Remembering love: this is what Holly is looking for. She spent all her childhood under the love and care of her foster parents and she grew grateful for that. Holly was aware of her past, but only just. She only knew that her parents died...

Knowing Jack by Julie Elizabeth Powell is an intriguing, suspense-filled story for children. Jack has a premonition that something bad is going to happen on their planned trip to the Lake District. He does not know how to dissuade his parents from taking that trip....

Figments by Julie Elizabeth Powell is a collection of short stories that includes a variety of themes; relationship between mother and son, a child and his late father, love, spiritual and even paranormal, fantasy and much more. Also included is a collection of beautiful poems...

In The Avalon Trilogy by Julie Elizabeth Powell, the reader begins the journey by following kids Davie, Ben, Anne, Chrissie, and Billy through a fantastic journey in a different world called Avalon - one of many different worlds. The time keeper turns up in the...

After reading the Avalon Trilogy by Julie Elizabeth Powell, I saw 13 by the same author. I liked the author's style and thought I'd see what her style would be like in a different genre. In 13, thirteen different characters - all very shady, violent,...

Piazza Navona by M.L. Kilian is the story of one woman’s escape from her cheating husband. Elise thought she had the perfect life – wonderful husband, great jobs and 2 loving, albeit demanding kids. She had noticed that her husband had been working more and...

The Touch of Roy and Dale is the story of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Tricia Spencer recalls the impact and influence of Roy and Dale as only their fans and family could tell it. Included in this wonderful book are never before seen photos,...

More than 100 years after their births, the road to Happy Trails still begins with Dale Evans, The Queen of the West, and Roy Rogers, The King of the Cowboys. What a tribute to this legendary couple of all times. “Spending summers working at the...

The Very Best You!, written and illustrated by Kathryn L. Novak, is part of the EZ As 1-2-3 Access Your Child’s Abilities series, and it is one that will encourage and help each reader to appreciate and like the features about him or herself. The...

EZ as 1-2-3 Come Learn About Bugs A-Z, written and illustrated by Kathryn L. Novak, is a book for children that is adorable and fun to read. Each page is devoted to a letter and a bug or a few bugs that begin with that...

It Stinks to be Pink!, written and illustrated by Kathryn L. Novak, is an excellent children's book focusing on the topic of self-esteem; whether someone is struggling with self-esteem or someone just needing reminders as to why he or she is special. Spotty is a...

A Mere Christian by Ron Smith MD is a book with a spiritually uplifting theme. The author has tried to reveal the mystery surrounding God and our beliefs in Him. The author shares what he has learned from Lewis, Chamblin, and others and tries to...

Understanding that God won’t give us more than we can handle is at the heart of A Call to Love by Rebecca Sundberg. Maddy Walker’s life was turned upside down when her husband Lane rushed into a burning barn to save a neighbor’s little girl....

In Temper the Winds, Wilma Hamill engages readers in the lives of people grappling with love on multiple levels. Readers encounter people whose existence is filled with the kind of stimulating realism that keeps a person invested in the story. In some cases, Hamill’s tale...

Death Takes a Lover by Olivier Bosman is a Victorian mystery set against the grim backdrop of the North Yorkshire moors. It follows the investigations of Scotland Yard’s Detective Sergeant Billings into the untimely and unexplained death of Roger Thornton. Mrs Thornton, the victim’s mother,...

Anne Frank: Anne Frank 80 Years by Ronald Wilfred Jansen is a collection of photographs portraying the life and times of Anne Frank. Starting with her home till 1931, the photographs recount her escape and the first house where she lived in Amsterdam. The swimming...

Genetically Privileged - Redux by A.W. Daniels starts with an introduction to Joe and Mary Christianson, a childless couple who, like many couples unable to conceive naturally, are at a fertility clinic looking to science and modern medicine to conceive a child. So far, so...

In Kiwi in the Realm of Ra by Vickie Johnstone, when Whiskers makes a time machine, Kiwi is reluctant to let Amy and James take a trip with him. Even if it is a special trip to Ancient Egypt for Amy’s birthday. She relents when...

Keith M. Melton’s Captain Cobbler: The Lincolnshire Uprising, 1536, is set in one of the most tumultuous times of King Henry VIII’s rule in England. As Chancellor Lord Cromwell abolishes monasteries throughout the Tudor kingdom and forces the King’s subjects to change their interpretation of...

A Month of Sundays: Stories of Love and Loss by Megan Gordon is made up of twelve short stories. Each story is unique and focuses on some type of loss. I was able to connect to each story even though each one was different. All...