Cecile and The Treasures of Belamor by Marilyn F. Churchill offers children a delightful fairy tale. I was quickly reminded of the fairy tales I grew up with, tales of dragons that breathed fire, knights in their shining armor, unicorns with horns that sparkled, and...

Navigating Marital Abandonment written by Elizabeth Durkee is a soulful, emotional and personal journey that Beth has experienced first-hand and shares with other people also going through the same difficult situation. Beth speaks about the intense emotional hurt that is caused by an extra-marital...

I am no stranger to Jenny Cote's books. I have been on adventures with Max and Liz before, and I knew Jenny's new book, The Prophet, the Shepherd and the Star, was going to be another fantastic adventure. Jenny's books feature Max and Liz, a...

Sally Mann has written a heart-wrenching and factual accounting of childhood losses in her autobiography, Yearning. At a very young age, she was forced into a residential boarding school due to the mental illness of her father and her mother having to work full time...

Debra Hampton comes home excited about making plans for a permanent relationship with her live-in boyfriend Vincent, only to walk in on a heartbreaking surprise: Vincent in bed with the first woman who welcomed her to their neighborhood. She then finds out that the relationship...

Nightmare in Vegas by Aabra is a suspense thriller where the reader knows what has happened and how it happened but is kept involved to see how it is all going to end. As a young child growing up in the Amish community, Joanna Yoder...

Canadian author, Charmaine Hammond, and her husband, Christopher Alcock, loved their white German Shepherd, Dooks, and grieved losing him to death at an old age. Then, they found the picture of a happy, loving Chesapeake Bay Retriever on a website dedicated to rescuing animals....

The question upon which this story revolves is whether an unrepentant soul who dies unexpectedly and in mortal sin can be redeemed and accepted into Heaven. Durkee unfolds the story brilliantly, starting with the death of the main character, Samuel. Samuel hasn't focused his life...

Into The Lions Heart by Beth Trissel is a historical romance novelette that is sure to delight the fancy of those who read this genre. The story revolves around three main characters: Captain Dalton Evans; his best friend, Thomas Archer; and Dalton's distant cousin, Sophia...

"Does He Cheat" by Sterling Anderson and Stephanie Dart is a book about men who use statements to wives, girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends to hide their actions of being with another woman or man. This book mentions 50 signs of confessions from men that admit...

I always enjoy reading new books, especially by new authors. Every author needs the chance to have their work read and appreciated. When the opportunity arose to review a new book by a new author, I took the chance. I'm both happy and sad to...

"The Faberge Secret" by Stephanie Burkhart was a fabulous read. As the story unfolded with intrigue, Russians, and international travel, I could hardly wait to turn each page. And the intimate scenes were, let’s just say, very passionate! The story unfolds with mousy Elise,...

We all have a Goliath in our lives that we’d like to slay. Some of us have more than one. Kathryn Elizabeth Jones presents the story of Virginia Bean whose Goliaths are many and she takes the reader through a parable of how she learned...

There are books that will linger in the reader's mind forever and "Portrait of a Spy" is one of them! Gabriel Allon is both a master spy for Israeli intelligence and a restorer of art masterpieces, but now he is retired from his work at...

"The Liffey Flows On By" written by Niki Phillips is a well-written book with great characters spanning four generations. It is a saga of Irish brothers, their families and their friends starting in 1893 and ending in 1946. As the reader becomes acquainted with the...

During a hurricane, a mysterious stranger tells nearly 18 year old Yara to wish for him to take her somewhere safe. The next thing Yara knows is that she is waking up underwater, as a mermaid. In a world full of mythical creatures, Treygan, who...

A Pointed Death is a riveting read. The strong female personality in the person of Nola Billingsley provided mystery, action and wit in one neat little package. The story is set in San Francisco and describes the city so beautifully that one is literally transported...

Homer lives alone on a farm outside Hendersonville, North Carolina. He is delighted when Jeremiah Perry comes to him looking for work. Jeremiah is a good worker and even helps Homer renovate his farmhouse, but sometimes Jeremiah drives away in his truck for several days...

‘Economics’ takes the reader into the curious and perplexing theory of human behavior within the context of a capitalist social matrix. The discussion rages from exploring selfish and selfless behavior, and why the Global Financial Crisis was not all bad, to how McDonald’s cheap meals...

After the brutal murder of her family, 17 year old Maryah moves to Sedona to live with her god parents who hide a secret - they are perpetually reincarnated souls with supernatural gifts who have chosen to live all of their lives together. Maryah is...