"I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am a soul that lives within." India Arie's words have never rung louder in my mind than when I was reading Crowning Glory: An Experiment in Self-Discovery Through Disguise by Stacy Harshman. Stacy's inner...

Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams - The Age of Obama and Beyond by Julius Bailey is a gorgeously written, exceedingly intelligent, impeccably nuanced polemic against the current state of race relations in America. Dr. Bailey includes a bibliographical reference list by chapter that securely establishes...

For I Will Be With You: Daily Reflections on Recovery From the Bible by Mr. Boruch Binyamin is a series of reflections from the first five books of the Bible, starting with Genesis and ending with Deuteronomy. It also starts from the first of January...

In Exonerated by S.A. Dymond, Ed Roletti is a police officer. One day he is on duty when a call comes over the radio about a murder scene. Ed double checks the address and then races over there. He knows this address! His younger sister,...

In author Cary Allen Stone's latest installment in his Jake Roberts series, After the Kill, readers will again be treated to a stellar thriller that will keep them engaged from the very first page all the way through until the end. When the story begins,...

Not since Animal Farm by the legendary George Orwell have I seen such an entertaining and astute use of animals to portray the foibles of people. Martin D. Rothery has created a book that is both funny and philosophical in Cows! Imagine for a minute...

Sheep is the precursor to Cows! Both books are by Martin D. Rothery. I read them out of order, but I can truly say I don’t think that it diminished my enjoyment of either. The point is not the plot so much as it is...

Set against the traditional environment of a Southern California town, a place where it is just normal to peep over the neighbor’s fence, Gag Rule by Edward A Dreyfus is a touching tale of a woman’s struggle to save her husband’s name and ultimately the...

Fractured Eden by Steven Gossington is a suspense thriller. Dr Rovsing has lost everything. Fired from a job he loves, attacked by the father of a patient, he finds himself moving on, having to start his life over again. A small town in East Texas...

World-Mart (Volume 1) by Leigh M. Lane takes place in a not so distant future - and some aspects are not even that far fetched. George and his family have to face some serious issues after his wife ends up in hospital after a suspected...

A Greek Odyssey by Tia Mitsis takes readers on an exotic journey through Greece and its stunning beauty, history, and landscape. Greece is famous for its beaches, islands, rugged mountains, greenery, tiny villages, the food, and its zest for life. Most visitors tend to frequent...

A Change of Heart by Mark Benjamin follows the story of Gabriel as he finds his way into the midst of a vampire war. The humans hate the vampires. The vampires have an internal fight for power. Gabriel just wants to get home without bullies...

What Women Want....Really! A Pocketbook Guide for Men by Kathryn Foster is a useful tool for all those men who want to have a successful relationship with a woman and build a history with her. The book reveals the top secrets of what a woman...

Shadow of the Coalition: The Two Towers Dystopian Science Fiction Romance series by Jamie A. Waters features headstrong Kayla, a ruin rat with ties to the tower and emerging abilities that make her a valuable commodity. As she struggles to manage both her love life...

"I" Can Relate by Wanda L. Scott is a devotional book about developing relationships in the right perspective: God first, then man. The author teaches the importance of self-evaluation using biblical principles and profound teachings as readers enter moments of "I can relate," or "I...

Order of Vespers by Elyse Reyes is a great young adult novel. What I found most fascinating was a protagonist with a split personality. Up until the moment I began a relationship with a woman who had this mental condition, I thought it was something...

Hannah Bradbury is the heroine in The Ugly Teapot: Book One: Hannah by Fred Holmes. Fourteen years old, Hannah has just lost her world-traveling, danger-provoking, death-defying, genius-inspired photographer father. She is devastated, as he was her hero. As compared to her terribly ordinary waitress mother,...

Tainted Love is the first book in the Lovestruck series written by Lane Hart. Tired of being alone after the breakup of her cheating boyfriend, Bryan Davis, 26-year-old Josie Carter and her best friend, Reagan, find themselves being read by psychic, Madam Tess, at a...

St. Matthew’s House: A Paranormal Romance Novella is written by C.P. Murphy. Young bride, TaShena, is shot dead on her wedding day by her abusive ex-boyfriend, Adam, before he turns the gun on himself immediately after seeing her lifeless body. After such a tragedy,...

Southern Passage by Jim Yonker is set in the 1960s and opens with 18-year-old Buster, who has just graduated from a high school in St. Louis, seeking employment during the summer months as he needs the income to subsidise his college tuition, which starts in...