Nola Gals by Barbara J. Rebbeck is the story of two girls who are very different from each other, but they have a great influence on each other's lives. Essence LaFontaine lives with her mother, grandmother, and her younger sister Chardonnai in New Orleans. Things...

Missing Inheritance is a murder mystery novel written by Ken Herring. Jackson Lockie had been trying to put off meeting with his deceased father's lawyer, who was the executor of his estate, but he finally relented when John Hampton insisted that they meet to discuss...

Ooo, Ooo, Ooo! That's the sound I make when I find a simply sweet and delightful children's book, and it was certainly the sound I made when I read The Pumpkin Family by author TR Durphy. Following the story of the ten-member Pumpkin family, Father,...

Postcards from Poland, by Joseph Kuhn Carey is the author's graceful description of the Polish cities of Krakow and Zakopane through poems. The poems describe the history, sights and life in these cities in a brilliant writing style. From people, buildings, art, culture, food, social...

Wesley Out West by Rhonda Walker is a delightful adventure story for children where they get to read about Wesley the Walrus's journey to the Big West to save that town. Octopus wants Wesley's help as Old Walter the Whale has taken over and they...

Sister 2 Sister Princess Diaries: Sister Won’t Help by Wendy Marie Withers is a delightful children’s picture book. In this adorable book, Dad reads his two daughters, Aiyana and Dakota, the Bible story of Martha and Mary. The bedtime story closely mirrors the dilemma that...

Rarely does a book come along that so positively mesmerizes me that I read it from start to finish in a single sitting. Yet that is exactly what I did with Embracing the Wild in Your Dog by Bryan Bailey. Bailey opens the story with...

The Block: Just Live 'cuz You Can is a speculative fiction novel written by Richard Seaman. It's set in the near future, after yet another war to end all wars bankrupts the American government. The responsibility for the now-defunct Social Security Administration's payments to senior...

Poka City Blues by A.L. Gibson is the story of Sedelia — a strong and determined African-American woman - who is able to overcome numerous hardships in her life. Set in 1930s Loachapoka, Alabama, (Poka City as it is known by locals), the story brings...

If you enjoy self-help books with a personal note, then The Resilience Reflex: 8 Keys to Transforming Barriers into Success in Life and Business by Zaheen Nanji might be just the next one you should put on your to-read list. In this book you will...

The Adventures of Charlie Chameleon: New Beginnings is a very imaginative story about a chameleon and his family. He even has a pet fish — a fish that gets seasick! Author Ellen Buikema is a very creative writer. Who else would have put a water-helmet...

Daughter of Destiny by Nicole Evelina is well written in first person, and captured my interest with a unique prologue, a simple one paragraph, that made me want to read more about a woman I thought readers of Arthurian legends knew all about. Was Guinevere...

Ghostly Encounters: Confessions of a Paranormal Investigator is a non-fiction supernatural book written by Jeff Scott Cole with Johnathon Robson. While the author was intrigued by some of the television reality shows featuring ghost hunters, his own interests in the paranormal lay with establishing credible,...

Wow! Just, wow! That's exactly what I thought when I finished reading The Back Room, the new book by author Charles Dyner. Follow the stories of very diverse characters, including a hacker who has escaped from Russia, a piano prodigy who has abandoned his instrument...

Epiphany Man by D.B. Patterson is a unique story set against the backdrop of Tarpon Springs and Greece. Readers get to see the protagonist, Jonathan Nikolas Christakos, taking a personal journey and living out his tragic life where he loses his parents at a young...

In Dangerous Liaisons (Royal Command Book 1) by Sarah Stuart, Queen Margaret's Book of Hours was a secret journal written by the queen almost five hundred years ago and passed down to her female descendants through the generations. In the book, the queen recorded her...

The Toilet Is Over-Flowing & The Dog Is Wearing My Underwear is a book of witty anecdotes by Debbie Roppolo about the challenges and rewards of motherhood. Debbie initially discusses how her mother had warned her, many years ago, that Debbie’s children would turn out...

Silent Voices by Debbie Nau Redmond takes readers into the world of mental illness. Debbie is a teenager, full of life and hope of what high school will bring. She is the youngest child of a very large family. The Nau family is devoted, caring,...

Storykeeper by Daniel Smith is a beautifully woven tale of stories nested inside stories. It is a tale of times long past and peoples long gone. Long before writing, stories were kept by shamans, Druids, lorekeepers, bards. They encoded history, myth, legend, and kept a...

Fated Love is a romance novel written by Susan Boles. Young artist Sarah Cameron is absolutely devastated when her art gallery burns to the ground. After losing her family in a car accident caused by a hit-and-run one year earlier, Sarah had painted their...