"The Wildes of Murrell’s Inlet" by Gloria Spivey Flecker is a sequel to "North of Channing Street". Ten years after the marriage of Molly and Jeff, they are finally tired of the New York and Jersey scene. The hectic lifestyle is just getting too much...

Cade Corey is on a quest to find the best chocolate maker in Paris and persuade him to let Corey Chocolate company in the United States market his product. When Sylvian Marquis turns her down, she comes up with a plan to sneak into his...

When Coach Jack Stone slipped and sprained his foot, Ralph Ribbit volunteered to pick up the new track shirts for his son’s track team. He knew a lot of people were counting on him and he was running late. Everything seemed to be going wrong...

"The Busy Woman Cookbook" by Patty Gaynor is a working parent’s best friend in the kitchen. Ms Gaynor’s book is printed in a very large font making it easy to read. There are thirteen categories including the last one which is filled with hints. The...

Author Andrew Haywein, a long-time practicing physician with an abiding interest in human prehistory, has written "The Evolution of Human Sexual Privacy" with the subtitle "An objective Study of a Subjective Realm". He begins by stating in the preface to this learned study that the...

If you were born between 1946 and 1964, this is a must-read book for retirement planning. Intended for Baby Boomers, "The 7% Solution: You Can Afford a Comfortable Retirement" by John Graves is a practical, no-nonsense book which explains investments in a way in which...

Judith Flynn takes a few days off from running her famous (or is it infamous?) Hillside Manor Bed and Breakfast and heads to the mountain town of Little Bavaria with her cousin Renie. Judith has agreed to help staff the B&B booth during Little Bavaria's...

Tremont, Massachusetts, police officer Ben Grasso turns his cruiser into the parking lot of the Downtown Villa Motel. A young woman's bloody body is being carried out on a stretcher as Ben's fellow police officer Andy McGill is to be taken into custody. Undesirable local...

"The Death of Sweet Mister" by Daniel Woodrell is a well-written, entertaining but gloomy book. In it we meet Shug Akins, a thirteen year old overweight young man. He and his mother, Glenda, live rent free in a mobile home for taking care of the...

It's 1952 and the first setting for this story of an eccentric family and its assorted members is Pasadena, California, where the two oldest brothers have bought a home for their mother, sister and nephew. The nephew is Danny who is fourteen years old, a...

"The Mirror of N'de" by L,K. Malone is a beautifully written fantasy about childhood learning. In the community of Turris live privileged Oresed families and poverty-stricken Ramash families. But the impoverished families have a secret story about how they will some day be redeemed by...

Poppy Johnson, an exemplary, exceptional and a super-focused high school junior, is given the prestigious Denton Award. The full paid scholarship to Columbia University has been Poppy’s and her family’s dream ever since Poppy could remember. It is awarded only to one outstanding student. In...

"The Housekeeper's Son" by Christopher Loke is a compelling and, at times, complicated tale. Christopher Loke weaves quite a story involving Eleanor, hired as housekeeper, her son David, and the Cunningham family, Elizabeth, Katherine and Edmund. Add abuse, incest and murder, and you have the...

Ira Milligan who has served God since 1962 writes "The Master's Voice: A Practical Guide to Personal Ministry" for the deeply devoted Christian who is ready to minister to others. He admonishes the reader to only do "what God specifically moves you to do" (page...

Nicholas Benedict is not your ordinary young guy. At age nine, Nicholas is an orphan. He has an unfortunate and different nose, and he also has a rare and interesting condition called narcolepsy that gives him terrible nightmares and causes him to fall asleep at...

I recently had the opportunity to review "The Orphan King: Book 1 – Merlin’s Immortals" by Sigmund Brouwer. I have always been fascinated by the tales of Merlin, Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. While Arthur is not part of this tale and...

“The Gift of Nothing” written by Patrick McDonnell is a thought-provoking story for both children and adults alike and is now shared in an audio version that will be enjoyed by all! Mooch wants to get Earl a present for his birthday; however, Earl has...

Daniel “Red Tears” Patterson begins this story as an undersheriff in Stake Town, Arizona. The sheriff and the other men who work in the sheriff’s office alongside Patterson are white supremacists. A man of Navajo blood, Patterson works daily beside the men who, he is...

"The Wendigo of Camp Shasta" by Robert Apold takes an old Indian legend and brings it into modern life. It offers adventure, excitement and scary stuff at an exclusive summer camp for boys. However, the reader is more familiar with the workers at Camp Shasta...

"The Healing Powers of Coffee" by Cal Orey is just another example of her ability to integrate excellent research with wonderful personal stories and good science. The research on the healing properties themselves is something that will capture the interest of most people who tend...