January River is a work of fiction penned in the literary style by author Bernard Jan. Focusing on central themes of family, friendships, and secrets that we hold deep, this work is aimed at mature readers and packs a real emotional punch. The central protagonist...

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...

In Kevin Killiany’s sci-fi novel, Down to Dirt, Mom and Dad have decreed that daughter Mara, born in space, must spend her vacation with relatives on Dirt (that would be the future planet Earth). Mara, her cousin Beth, and best friend Jael tell the story...

Journey to Colonus, a stupendous novel by Franklin Debrot, is accessible to readers on every level: plotting, character development and revelation, dialogue that is authentic in every way, an empathy for racial and personality differentiation that leaves one wondering about the author’s own, and prose...

Baby Moo’s Great Escape is a children’s book written and illustrated by Julie Flanders. Baby Moo is a young bull who lives with many animals at Sunrise Sanctuary in Marysville. Baby Moo’s favorite hobbies are to sing and to read travel magazines. When he sees...

In this day and age of widespread duplication, especially in literary subject matter, and most especially in the area of spiritual learning and near-death experiences, a book such as One Woman’s Miracle by Sylvia L. Martin requires three things from its author: absolute honesty, non-exaggeration,...

Fossils: Viagra, Snuff, and Rock and Roll by Robert A. Webster is a brilliantly written rockumentary story about four senior citizens that meet in a retirement home. When Charles loses his wife, he and his grand piano are placed in a retirement home. On his...

Lucy’s Web: 6 Short Stories About Staying Safe Online by Charles Conway is a book of short stories in which Lucy is learning to use the internet. The book tells readers how to use the internet safely through the stories of eleven-year-old Lucy, and how...

Goodbye, Rudy Kazoody by A.A. Freda is powerful, lyrical, and heartwarming — but the story will break the reader’s heart more than once. Set against the backdrop of a revolutionary New York Bronx neighborhood, this mystery narrates the life of Joey, an emigrant from an...

Finding Claire is a contemporary romantic suspense novel written by Pamela Humphrey. She didn't know her name nor she did remember anything except the nightmare of regaining consciousness in the back of a van, of being bound and then imprisoned in a disgusting and stinking...

A Truly Successful Life: Ten Principles for a Life of Meaning and Purpose by Douglas Tanner consists of musings from the trenches of life, and presents a redefinition of success as something more than material abundance or professional accomplishments. The author shares it as ten...

Dynasty of Deceit by Sarah Stuart is a sizzling romance with well-sculpted characters, intense passion, and fast-paced action. It’s the last book in the Royal Command trilogy, a story that will appeal to readers who want their romance punctuated with sex, incest and intrigue, but...

Spring Raine (Paradise Pines Series) by Delia Latham is a powerful Christian romance that delivers a whole lot more than romance; it offers wisdom and encouragement throughout. The growing affection between Raine and Declan is touching and tender and is a well designed plot that...

Beyond Every Mirror: Anachronistic Dimensions Book 1 by Christine Church is the story of a man and how his life is affected by his reflection and what he sees in the mirror. Only his reflection in mirrors reveals something far more sinister than you can...

In Summer Dreams by Delia Latham (Paradise Pines Series), Summer Callihan reluctantly accompanies her spoiled cousin, Deah, to Paradise Pines where she plans to work on her book while Deah plays. After a writing session on the beach, Summer wades into the water and curls...

Hello, Baby by Delia Latham is a tender and yet powerful romance where uncertainty and unbelief are both dispelled by an unexpected glimpse at the usually unseen. Dawni Manors has recently moved to Angel Falls, where, if you believe the stories, both love and angels...

Hitch Your Wagon to a Star by Terri W. Majors is a beautiful and compelling biography, set against the backdrop of the turbulent years of the 1920s, a period that witnessed the rising oil market, the Great Depression, the aftermath of the First World War,...

Revenge is sweet and that is especially true when the cause of so much mayhem is the best-selling sweet treat Chocolate Moons. Molly ‘Marbles’ Summers is a plus sized security guard at the Culinary Institute, home of Candy Universe, where some boys are poisoned by...

Children of Eden by Michael Beeney takes us into the world of Harry Lester from London. Harry, like many others, took part in visiting unregulated infertility clinics when he was a medical student. Harry easily donated his genetic material to allow couples who were infertile...

Alan May has written a political thriller pertinent to today’s news and events (as I write this review in Dec 2016). The basic premise of Article XII revolves around the Electoral College and its power to confirm or deny the results of a presidential election....