Becoming a writer is one thing, but becoming a published author? It’s a lot of work and dedication. There are so many pitfalls and disappointments along the way. The main thing is that writers/authors must be dedicated to their craft, no matter what the critics...

Meticulously researched and comprehensively annotated, this volume of neglected Americana history, The Civil War Soldiers’ Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania 1864-1899, heavily illustrated with fascinating photographs, drawings, and period documents, is particularly well-attended to by its author Dr. O. David Gold. In a somewhat disingenuous introduction...

The Chronicles of Dan Lee O’Brien is a well-crafted collection of ably narrated stories written by David Jordan. These are defined and permeated by the profoundly fertile ground of Irish mythology in which they are immersed, with place names, gods and goddesses, and a wide...

Set in 1889, The Island of Worthy Boys is an historical novel by Connie Hertzberg Mayo. A Protestant boy named Charles befriends a Catholic boy named Aidan. Together they form more than a simple business partnership as little thieves in the streets of Boston; it's...

It all began with what sounded like the ramblings of an inventive, 10-year-old girl. Colin knew his little sister always came up with the most weird stories, but even for her this was a little too creative. While the two were admiring the clouds, Addy...

The Austrian: A War Criminal’s Story by Ellie Midwood opens with a short prologue entitled “Nuremberg prison, October 1946.” Ernst Kaltenbrunner, a former leader of the Austrian SS, has been tried by the International Military Tribunal and sentenced to hang. He is preparing to meet...

The Mod Code by Heidi Tankersley is about one girl and the twin brothers who love her. The only life Sage remembers is on her mother's farm in Kansas. Her best friend is Beckett. When her world is turned upside down, she learns she had...

In this spell-binding, electrically charged and heart-breaking memoir, The Philosopher’s Daughter, Jennifer Stace tells one of the most unbelievable, unforgettable stories a reader may ever have the privilege to encounter – the tale of an improbable, eccentric, ecstatic, tragic and incredible life, filled with cameos...

The Story of Lucius Cane by Vanya Ferreira is a tale of two men in London, both of different supernatural backgrounds, in the year 1794. Anne Hathborne is left to walk home alone from a ball when her assigned escort passes out drunk in a...

The Enigmatologist is a novel written by Ben Adams. Tired of the same old private investigative assignments which always ultimately bring unhappiness and divorce for the client, John Abernathy is relieved when the National Enquirer calls, offering a hefty sum if he can prove that...

The Chosen Knights is the second book in the Angel Knights series written by Mary Ting. In fourteenth century France, a member of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, rushes to the church when he sees the flames. Hoping to rescue Father Simon from the...

The Gingerbread Collection: Short Stories by Victor A. Davis immediately reveals the efforts of a master craftsman hard at work creating what appears to be an effortlessly produced, highly polished, perfectly edited, exquisitely written, fine tuned set of finished tales. Upon opening the book to...

The Sugar Ticket by Susan Jean Ricci is the story of twice divorced Cindy and Jay, in their fifties, their marriage and all the fun, dramas and traumas of their new lives together. A bit like middle aged adolescents in their approach to life, but...

The Last Season is an historical novel written by Robert Joseph. Lady Mary Ashmore's fancy has been set on Lord Andrew Buckford, the eldest son and heir of Lord Simon Buckford, for as long as she can remember. She's not at all pleased to hear...

The Conversion Prophecy by Michael Solomon is a brilliantly wrought thriller that masterfully handles very relevant themes, especially terrorism in its sleek and unpredictable form. The author writes about terrorism and power control, but he does so from a perspective that is unique and new,...

The Boy Next Door: Falling for You, Book 1 is a young adult coming of age novel written by Danielle Lee Zwissler. Keri was looking forward to a relaxed morning in her dorm room, watching a favorite show and eating chocolate chip cookies, when her...

My first impression of Robert Rapoza's The Vilcabamba Prophecy: A Nick Randall Novel was that it was trying to do Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, only better. Told in present day, the story succeeds on clearing that rather low bar and...

The short memoir The Night My Face Was Smashed In by Adam MacDonald was an interesting story filled with emotion. In this story, MacDonald tells about how he became an alcoholic and what eventually happened to make him become sober. This is a good story...

The Nest by Beatrix S. Tambunan is an illustrated children’s book about a family of birds. Two parent birds await the hatching of their baby and discuss moving into a bigger nest when the egg has hatched. Papa Bird initially tells Momma Bird that they...

The Little Turtle Who Flew by Barbara Lamping is an adorable story that is an adaption from an old myth and can be related to many cultures. The story teaches many moral ideas and values. Baby Bird stopped to talk to Sally Turtle one day...