Ulan by Rick Stepp-Bolling is a wonderful and tense adventure. We first meet Ulan and her few friends out after curfew, and when they are captured, disaster is the outcome. The Imperial Guards known as The Panthers kill the boys and leave Ulan mutilated and...

The Runaway (Barrett Boys Book 1) by Jordan Ford is a thoroughly entertaining and evocative YA romance novel. The author brings us well-drawn characters that come across so real that you feel like you know them. Michael and Annie are a couple that will capture...

There are all kinds of pets; dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, snakes, and so on. In My Ginormous Bearded Dragon by Rachelle Jones Smith, a little girl has a slightly unusual pet, a cute little bearded dragon. When he first arrives, he fits in a fish...

The Order of the Dark Rose is the first novel in The Cursed Mage Case Files series by P. H. Solomon. This epic fantasy is set in a world where magic is real and integrated into daily life. Manny Mandeheim, an arch-mage, was once a...

“This framework of bone protruded against his olive complexion like a demon attempting to escape its elastic cage.” This impeccably written simile demonstrates the incredible level of creative intelligence and literary skill one finds in the superb collection of short stories authored by James Musgrave...

The storyline for The Sick Wife by Loretta Lost was a surprise in itself. A patient desperately ill in hospital asks her Intensive Care nurse to phone her husband and tell him where she is. They have been estranged for several months but she’d like...

The Dragon Kin by Carolani Day is a perfect and gorgeous offering for fans of young adult urban fantasy and features fully drawn and compelling characters. This story introduces readers to Dani, a young girl who has a strong relationship with Lia. Lia means the...

Antony is a retired C.I.A. operative who decides to buy a vineyard from an old Italian gentleman he struck up a conversation with one day. He is enjoying his new life in Italy while regretting the loss of his one true love of many years...

Pharmacy Girl by Kate Szegda is a story of The Great War, Spanish Influenza, and the Truth about Billy Detwiler. It’s 1918 and a war is raging. The First World War is still being fought but another deadly battle is also being fought, one of...

Little Lucy Adventures: Mazzy & The Galapagos Islands by Deidra D Meyer-Hager is an adventure book for young readers. The main characters, Little Lucy and Mazzy, go on an adventure to the Galapagos Islands to see all of the wonderful tortoises that live there. Lucy...

The Curse of Cortés by Guy Morris is a mystery/thriller that is aptly subtitled “An abandoned billion-dollar plunder. A forgotten sacred pilgrimage. A cursed family legacy.” The story follows Sophia as she comes across relics that she does not recognize and a log book with...

Books, books, books, Lila Lou loves books. In Lila Lou’s Little Library by Nikki Bergstresser, we meet Lila Lou. Her house is filled from top to bottom with books. Her Mom thinks she has too many books so Lila Lou comes up with a plan...

Raising Taylor, Finding Superwoman: The Difficult Choices Many Parents Find Hard to Make is about a single mother raising her daughter in today’s competitive world. Author Sharon Taylor-Harris writes candidly about the time, effort, and sacrifices both she and her daughter put into Taylor’s schooling...

Coldwater Revenge by James A. Ross is a crime thriller set in 2002. A bio-research company is about to declare bankruptcy but they agree to act as a go-between for a quick payout. Their job is to pass on anonymous shipments containing Petri dishes, powders,...

Karen Gedney's 30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor is the true story of a female doctor’s thirty years of service to the United States Corrections System, serving as the prison doctor in a male prison. That she accepted the challenge in the...

The murder of a young girl is the start of a series of circumstances leading to the solution of three perplexing crimes from the twentieth century in the thrilling non-fiction true crime story, Encoded: Based On True Events by R.W. Gates. Growing up near the...

According to its subtitle, Coffee Shop Musings by Simon I. Perlsweig is 'A Collection of Little Rhythmic Thoughts Unbound by Convenience' and reflects the author's word-smithing skills. On Prayer: "A spiritual bond, communal or alone, Wants and needs are expressed, no need of a phone,...

Surviving the Divine by Raphael Cushnir is Raphael’s account of his life before and after meeting his wife Hannah, an acupuncturist with her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, and an actress. Raphael’s abusive upbringing during the 60s was devoid of love and nurturing. In 1991 at...

Are you struggling with grief? Is your world full of chaos and mental anguish? If so, you are not alone. Marilyn Willis wants to walk with you on the road to restoration and peace of mind. In Restored Moments: A Six-Day Grief Devotional, she...

The Starlight Club 13: The Old Doll by Joe Corso is a historical fiction crime-drama novel set in Corona, Queens, in the early 1960s. After former Ziegfeld Follies member Elizabeth Nagel (Betsy) helps an injured soldier of the Queens' mob boss Big Red Fortunato, saving...