The Forgotten King: Book Two of Korin’s Journal, by Brian Beam, takes you on Korin’s teenage coming-of-age story to find his adoptive parents, Mathual and Harriet Karell. Predictably, there are obstacles to overcome. Galius, an evil count of the city of Byweather, has summoned two...

The Clever Hen, by Saragine François, is a delightful and colorful tale for children. The book has beautiful drawings, full of bright colors and charm. The story teaches a great lesson about helping each other and being nice to everyone. Children will love to see...

Fans of David Baldacci will be thrilled with the return of one of their favorite characters, Will Robie, in The Hit. Robie is a professional killer working for the US government. His latest assignment is perhaps his toughest and most risky. He has been ordered...

The Lost Princess by Debbie Dadey is a tale of a mermaid who struggles to understand her role in the sea world. In the waters of Trident City, Shelly Siren grew up as a normal fry. Like most of her “merfriends,” Shelly liked to explore...

David the Englishman migrated to Mexico when a couple of friends invited him to manage their restaurant. After a visit to a clairvoyant and a long deliberation, he finally decided that he will go to Mexico and try it out. Many things happened to David...

As a young child afraid of the dark, Lazlo will not go down into his basement. But he cannot help avoiding the dark in his own home. The dark not only lives in the basement. Lazlo finds the dark in his own room, in the...

The Goodwill Vultures Club by Hugh Willard is about a fifth grade boy named Elton, whose dad is a ornithologist. The story includes domestic and wild animals. The plot is simple, and well-explored, teamed up with great characters to boot. This tale has many interesting...

The Adventures of Charlie and Kaylee by Terri Callsen is an adventure story about Charlie and Kaylee's hunting experiences. They are always learning skills that enhance their penchant for wilderness exploration and hunting. I enjoyed the book thoroughly because it is adventurous. I thought the...

The Ten Commandments: Ancient Words - Timeless Truth by J. Rodman Williams is an in-depth look at the Ten Commandments that will deepen one’s understanding of these timeless laws. The text from the Bible containing the Ten Commandments is shared at the beginning of the...

Bobby Valentine is sitting in a comfortable recliner, watching Fox News and feeling sleepy. His granddaughter Lynn comes in with espresso and doughnuts, and a lot of questions about a story from the previous day. Thus the novel The Starlight Club II, by Joe Corso,...

The Diary, by Edward Stambaugh and J. Conrad Stambaugh, provides an interesting theory regarding the discovery of a secret diary believed to have been written by Jesus of Nazareth. The story's protagonist, Dr. Nathan Forrester, disillusioned and discouraged with his field of psychotherapy, switches gears...

The Face of Fear, authored by R.J. Torbert, introduces the character of Ghost Face in Long Island, New York. The story mainly revolves around the perspectives of two detectives dealing with public fear and pressure to resolve a kidnapping. This incident occurred on the Cross...

The Silent Swan by Lex Keating is the story of a family of seven children fighting to stay together despite being thrown into the foster care system after the sudden deaths of their parents, one of whom was a major league baseball player. Tam Swann...

We begin The Portrait by Hazel Statham during the Spanish battle of Salamanca where a young Edward Thurston, Earl of Sinclair, was grievously injured by a cannonball. The only companionship he seeks when he returns to Fly Hall is that of a miniature portrait of...

The Apprentice by M.L. Hall is about Artamos De'spada and his trial mission with his mentor Adrian Rizzo and Black Knight Falita Kain. The mission is simple: escorting the king's betrothed safely from the Cromanian border to Caltania. This book, like any fantasy tale, takes you...

The Last Time by Elodie Parkes is a hot and romantic story about lonely Bethany Snow and actor Seth Carbery. The two meet on a movie set and fall head over heels in love. Seth Carbery had sworn to stay away from relationships and Bethany...

This is a review of the audio format of The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorsensen, read by Leslie Bellair. Callie was raped on her twelfth birthday by her brother’s best friend. Her personality changed; she started wearing baggy clothing, chopped her hair...

The Not Wholes by Giovanna Pezzulo is about an Italian teenager who has been castrated. The story deals with how a certain strata of the society accept him and how the rest do not. The backdrop of the story is a music conservatory in Italy. For...

The Romanian Connection by Richard Roche is a work of fiction that reads like non-fiction. I had to check more than once to make sure the author had correctly listed this book. The prologue hints at the intrigue that lies ahead. The setting is 1995;...

When we start Elodie Parkes’ The Winter Girl, we meet the winter girl, Lily, fresh from a painful breakup and new to the small town of Belvedere. Intending to take a break from men, from work, and from her old life, Lily was not expecting...