Ghosts by Chip Scarinzi is an intriguing suspense novel. Bennett Covington had an unusual day. During his workday, a fire broke out in his building, and Bennett and his associates had to evacuate. Bennett calls his very pregnant wife and lets her know he is...

Shadow's Voice by Natalie Johanson is a beautiful read for fantasy lovers. Roselyn Ula has had a very rough past and she thinks running away from it is the only form of redemption left for her. But one never runs away from one’s self. Destiny...

Confessions of a Walk Away Wife by Adaora Allure is a moving memoir of a young woman finding love, life, and happiness after five rocky years of marriage. The year 2016 starts off at rock bottom for Allure, unhappy with herself and having eventually lost...

Eight poignant short stories are set in the small town of Treviso, in northern Italy, near Venice. The author describes this charming town as being beautiful, with a high quality of life. It is filled with ancient buildings and surrounded by a medieval wall. In...

Let's meet Chicken Lips, the most energetic calf the farmer had ever seen in the story Chicken Lips by Kristy Hamby. He liked swinging his head back and forth so that the bell around his neck chimed and loved doing giant belly-flops into the pond....

It’s Katie’s first day at a new school. She’s very nervous as she doesn’t know anyone. When the alarm goes off, she wants to stay in bed and hide from the world. But she can’t hide forever. Her parents get her out the door and...

Procreation by Deanna Salser is a spellbinding science fiction novel with a vivid setting in the future: a story with an irresistible appeal to fans of well-crafted dystopian settings. Procreation is a crime if the government does not approve of it, so when Mary...

We are surrounded by bias. Everyone has a degree of prejudice, and their bias often comes out in their writing. Because bias can be hidden or disguised, Erik Bean has written Bias Is All Around You. Erik has developed the KLEMP method to assess the...

Speedy Phoebe by Ryanne Siddiq is A Carson Elementary Story. Phoebe is a dreamer whose biggest dream is to be the world's greatest race car. The school field day is coming up, and Phoebe spends hours racing around her house to practice. On the day...

Jestus by V.S. Sury is a quirky tale that blurs the lines between reality and fantasy, following a peculiar old man named Jestus. The narrative begins with the unnamed narrator recounting how a seemingly mad and unkempt figure, Jestus, serendipitously leads him to acquire billions...

Set in 1974 in south Louisiana, Margaret of Thibodaux by Jo Taylor centers around a 14-year-old girl who tries her best to cope with the loss of her beloved mother, Veone, who died six years earlier. Margaret can still sense the gentle presence of her...

Assassin Royale by Richard Davis is a compelling fantasy that follows the journey of Killian Lord, a deadly assassin, on a mission for his king. It begins when the mysterious and ruthless Maximilian Durandal violently seizes an independent estate, killing off its master and mistress....

A Primer On Evil by T. is a discussion on the basic elements of evil. In the foreword, the author wonders why a person decides to become evil. An evil person refuses to accept responsibility for their actions and they lack or refuse to exercise...

This book discusses marriage from a Biblical perspective. I believe that anyone, married or not, would experience what the true meaning of marriage is in our society today, and how what happened back in ancient times is applicable to what is going on in the...

This is a fantasy tale of good versus evil through the eyes of a young teenage girl, Mellie. Running from her sisters’ taunts, she finds herself caught up in the world of the F.A.I.R.I.E.S, where she will learn the world of spiritual warfare against the...

Wendi Sotis' novel "Promises" is a beautiful love story that takes the reader back in time to the characters in "Pride and Prejudice." Sotis begins her story in 1801 in London where the reader meets our two main characters at a bookstore. Fitzwilliam Darcy is...

"Dreams and Expectations" by Wendi Sotis is a new take on Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice". We have the same characters and much of the same action in the Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwiliam Darcy love affair, but we see it in much more detail. We...

Not content with saddling their daughter with a mouthful of a name like Millicent Marie (after a grumpy family member), Millicent Marie’s parents insist on calling her by that very same huge mouthful. Known to her school friends as Millie, Millicent Marie is grateful that...

What do a dog, a parrot and an opera have in common? When you read Scott Ferrell’s new children’s book “Sing! Sing!", you will find out! I had the joy of meeting Gaston the dog and his best friend Gregorie the bird in Jackie Ferrell's...

Lydia Walcott's life in Ringle, Iowa, was far from easy. She was left in the care of her ruthless brother at the age of thirteen when her parents died. The only solace she found was with an older lady named Aggie Cuttler who befriended her...