Metallic Heart by Liahona West takes place in a world turned upside-down due to several catastrophic events that have caused great suffering, destruction, and distress. In this ghost land littered with carcasses of the past, there are pockets of human habitation, then there are those...

Do you sleep? Do you ever wonder why you have to sleep? Or even why you sleep the way you do? What about animals and creatures of the sea? Do they sleep? Or do they snooze, laze, doze, snuggle, cuddle, nap, kip, or take a...

A victim of cyber-bullying chooses death over coping, leaving his friends and family reeling from the aftermath of his choices in the YA novel, The Ripples (What Lies Beyond) by Danielle Aitken. Popular athlete Mark Fredrick excels at everything he does. Pushing harder to meet...

Visiting Darkness is a murder mystery horror novel written by Celeste Prater. After a seemingly innocuous woman goes on a shocking killing spree at a supermarket, Senior Detective Maxwell Browning spearheads the investigation. But complicating the case is a series of similar murders spread across...

The House of Gold by Robert Allwood is a perfect example of a spellbinding fantasy. We follow Gold and her sister Hazel, the witch, right after the death of their father John Frost, as they find a secret map leading to what they believe is...

Rattlesnake Funeral by Jonathan Miller is a legal thriller set in the COVID-19 pandemic. Dan Shepherd, Rattlesnake lawyer, is back in the courthouse where he started his career three decades earlier. Masked and disinfected, it’s his job to defend a murder suspect while also defending...

When renowned Liverpool-based Japanese Professor Nakamura died, COVID-19 was fingered as the cause. His distant cousin, Haruto, a cyber-surveillance expert, stepped in to clean up. He discovered some inconsistencies about his uncle, from sexual assaults to the alleged creation of bio-weapons and espionage. Nakamura was...

The Surge by Monica Abbott begins in 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major George Hahn leads a group of U.S. Special Forces to the Babylon Museum. There they find a large heavy crate. From within the crate, two slender gray figures rise...

Mariposa Oracle: The Mirror by Trisha Barry is the sequel to Queen City Licensed Massage Therapist, and it is a spellbinding story that explores the world of alternative medicine. In the first book, the author describes, in a fascinating and humorous manner, Mariposa Oracle’s adventure...

Murder, Curlers & Kilts: A Valentine Beaumont Mystery by Arlene McFarlane is the fifth book in the series. Valentine should have known that the multicultural fair wouldn't be all fun and games. When she finds a dead body in a kilt, she stumbles headfirst into...

If you have ever thought that living on the edge is the life for you, then you will love reading Living High on a Low Hog by Vincent van Goth. Vincent shares his philosophy of life in this book. Too many people think they can...

The Wilderness Between Us, by award-winning author Penny Haw, is a strong, moving work of women's fiction that you can't forget. Set in the mountains of South Africa, a group of couples, family, and friends go on a hike and get stranded, but this is...

Sometimes, a really good book will convey the same kind of human warmth embodied by close friends gathered together on a cold winter’s day. Such is the case with Jeff Turner’s heartwarming (heartrending) novel, A Rescued Soul. While his narrative literally includes those familiar winter...

Creatrix Rising: Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women by Stephanie Raffelock is a short, powerful read that shows through real inspirational stories about special women why we should view the aging process as an asset and not as something repulsive. From this book, you'll learn...

In Tombs of Dross by Lew Anderson, siblings Isaac, Zac, and Breezy discover a mysterious tone pillar while exploring their extensive property. They try to decipher the meaning behind the script on the stones, but it really doesn’t make much sense. Even more mysterious is...

We Woof You From The Bottom Of Our Hearts by Kathy Vassilakis is a children’s picture book centered around a lovely family that we get to watch grow, humans as well as dogs. A picture book with a narrative style, We Woof You From The...

Max Odor Does Not Stink is a joyful and youthful story written by Greg Trine. As he embarks on his journey through the first year at Robert Frost Junior High, Max Odor (pronounced Odder) has some huge shoes to fill. Not only does his older...

Anneliese Möwis’s story, captured in A Living Nightmare, is both haunting and profoundly moving. This memoir chronicles her harrowing experiences as a child displaced by the chaos and devastation of World War II. Ghislaine Raymond, Laurette Leblond, and Anneliese Pitt have woven a powerful narrative...

Vindico: I Am Liberation, I Am Punishment, and I Am Judgment by Alex McCann Johnson is an apocalyptic action novel that both pulls together and pushes apart legendary and well-known mythological gods and chimerical creatures from a wide spectrum of folklore, both ancient and modern....

The Long Road Back To Boston: Running Marathons with Leukemia by Phillip Fields Ph.D. is a spellbinding memoir that follows the author’s journey after receiving the devastating news that his days are numbered. How do you react when you know you have five to seven...