The Free Spirit of Virtue: Sometimes College is a Fight for Survival by Carlos Aguila is a beautiful story that will most certainly resonate with readers who have been to college, an unconventional coming-of-age tale with compelling characters and interesting episodes, and well-written scenes. Meet...

Writing a children’s book is a lot more difficult than one would think. There are many different kinds of children’s books, from board books, picture books, early chapter books to Middle Grade novels. The writing is just one part of the equation. Should the author...

One of the strongest points of The Starlight Club 9: Una Morte Facile (An Easy Death) by Joe Corso is the plot, which is so skillfully done that the reader can’t help but keep turning the pages and feeling for the characters, guessing what could...

America is a land of hope and of freedom, but also a land of contradictions and distrust. With so much to live for and so much to lose, what better way to understand than to put it into a poem? By looking at the good...

The Norterridane, a race of small canines, have raised dragons for as long as anyone can remember. Crimson’s father expects her to be a dragon keeper, just like he is. Her trainer thinks she’s too young and, although Crimson likes the idea of being a...

The premise of The Ghost Chronicles 2, a between-life fiction adventure by Marlo Berliner, is so strong that one knows very well a great story is sure to follow. As explained immediately at the beginning by one between-life soul, Tom (as told to him by...

A beautiful spitfire of a heroine…a handsome British hero who’s heir to a family fortune…a dire situation and a brazen scheme – the perfect mix of ingredients in Lord Bachelor, a thoroughly delightful love story by Tammy L. Bailey. Handsome Lord Edmund Rushwood, heir to...

Within each generation, there is something that stands out, especially in the way of communication from oral to written. In the '70s there was a heavy influence of shorthand, in the late '90s cell phones, social media and emoji evolved, and now Kanmoji has appeared,...

Melvin is dead. There's no beating around the bush with that. But what a mess he left in his wake, or rather his Aunt Martha left after a brief possession of the priest to give him the 'no punches pulled' send-off she thought he deserved....

I have to say that Emergence: Book Three of The Earthside Trilogy by Sherri Fulmer Moorer is the most complex alien invasion novel I have ever read involving not one, but two alien races, neither of which is something simple like “lizard men” or “cat...

Andy and his sister, Emilia, learn that there is far more to who they are in the fantasy novel The Dragon and the Fairie by Roland Capalbo. Andy loves exploring, and an island on the Hudson River has always been of interest, but only a...

Laina Ming just wants to live life on her terms in the beautiful setting of Aspen, Colorado in House of Belonging by Andrea Thome. Having left an unhealthy relationship in New York City, Laina moves to the mountains to be as far physically and mentally...

Alternatives to a Frozen Mouse: Book One by AJ Mouse is a memoir written by someone with DID or Disassociate Identity Disorder, or what used to known as Multiple Personality Disorder or Split Personality, and is one of the best books I have read in...

Vengeance: A Romantic Suspense Thriller is book two in the Tip of the Spear series by Belle Ami. It is an intriguing, beguiling tale that begs for superlatives to qualify it. A well-plotted and beautifully written story that features terrorists, a powerful Mossad agent, and...

Hope Endures by Emily Stalder Johnson is set in the late 1800s. Andy is the owner of a horse farm where he raises Arabian horses and Quarter horses. Andy's adopted son is 17-year-old Dublin. Dublin's birth father was abusive, especially after the mother died. Andy...

The Pages in Between: A Story of Love, Life & Cocktails by Renay Jordan is a heartwarming story of love, friendship, parenting and the adventure of two woman — Lilah and Isabel — on a journey that will make you question what you think you...

Pistachio is a beautiful two-year-old Golden Retriever that belongs to Luke and Lucy. The Clark parents always shout at the twins because of her and they are forever asking the kids to take care of Pistachio. In Parents for Sale: Story and Coloring Book by...

In Another Color's Shoes by author and illustrator Regina Puckett is a short children's picture book that comes with a very large message attached to it; acceptance and enjoying the differences that each person has. The tone is very easy to read and friendly. The...

The Coven Murders: The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 3 by Brian O’Hare is another murder mystery with a twist in the DCI Sheehan series set in Northern Ireland. The bodies begin to pile up and all of them are connected although no one is admitting...

Over A Barrel: The Phalanx Blood Series, Part 2 is a young adult thriller novella written by Bruce E. Arrington. Time usually seems to go much too slowly when you’re sixteen, but for Bernard the last ten weeks or so had flown by with nightmarish...