When fourth graders Madison and Josh are tapped on the shoulder to become members of a secret agency called the Small World Global Protection Agency in Mark Miller’s Small World Global Protection Agency: New Kids on the Rock, they had no idea what kind of...

Patricia Borlenghi’s novel, Zaira is a compelling story of a woman who yearns for a freedom not allowed in her native country of Italy prior to the Great War. Zaira Crespi is raised by a loving but stern father who holds traditions close to his...

What do you do when the man you think you want to spend the rest of your life with decides to up and leave? You do exactly what Rachel Dillon does; you move on and marry someone else. Then divorce him before running into your...

As a huge history buff, I found Jumper by Jeff LaFerney to be an excellent read. Following Flint Cole and Hannah Carpenter around not only the US, but the Middle East and Europe of today and yesteryear. How is that possible exactly? Well, Cole is...

Trina's life is taking a nose dive. It is Christmas and she is lonely. Plus, to cap it all off, her impending divorce is dampening her spirits. Walt was the love of her life. He was her first and only and she was the same...

This book was reviewed by Lee Ashford for Readers' Favorite. The First Birthday Party by K. & K. Johnson is a cute children’s story that evolved over the course of 16 years. Initially an impromptu reply to a son’s question about who had the first birthday,...

Could you ever forgive your mother for leaving your family to live with a serial killer? That is the question Tess Olsen must answer in Elaine Walsh’s Restoration. Tess, a young art conservator has lived a very closed off life since her mother’s abandonment and...

Someone is intent on finishing what he started, and none of it good. Embryo 2: Crosshairs by J.A. Schneider is a medical thriller with a very current day twist involving in vitro fertilization and other medical miracles. OB resident David Levine and intern Jill Raney...

A closed insane asylum lies quietly rotting in the bleak North-Atlantic sun. Yet, it seems that some of its residents, both children and adult, are still inside. The Pennhurst Asylum is one of America's most haunted residences. Its history is dark and traumatic, with most...

Things between Mitch and Olivia are complicated, in fact have always been complicated. In Cynthia D’Alba’s Texas Two Step we learn that Mitch and Olivia used to date and were madly in love, until Mitch’s brother James died tragically, leaving behind his pregnant socialite wife....

I just finished reading The Battle of The Grandmas by Anthonette Klinkerman. I absolutely adore this book! The premise of the story is one little girl with three sets of grandparents all vying for her love and attention. As so often happens, the little girl...

The Great Horse Breeds of the World is an exciting look at some of the familiar and not so familiar horse breeds. The author, Bonnie Marlewski-Probert, is a prolific writer with more than a dozen books and at least 1000 magazine articles to her name....

Cropped to Death by Christina Freeburn creates a cozy mystery that left me itching to learn the art of scrapbooking! The author transports the reader to the tiny town of Eden, WV where everything comes down to family. No one gave it a second...

Amazing Animal Stories is a collection of stories for children. As the title proclaims, the stories are about animals and their oftentimes, very humorous and uncanny likeness to their human counterpoints. The children's stories range from very cute to downright funny and each...

Salsa!: 80 Great Recipes! by Renee Benzaim, is a collection of recipes that will leave your mouth watering and will have you heading out of the door to run to your local farmer’s market. Benzaim begins with a brief introduction to describe what exactly salsa...

After the Armageddon, Cloud was formed. Anyone can see what you do at any time, with or without your permission. There are no secrets. Cloud records everything and everyone… or so they thought, because there are unverifiables or what some people would call ghosts. They...

Linda Lovely's premier mystery book Dear Killer is a fun summer read. Mystery sleuths will like the main character of retired military intelligence officer Marley Clark. She is an engaging, middle-aged, widow who is drawn to excitement and mystery. She lives in the low country...

Cemetery Whites by Connie Knight is a Caroline Hargrove Hamilton Mystery in which Hamilton relocates from urban Houston, Texas, to the small town of Yorktown, Texas in Dewitt County, where her family legacy has long been established. Enough time has passed since the death of...

Darn, this guy's life has some highs and lows. Maxx Miller's A Stoner Guide To His Life is like the raw expression of graffiti. Ideas and memories are seen through a thick cloud of images. The short table of contents includes the irreverent chapter In...

Unearthly Tales From Space by John Sparks is a great sci-fi tale with a twist. It is set in the United States in 1959 and the beginnings of space exploration, encompassing deep space and an alien radio signal from our own moon. Dr. Robert Guttenberg...