With social media usage on the rise and so many apps, tools and other forms of communication available, The Brevity of Twit by K.D. Rose fits right into the scheme of things. With Twitter being an abbreviated form of communication bites of 140 characters, The...

In Angela Castillo’s The River Girl’s Song, the reader experiences the vulnerability of 1880s Bastrop, Texas. Sixteen-year-old Zillia Bright is abandoned with her baby brother on the family farm. The reader’s heart will ache for the lifestyle of poverty and backbreaking work endured by this...

The Creature Behind You by Sam Kuban is quite an exciting read that will make young readers wonder about the noises they hear and the shadows they see. The creature follows behind as you creep down the stairs and its voice is the creaking of...

The Acheron Deception by Patrick F. Rooney is the story of Mikhail Volkov, who, utilizing the calamitous breakup of the Soviet Union, creates an altogether different scenario - stealing nuclear weapons from a Russian test facility. It is also the story of Sean McGowan, a...

The Unforgiven is a work of epic fantasy by A. Katie Rose, set in a world of warring kings, prophecies, gods and magic. Our trio of central characters shares the same goal, but for different purposes: recover the child of prophecy, the one said to...

The Lopsided Christmas Cake by Wanda E. and Jean Brunstetter is centered on Amish girls Elma and Thelma, twin sisters, who have just inherited their grandparents' home and country store. The girls leave behind their mother and father’s home and learn to live on their...

The Last Cigarette: Five Steps to Quitting for Good by Carol Savoie attacks the issues of giving up smoking in an intuitive way. Step one, Carol explains is to find for yourself a really big reason to quit, the bigger, the better. The next step...

TE Scott’s The Song Journey is a fascinating and well-written story about the unique transformative power of music that transports the heroine into past events. Julia MacAllistair, with her talent for singing, is the image of her great-grandmother Jules MacAllistair - a famous singer who...

In The Magic Quilt, a children’s book by Katie Sokolic, Toby receives a handmade quilt that his mom made for his birthday. While enjoying it and playing with it, he soon realizes that his new quilt has magical powers. He finds himself on unexpected adventures...

What does it mean to be a friend? To have a friend? Cat is about to find out in The New Cat by Patrick S. Stemp. All of her life, Cat has enjoyed her family, her home and all of the good things she has...

The Dreaddrac host is coming and King Saxthor and his allies must consolidate their forces and prepare for the impending bloodbath. They must anticipate and counter the Dreaddrac King's moves, all while shoring up their own defenses in order to have the tiniest of hope...

War is in full swing in Powteros, and Saxthor and his allies struggle to defend their kingdoms against the might of the Dread Lord. Death and destruction strike commoner and nobles alike and the entire world will never be the same after the Powterosian War. The...

In The Carrizo Conundrum by Rod Lewin, Blaine and Beyer are out for a little fishing when a mystery literally falls into their lap. A plane flies low over their secluded lake and something falls from it. It doesn’t take long for Blaine to realize...

The Camouflaged Heart by Susie Guckin is about her journey into an accident, moving through recovery, and the long path to come out of it that demanded dedication and perseverance. It begins with a brief background of the traumatic happenings, describes the medical attention she...

The Black and White Ball is a captivating animal fable for beginning readers. Owen Roberts has a splendid gift for creating likable anthropomorphic bird characters who echo the real personalities children see in the world around them. The Black and White Ball’s laid-back, simple style...

The dating game can send an otherwise fearless man cowering at the prospect of actually ‘talking’ to a woman and asking her to go out with him. All is not lost, however. To start you off, H. Darren Porter and Brad Kersey in The Dating...

As parents we often develop a special bonding situation or tradition with our children. Some last a short time and some last years, but we secretly hope they last a lifetime. A father and his young daughter shared quality time together every day when they...

The Flying Guy by John Baraniak is a lighthearted coming-of-age story that chronicles the life of a boy who is born with the ability to fly. From the moment of his parents’ first startled realization of David Anderson's fantastical abilities, the greatest preoccupation in the...

The Spanish Patriot: A Novel by Nicky Penttila is a historical fiction novel that adds a dash of romance into the mix of incredible settings and story. The story begins in 1808 in Corunna, Spain. The Wakefields are an American loyalist refugee family who...

The Horse Girl by Sharon Ward-Keeble is a true story. Beverli Rhodes was one of the victims of the London Tube Bombings on 7/7/2005. She suffered some terrible injuries, but perhaps the worst one of all was a return of the flashbacks of her early...