The Seven Shades by Ravi Ranjan Goswami is a charming and educational collection of seven short stories reflecting Indian ideals of moral character. The basic tenets of Hindu mythology, as reflected in the seven sacred shades of Rama’s personality, are delightfully played out against social...

Andrew Eustace Anselmi's The Autumn Crush is an epic read that spans three generations of an Italian family. The story highlights the life of protagonist Guy Bennett, the son of an immigrant who has, up until this point, been the epitome of the American dream....

Mount Rainier had stood like a towering dormant sentinel, watching over the Puget Sound area for millennia. Then, on a clear September morning, something deep inside the heart of the sleeping volcano shifted. For the Brock family, and the millions of residents who lived in...

The Mystic High Adventures of Fannie Flame & Crew by Claudia Hagen introduces ballooning as a ‘form of flight where the destination is irrelevant and the journey is everything.’ How the author developed an instant liking of this costly game, what difficulties she had to...

The Sweetheart Deal is a lovely romance novel which portrays the relationship between Ellen Hamilton and John Adair. Ellen and John were romantically involved years ago; however, they broke up. She thought that he was only after her money as she was a principal shareholder...

The Magic Straw Hat by Karen Jonice Bricker is an exciting story that will take young readers on an adventure, along with Caitie Faye and her great-grandmother's straw hat. The story connects three generations of family and conveys the message of family bonding in a...

The Power of Feng Shui: Living Proof by Sophie Boswell is a helpful guide to the power of Feng Shui. The story spans several countries, from Sydney to Hawaii to New York and Dubai. This autobiography is inspirational for readers and will make them look...

The Unsure Male: Final Answer to All Questions Unanswered by author JT is a book on human evolution. Indeed, according to the subtitle, the book touches on “The future of life, of the human race too.” Right at the beginning, the book raises the question:...

The Laws of Attraction by Howard Reiss is a very insightful and quirky legal thriller following the trial in which the sons of the recently deceased 88-year-old Ben Everett are challenging his will, as he’s left his fortune (the whole $50 million of it) to...

There are spiritual forces at work beyond what we can see with our limited vision in the physical world. The Journal of Ezekiel Walker steps beyond the world of our physical vision to the world of spirits where the powers of darkness and the Prince...

Our modern world is full of almost as many opinions as there are people to express them. The twenty-first century is truly the age of the individual. This, says Edward F. Mrkvicka, Jr., is the seed of our destruction. Our obsession with self, says Mrkvicka,...

The Energy by Matthew Rasmusson is a tale of supernatural powers. Milo awakens on his 17th birthday after another strange dream. Coming out of the bathroom, he falls into a fit, something that he has not had for 5 years. He hears voices all around...

The Shadows is a science-fiction novel by Jordan Acker, set in a distant future version of the universe. The plot focuses on a universe that is post-conflict, after a corrupt force known as the Balithian government had faced defeat in the battle to destroy the...

The Spanish Club is a young adult coming of age novel written by Danielle Burnette. This summer's Spanish Club trip to Mexico is a bittersweet one for high school juniors Brianna and her best friend, Dana. Brianna is stunned and at a loss at the...

Somewhere in South Bohemia, around the 16th century, 16-year-old Talitha has been charged with witchcraft and shunned by her people and her own family. She escapes to the abandoned Cursed Lands, hoping to find her grandmother, who also received the same harsh treatment years ago....

In The Lives Between Us by author Theresa Rizzo, we are faced with the question: how far would we go to avenge the death of the one person we allowed ourselves to love? That is the exact question faced by our protagonist, reporter Skylar “Skye”...

The Authentic Sale by Rena Cohen-First is a book to show every woman that she can move from the supportive roles, considered more traditionally feminine, to the front lines in the sales force and flourish there. Based on the hierarchy of needs and other theories...

The Gift by Wanda Brunstetter took me on an amazing journey to Amish country, introducing me to characters that became friends as I read their stories. At twenty-five, Leah Mast is content to practice her gift of reflexology in her community to help others, but...

In author Richard Michael Cartmel's second installment of the Commander Truchaud series, The Charlemagne Connection, we find the intrepid policeman returning to his family's vineyard in the small French city of Nuis-Saint-Georges, where he's returned to care for his ailing father. While there, his Paris...

Almara has just turned twelve. That makes her special. For it is only a twelve-year-old who can help King Just reclaim the seven stolen treasures and restore them to the castle. He has asked Almara and her brother, Tommy, to find the stolen treasures, now...