A graduation trip to New Orleans for Bailey and Zoe turns into a disaster for heroine Bailey in this novel. After a long night of partying, Bailey becomes suspicious about the staff at her hotel when no one answers the telephone for room service. Suffering...

Elizabeth's War is a young adult historical novel written by D.L. Finn. When Elizabeth was 11 years old, her life was fairly idyllic. Her older sister, Pearl, doted on her, and life on her family's farm was filled with adventure and fun. It was 1917,...

Hoots: Honorable Order Of The Source is a science fiction novel by author Martha Lanser. The plot focuses on two main characters, Commander Lance Locke who works for the title organisation, and the girl he loves, Celestia. Commander Locke is duty bound to protect the...

County Fair Blue Ribbon Winning Cookbook: Distinctive Cake Recipes by Amber Richards is an excellent collection of delicious cake recipes. Featuring several popular classics, the book begins with a short introduction which describes some equipment and measurements mentioned frequently. I found that the coverage of...

Denise N. Fyffe picks a difficult subject to shine in: love. There are dozens upon dozens, if not hundreds upon hundreds, of book shelves worth of poetry collections dealing with romance and varying emotions that tend to accompany it. Yet, somehow, against all odds, Sensuous...

The Lemon Tart is Book 3 in D.A. Batrowny’s children’s series, The Artt of Early Learning. This series is designed for parents who may want to work with their children as their first teachers. Artt is going with his mother for his first day at...

One of the most difficult addictions to break, smoking has caused fits for nearly everyone who ever tried to quit. Brad Lamm has put together a solid method for quitting in Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now. This practical...

In Life is Beautiful: How a Lost Girl Became a True, Confident Child of God by Sarah M. Johnson, Sarah is looking forward to her family's trip to Guatemala to reconnect with her family and get away from the troubles in her life. She recently...

Many people have trouble seeing who they really are until some type of reflection exposes their weaknesses and limitations. In Dark Glass by David Skynner, the characters find their reflections in shiny surfaces in the heart of a supposedly haunted property and come to look...

In The Outworlds: War Torrent by Daniel P. Douglas, Zy is looking forward to getting old enough to start service to the others of his bipedal, reptilian race called Angorals. That is until he stumbles on a spy from a rival moon. Sekkalan Angorals launch...

Viral Times is a pandemic-style dystopian novel by Ron Seybold, focusing on the aftermath of a modern day viral disaster. When a kind of super-AIDS virus prevents human beings from touching one another without risking death, the world turns to SexNet to experience intimacy on...

Journey Home: A Thank You to American Veterans is a picture book for children, grades K-3, written and illustrated by Tori Meyer. The author was inspired to write this book by her child's question about what a veteran is. Lee is a young girl who...

In Cara's Twelve by Chantal Seabrook, Cara is a young woman who lives in the province of Crowthorne, in Elbian. Here, she is forced to live her life according to a community and a belief system for which she has zero tolerance. However, her fate...

The year is 2075 and library cards allow school children to travel through time to witness important historical events firsthand. Young Jodie Broom has a predilection for finding and collecting real books (banned in favor of eReaders) and for using her library card creatively, much...

Orphan Moon: The Orphan Moon Trilogy, Volume 1 is a historical coming of age story written by T.K. Lukas. Barleigh Flanders was nineteen years old when her family's ranch in Texas was burned to the ground by a raiding party of Indians in September of...

Every year, more and more Americans reach retirement age. Ideally, this trend should be matched by proportionate growth in retirement fund provisions. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Many Americans dream of a safe and comfortable retirement, but the cruel reality is that this dream...

In HellKat we meet Kat, a woman of privilege who has turned her back on the family business. But instead of floundering because of her refusal to use her family, she finds her own success. Kat is great at being a business partner, but as...

Circulus de Potentia is a magical children’s fantasy adventure written by Jim West, and it forms book two of the Magicae Mathematica series. In a world where magic is derived from the archaic patterns and symbols of Latin and Mathematics, our young hero Alex has...

An Unusual Island is a young adult fantasy written by D.L. Finn. When 15-year-old Janine heard that her mom had won a vacation to an unknown island in the Pacific, she envisioned herself sunning by the mansion's pool and enjoying a luxurious and relaxed holiday....

The Hypnotist by Alyssa Devine is a young adult mystery novel, presented in a specialized format to help readers with dyslexia enjoy the story as well. The action centers on a pair of teenage heroes, Amanda Wilcox and Tom Lassiter, in the balmy climes of...