The Red Shore is an action thriller written by Andrew Ceroni. Dave McClure’s personal life essentially ended two years before when a freak snowstorm claimed the lives of his wife and son. He had earlier resigned from the CIA and joined the FBI in order...

What would you do if you met a fairy on your walk home from work? What would you do if this fairy promised you one wish? Only one. What would you wish for? Alex was very quick to make up his mind. He was only...

The Myths of Girlhood by Christine E. Ray is a poetry collection that revolves around the theme of womanhood and everything it entails. The Myths of Girlhood is a stark book in the sense that it portrays the woman not simply as the stereotypical gentle,...

Fifteen-year-old Matt Mitchell lost his mother in an accident caused by a drunk driver. His devastated father moved him and his twin sister, Tina, from the Oregon coast to the small town of Hawthorne in rural Indiana. As he is the new kid in school,...

What do you get when you mix together a nurse midwife that delivers successful homebirths, a hippie herbalist-acupuncture clinician-Buddhist husband, a teenager rising to the heights of school popularity, and an artistic dyslexic preteen? You get the Adam & Dena Moes Family on a backpacking...

The Hope of the South falls into the historical fiction and contemporary action sub-genres and this engaging adventure was penned by author Bruce Thomas. Interweaving mysterious plot threads from past and present, much of the action concerns the end of the American Civil War, and...

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 Singular Adventures of Jefferson Ball by David Perlmutter is set in the year 3225 and follows Jefferson Ball, a humanized female dog who just happens to be the most powerful of them all. She likes to believe she is a femme fatale and, to...

The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows by David Perlmutter takes you through a thorough collection of animated shows. As a medium previously found on Saturday mornings, animated television has evolved throughout the last few decades. Going back to animation television's beginnings, every animated show...

The Company of Demons by Michael Jordan is a wonderful blend of crime and mystery, a riveting story with sophisticated characters. Lawyer John Coleman is shocked, like everyone else, at the murder of his friend, a murder that is brutal and that looks like the...

The Fishermen and the Mermaids is a work of fantasy adventure fiction written for children by author Judith M. Ackerman and illustrated beautifully by Kristina Wheeat. Set on the high seas with a magical element at play, the story begins with a father, who was...

The Kraken of Cape Madre: Lorestalker #2 is a speculative adventure fiction novel written by J.P. Barnett. Miriam Brooks felt oddly out of place on the crowded beach where she was attempting to enjoy the surf and sun with her best friend, Macy, and her...

William T. Kenny's novel The Conscious Whole is a story of unshakeable hope and the potential for transformative change. In this novel, the key to change, to be able to choose from infinite possibilities in life, is based on quantum and string theories in physics....

The Going Back Portal by Connie Lacy is a suspenseful novel portraying a battle between good and evil. Kathryn Spears, a producer for an investigative news team, takes care of her grandmother – Nana – who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. When Nana speaks about a...

The Search for Nina Fletcher by Stephen Hawley Martin opens as Rebecca’s grandmother Minnie is dying. Minnie’s last wish is that Rebecca keeps Live Oaks exactly as it is and not allow any changes to be made that will take away the history of the...

The Power Of Thanksgiving by Dr. Joyce Addo-Atuah shows how in today's world of materialism and the need for instant gratification, we can lose sight of the importance of being grateful for the 'little' things in life. This comprehensive look into the significance of living...

The Worst First Day: Bullied While Desegregating Central High by Elizabeth Eckford, Eurydice Stanley, and Grace Stanley is a non-fiction memoir of what happened in the early days of desegregation and, specifically, when a young girl became the first black student to enter an all-white...

Meet Frannie, a pampered and innocent girl who has moved away from home to attend college in The Wake-Up Call by Joy Don Baker and Terri Goodman. Frannie is anxious when her father leaves her at Hadley Hall but she motivates herself by saying she...

The Return of King Lillian is a highly engaging work of fantasy and mythical fiction penned by author Suzie Plakson. A whimsical and philosophical fairytale for the modern age, this intriguing story tells the tale of a young woman by the name of Lillian, child...

Adam is a struggling art dealer in Chicago. His most recent show promises to bring him some luck and fame, but the artist, Vasily Sorokin, is murdered outside the gallery. To make matters worse, Vasily’s uncle is part of the Russian mob. Adam’s brother, Wes,...