Just Jackie: My Life Is Like a Fruitcake by Jenny Cummings is a witty and fast-paced novel inspired by the author’s real-life experiences. In doing so, she has created a fascinating character in Jackie Jackson, who she considers her alter ego. It’s a domestic adventure...

Captive Set Free by Valerie Limmer focuses on forgiveness. The book begins by listing different situations where people may be supported by their anger, but they choose to forgive and/or live peacefully with their circumstances. The author continues to illustrate the value of forgiveness through...

What would you do if everyone you knew and everything you had was wiped out in a single moment, and you were left alone, stranded, and fighting for your life? Red on White by J.P. Biddlecome is the story of James, a fifteen-year-old boy who...

Paws, Purpose and Possibilities: How Therapy Dogs and Faith Healed My Heart by Gail H. Scoates is an inspiring work that offers impactful lessons about faith and healing from therapy dog work. After losing her sister Karen, Scoates was determined to see something good emerge...

Long Enough to Love You by Kirsten Pursell is Jenn’s story on finding your own happily ever after. Fifty-four-year-old Jenn feels like a donut; whole on the outside but empty inside. With her children away living independent lives, and a husband that doesn’t see her...

Sacred Vengeance is a work of fiction in the fantasy and action subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Evangaline Pierce. The book follows Alle Vengega, a woman with a happy family and an idyllic life whose world...

Going to the dentist to have your teeth cleaned can be scary for some children, especially if it is their first time. However, it doesn't have to be that way. Abby Patterson shares a story that will teach little ones how much fun this procedure...

I loved reading Kenmore Square by Carol June Stover. The story follows an awkward teenager named Iris Apple. When Iris’s mother is murdered in a robbery on her 10th birthday, Iris suspects her father committed the crime. When she turns eighteen, she and her best...

Freddy's New Friend, by Ngozi Edema, is a warm, cute book about making friends and showing kindness. The second in a series about Freddy (the first being Freddy and the Veggies), this follow-up has Freddy living in the happy little town of Giggletown with his...

Deadly Repercussions by Karen Black is a crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the moment you start reading it. The narrative centers on three Velasquez family members and how death followed them everywhere they went. At the age...

Five Stories Short by Karen Black is a collection of supernatural tales that will ignite your imagination and make you question if there is more to the world than meets the eye. The first story is about a vengeful ghost determined to harm Lydia's daughter,...

Sun Night by E.H. de la Espriella is a memoir, telling the story of two boys, Santiago and Sebastian, brothers connected by an exceptionally tight bond. The older one, Sebastian, is sensitive, pensive, and artistic while the younger Santiago is outgoing, athletic, and boisterous yet...

Never, Never, Hardly Ever by Kelly McKenzie welcomes us to Frankie Robinson's Oriental Gallery or FROG. The owner, Frankie, or Francine, always has a cup of tea to share, especially on a rainy Vancouver day. In this fascinating store, antique Asian rarities wait for their...

If people no longer believe in magic, will magic and magical creatures cease to exist? And, if so, what will happen to the memories of a magical time, the legend of a wizard named Merlin and his prodigy, King Arthur? Not to mention the famous...

Karen Black’s Long Stories Short is an engaging anthology of short stories that skillfully intertwines suspense, supernatural themes, and profound human emotions, all framed within ordinary contexts transformed into the extraordinary. Each tale in this collection examines human resilience, the unyielding connections of love, and...

Dancing Valley by Karen Black is an enchanting fantasy novel that weaves together themes of identity, magic, and belonging. Following the tragic loss of her adoptive parents, Anita seeks solace in nature, only to find herself lost in more ways than one. A chance encounter...

In Born A Bastard, Christopher P. Childs begins with his earliest memories and follows a path through the chaos of his upbringing. You’ll meet the key figures in his life: his family, his friends, and the people who crossed his path. He was a young...

Fifteen-year-old Livia Pierce, alias Agent V or Lara Anderson, had spent most of her life working as a spy for an agency called the Age of Spies, which had taken her in at the age of five. She had been on many assignments, all on...

This is a very delightful Christian children's book. On one particular rainy day, Kristy and her mother go shopping for new school clothes. Kristy's mother gets side-tracked, and Kristy finds herself all alone and lost in the mall. She climbs into an elevator and is...

A Star Curiously Singing is a fascinating look at what could be the future. Kerry Nietz pictures a world dependent of technology. Humans that excellent in technology are given implants and forced into slave labor. The implants allow the Masters to communicate and punish the...