String of Pearls is a work of fiction in the science fiction, action, and adventure sub-genres, and was penned by author Scarlett Ripley. The work is intended for the young adult reading audience and upwards, and contains no graphic or explicit content. Our protagonist is...

Virtually Yours by Virginia Gray is a romantic comedy set during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Art conservator Sophie Longeway is extraordinarily paranoid about germs. But her paranoia becomes extreme after the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing her to remain stuck in...

The Big Gift, written by Derek Fisher, is an informative book for older children about using technology safely. The main character, Alicia, dreams of getting a tablet for her birthday. All her friends have one, and she is eager to join in on the fun...

Sister Southern Belle by Judy Kathleen Thompson takes place in The Isle Of Hope, South Carolina, and tells the story of four nuns: Sister Ellen, Sister Donna, Sister Regina, and Sister Jo. The four nuns form the Poor Saint Louisa Sisterhood prenatal birthing clinic to...

Make It a Double: More Poems From my 10-year Bender Inside Heaven's Dive Bar by Randall McNair is the author's collection of original poetry and the second book in the Bar Poems series, preceded by his first book, Dispatches from the Swinging Door Saloon. Broken...

When seventeen-year-old Kellen St. James graduates from college, he isn’t expecting to do much more than to start a new life. Boy, did he get what he wanted! The Star Child by Stephanie Keyes is the adventure Kellen wasn’t looking for. Leaving his narcissistic, controlling,...

Evidence of Grace by Candace Armstrong is a family drama novel with strong characters and an immersive plot. Charlie and Mae Jericho wanted to start a family, but nothing was working right for them. However, that changed when Charlie witnessed a Minivan accident and found...

Fluke Family Sorcerer is the fifth book in The Saga of Maynerd Dumsted by Robert A.G. Erickson. Despite winning the battle against the Demons of the Deep, Maynerd Dumsted only has a few weeks to live due to the Fluke Family Curse. After teaching a...

Florian Louisoder's action novel Shock Wave 2: The Book of Vallora is a riveting science fiction story of time travel and alternate history. Linda DeSantis, the principal character, is originally from Atlantis. She escapes from the destruction of Atlantis 5,000 years in the past in...

Byron: A Play in Three Acts by Nigel Patten is really a novel dressed up as a play. The long speeches, particularly by George Gordon, Lord Byron, British Romantic poet (1788-1824), would be almost impossible to follow by a theater audience, though they make for...

The Never Army by T. Ellery Hodges is the incredibly highly anticipated third and final book in the Chronicles Of Jonathan Tibbs sci-fi fantasy superhero trilogy, preceded by book one, The Never Hero, and book two, The Never Paradox. Jonathan Tibbs has transformed over three...

Ariella C.'s It Whispers... is a collection of poems that teeter on the edge of an emotional explosion. It is honest as it deals with themes that hit a personal note for the poet and the reader. That is the beauty of poetry. It takes...

How to Invest in Stocks: A Beginner's Guide to Making Money and Managing Risk in the Stock Market by Rodolfo Tello is the quick, basic guide you need to get acquainted with investing in stocks. Not really a deep dive--more like an overview, which is...

The Secret of the 14th Room by Rebecca Hemlock is just as intriguing and mysterious as the cover hints. Levi Corbin is called home to Granton, Tennessee after the death of his Grandma Dorothy. She reared him after the deaths of his parents, but he...

The House of the Red Duke: A Phoenix Rising by Vivienne Brereton takes readers back to Tudor England at the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries. The old King Henry had died and the young, handsome, and extremely brash King...

Sister Innocent is a murder mystery novel written by Patty Lesser. Annoyed at her gossiping colleagues and her claustrophobic work environment, Brown & Bishop legal assistant Rebecca Keres spends her free time with her play-group friends or complaining about workmates to her sister, Kathy. But...

Can a Rock Grow? by Audrey Sauble is Book 3 of the Early Science Series. First, Sauble asks the question, ‘Have you ever seen a rock grow?’ Then she proceeds to explain how rocks change. Rocks change through different natural forces like gravity and tree...

Ukpik is a snowy owl. She loves her northern home, but every year she returns, it’s different. The snow is melting away and food is scarce. There is nowhere for her to go. When she flies around and seeks help from other northern animal friends,...

The Mandate by Amber Alfaro is the story of one person’s struggles, inner conflict, and the search for hope in the time of COVID. When the pandemic hit, everyone was asked to work from home and stay at home as much as possible. Nothing could...

Dead to Life is another installment of the Sara Mason Mysteries by Mary Deal. On a tour of Vietnam searching for missing persons, Sara Mason and her partner, Huxley Keane, stumble upon a long-lost key belonging to Huxley's older brother, Rocky, who went MIA in...