I confess, I am a mom and I do not know how to make pancakes. So when I saw Lucy Ravitch’s book, The Pancake Menu: Menu & Cookbook Hands-on Math Fun, I grabbed it in hopes of learning. I was not disappointed and am happy...

Reclaiming Wholeness: Letting Your Light Shine Even If You’re Afraid to Be Seen is a non-fiction spiritual/inspirational work written by Kimberlie Chenoweth. The author, a mentor and founder of The Wholeness Project, shares her story of her childhood and adult life to illustrate her own...

The Conspiracy of Silence by Augustine Sam is a political thriller. The body of a woman is found in a park in LA, a woman who has been brutally murdered. But who is she? When it comes to light who she is, everyone is...

In The Samoa Seduction by author Alan L. Moss, readers gain entry into the highly secretive world of the black market trade for a drug that, even though it is illegal and may be dangerous, many are desperate to get their hands on - a...

Be Mine by Isobelle Cate is the first novel I have read by this brilliantly talented writer. Her words create real people and places that pop right off the pages. Be Mine is a novel featuring a woman's loss and her journey in finding love...

Changing Light by Rebecca Stevenson is the heartbreaking yet heartwarming story of Faith Parker and Josh Whitehall. Faith Parker is the daughter of a preacher who decides to move to a small Maine town for a church that needs a new preacher. Faith's younger...

Destiny’s Plan is a romance novel by Victoria Saccenti and the first book in the Destiny’s Series. Set during the Vietnam war, the plot recounts the first meeting of Raquelita Muro and Matthew Buchanan just as he is about be recruited and sent off to...

If you're looking for another historical romance novel, then I suggest Mariel Grey's A Gentleman's Surrender. Monique Cathdon, sister to the current Duke of Glenhurst, is looking for a suitor before the Season is over. All seems lost until she meets Sir James Stanton. Everything...

Earthstains: Based on True Events by Greg Shepard revolves around the true story of two handsome young men in their twenties, George and Matt Kimes, who became famous for their sensational bank robberies. Their explosive careers grabbed the headlines and became news for the next...

When the first few pages of a book give you chills, you know you are in for an interesting read. Millee and Me is a photo-enhanced story of the author’s journey with a haunted Raggedy Ann doll. The true story begins with the purchase of...

In A Stone’s Throw by Debbie De Louise, librarian Alicia Fairmont has just lost her husband in a hit and run accident. Six months after the unfortunate incident, she travels from her home in Long Island to her husband’s hometown of Cobble Cove, New York,...

Truth is the second volume in Parker Sinclair's urban fantasy, The Alex Conner Chronicles. Alex has temporarily left San Diego to stay with her grandmother's best friend, Dana, who is a formidable mentor and trainer. Alex spends her days dodging, or at least attempting to...

Trust: The Alex Conner Chronicles, Book One is an urban fantasy written by Parker Sinclair. Alex Conner is a partner in a thriving party-planning business and loves the San Diego atmosphere where she lives, plays and works. She's quite at home with the late night...

I am a big Sherlock fan, not because of the BBC Sherlock, though I do love that incarnation as well. Sherlock Holmes is one of the few characters I can think of who have become archetypal figures in their own right, and in doing so...

Wow. Just wow! How’s that for a review? Well, that’s what I’ve got for the fantastic new novella by author Tamara Ferguson, Two Hearts Surrendered. Follow the story of Air Force pilot Luke Bryant and the lovely Kelly Callahan. Their meeting was certainly eventful as...

Guardian of Paradise by W.E. Lawrence is a historical romance set in the South Pacific, written in the style of an Indiana Jones movie script. We find our heroine Kira to be a whip toting, shorts wearing, pistol of a personality. An outsider herself as...

Beyond Embarrassment: Reclaiming Your Life with Neurogenic Bladder and Bowel by JoAnne Lake and 'bio-sleuth' Julia Parker is JoAnne’s honest and open story and her will to succeed in spite of having to face physical and medical challenges. JoAnne’s story will encourage medical practitioners to...

Bridge of Comprehension by Albert Mordechai is a powerful novel dealing with complex subjects. Anyone who wants to learn more about the Middle East should read this very important book. As I write this review, Donald Trump has made his statement about no Muslims being...

It can’t be easy to shape shift from dolphin to human, especially when the switch is interrupted with the threat of capture and a shark attack. That’s what happens to Katie as she begins her assignment with the transfer team after an abbreviated orientation in...

Save Blue Water’s beautiful and dedicated Dr. Libra Lewis is determined to find out what is causing increased aggression among the field ops shore shifters in Dangerous Tide: Dolphin Shore Shifters Book Three by C.J. Matthew. That puts Libra in direct contact with the handsome,...