The short story continues alive and well, and Tales 2 Inspire: The Diamond Collection is living proof. Editor and author Lois Stern - with Stan Cupery M.D. and Tom Eliopoulos - has compiled twenty-three award winning stories from previous collections, and has presented to readers...

Ignite The Spark: 7 Strategies For Mature Women For Reinventing Your Relationship and Reigniting Your Passion by Gina Mitchell is an insightful guide to relationship growth. In nine detailed and informative chapters, Mitchell explains - with client examples - the rules and techniques used by...

Jesper Jinx and the Turkish Pepper by Marko Kitti is full of wit and whimsical adventures of Jesper Jinx, an average eleven-year-old boy who dislikes cleaning his room, but loves getting into spats with his twelve-year-old sister, and always seems to be bored. His boredom...

Out from the Underworld by Heather Siegel is a memoir detailing her early years living with an irresponsible father, after the disappearance of an idolized mother. She and two siblings, Jaz and Greg, live alternately with their father in the basement of his parents’ home,...

Clive the Clever Crow by Sandra Novello is a charming and adorable story for kids. Clive the crow lives near a school. Clive likes all the food that is left out for him to eat. He finds it delicious and yummy. He flies around to...

Tessa Howard survived a horrific car crash, although her parents did not. Everyone thought that it was a miracle because she suffered no injuries at all, despite the car being crushed beyond recognition under the trailer of a truck that had jack-knifed across the road...

Freddy Fumple and the Mindmonsters is a fantasy for preteens and children of all ages written by Vegard Svingen. Freddy and his family have left the city and are moving to the country, where his parents have both found jobs. On their way to the...

Shattered by the Wars: But Sustained by Love by Hi-Dong Chai is the story a Korean boy tells in his own words of his childhood at the time of World War II, the Korean War, communism and associated turbulence. The disturbances in his life are...

In Murder in Paradise by authors Larry K. and Lorna Collins, we find ourselves in the middle of a murder mystery in one of the most beautiful settings in the world, Hawaii. Our protagonist, Agape Jones, a retired detective from the NYPD, never thought he’d...

Murder in Murloo (Dusty Kent Mysteries Book 1) by Brigid George is a murder mystery. Dusty Kent is an author who investigates mysteries, particularly cold cases. A year after a woman was strangled in Murloo, the family are still no closer to knowing who killed...

Alex in Femiland by Gonzalo Munevar is a novel following the stories of two college professors, Raul and Alex. Both coming from very high educational and familial backgrounds, they come to the Sound College to pursue their needs and desires. While at the Sound College,...

Ollie the Orca (Bubba and Buddies TM), written by Laura Maw and with artwork by Mike Motz, is the story of a dolphin called Bubba who is casually swimming around when he hears a strange noise and goes to investigate. He comes across Ollie the...

Iwogs Adventures in Bully Blues by Susan Marie Murdoch is a story that speaks about the relevant topic of bullying and makes young readers more aware of the issue. The Iwogs live within the roots of the great cypress tree, deep beneath Sweetwater pond. Corky...

OK, full disclosure here. I am not a Cubs fan. And I mean, really not a Cubs fan. So when I picked up Killing the Curse by Dennis Hetzel, I wasn’t sure if I would like it, just because it follows the team through the...

Acclaimed author Dr. Ivan Figueroa-Otero has done it again – after the success of his self-published first book, Spirituality 101, he has reinvented and updated his concepts in Spirituality 1.2: For The Disconnected from the School of Life, this time intended for the “tekkie” and...

Flying With The Enemy: Memoir of a Young Cadet by Oleg V. Okševski and George O. Okshewsky is an epic of a memoir, the most significant part beginning with Hitler’s attack on Yugoslavia and how the difference between Serbs and Croats played out. In 1942,...

Left Across the Border by Patrice Foster is an enlightening read for everyone as it deals openly and honestly with the reasons, dangers, and symptoms of depression. A 14-year-old Mexican girl leaves her family home to start a new life in America. The dream is...

In author Michael Fulkerson’s Mercy in America, we find ourselves following the protagonist, Lane, as he embarks on a mission at the age of twelve from Joppa to find his father. The year is 1734 and Lane encounters many struggles during his quest, including slave...

I found A Spirit in Motion by Aaron J Schieding to be quite an interesting read. This non-fiction book investigates the notion of the human soul and afterlife beliefs. The book was broken into several chapters, each with their own specialised sub-topics, ranging from origins...

Set the Sky on Fire is an exceptionally well written young adult paranormal adventure tale. This exciting novel by Louise Walker starts in Seattle, Washington, in the year 1892, but the action swiftly moves to Christchurch, New Zealand, of our time. There are two sets...