Chukcha the Mountain Monkey by Tamara Popa is an adorable story about the bonding between a wild monkey and the people living in the mountainous region of Ethiopia. Chukcha is given a tree house to live in, but her favorite haunt is the neighbor's wall...

Voice of Innocence by Lindsay Detwiler is a bittersweet, coming-of-age novel. Emma Groves is studious and keeps to herself. While sitting in art class on the first day of her tenth grade year, she finds herself partnered with the new student, Corbin Jones. From that...

There is a story behind every photograph, especially a photograph of a lovely young girl standing on top of Mount Royal. Pierre knows this. He was part of the search and rescue team who searched the crash site of a passenger plane. That's where he...

Jump, Jive, and Wail by Kathryn R. Biel is the story of two lovers, Kaitlin Reynolds and Declan McLoughlin. Kaitlin is slowly putting together the pieces of her life after a injury ended her skiing career and ruined her dream of competing in the Olympics....

Smart Talk by Lisa B. Marshall begins by taking the hell out of hello – how to introduce yourself or make a first impression. Lisa discuses many points here including the oft forgotten but very important dictum, the introduction should be relevant. The magic of...

A Man Whose Name Was Joseph by Shawn Stanley is an historical journey exploring the life and times of Joseph and Mary. A fictional work but based on known facts, the novel follows Joseph from the commitment to marriage to Mary through to the time...

Conflicting Hearts by J.D. Burrows is a story of love, commitment and compassion. Life has been hard for Rachel; she has been the victim of abuse, both as a child and an adult. Conflicting Hearts begins as Rachel is alone with not much to look...

Trinity by Claire Davidson is a powerfully written tale that begins with Kiana, the reincarnation of the goddess Miale. All her life, Kiana has been isolated from the public, and has been confined to Blackoak Castle. On the day she is introduced to her newest...

Justice Buried is a young adult fantasy novel by Hilary Thompson, and the first part of the Starbright series. Justice is the name given to a prophesied maiden who will come from the stars to save the three remaining cities upon a post-apocalyptic Earth. In...

In That Unforgettable Kiss by Tamara Ferguson, Kate Callahan was driven beyond most girls her age. By the time she was nineteen, she had already mastered the construction business so that her father felt comfortable promoting her to supervisor and giving her her own crew....

In Twin Piques by Tracie Banister, identical twins, Sloane and Willa, couldn’t be more different from each other. Sloane is the confident, practical one who is solely focused on her work as a forensic accountant. Willa is the quirky, free-spirited one who enjoys her job...

In the world of Jael, darkness has power. Some people can use the darkness and others cannot. There are good people, hollow people, and then there is a couple, the Prysns, that want to know everything and to be able to be better than everyone...

Don’t Forget to Breathe by Cathrina Constantine is a fast paced, punchy murder mystery. Leo is a high school student whose mother was brutally murdered a year before the story begins. The murder remains unsolved. Leo develops a friendship with Henry, the boy who comes...

The Boy and His Pets by Tamara Popa is the delightful story of a cute little boy who wants to have a dog as his friend. He lives in an apartment which makes it inconvenient to keep a pet, so first he asks his kindergarten...

The Firma Twins and the Purple Staff of Death by D.H. Timpko is a fantastical tale of identical twins Isis and Electra, born into a family with a history of identical twins, passed down from generation to generation, including their younger brothers. The story begins...

Wow! When you pick up Mindy S. Halleck’s debut novel, Return to Sender, be sure you have enough time to devote to it, because you won’t want to put it down! A gorgeous read featuring our protagonist, Theo Riley, a Catholic priest wrestling with demons...

Switch It On (Switch Stories Book 1) by J.H. Craig is an erotic and sizzling love story between Madeleine and Jason. Madeleine, a sexual dominant at Basement, a night club, becomes submissive at night when she is with Jason. Her clients at the Basement pay...

Angelhood by AJ Cattapan is a well-written and thought-provoking story about what happens when 17-year-old Nanette feels driven to end her own life. Feeling responsible for the death of her best friend, Ally, she hopes to find peace in the after life. But when she...

As a 'fictionalized true story,' I'm curious to understand what is fact and what is fiction in Jocelyne Turbett's Born to Please. Revolving around Ashley's normal upbringing and subsequent transition into a hell-raising rebel child, there was a very real, very human element to the...

The Golden Peacock by Lauren Grossman centers around Rainee, a bestselling author who is stuck on her next novel idea. When she finds a ticket from the Holocaust Museum in her desk drawer, she decides to visit London and track down the survivor, Jana Bowman....