Trina Bell's Humming Summer by Silke Stein is the story of 13-year-old Trina. Trina's mother died giving birth to her and her father is a world renowned nature photographer, who spends most of his time photographing endangered species, so Trina lives with her great-aunt. After...

Adam W. Jones writes a story of innocent love nestled within a southern lifestyle in Fate Ball. Life is full of opportunities at the age of nineteen. Able Curran has just returned from a trek through Europe when he meets the beautiful seductress, Ava Dubose....

Make Way For You: Tips For Getting Out of Your Own Way by Tony Ortiz is a part self help guide, part philosophical look at how we all have the potential to be successful, but we have a habit of getting in our own way....

Know Your Enemy is the debut novel of Australian author Tasman Anderson. It started with shoplifting. For Nicole, teaming up with her best friend Libby to raid shops at the local mall is a fun, educational, and gratifying experience. That is until Aiden catches them...

Deadly Secret is a romantic suspense novel written by Kathleen Boaz. Dr. Dakota Remington is tired of dealing with death as the Coroner at Clarin General Hospital in Los Angeles. She's selling her house and moving back to San Francisco to be with her mother....

Just Claire by Jean Ann Williams is a wonderful coming of age tale. Claire Lee and her siblings are uprooted and moved when her father has to go to work in a different place. Just as they move into their new house, their mother goes...

Scout's Honor: A Novel by Dori Ann Dupré is the story of Scout Webb, who we literally see grow in front of our eyes. When the novel starts, Scout is 14 years old. A tomboy to boot, she really likes to play basketball and has...

Christine Keleny’s Intrigue in Istanbul, An Agnes Kelly Mystery Adventure is the American version of Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce. It begins with the early death of Agnes’ father while he is away on a business trip. Agnes is puzzled by something her Uncle Bob...

Broken Shadows (Shadow Stories Book 2) is a collection of twelve short stories of varying lengths. The author, Radhika Mukherjee, recommends reading each with a break in between to allow time for assimilation of the meaning; they have a central thread - isolation and discovery...

Everlasting is a YA paranormal novel written by L.K. Kuhl. Seventeen-year-old Sophia Bandell makes her way to Charleston to spend her high school vacation with best friend, Mandy Stuart. Socially awkward around men, Sophia is shocked to find that Mandy owns her own home and...

Swarm Theory by award winning author E.W. Sullivan is a crime fiction, a thriller that reads like a breeze and whose captivating language will immediately seduce readers. Thelonious Zones hasn’t come to terms yet with the murder of his mother, a crime for which his...

Making Dollars & Sense Work: A Financial Primer for Single Moms & Dads Plus College Kids Too! by Rochelle Campbell is an informative and educational book that will guide all single moms and dads, and also college kids, and help them manage their finances better....

No one believed young Meriel Hope when she said the attack on her home, the merchant spaceship Princess, was piracy. There had not been a reported hijacking in nearly a century, and she was just a twelve-year-old kid. Ten years after the attack, Meriel still...

I loved Essence of Existence by Paul Roman. The subtitle is Brief Story of Matter and People. In fact, it is a clear but very condensed history of the universe. A while back I wrote an essay calling for the addition of a course on...

Primrose Goodwing may be the very worst Goodwing in existence. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t force her magic to last past midnight, which is bad enough on its own. But then she becomes the first Goodwing in history to fail her Fairy...

Constant Guests by Patricia Nedelea is a complex story with multiple themes, and, as a debut novel, it is little short of a masterpiece. Isa’s story covers so many centuries, involving a tarot deck from 1389. It isn’t until the time of her real mother’s...

Bunnies Are a Lot Like You and Me is a children’s educational animal picture book written by Christina Graham. Graham thinks that bunnies are really special and the reason is bound to surprise her readers. Mostly, they’ll see the soft, floppy ears and little twitchy...

Fate's Cry by Jalpa Williby is a paranormal story with very interesting characters and an intriguing plot. The protagonist, Kelsey Taylor, has known the worst of pain. After losing her entire family to a fire, she lives with guilt for a very long time until...

Race Against Time is a delightful children’s book written by Anne Shields and illustrated by Janell Colburn. The story focuses on a young balloon named Sherman, who is about to take his first flight and is to be released into the sky when the ball...

Curious Kitty is a children’s book written and illustrated by Yumi Takaoka. Although shy, Kitty is curious about many things. With her sharp claws, she sometimes accidentally causes damage to the furniture inside. If yelled at, Kitty becomes sad. Kitty’s favorite pastimes include eating, playing...