Meet Don Gateau who lived on a hill that overlooked the sea and he called himself the proud cat of Seborga. He was an adventurous cat and roamed through the village with no fear of what would happen to him. He slept in the sun...

After the defeat of Tyrace, Navessa was at peace once again. The emperor, Moroweth Vergana, named his adopted son, Ilruyn, as his successor instead of his birth son. This didn’t go down well with his children, Rufyllys and Petrea, who hated and saw their adopted...

Ballet of The Crypt Dancer: From the Tales of Tartarus Crypt Dancer Edition by A.L. Mengel is a supernatural thriller with a twist. Heavily drenched in drama and action, the story follows Ramiel, an immortal with a very colorful past. Originally from Rome, Ramiel has...

Manchuria was a region of northeastern China that had long been the subject of territorial disputes and wars. China, Russia, and even Japan had, at times, imposed their wills on this giant portion of the Asian continent. In Special District: Harbin by Tim Stickel, we...

Wendy, Melissa, Sarah, and Lisa had no idea what awaited them in Brazil. The four girls were members of a dance group from London and were bound for Brazil to honor a six-month contract to participate in a circus. In a bid to spice up...

There is magic in the air as the teams arrive and prepare for the Junior Iditarod, the legendary dogsled race across the northern wonderland of Alaska. Siblings Stella and Billy are running their teams. But the route is full of danger and the two young...

Spread Love (and Buttercream!): Recipes and Reflections Where Love is the First Ingredient and a Sweeter World is Ours for the Baking by Coltan J. Schoenike with a contribution by Maria Cauley is an insightful and thought-provoking book where the author shares words of wisdom...

Fish Out of Water by Marc Jedel is the first book in the Ozarks Lake Mystery series. Elizabeth had no intention to return to her hometown, but when her grandmother dies, she returns home with her husband Jonas in tow. Her simple trip home takes...

A family attorney's life becomes complicated when she gets caught up in a legal fight against the head of a large corporation in the captivating sleuth mystery, Malice in Miami (A Jamie Quinn Mystery) by Barbara Venkataraman. Jamie Quinn is happily giving up her family...

Reading Holiday Shorts: Flash Fiction is like dipping into a Christmas stocking. Each story is a tasty morsel, easy to digest, and makes you eager to reach for the next. Barbara Venkataraman takes on the usual suspects of the holiday season and gives each the...

Thrive or Survive: It's Our Choice by Pat Harris is a book with a mission. It encourages humans to do the “right” thing so that we leave a better world for our children and grandchildren. The mission is noble. Pat Harris has obviously done a...

The Feudist by Daniel Herman is an action-packed western loosely based on Arizona’s 1880s Pleasant Valley War. When Ben Holcomb receives yet another verbal onslaught from his father, he decides to leave home and find a place where he is welcome. Ben arrives in Globe...

A teenage girl brings evil and death to her town when she dabbles with magic and her spellwork unleashes a malevolent entity in the supernatural novel, Something Wiccan (Shadow Tales Book 2) by James Drummond. Fifteen-year-old Natalie Sherwood is crushing on Justin Paris, a wealthy...

Is the island of Atlantis a story that originated thousands of years ago as a fable to entertain and serve as a moral tale? Or is it an actual land lost in the mists of time? Plato's Caribbean Atlantis (A Scientific Explanation of Plato's Atlantis...

Hoggrills End by Felix Schrodinger is a collection of thought-provoking stories of one man’s life journey both in reality and through his extraordinary imagination. This unique biography covers a wide range of situations, historic events, and personal experiences. The collection includes tales from government protocol,...

Reignite by Marie Scully of the Wild Heart series is a romance novel about the ongoing and turbulent relationship between Megan and Ben. We first see Megan Jackson as an up and coming defense lawyer in the Big Apple, having left her small-town roots and...

The Pit by Josh Soule connects an intricate web of characters and situations that make this a spellbinding novel. Matthew Longtine poured everything into his judicial campaign when he found he had a crippling disease. Though he won the election, Deborah had to pick up...

Addison Keller writes crime novels. Murder to be precise. Now, someone is recreating her story in detail. Addison is being taunted with death threats and pictures of the murder scenes that are exactly as she created them in her book. While trying to maneuver...

What is a triathlete? Nia Obotette has written an accessible introduction into the world of the triathlete in her children’s book I Am a Triathlete. She based it on her own first experience of participating in a triathlon. She changed from someone who enjoyed reading...

Sacred Fool by Nathan Dean Talamantez is a letter of love, recognition, and unwavering reverence to Alejandro Jodorowsky. After reading, I am quite smitten with both Jodorowsky and Talamantez. Sacred Fool leaves no stone unturned while diving into sophisticated depths and meanings hidden within his...