José Ramón Torres’ fictional work, Waves, captures a historical period when life in Cuba was extremely difficult, resulting in mass migration from the country. The novel begins in Havana in the early 1980s. Angel Ribot is the main protagonist, as he, family members and close...

Advising Chiang's Army: An American Soldier's World War II Experience in China by Stephen L. Wilson gives us a different view of World War II and China at that time. We all know what happened to China and the innocent people living there, but we...

Answering the Call: With the 91st Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign During World War II is a military biography written by Stephen L. Wilson. His father, Allen Wilson, was just entering college as a freshman when word came that Hitler had invaded Poland. He...

Raffaella and Antonio were childhood friends. As children they were always together, did everything with each other, and shared their secrets with one another. As they grew up, their friendship eventually turned into the passionate, all-consuming love they now feel. They were planning their wedding...

Before the Court of Heaven by Jack Mayer tells the story of Ernst Techow, a young German who, in the years following World War I, gets caught up in what can be called the pre-Nazi movement. As a youngster before the war, he learns, both...

There couldn’t be a better opening for the Wisdom Chronicles series than Wizard of Wisdom by Walter C. Conner, a work of brilliance and high class entertainment, a powerful promise for a very enjoyable read. From the impressive cast of characters to the dazzling plot...

Princess of Wisdom is book two in the Wisdom Chronicles by Walter C. Conner, an electrifying epic fantasy. It has been four years since the confrontation between Wil and the Wizard of Wisdom. Now, elements of evil are amalgamating and floating towards the earth, corrupting...

Hannah Bradbury is the heroine in The Ugly Teapot: Book One: Hannah by Fred Holmes. Fourteen years old, Hannah has just lost her world-traveling, danger-provoking, death-defying, genius-inspired photographer father. She is devastated, as he was her hero. As compared to her terribly ordinary waitress mother,...

Los Diggities By Name is an audio/visual dog book for children written by Jeanie Cunningham and Elisabeth Thormodsrud and narrated by Jeanie Cunningham. Each page of the story has a speaker icon, which, when pressed, gives Jeannie's narration of that particular page. Los Diggities is...

In the closing pages of I Promised Not to Tell by Cheryl B. Evans, the author says she wonders if she has made a mistake in publishing this book. Let me begin by assuring her the only mistake would have been to not publish it....

In a fun guide with lots of good information, The Two Week Wait Challenge: The Sassy Girl's Guide to Surviving the TWW, author Lindsay Fischer has done a great job of providing an easy to read and humorous perspective on what can be a very...

Wanted: An Honest Man by Cricket Rohman is Book 1 of the Lindsey Lark Series. Lindsey is a teacher, incredibly beautiful and very talented; a woman who always tries to see the positive side of things and fights for what she thinks is right. Betrayal...

Letters, Lovers, and Lies by Cricket Rohman is Book 2 of the Lindsey Lark Series. Lindsey has finally found a new love in Jake, but there is still so much that is getting in the way. Lindsey is getting letters from a dead man and...

Hit the Road, Jake by Cricket Rohman is Book 3 of the Lindsey Lark Series. Jake and Lindsey have become good at finding petty offenders, but their latest mystery has turned personal, resulting in tires that are slashed, a missing pet, blood, and some very...

The Lemon Day by Emily Rays is a delightful and fun read with good and positive messages for young readers. The plot revolves around a wicked villain who lives on top of a hill and who is eager to know what goes on in the...

Point and Shoot for Your life by Robin Murphy is a tale of mystery and suspense. Hannah Mills, local photographer, is struggling for work and to pay her rent. Great-Aunt Dorothy comes to the rescue from beyond the grave after she leaves Hannah a First...

In Kevin Killiany’s sci-fi novel, Down to Dirt, Mom and Dad have decreed that daughter Mara, born in space, must spend her vacation with relatives on Dirt (that would be the future planet Earth). Mara, her cousin Beth, and best friend Jael tell the story...

If The Devil Had a Dog by T.K. Lukas is a wonderfully crafted, edge of the seat thriller that has equal amounts of suspense, action, romance and intrigue to keep you glued to the book until the end. Sidney McQueen is fleeing from her drug-dealing,...

Adrian Reilly is a loyal American who has dedicated his life to serving his country and the Army he was proud to represent. This loyalty is soon put to the test when he is discharged because of a mission that went very wrong and the...

When eight-year-old Marjorie Beatrice Weaver (Jorie) arrived at her great-aunt's grand residence in Dunham, she had mixed feeling. She was happy to be away from the awful boarding school and excited about living in a place with such a rich history, but she was not...