Widow's Walk is a well-written, heart wrenching story that deals philosophically, but not tediously, with thoughts about God and human goodness. Mary Flanagan, born Mary Riley in Ireland, is a devout Roman Catholic. Her husband Sean is dead; her son Sean is a home-bound quadriplegic...

Skye the Troll and other Fairy Tales for Children is a collection of short fairy tales and poems for young children. I love how each is broken down into different stories, so you can pick different ones to read each night to your child....

Hour of The Beast by C. Michael Forsyth is a fast paced thriller. It follows the story of Elaine, who suffers at the hands of the beast one evening in the woods. She later gives birth to twin sons: Jason who is small, frail and...

Soul and Shadow is the story of Amisihathor, a songstress in the temple of Hathor who, though she was buried along with her husband in his tomb, was in love with another. As Lily Evans, a research assistant views the exhibit of Amisihathor, she meets...

J. H. Bográn spins an exciting, multi-level thriller in which pilot Bill Porter, a widower with a child, loses everything that he loves in his downward alcoholic spiral. Devising a plan to hijack a plane, he starts a series of events that affect many lives:...

I would hate to get into a verbal altercation with Wanda Morrow Clevenger because I think that her knife-sharp wit would kill me. Her last name amuses me because she is indeed a clever Clevenger. Sure, you can start reading this book the old fashioned...

"Pancardi's Pride" by Ron Clooney is an outstanding mystery novel that will appeal to would-be detectives in all walks of life. In the Palazzo Piti in Florence, Italy, lies a fortune in money and jewels. The problem is how to get it out. Enter a...

Did you ever wonder what if . . . I could live my life over again and know what I know now? Andrew gets his chance in “Remember Me” by Brian MacLearn. The date is May 22, 2010, the place is Amy and Andrew Johnson’s...

"Remnant" consists of 3 stories, each of which could be titled "Remnant". The first, and the longest, story was 'All the Fallen Angels', a futuristic glimpse of a vacation resort planet, renowned for the innate sense of euphoria experienced by all who visit it. However,...

Always enjoying stories about second chances, I was eager to read Hazel Cotton’s “Second Chance.” Amber and Jack hit it off from the start, each having the same strong attraction for each other. But Amber’s parents didn’t like Jake from the start and demanded early...

"Hollowing Screams" is one of those rare books which are difficult to put down before finishing. The action takes place in a 'typical' small town, peopled with 'typical' small town residents. Having myself lived in small towns for almost 25 years, I felt I knew...

"Oddities & Entities" by Roland Allnach, categorized as horror fiction, is unlike any other horror fiction I have ever encountered. The book is comprised of 5 stories, each of which is written a cut above the norm. There are no recognizable monsters in these stories,...

For pediatric surgeon Elizabeth Finch, life is not always perfect, and throws its punches hard, sometimes because of the choices she makes, but sometimes it just happens. We start following Liz’s story when she finds out that her daughter has been shot. And we continue...

Growing up in Poughkeepsie, New York, Clarice Martin, better known as Reece, has a vision of a large hand on her bedroom window when she is only seven years old. A few years later in 1991, she finds herself passed out on a sidewalk outside...

Alec Westwood was recruited by an organization as a hired assassin. He was 19 at the time and when it became time for his first kill he could not do it. Alec then dedicated his life to saving others by becoming a doctor. Lena Benson...

The collection of poems "Responsorials" by Rich Follett and Constance Stadler demonstrates a very strong sense of poetic maturity in both poets involved. The combined effort of the poets try to trace the subtle shades of diversified complexities related to human existence. The topic itself...

"Silence, Inhabited" by Rich Follett contains poems which are like aching nerves, exposed to the reader. The poems are highly autobiographical and deal with a common but less controversial theme: childhood sexual abuse. Having been a pathetic victim of abuse in his childhood, Follett is...

Our story began in Australia in the year 1984. Adam Henderson was a sophomore in high school. Roxley was a bully and Adam was his target. The abuse went from verbal, to a push, to a beating where he was stripped naked and left tied...

"Taken by Terror" is a cozy mystery. PB LaSalle introduces readers to the citizens of TerraCove. TerraCove is a small quaint community located on the Gulf side of Florida. Real Estate agent Peter was obviously in love with the widow Nora although she seemed oblivious...

“The premise of 'The Broken Gift' is: The rigorous approach of science and a careful and equally rigorous analysis of Genesis produce the same events and timelines for the appearance and early history of humanity.” Author, Daniel Friedmann begins his book by defining Science and...