The Lost Queen (The Empyrical Tales) by Mark Miller takes off from where the first part ends. Zandria and Oleana discover a magic crystal which might help them find their missing mother, gone for six years. Zandria sets out with her friends to get back...

In the suspenseful romance novel Deception by Design, Isabella Hughes is a successful interior designer and owns a firm in Manhattan. A farm girl who hailed from Ohio, her past is left behind as she becomes a successful businesswoman with a great career and a...

The Lonely Lake Monster: The Imaginary Veterinary: Book 2 is written by Suzanne Selfors. This book contains adventure, comedy, excitement, magical creatures, and a creative, mysterious environment. You've heard of mystical creatures such as the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, and leprechauns in fairy tales and...

Whispers of Hope: A Journey to Success by Laura P. Jones is about Elijah who loses his mother. In the midst of the tragedy and his feuding family, he escapes and finds an adventure which changes his life and his thinking for the better. Though...

Mia Balducci dreams of having a big, loving family like her own big Italian brood in small town Massachusetts. As a teenager, Mia leaves Massachusetts for sunny Los Angeles and although for years it never feels like home, she eventually adjusts and makes her life...

Rough Drafts: Bumpy Writing is OK (Writing is a Process) (Volume 3) by Terri Kelley is the third part of the series on how to write a rough draft. A girl is watching a stormy night. She is putting down the words that come into...

In Ready to Die by Lisa Jackson, the fifth novel in the gritty Grizzly Falls series, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli return to track down a serial killer targeting the town's law enforcement. As the clock ticks and time runs out, the two women...

Looks like there's a new kind of Mad Cow Disease running around. Sure you want to eat that burger? Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi (Shipbreaker, The Drowned Cities) is an awesome, fast paced zombie/apocalypse yarn that tackles issues like racism, immigration, and factory farming...

My Dad Is A Great Man is written by Zehavit Tzarfati and illustrated by Mindy Liang. Within its pages you will find adventure, excitement, compassion, love, and the admirable characteristics of a father. A young boy is allowed to play in his dad's study. Filled...

Kerry Connelly's new novel lives up to its name and truly leaves you 'Shaken' to the core. The book itself is an interesting and captivating view of the author's own mind and self-perception. She goes on quite an emotional rampage, fluctuating from deep despair to...

The Newbie is written by Roderick J. Robison. The book is filled with lots of emotion and feelings such as sadness, happiness, hopelessness, shame, disappointment, joy, excitement, and awkwardness. As a student approaches a school that they have never attended before, they can become quite...

Martin Kee’s new novel, Bloom: Or, the unwritten memoir of Tennyson Middlebrook, is a horrific and fantastical story that will keep readers turning the pages for more. All that Tennyson Middlebrook knows and loves about his world is coming to an end. There are strange...

When you’re wondering how to find strength for the journey called life, remember God's Word and be encouraged. When you are encouraged, then take that encouraging word and share with someone else who needs a pick-me-up and breathe encouragement into their soul. Remember the time...

Editing: It's Time for Corrections (Writing is a Process) (Volume 4) by Terri Kelley is the fourth book in the series Writing is a Process. In this book, the author speaks about editing and how to make corrections in your writing. The young girl in...

Orphan’s Heart by Lori Crane is the life story of Ellen Rodgers. It is 1862 and Ellen is seven years old. Her mother has just died, leaving her, along with her brothers and sisters, to live with Aunt Mary. Ellen shares her feelings with us,...

Conferencing: Let's Talk it Over (Writing is a Process) (Volume 5) by Terri Kelley is about the requirements of conferencing while writing stories. There are several volumes to this beautiful series which deals with the many aspects of writing. This series introduces and guides children...

Queen Nzingha (The People's Queen) by Akua Agusi and Donnette Black is the biography of Queen Nzingha of Africa. Nzingha was the daughter of N'Dambi Kiluanji, the chief of Ngola. She was different from his other daughters. The ancestor priest told him that she would...

Melvin. . . bad, bad kitten! by Sannel Larson is an absolutely delightful book about the antics of Melvin the cat. The book is adorable and will remind you of the antics of the pets you have at home. You will start looking them in...

The Road Home is another in the Amish series by Patrick Craig. In this book, Jenny Springer is a young adult and intensely serious about trying to find her roots. She was adopted by an Amish couple after having been found in a snowstorm. Although...

Lisa Jackson has given readers a chilling story to ponder in her suspense novel, The Morning After. There are multiple murders and no one seems able to connect the dots in order to solve the mystery of people being buried alive, on top of rotting...