Katherine Skaggs’ enlightening book Artist Shaman Healer Sage: Timeless Wisdom, Practices, Ritual, and Ceremony to Transform Your Life and Awaken Your Soul is a treat for the mind, body, and spirit. Shamanism is not only defined and explained but illustrated with transcendental works of art...

Neglected Truth: A Medical Murder Mystery is the second novel in the Dr. Samantha Jenkins Mysteries series by Stephanie Kreml. Dr. Samantha Jenkins is focused on her career over everything else. After leaving her residency, Sam now works at a drug testing and workers’ comp...

Magic is just something for which you have not found a rational explanation. At least that is the motto of Calec of the Woods, the main character in R.M. Schultz's Knights, Necromancers, and Murder. A shadow lurks in Red Pike’s Landing, a town where a...

Lakewood by William Walsh brings us the journal of 18-year-old Robert English during his 1973 summer vacation. He is housesitting for his history professor who lives in Lakewood, Chautauqua County, New York. The house is the same house he lived in as a child and...

Karen Stuth writes about a wide variety of topics in a positive way. Her poems invite reflection on personal issues based on her experiences. She talks about appreciating the small but precious moments that life gives us. There are simple details in our days that...

The Swords of Blood and Gold by J. C. R. Paulino casts its spell of mysticism over a broad horizon of adventure, anchored around two swords of incredible power. These immortal tools have traversed centuries, wielding death and destruction on their journey to sustain one...

The United World is the first entry in the Dystopian Sci-Fi Series by Craig Priestley, a wonderful opening with a fully drawn dystopian setting and a phenomenal conflict to spice up the plot. In a dystopian society ruled by The United World, citizens have only...

Women have made significant contributions to society. To achieve this, many of them had to overcome stereotyping, fight discouragement from many quarters, and use their resources to be heard. For some of these ground-breaking women, the path was difficult, but they achieved such impressive results...

The Timeless Apostle by Ken Urbansky is the story of a troubled and lost young man from Ohio. Twenty years young Tommy Evans spends his days drinking and has flunked out of college to return to his family's abode that he considers to be religiously...

Till the Sun Grows Cold by John Bebout is a multi-layered story representing the grief of those who lost loved ones during the American Civil War, feelings of revenge, healing, and revival through love. Allen Cowles was robbed and killed while serving as a payroll...

Breaking Free from the Ego: A Course in Finding and Freeing Yourself by Trina Carroll-Houk should not be read as one would typically read a novel. Take your time and pace yourself, using the learning opportunities to practice and contemplate. It provides time to reflect...

Lady B and Her Memory Box by James Pumpelly is a wonderful, delightful story written with a tremendous amount of compassion, understanding, humor, love, and grace. It catches your attention and imagination from the first chapter to the last. It makes the reader realize that...

Harley James and the Mystery of the Mayan Kings (Harley James Adventures Book 1) by Leah Cupps is a gripping middle-grade novel following the main character Harley as she tries to track down a missing statue and save the world. When Harley finds one of...

The Land of the Strays by Summer Nilsson is an animal adventure story that will appeal to the young and young-at-heart. Black Mountain Farm is the only home that Grey the barn cat has ever known. She is aware of the things she will be...

It is inevitable that, sooner or later, we have to face a tragic or sad event. Whether it is the loss of a loved one or the end of a relationship, the feelings we experience are often anger and grief, and we may also feel...

The Silver Sail is a work of fiction in the fantasy adventure subgenre and it forms the second novel in the Coseema Saga after The Twin Stars. It is suitable for the young adult reading audience and was penned by Bridgette Dutta Portman. In this...

In Christmas Cards For Santa, Ralph A. Mulleins reminds us that Santa has a busy task every Christmas Eve, but it’s a task he enjoys. He goes around the world visiting children while they sleep and leaving behind special gifts. He usually visits the houses...

Dark clouds, lightning, thunder! It is normal to be intimidated by the impressive forces of nature, but storms can help us in many ways. Sally is an engaging character who plays and dances among the clouds and causes storms and she will explain everything we...

Finley Greene had worked hard for this day. In Even Better Than the Real Thing: A Romantic Comedy by Melanie Summers, Finley has an interview with Dr. Daniella Beauchamp, who is the most sought-after advisor at England’s Carlyle Institute of Art. It’s a guarantee that...

Horse Boy by Lew Anderson is the first book in The Lorian Chronicles. Young Red knew the danger of entering the forbidden grasses. He could even hear his mother's warnings but he couldn't leave the girl to be bait for the giant eagle flying overhead....