The Mad Monk’s Treasure (Southwest Treasure Hunters) by Kris Bock is a romantic suspense story. Erin is on the hunt for the Victorio Peak treasure, a lost treasure hidden by a heretic Spanish priest. Erin isn’t a bold and brash hunter; she’s just a quiet,...

Jeff Russell’s book The Dream Shelf is a story that made me want to get to know my parents better. Sam Archer’s father, Robert, suddenly dies. That is when Sam realizes he never really knew his father and his past. Sam then starts trying to...

The adventure in the Bytarend series continues with Simon Cantan’s The Bite of Minds. Separated into two novellas, The Bite of Monsters and The Bite of the Cult, and a short story, The Bite of Justice, Cantan maintains the eccentricity and humor of the world-building,...

In Simon Cantan’s The Bite of Death (Bytarend, Book 3), Tondbert’s past comes back to haunt him. The one who killed his father, now known as King Brandon Barke, has sent a deadly assassin, Murder Queen Lila Deadwhisper, to kill him. King Brandon even has...

To gain freedom for her beloved town, ex-mayor Jenni Styrm has declared herself Duchess. Under her rule, Bytarend keeps expanding as more people are coming to make the town their home. However, the news of her self-declaration has prompted Duke Hatchett to send Caedin Tegart...

Murder Queen Lila Deadwhisper, the deadliest assassin in the world, is the focus in Simon Cantan’s fifth installment in the Bytarend series, The Bite of Rust. We follow her beginnings, how she started her journey to become an elite Murder Queen. Four-year-old Lila is sent...

The Bite of a King (Book 6) by Simon Cantan wraps up the fantasy adventure of the Bytarend series. The King of Mognisio just marks every ruler from the Thief Kingdoms to Sqat for death. He’s bringing an army of twelve thousand to crush them...

Anna Stewart and her younger brother, Edward, are forced to leave their home in Columbia, South Carolina, after it is burned to the ground near the end of the Civil War in The Rancher Takes a Cook by Misty M. Beller. Living for a time...

The Year of Our Invasion by Margaret Pearce is an interesting science fiction story that starts with an invasion of Raven's village. The evil unleashed onto the village by the Black Duke only grows as his powers do. Raven is a herbalist and is...

The Exorcist’s Apprentice by Mark Lukens is very engaging and definitely a novel for supernatural and horror fans to savor. Paul Lambert is a descendant of a long line of Investigators for the Church, and he is only sent to the very worst cases of...

Whoa! Can you say epic read? Well, I can, and the title of that read is The Threat Below, Volume One of A Brathius History by author Jason Latshaw. Follow the story of 17–year-old Icelyn Brathius, part of a small group still alive, living at...

Wow! I just finished reading The Right Design by debut author Isabella Louise Anderson, and I must say, I simply loved it! Follow the story of interior designer Carrie Newman. She thinks her life is almost perfect, just waiting for the moment when she can...

In the newest book by author Suzanne Jenkins, The Liberation of Ravenna Morton, we are introduced to the titular Ravenna. A woman of Native American descent, she lives simply and quite like her ancestors before her. When the child of a child she had placed...

My stomach is still in a knot and my heart in my throat after I finished reading The House on Sunset, the incredible memoir by debut author Lindsay Fischer. Follow her journey through a difficult and abusive relationship, from near death at times to eventual...

The Flying Kite by Victor A. Davis is a story within a story. Parts of this story were inspired by true events. The author read a National Geographic magazine article about a man who planned to walk south from the South American Andes to the...

The Ties That Bleed by Jami Deise is the story of Diana, an ex-FBI/vampire hunter, who gives up her job to be with her family. She teaches new recruits how to kill vampires, but wishes she was back in the game. Juggling her work and...

The Teddy Bear Eye Club is a young adult coming of age novel written by Suzanne M. Hurley. Mayah is angry at the world. She was devastated when she learned that her mother was still alive when she gave her up for adoption as an...

Scott Alexander Young’s The Wild Cats of Piran chronicles the adventures of Felicia, an Oriental Shorthair cat who was born in Naples. It is also the story of Dragan, a Chartreux cat from Slovenia, as well as Beyza, Leopold, and the other wild cats that...

Love ghost stories? If you can't travel to this small town in Ohio, you can still hear about their hauntings in The Ghosts of Chagrin Falls by Julie Anne. As the author says, who would have thought a small Ohio village would have enough spirits...

The Peaceful Daughter's Guide to Separating From A Difficult Mother by Karen C.L. Anderson handles a difficult topic with grace and dignity. The author shares her story with her difficult mother and how she overcame being a victim and stood in her power. The tips,...