Do you know what it means to be helpful? Are you helpful? Do you help Mom with the dishes, or help by tidying up your room? Do you help your friends at school with a math problem, or learn how to catch a ball? Helpful...

Rich with detail and captivating characters, The Curse of Matilija (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 9) by R Lawson Gamble is a murder mystery based on an intriguing ancient legend. To FBI agent Zack Tolliver, the accidental death of a man in the Matilija Wilderness seems...

The romantic in me could not wait to read A Pacific Love by Serag Monier. Arwa prides herself on her discipline and structure as a Human Resource supervisor. It takes a while for her to warm up to Kamel's persistent attentions. Working together causes them...

It is a sad moment when the mother of Teresa and her younger sister Alma leaves for El Norte (the North) with her other two daughters. However, these children can find happiness even during a difficult time like this. Teresa and Alma will live in...

From an Oval is a children's picture book from the Shape Izzy Book Series by Najah. A. Jabbar. Illustrated with drawings from pencil artist DeNeal Fletcher, the book follows Izzy, an imaginative child trying to create a friend to play with on paper. Two ovals...

When You’re a Jet [West Side Story]—A Dancer’s Extraordinary, Ordinary Life by David Bean is the story of one of the cast members of the original film version of West Side Story. Author David Bean played one of the Jets, who was called Tiger. He...

A Man Walks Into a Bank is a crime comedy-drama novel by Lucky Stevens. Ellis Coldwater is part of a five-man crew that plans to rob a bank. Led by a hardened criminal named Salty, the operation involves kidnapping the bank manager, George Larkin, and...

Crude Ambition is a work of fiction in the thriller and suspense subgenres. It is suitable for the adult reading audience and was penned by author Patricia Hunt Holmes. In the aftermath of a party, a woman is found injured and unconscious and taken to...

Barons of Oartheca is an ambitious genre-blending space adventure, the second book in James Siewert’s Oarthecan Star Saga, and the merest taste of it will compel you to seek out the first book with haste. It launches into action at lightspeed with a vicious alien...

Beelzebub: The Gift of Gluttony is a work of fiction in the paranormal romance and fantasy subgenres, and it forms part of the Sinful Seven novel series. It is intended for mature adult readers owing to explicit sexual content and language as well as some...

Mercy's Heroes: The Fight for Human Dignity in the Bangkok Slums is a work of non-fiction in the cultural, social, and volunteer work subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Tom Crowley, a Vietnam veteran seeking...

Somewhere, Right Now, written by Kerry Docherty and illustrated by Suzie Mason, is a 32-page-long children’s picture book that carries a message I’ve yet to find in any other children’s book. It helps us take control of our minds to shift gears and choose to...

The soul-stirring poetry collection Cherry Blossoms by Liesel Kippen features poems that celebrate life’s simple, beautiful moments. It also contains poignant poems but, ultimately, the collection inspires love and hope. The poems find inspiration from everyday events and objects such as daylight, the sky, and...

Silver Bells by Liesel Kippen is a compilation of the author's original themed poetry that revolves around the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and spirit of the holiday season, and a few other non-seasonal pieces sprinkled in for good measure. Kippen gives readers seventeen poems in...

Love, Only Better is a women’s fiction novel written by Paulette Stout. The story starts with Rebecca who struggles with self-esteem from her failed past relationships with men. For a long time, she has held her little secret to herself, a flaw that has turned...

The Holocaust is one of the most bloody events in history. Although one cannot begin to imagine the extent of physical hardships and mental trauma the victims went through in those concentration camps, From Auschwitz with Love by Daniel Seymour attempts to look into the...

Sarah M. Eden’s The Best Intentions is book one of the Huntresses Series. Gillian Phelps knows that her standing in society is on shaky ground. She may have the huntresses and Artemis as her closest and dearest friends but a devastating secret can quickly destroy...

The Call of the Sea is a work of fiction in the historical fiction and romance subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Sian Ann Bessey. The book follows a young woman named Rhiannon who witnesses her father’s...

Riley Does BIG Things!, written by Janet Lewis Daigle and illustrated by Rick W Knowles, is the kind of socially relevant book children and adults can enjoy time and time again. The amazing illustrations help tell Riley's story. He's a little boy with a big...

There are two sides to every story, and Mark Whittle tells both in his historical fiction book The Jacarandas: A Novel of Argentina's Dirty War. From 1976, the titular South American country underwent a radical and violent transformation following a coup d'état and the immediate...