

Pearls For Life: Fifty Nuggets of Wisdom for All to Live by is a nonfiction inspirational collection written by Duane Gardner. Gardner was moved to write this book when his college-age daughter recounted how she had made the choice to help a friend in need...

The Cheap and Easy Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bill by Amanda Alix is a short book chock-full of ideas on how to spend less at the grocery store. Alix begins with a discussion of how grocery stores use product placement slotting fees to get...

Morning Coffee by Emily Wyche is a gorgeous collection of poetry written by a sixteen-year-old. Now it’s easy to think: What kind of poetry can a teenager write? Readers will be surprised at the depth of thought reflected in these poems, at the author’s perceptive...

A Fire in the West by Harry James Fox and Lucia Midgway is the third book in the Stonegate series. I read the first two and they are great. They are both award winning novels. If you haven’t read them, I strongly advise that you...

Hannah Deane, a sweet ninety-year-old woman sets out on an unexpected journey that touches the lives of everyone she encounters. With companion Jack, her "friend" the angel, Hannah is transported to a place she has never been and set in the midst of people she...

Crossing the Jordan: There is a Golden Road for Everyone by Melany Bungay is the author's conversion story, a story that chronicles her journey from atheism to Christianity. Melany was a nonbeliever who had been anything but clean. Promiscuity, booze, and adultery were just a...

It’s just another typical day in the life of small-town female sheriff Lacey Nelson when she arrives to find one of her deputies consoling a chilly and drenched young boy in her office while the boy’s alcoholic father begs to be kept safe from him…and...

The Alien Diaries by Glenn Devlin is the gripping and fascinating tale of widowed book collector Colin Brayton, hired for a highly lucrative project of appraising an 18th century library, and no-nonsense Maddy Prentice, appointed his supervisor by the generous, yet enigmatic tycoon Asher Bradford....