The Fractured Earth (Apocalypse Makers Book 1) by Matt Hart is an entertaining and provocative novel about the apocalypse and humanity falling to its knees in an instant. We start with Erin and Mark in separate situations at the beginning when an EMP goes off,...

The Story of Eidolon by Jenessa Gayheart is a young adult science fiction that reads like a mysterious ghost story. Hickory Stevens lives in a world called Porla, which was rebuilt by a few survivors after the end of the world. The Council calls the...

I must admit, I am a part of that demographic that the NFL seems to be highly covetous of. The focus of many marketing dollars, special colored jerseys, even encouraging the league to recognize breast cancer awareness month in October of every year by having...

The Christmas Cat by Peter Scottsdale is a heartwarming short story. When Fred finds a kitten on his doorstep on a cold Christmas Eve, he decides to take her in. The presence of the cat then reminds him that he does not need to be...

Wow! That's the first word that popped into my mind after I finished reading The Errant Flock, the newest book by author Jana Petken. In an absolute thrill ride of a piece of grand historical fiction, the story follows four unique men in Spain in...

An absolutely delightful and fun read by author Angelina Goode, The Average Girl was truly one of the best books I've read this summer. Follow the story of protagonist Olivia Fowler as she builds up her unique business. She orchestrates meetings with her clients, average...

The Fox Forest Band by Lisa E Lindman is a cute story about friends working together to stop an evil wizard from ruining their home. When fog starts to descend on the forest, the animals have to come up with a plan to stop it....

The GOD Soliloquy by Gopi Menon begins with provoking questions: What if everything we have been told about the world and about God is wrong? If we are to consider that all holy books were written at a time when people were ignorant about the...

The Voice of Thunder by Raina Kadavil is a young adult fantasy that knows no boundaries. Zaara is an Asteirian princess who is dissatisfied with the dull life she expects to continually live. When Jay Sattler offers her an amazing proposition, she jumps at the...

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...