Set in Jamaica in the late 17th century, Nights Arose follows an amazing heroine, Arose du Mouchelle, as she constantly combats the efforts of a strong Voodoo priestess to take a coveted jewel, the Gem of the Red Spirit, that has been in her family...

For readers who are into Westerns, G.P. Hutchinson’s Strong Convictions will come along as a great and entertaining treat, a compelling opening to the Emmett Strong Westerns series, featuring well-imagined characters and an equally great plot. Set against the backdrop of an emerging Texas in...

Be Careful What You Wish For by Lynne North revolves around Finn, a leprechaun who lives with his parents in Duntappin, a small village. He goes to a local school, but is bored with his life. He enjoyed the company of Dallan Murphy, but he...

Waddle’s Big Adventure is a children’s book written and illustrated by R.W. Thompson. Born on the west coast of Antarctica, young Emperor Penguin, Waddle, is not a fan of the cold. One day, while playing with his best friend, Waddle is separated from all of...

Like many 16-year-old girls, Kyla Marine is not sure how she fits in with the people around her. Also, like many girls that age, she has secrets, fears and insecurities as well. Kyla tells her story in Beyond the Waterfall by Eryn Flynn and shares...

In a beautifully written and fascinating guide by author Joanna Romer, Passing On: How to Prepare Ourselves for the Afterlife is a book that will keep readers' minds and hearts engaged from the start all the way through until the very end. The book is...

Run to You by Lynne King is a breathless thriller that is as absorbing as it is entertaining. Yes, it is the quintessence of a real thriller. Moving to Manhattan from London has seemed the best way for Liz to leave her past behind. Just...

The best feeling a reader and reviewer can experience comes from knowing in the first few paragraphs of a book that one is in the sure hands of a professional and skillful writer about to tell a rip-roaringly good yarn. Seamus Beirne is an exceptionally...

Keep the Flame: Early Christianity Comes to Life by Susan Preston is book four in The Apostle John Series, a great novel that showcases the challenges of early Christianity, the collision of religious traditions, and the spiritual path — seen from an alternative world, beyond...

Becoming Your Dream: Tomorrow’s Star by Rudolph Mensah is an uplifting book that will guide readers to understand their dreams, believe in themselves, find their path, and define their life goals. The book reiterates the power of Nature and how it has all the resources...

Believe by Jo-Marie is the exciting story of Adi and her friends whose world exists in a forest. Adi lives in Maple Community, a small town inside a Sugar Maple tree in Vermont. One day they realize that there is a crack in the bottom...

The Bucktown Babies: Father Gunter, Demon Hunter, Book 1 is a paranormal thriller novel written by Janine R. Pestel. Johann Gunter had been in a resting pattern between “gigs” when he watched a news broadcast about the strangely high incidence of sudden infant deaths that...

Of Our Own Device by M.K. South is a great read set against the backdrop of the Cold War in 1985. The reader is introduced to the covert nature of the work of prominent intelligence services. This is a real thriller for fans of espionage...

Dirty C.O. by Rod Ballard is an exciting thriller with a realistic plot and storyline. Dirty C.O. is set against the backdrop of the criminal justice system and the police who work to uphold it. Dirty C.O. tells the story of one such man, Tristan...

Ageing Well is a non-fiction health and fitness book written by James Middleton Murray. Murray is 69 years old in chronological terms, but he estimates his biological age to be about 40. While he had participated in athletic activities when he was younger, damage to...

Restored by Gwen Sutton is a wonderful crime thriller that explores the extent to which sex trafficking can affect individuals and their families, a final entry in a gripping trilogy revolving around a single family. When child sex trafficking victim, Dereka Jones, decides to stop...

Kamran Akbarzadeh's self-help book, Get What You Want: Your Trusted Guide for Realizing Your Dreams, Overcoming Your Challenges, and Getting What You Want in Your Life, is filled with wisdom and advice for those who are seeking to make great changes in their lives. Sharing...

Wow, wow, wow! That's exactly what I thought when I finished reading the excellent new book by author Geoff Baggett, Partisans and Refugees: Patriots of the American Revolution Series, Volume 2. This book absolutely grabbed me from the very first pages and kept me obsessively...

Pax is a yellow Lab; Jasmine is a Montserratian cat who really thinks she’s a princess; Gertie is a Montserrat agouti who speaks Montserrat Creole dialect. And, of course, there’s Mom and Dad. They’re the human members of the family, the ones who walk on...

Brutal Silence by Margaret Dardess is a gritty and realistic fiction novel on the topic of human sex trafficking. Alex Harrington from North Carolina is on a trip to Mexico with her friend. Although warned of the dangers of traveling alone outside Mexico City, Alex...