The Eclipse of a Black Sun by Suzanne Cowles is a speculative fiction story that focuses on the mysterious deaths of people who appear to be extremely elderly, but the corpses may not be what they seem. Mixing elements of science fiction and fantasy together,...

If you like women's fiction, you'll love the latest from Wendy Wax. It's entitled The House on Mermaid Point and it takes off from Wax's previous novel, Ten Beach Road. It also stands alone in development, plot and in comprehension. Most of the characters from...

The North Pole Penguin is a children’s picture book by Christopher Payne. The story follows Parker Preston, a bright-spirited penguin whose only wish is to spread Christmas cheer everywhere he goes. After a very successful Christmas, Parker is so grateful to Santa Claus that he...

The Aurora Affair by author Carolyn Haley begins with hints of the paranormal. Madeline LaRue was on her way to answer the distress call of her identical twin sister Blanche in her 1966 Sunbeam Tiger. She is soon confronted by powers that she can only...

Jonas McCleary is thrilled to be hired as the detective in quiet Sand Bluff. There have been no murders or high crimes in twenty years and Jonas expects to have an easy and laid-back job. When a dead body is found three days after he...

Does your child have problems getting a haircut? Do you have to drag them, kicking and screaming, into the barbershop? Have no fear. The Hair Fairy by writer and mother Mamma Macs is the perfect solution to your problem. The story follows The Hair Fairy,...

The Osborne Legacy by Mark Cundy is a fun read that takes you on a treasure hunt spanning several continents. Michael Osborne, a British multimillionaire, is dying without heirs and wants to leave a million pounds to someone, a randomly selected stranger. Having worked hard...

The Catherine Wheel by Niya White is a compilation of three short stories. The first story is called, like the book, The Catherine Wheel. Mary Catherine Wheeler and her parents come to a small town with a strange ritual. Every November, they reenact the martyrdom...

This is a review of the audio version of The Farm by Tom Rob Smith. Dan must determine whether his mother has lost her mind or has stumbled onto a conspiracy to hide the murder of a young woman. When his mother shows up at...

This is a review of the audio version of The Matchmaker written by Elin Hilderbrand and read by Erin Bennett. This is the story of Dabney Kimball Beech, matchmaker extraordinaire. She had 42 'something good' matches to her credit. While her husband Box and her...

As I started The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, I didn’t have any idea of what it was really about. What I soon found out is that it is a celebration of the deep love between a man and a woman, beginning in their teens through...

If you’ve ever looked at a project you’ve completed and been unable to call it ‘amazing’ until someone else told you it was or you’ve never been able to give yourself a compliment until someone else does it first then you may need this book....

When The Black Lion begins we know that a man, who we later learn is called Sascha, is on the hunt. For sex or something else, we aren’t quite sure until he spots a beautiful woman from whom he can feed. But when he spots,...

The Keepers Files 1.5: A Holding Kate Series Book by LaDonna Cole follows multiple story lines as they relate to a group of teenagers who are part of Heartwork Village, a compound that specializes in time and space travel called “Jumps”. These teenagers are part...

The Carnivore’s Manifesto: Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat by Patrick Martins is a book guaranteed to make you think about where your food comes from. Did you know that every year, Americans eat more than 10 million livestock? Unfortunately, they are not raised...

The Fever by Megan Abbott is an expose of the way teenage girls' emotions tend to rule their thinking. This tale focuses on Gabby, Deenie and Lise, girlfriends at Dryden High. Lise has a seizure and ends up in the hospital. At school, rumors circulate...

In A Perpetual Mimicry by K.P. Ambroziak, Ani, a Fire Angel, is banished to earth where he must inhabit a mortal body. Gone are his beautiful wings and the star he called home. Upon arriving unceremoniously on earth and into a decaying body, Ani is...

The Seven Steps to Closure is a chick-lit contemporary novel written by Donna Joy Usher. Tara's still getting over her breakup with her ex, Jake, and she's just survived hitting the big 30. Her mom keeps bringing her psychologically damaged pets from the animal shelter,...

Brenda Whiteside has written a home run with The Art of Love and Murder. More than a simple romance, she interweaves an intriguing plot around the mystery of Lacy Dahl's mother. Whiteside takes it even a step further and leads you to wonder just...

The Oddity is a metaphysical/fantasy fiction novella written by Kat Hawthorne. A young man visits a witch to have his cards read. Each time he visits, another card is displayed, and the two discuss its meaning. At times, the young man wants to hit...