In Love on the Lido Deck, Barbara Oliverio tells the story of Kiera, of how she quit a high-powered systems analyst career and turned to event planning instead. As her business begins to take off, she learns that her mother, recently widowed, has a new...

Author D.C. Head in his book The Little Handbook for Navigationally Challenged Cidiots shares various concerns she has with drivers on the open roadway. She defines a cidiot as: "A navigationally deficient person having common driving knowledge in the lowest degree..." Some of the various...

In Emma and the Cutting Horse, Martha Deeringer has woven a delightful tale around the adventures of Emma, a fourteen-year-old girl who, with her parents, lives on a cattle ranch in Texas. Raising cattle has its moments, but for most small ranchers it does little...

Stolen is a mystery by Dawn Kopman Whidden. When hunters find male victims with gunshot wounds and two traumatised children at a remote cabin, homicide detectives Jean Whitley and her partner Marty Keal are shocked by the things their investigation uncovers. One of the victims...

In Unconventional Investing, Tim Higgins, certified professional planner, and Michael Hajek III, certified professional accountant, totally defy traditional investing methods by supplying irrefutable evidence that confirms one thing: they do not work. For example, the 60/40 rule -- the time-honored notion that your portfolio...

The Bird with the Broken Wing by D.L. Richardson is a new type of story. Everyone has heard of purgatory, but not many actually have been there. Ben is one of the few who have been to purgatory and got to tell the story of...

Bella's Dancing Dilemma: Dragonasaurus Tales by Miss Josephine Young is a delightful and comical tale revolving around Bella. Bella dreams of being a dancer. She enters a talent show, along with her friends, where they are required to showcase their special talents. Bella learns to...

After being gone for a long time, Leah is finally returning to Singapore, though under dire circumstances considering she’s going back because of her father’s death. Revisiting Singapore might be more exciting than she expected when she meets her childhood sweetheart, Toran, after so long....

Stan I.S. Law, aka Stanislaw Kapuscinski, has written what I anticipated to be a highly interesting book with deeply profound metaphysical and spiritual components. WALL - Love, Sex and Immortality (Book One of the Aquarius Trilogy) most certainly is composed of those aspects, alongside the...

Marcia Goldman’s Lola Goes to the Doctor is a well-written story that explores a topic familiar to children. Most kids have had to see a doctor at some point, even if only for a regular check-up. Lola the dog describes her feelings about having to...

Ask Me Anything is a wonderfully delightful memoir about the life of Marie Rudisill, better known as The Fruitcake Lady. Susan Marg teamed up with Mrs. Rudisill to chronicle the events of this feisty and outspoken woman's life. Born and raised in the South during...

Queen of Someday by Sherry D. Ficklin is the first book in the Stolen Empire series. The book, aimed at young adults, is the fictional account of Sophia of Prussia. It’s based loosely on the life of Catherine the Great. Sofia, also called Sofie, comes...

When James Harmony dies in 1946, his son David should have inherited the family’s wealth. Instead, Theo Pack, his cousin, kills David and his younger brother Robert, by putting them on a boat and setting it ablaze on the open sea. Sixteen years later, just...

Najee: A Glimmer of Hope by Sarah Y. Westmoreland is the first entry in the Najee Series and a compelling blend of science fiction and fantasy with a colorful setting and characters readers will enjoy. Many people, like fourteen-year-old Akinia, have never known peace in...

Sasha is feisty. Sasha is observant. Sasha is cynical and Sasha is a serial killer. From the first chapter, as Sasha describes her “first,” you get a predatory sensation as she watches Jennifer, commenting on the entire scene. It was such a visceral way to...

A. Piper Burgi in her book Beyond Afghanistan: More Views of a Military Spouse describes what it is like to have your spouse not only deploy but then return to an uncertain future. This book starts with right after Christmas, which is about a month...

Chaperoning Paris is the story of Gigi Dumont and Sean Collins, former high school sweethearts. Both Gigi and Sean are back at home, as next door neighbors due to life’s curve balls. It is a shock to both of them, seeing one another again and...

Alienchem by Erasto Banks is a unique tale loosely based on a true story. In Alienchem we meet Re-up and Pooh, two drug dealers wanting to make the big time. Their supplier furnishes them with Alienchem, a new type of marijuana. The pothead does not...

He Killed Our Janny: A Family's Search for the Truth by Sherrie Lueder is a true crime story that will take your breath away. Who really killed Denver, Colorado top model Janyce "Janny" Hansen? It was on September 21, 1984, when her husband returned to...

A Far Strange Country: Banquet of Choices by Arielle Hunter is a novel of unrest, drugs and murder. In this story set in 1968, a time of great unrest in the civilized world, Pauline and Buck Harper are trying to ride it out on their...