Bewitched Moon: Emergence by C. R. Stephens is a fantastic debut novel. Samantha Luna Thorp is a twenty-year-old witchy yoga instructor with a profound connection to the moon. For Samantha, moon rituals are always a must, but right now, she craves clarity and inner peace...

Pleasant Dreams, Sweet Puppies! by Linda J. Trust reminds children that there are puppies of all different sizes, shapes, and colors. There are big puppies, small puppies, and even tall puppies. There are puppies with floppy ears that bounce when they run “and others have...

Hector and Heloise in Paris by R. Janet Walraven relates the story of two hedgehogs that go to the Louvre in Paris, France, to see the artworks on display. They visit the Mona Lisa and The Great Sphinx of Tanis. Tired after the day’s activities,...

Finger of Land on an Old Man’s Hand: Adventures in Mexico's Baja Wilderness by Earl Vincent de Berge is a personal adventure in the Mexican state of Baja California between the years 1962 and 1964. Back in the day, Baja California was a challenging area...

Orphans of Avalon is the first entry in the DY51v Series by D.G. Pearse, a gorgeous offering that melds post-apocalyptic elements with the paranormal to create an unforgettable read. The setting is in 2330 when science has experienced tremendous growth while the political landscape is...

Ancilla is the first book in a trilogy by Sera Maddox Drake. After a religiously constrained childhood, a young woman begins experimenting with sex and learns that she enjoys a wide range of partners and activities. With each lover, she becomes less inhibited during the...

Letting Go of September by Sandra J. Jackson is a thriller that explores the intersecting lives of Garrett Emerson and Elizabeth Parsons. A year after his wife leaves him, Garrett struggles with loneliness and a sense of unease, prompting him to reconnect with an old...

Discovery of Geminus by Neil Orint is an all-age fantasy that revolves around fifteen-year-old Henry Brooks, who discovers Geminus, a magical twin world to Earth, in a vision. He travels there with his friends Kate, Max, and his dog Rocky, but accidentally reveals its secrets...

Joan Donaldson crafts Lizzie and William’s love story beautifully in Ae Fond Kiss: Love Blossoms in Tennessee, a remarkable, hope-filled romance novel set in a close-knit community in the Appalachian Mountains. Following the death of her fiancé, Lizzie Walker wrestles with despair that almost overwhelms...

Noah Zark: What Do You Do When Your House Is a Zoo? by Susan Polk Van Dusen is a delightful rhyming picture book for young readers who love animals. Like many young children, Noah prefers animal friends to human ones. Unlike most children, though, his...

This setting is Georgia, 1856. Cain and Olivia Breedlove buried their father a couple of weeks earlier. At the reading of the will a stipulation is placed on Olivia. She must marry within six months to a man of upstanding character and financially well off or...

I love historical books that take place during the Civil War Era, this book did not disappoint me. This book contains steamy scenes and graphic language. The characters make this book. Sophia, Gavin and Jesse have been friends since childhood. Jesse and Sophia have been pledged...

It was the early 1960's; Glen Keener had just graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Asian Studies. The former soldier was quickly hired by the US Army as a civilian in the Intelligence Branch. Glen, Peggy and their two children...

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...

Aurelia first saw the man at her grandfather’s funeral. The little man had the audacity to dance a jig on her grandfather’s fresh grave. Seavus was a fairy that sometimes granted wishes. Fourteen year old Aurelia wished to be twenty-one. Seavus counseled her that the...

We all have dreams but we do not all fulfill them. In "More Faster Backwards: Rebuilding David B" by Christine Smith, the readers take a journey with Christine and Jeffrey Smith as they capture their dream. From the moment the young couple stepped foot...

Greywood Hall is the setting for Nancy Jardine's romance novel, "Monogamy Twist," and this is the place where secrets and history are discovered and sorted out and love is found. From the very first time they see each other, there is attraction and chemistry between...

Max Sawyer meets the young girl who steals his heart, his best friend’s sister. The kiss would never be forgotten, and he knows her by the letters she wrote. Max restores old historical buildings making them into resorts, and he has just purchased an old...

A government official gets a strange request. Will he secretly meet with a representative of a foreign power? Intrigued, he sets up a meeting. Only this is a meeting unlike anything he could ever have imagined. The representative tells him he has traveled over 24...

Beautiful, hand-drawn images of Japan, of both the nature and the people thereof, are shown throughout the pages of this book. These images depict the giant tsunami which occurred in 2011 as well as people going through their daily lives in the different prefectures of...