A Horse Named Viking is the tale of the life of one horse, whose future seemed doomed from the beginning. His mother was an intractable mare whose temperament was vicious and unmanageable. It was so vile that she was put down after she killed a...

"A Part to Play" by Jennifer L Fry is a punchy YA novel. The author doesn’t shy away from dealing head on with difficult issues including bereavement, mental breakdown, uncontrolled anger, emotional insecurity and pressure to conform. Heroine Lucy has recently lost her sister Kate,...

In "Johnny Big-Ears Meets His New Neighbor Suzy", we meet Suzy and Tatis Dancer. Suzy was afraid to meet Johnny because the kids at her last school called her ChunkySaurus. They hurt her feelings. At school Johnny greeted Suzy and introduced himself. He explained that...

“I’m not guilty. I did not kill him.” Khadesia feels like a broken record in her plea of innocence. The implication that she was responsible for the shooting death of her one–time boyfriend, the crime she did not commit, falls on deaf ears for a...

"Promise Me" by Tara Fox Hall is not your usual sort of paranormal romance. Except for the prologue which is presented in the third person, the story is narrated by Sarelle McGarran, Sar for short, a young widow who lives alone with an assortment of...

“Nimpentoad” is a cooperative effort by Henry, Joshua, and Harrison Herz. It is a somewhat interactive storybook for children, set in an alternate world. The main character is Nimpentoad, who happens to be a Nibling, but not just an ordinary Nibling. Nimpentoad is smarter than...

"Green Eyed Temptation (Halos and Horns)" by Lori Leger is a modern romance with a lot of punch in it. It may be regarded as a classic love triangle. There one girl, Angelique Baptiste, who is taking a break from bedding guys while she tries...

"Thrall" by Jennifer Quintenz is a zesty and very enjoyable YA paranormal novel. The opening seems a little conventional. We meet teenager Braedyn, bright and gutsy but a bit of a social misfit, against the usual background of American high school with the moody beauties...

The author describes this book as a novel based on a true story. It is not a nice story. This is the story of Taylor, a victim of sexual child abuse by her brutal stepfather from the age of three, a vicious and continuing horror...

Two months after her mother, her only relative and best friend, dies, Layla Callaway is given a check for $773,000 and a letter written by her mother telling her that she was adopted for inexplicable reasons for the sake of her safety. In B.C. Burgess’...

“Laws of Depravity” by Eriq La Salle should be on a fast track to Best Seller status. The line between legal and illegal is broad and readily discernible; the line between right and wrong is not so. This intense debut novel will have you pondering...

Kate has been controlling Luke since they were kids. She decided when they would date, when he would pin her and when they would get engaged. Then when he did not set a date, she took matters into her own hands and became pregnant. Kate...

Nancy O'Neill does a beautiful job of telling such a heartwarming Christmas story. She includes so many different elements of Christmas that I am sure a little boy or girl's eyes would jump with joy while reading or being read to. While reading I felt...

Bling for the King by Delia Latham follows Rina Peretti, who had a past that had eaten her alive, but she was trying to put it well into her past. She was doing a great job of this until she met Derek Myers. Derek was...

Davina Stuart has been a widow for two years, and to deal with the loss of her husband Ross, she wrote a book titled "Second Harvest" which became a bestseller and it is now being made into a movie. When she finds herself on a...

Giselle worked for Jackson and thought of him as Satan. She referred to him like that many times. Her husband Toby could not understand her feeling and tried to change her mind. Then both Giselle's and Jackson's lives changed in a moment. Both of their...

When Kat opened her dance studio she went to the bank for a loan. On that particular day she talked to Mason Everett. He granted her the loan but business had not been doing all that well and Kat was afraid that she was going...

Allison Weathers is starting a new life in Dawson Mills. She bought a big old house and wanted to fix it up. She hired Paul Bradford to do the work on it. But before work could start Allison started getting strange feelings in the house....

"Falaha’s Journey: Descent" by Jeno Marz is narrated by Falaha, a five year old alien child. In many ways Falaha is much more mature than a human child of the same age. She is intelligent, bright, gifted and a fascinating character. It was mesmerizing watching...

"The Red Wrath" is a poignant read highlighting the plight of the people of Afghanistan. Despite the oppression of the Communist Regime the people maintained their bravery and courageously sought their independence. The rule of the communist was harsh but the rule of the Taliban...