In "Terry", Terry Wadsworth Warne has written a vivid account of her entrapment in the events of World War II. Born and raised in the Philippines, she had an idyllic life until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As America was unable to evacuate all the...

Anna cherished her mother’s journal and memorized most of it including the recipe for pumpkin cookies. Anna and her father called an old farmhouse their home; beneath the house was a lab and a prison, where four young men were held captive for as long...

"Mulholland Dive" by Michael Connelly is an anthology of three short stories. 'Cahoots': The setting is the 1930s. Six men sit around a table playing cards. McMilian is the bad guy, cheat and tempter; he suggests a robbery that should net the men a great...

"Referendum For Murder" by Mickey Polansky is a gripping tale that brings us face to face with murderers, their victims and the justice system. Jim Jones kills an abortion doctor in Oregon and then eludes arrest. In Wisconsin, Barbara Hernandez loses her husband in a...

"Nate Rocks the School" by Karen Pokras Toz is the story of Nate Rockledge, otherwise known as Nate Rocks. When we first meet Nate, he is getting a parental approval form filled out by his mom for the Fifth-Grade Trip to New York City, the...

Matlyn Perraca's book of poems is divided into two parts. Part one is entitled poems from the mind and the second part deals with poems from the heart. Poems from the mind include titles like Double Jointed, First Lovers, Origin of Love, A Taste of...

Daniel J. Porter is the author of twenty-two books for children and now he has put his pen to a book that no reader should skip. In "'Til the Street Lights Come On: Lessons Learned from Neighborhood Games", Porter tells of a time when children...

There are books written that draw the reader in to read each and every word, and "Born in Rio" is one of those! It is 2007 and Rita Ray is a New York executive who lives and breathes her job. Then she receives a phone...

Secrets abound in the tiny neighborhood of Gordonston, an affluent neighborhood outside Savannah. The four members of the Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club have been meeting for the last ten years in the neighboring dog walking park. While their dogs romp and play, they share...

"The Chocolate Kiss" by Laura Florand has delightful overtones of the classic "Bell, Book and Candle". Magalie Chaudron works for her aunts Aja and Genevieve in their "salon de the" (tea shop) on the Ile Saint-Louis in the heart of Paris. Magalie makes the...

Summer Miller had the perfect life with her husband James, their son Tyler and daughter Sarah, and their golden retriever Jake. They lived in San Jose, California. James supported his family successfully and Summer enjoyed her life as a stay-at-home mother. Tyler was a Weblos,...

Authors Anita Elco and Katherine Stelmach have created a book that early grade school teachers will love using for lessons on science and on accepting and aiding others. "Who's in that Shell" tells of elementary school teacher Mrs.Davis and her class as they take on...

"Past the Last Island" begins in the South Pacific Islands about 14,000 years ago. Nulo, born to an island chief, is deformed and cast aside by his parents. He is saved by servant Naia. When it is found that Nulo still lives, Yon is supposed...

“A Hint of Truth” by Michael Kantor is a fantastical trip into the subliminal dream world of a young blind boy, who lost his mother in a senseless act of terrorism against a trainload of people en route to some place other than death. It...

"Sins of the Father" tells the story of two people who are from different worlds. There is Bowen, a child who has had misfortune of the worst kind and there is Aaron who has lived a saintly life but is miserable over his own questionable...

"Alien Invasion: Life As We Know It" by John Kilmerstone is a unique look at alien invasion of planet earth. John Kilmerstone has attacked the planet in a new and unanticipated fashion; he has opened the door to a significant, but previously unexplored concept of...

Memories can be great, but they can also be painful, hanging around your neck like a tightening noose. Artist Abby Warren has left her past behind her and moved to St. Louis to escape her guilt, blaming herself for her best friend Holly’s death and...

"Love Calls and Roundelays" is a colorful assortment of poetry by Wyn. From the stars and the ocean to the universe itself, this collection reaches a broad expanse of feeling and depth while providing a peep into the writer’s soul. The gift of summer is...

The Secret Door by Stephanie Burkhart takes place in Hungary in the late 1920s. While it is Part 4 of the Budapest Moon Series, this work stands alone and can be read by itself. It's a historical novel that is also a paranormal romance, with...

"Bringing Home the War" is a biography by Theresa Brandt and a look into the life of the family of a Green Beret Solider while he is at home and when he goes off to war fighting the battles in Iraq. Theresa Brandt writes this...