A page-turner, One Bad Thing by Jenny Hilborne is the third entry in the Doucette Mystery Series, a wonderful blend of crime and mystery. When a body is discovered at the shoreline in San Francisco Bay, floating face down, John Doucette is intrigued with the...

March of the Gnomes by Erinn Price is a fantasy novel you cannot put down. Alexis Dumont finds herself alone in her sister’s house while Morgan cares for their parents after an accident. Alexis is the athletic one of the family, but a broken leg...

V.Q.E: The Tale of an Indian Physician in the United Kingdom of the 1980's by Vivek Gumaste is an interesting memoir that brilliantly documents the story of a young graduate fresh from medical school in Britain in the 1980’s. Twenty-six years old and an ambitious...

Whoever heard of a lizard hatching from a stone? No Ordinary Lizard by Diane Owens is not just a simple tale of having a pet and then having to let go. It’s the story of an extraordinary lizard who is like no other lizard on...

Everyday Imagination - The Green Scarf by Heather Lester is a children’s illustrated book about a boy whose parent tells him to do something besides watch TV. For a while he wanders about the house, wondering what he could do to fill the time. In...

Quinn is the present-day incarnation of an ancient soul, cursed with the memory of his numberless past lives. He is the envoy of an ancient civilization in search of the love and soulmate he lost thousands of years ago. The Emissary by Tamara Veitch and...

Death and Seven by Dan Welch is a rollicking ride, an engaging tale that mixes crime and corporate law in an alternate world, a world in which crime finds a new definition and the art of investigation takes on a brand new style with the...

In 9 Steps to Walk Into Your Purpose: A Guide to Transformation Through Purpose, author Bless Roxwell breaks down the daunting process of transformation and walking into one’s purpose into nine actionable steps. Change is not a process to which most of us easily adapt....

Kilts and Catnip by Zoe Tasia is the first book in The Shrouded Isle series. After her husband's death, Becca decides on a fresh start for her and her two daughters by taking them on a dream vacation to Scotland. Their ideal vacation takes a...

Tulipia lived in the Jade Oasis, a forest of tangled vines, weeds, and shrubs. She was orphaned at a young age when her parents were extracted from the Oasis. She was tall and lean and most of the foliage around her was jealous of...

Death By Stalking: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery is a sleuth mystery novel written by Abigail Keam. Someone had killed Gage Cagle during the Bluegrass Antiques Auction, and Josiah’s friend, Rosie, was being held as the most likely killer. Josiah had actually found Rosie holding a...

From time to time I read something that doesn’t seem to fit (for me, at any rate) into any traditional genre classification. Such was the case with The Junk Yard Solution: Adventures Among the Boxcars and Other Lost Causes by Peter Kelton. The story opens...

The Trevor Truculence by Peter Kelton is a standalone work of literary fiction set in a tiny village in Spain, perched within reach of the Mediterranean. The village is as much a character in the book as all those who live in it, creating enough...

When I read Reminds Me of My Innocence: Amorous Adventures Among Kissing Cousins by Peter Kelton, I knew I would read anything from this author, so I was just as eager to read The Yesterlings: Secrets Among the Wild Horses of Sable Island, and again...

Reminds Me of My Innocence: Amorous Adventures Among Kissing Cousins by Peter Kelton can best be described as absurd at times. The story follows two brothers and their female cousins who come into their lives and make for some pretty adventurous times. I have to...

Ellie Parker was living a happy life with her family, friends and her girlfriend. She had her whole future planned and was ready to take over her world as her final year of high school ended, but a tragedy ended it for her. She was...

Amira is trying to let go. Let him go. But the strings attached to first love are too strong to be traded in for a weak substitute. She tries, though, until she can try no more. When Amira’s estranged parents announce that they are going...

The Cellars and Ceilings of Summer: The Autobiography of Trance Medium Summer Bacon by Summer Bacon is a different kind of memoir that explores supernatural and spiritual themes in the author’s story and journey in understanding and accepting her unique gift. One of the most...

How Dare The Birds Sing: A Novel of Love and Fate by Marina Osipova is the story of a young Russian girl named Lyuba who finds herself in love with Gunter, a young German pilot. Gunter proposes to Lyuba but is taken away to Germany...

The Myths of Girlhood by Christine E. Ray is a poetry collection that revolves around the theme of womanhood and everything it entails. The Myths of Girlhood is a stark book in the sense that it portrays the woman not simply as the stereotypical gentle,...