Can you imagine a life without fresh strawberries? Or even a life without honey? I can’t. The mere thought is very disturbing. But, then again, so is the thought of life without honeybees. If we lose our pollinators, and honeybees are very significant pollinators, then...

A spellbinding opening to the Chronicles of Ealiron series, The Hunter's Rede by F.T. McKinstry is stellar in the epic fantasy genre, a novel with strong conflict and a protagonist that is multidimensional — and the other characters are multifaceted as well. It tells of...

The Princess Who Forgot She Was Beautiful is the first book in the five-part series of The Harry Ferguson Chronicles written by William David Ellis. It is summertime in a small town in Texas. To keep the children of the community entertained, the town librarian...

It's A Long Climb To the Middle by Tad Sisler is an autobiography of Tad’s life and career as a musician. In this book, after a brief prologue, Tad begins the story in a fairly chronological way starting from his family origins, lineage, and history....

Twelve Lives by Nigel Seed is a gorgeous treat for fans of conspiracy theories, terrorist thrillers, and fast-paced, action-packed novels. A mission undertaken for the British Government creates a lethal enemy for Jim Wilson and his two companions. Now there is a contract on their...

Murphy's Luck 3 continues the adventures of Murphy Drummer, a one-man demolition derby of bad luck or sole protector of the possible, depending on your point of view. Benjamin Laskin opens the story with Murphy's CIA Elite Hippie Unit, Granola Team Six in-laws being captured...

The Summoner is an epic-length fantasy work penned by author M. C. Glan, and forms the first book in The Temple Of Empia Saga. Recommended for mature audiences due to some graphic depictions of wartime violence, this sweeping adventure combines battles, history, high fantasy realms,...

The Redeemer is the second book in The Temple of Empia Saga by M.C. Glan and it is a great treat for fans of fantasy. Before the birth of Cassandra’s child, gifted people had disturbing nightmares of a son. And Jim Bluefeather had similar visions....

“You just continue to break the rules and make a mess of things.” Such are the memorable admonitions we receive in childhood. Young Frank Nappi heard this prophetic utterance from one teacher when, according to older Frank Nappi, I Became An Elementary School Outlaw. Possessing...

The Mediterranean Functional Lifestyle: Creative Recipes for Healthy Diets by Nikos Ligidakis is a gift for anyone who wants to eat and stay healthy. This book brilliantly showcases the old adage that “we are what we eat.” The author shares more than 250 original recipes...

When four-year-old Mandy Norton is abducted from her own back yard, Chad Bishop springs into action. A big-city cop in a small town knows just the moves to play; unfortunately, so too does the new editor of the Tribune. Butting heads over the disappearance, Chad...

Witches and wizards, cats and familiars, all go together, right? Especially at Samhain (otherwise known as Halloween). It’s a time when the curtain between the living and the dead falls apart and the two walk the earth together. But in a time when there are...

The Heretics' Revenge: The Final Search for the Holy Grail is a work of historical fiction written for adults by author Martin Barrett. In this epic adventure, which features no graphic content and is accessible to all readers, we find ourselves embroiled in the intrigue...

Max, short for Maximus, also referred to as 009 Lives (amongst his Guardian of Time secret agents) because a cat does, after all, have 9 lives, is a rather large Tonkinese cat. He’s a hero, but that’s not all: he’s also a time traveler who...

In The Emperor’s Assassin by Autumn Bardot, Locusta of Gaul had greater plans for herself than those placed in the path by the Faiths. The daughter of a vintner, she will marry a man chosen by her father and aunt. However, after a brutal attack...

From the author of the spellbinding The Minstrel Boy comes another exciting read, The Bloody Road. In Nigel Seed’s military thriller, Michael McGuire, who retired from the army after the Boer War, is called back to service when WWI breaks out. As Colonel, he takes...

Bloody Puzzle is the second book in the Bloody Series by Andrea Merchak. Dr. Daniel Cooper is a charming man who knows how to sell his business and how to lure his victims in. During the daytime, he is a good doctor and by night...

Skellig is the second entry in The Tales of Conor Archer by E. R. Barr and a great read for fans of urban fantasy. The tragedy at Tinker’s Grove that has left good people dead seems to be the work of magic. It is no...

Adventures of Anansi and Sewa: Rainy Day is an adventure story for children written by Bunmi Oyinsan and illustrated by Natalia Cano. Anansi and Sewa Spider wanted to go outside and play. It was school vacation, and what better way to spend it than playing...

In Oil and Water, Lara Ann Dominick presents a female protagonist that is as real as she is fun to follow. Elsie Taylor lives a normal life, but she’s always had fantasies of embracing danger and doing something out of the ordinary. At twenty-eight, she...