"Teen Devotionals . . . for Girls" is to help young girls find a way to apply God’s Words to their lives. These devotions are written just for young girls, with topics that deal with what teenagers are facing today. The desire of the authors...

Rebecca and her daughter Wendy have moved back to Rebecca's hometown. A year earlier her husband was killed by a mentally disturbed fan. Now she is renting the upstairs of the home where she met her husband. The garden of the home was the site...

Ever heard a joke that you enjoyed so much that you had to share it? Then, when you tried to emulate the way it was told to your listeners, family, friends or co-workers they looked at you blankly or shook their heads - you BOMBED!...

In "Twin Bred" by Karen Wyle, twins fascinate scientist Mara and have done all her life. Her own twin Levi died as a baby but he is a constant imaginary companion for her. Set this against a background where you have two species living together....

April is a high school history teacher. She lives in the country by a forest and enjoys walking in the forest for relaxation. There is a pioneer woman's grave in the forest that April calls her special spot. She goes there to think, read poetry...

"Sydney’s Song" by Ia Uaro is a love story and emotional journey. The heroine Sydney, sharing her name with the city she lives in, takes on a temporary job. It is a tough one, dealing with customers phoning the 1300500 transport helpline and anyone who...

"Erby’s Turn to Rake" by Christopher Epling is a delightful chapter book. The cover immediately caught my attention with its bright colors and odd looking creatures called Polliwogs. The other polliwogs were doing their chores while Erby lay in his bed sleeping. He heard them...

The story revolves around Eleanor’s search for something in her life. But she herself seems to be confounded about what she was searching for. She left behind a daughter in the care of her family - her parents and grandmother - while searching for that...

Memories can be great, but they can also be painful, hanging around your neck like a tightening noose. Artist Abby Warren has left her past behind her and moved to St. Louis to escape her guilt, blaming herself for her best friend Holly’s death and...

The setting for this tale is 1954. Eleven year old Patsy was exploring the area around her new home in Sand Flat, Nebraska, when she met Hap. Hap was a little taller than she was and about the same age. He told her he had...

Superheroes come in many sizes and shapes. For Rick Niece, his hero came confined in a wheelchair. "Side-Yard Superhero" is the coming-of-age tale of the friendship that emerged between a nine year old, small town paper boy and the most special of the 72 customers...

Aurora is grieving deeply for her husband Jake. He was killed in an automobile accident and she keeps imagining that he is coming back to bed with her. Her mother's friend Marina has stayed with Aurora after Jake's funeral; she is like a sister to...

Author Tinky Weisblat's mother Jan, better known as Taffy, died at age 93 in December of 2011. Bright, active Taffy suffered from dementia in her last months on earth. Born in 1918, Taffy graduated from Mount Holyoke College. "She was very much in the world...

"Shattered Paradise: Memoirs of a Nicaraguan War Child" is Ileana Araguti's life story. As a child, she grows up in an isolated farm house near a mystical city dubbed as the City of Mist. Her grandfather Abuelo Lalo tells her stories that ground her to...

"To Snatch a Thief" is the story of Skye Forrester, a teenager who has been arrested for theft in London in 2089. She was born in poverty and, after both of her parents passed away, she is the sole guardian of her six-year old brother....

Kate usually covered what reporters referred to as "bummer" stories, stories that covered “death, destruction and weeping survivors.” She was shocked when the news director assigned her to cover a human interest story. Someone had left a stack of cash amounting to $100,000 in a...

Nazim Rashid's self-help book “Reconnected: How to Be a Mentor to Your Child-Self” describes how to find a new connection to your child-self by visualizing an alternative youth in which you turn into your own mentor. The author explains various things that a child needs...

“Tribesman” by Paul Freeman begins as any tale of a barbarian might, with the main character Culainn waking up from what seems like a hangover. It soon becomes apparent, however, that Culainn is not just any barbarian; out of all the possible choices in a...

At the age of 62 Mark is a wealthy businessman who has always put his son Martin first. Now Martin and his wife Claire are expecting their first child and want Mark to have someone special in his life and register him with an online...

A true storm takes the two alien worlds of Korin and Arranon by surprise as Erynn begins to discover her unknown abilities. Faced with the possible destruction of her home world and a related planet, Erynn and her friends from the academy, the Anbas warriors...