You thought Cinderella's fairy godmother was cool? Just wait until you meet Nissa, fairy godmother extraordinaire. Well...sort of. Nissa is a recent graduate of fairy godmother school and has just been sent on her first assignment. She's ready to go and can't wait to bring...

New York, Phew York is a unique book from author Amber Jones. As the adult reads the book, the child can scratch the area in the circle and get a scent which resembles the odors of New York. The book itself is very colorful and...

The Adventure of I: A Journey to the Centre of Your Reality is not a quick or light read. Author Tania Kotsos was inspired to write this book by the inscription on the Ancient Temple of Apollo: "Know Thyself." The author stresses the need to...

If I could only use one word to describe Dream Weaver by Su Williams it would be SUPERB. Luckily I get to use more than one. Dream Weaver is an unusual tale, part fantasy, part paranormal, part romance, part horror and part supernatural. When you...

As Christianity and the Christian church watch their influence in America decline rapidly, Michael Whitworth uses the book of Daniel to show how the church should act during a time of exile which was similar to that which Daniel and the best and brightest of...

Trudy, Madly, Deeply (Working Stiffs Mystery Series), by Wendy Delaney, is a detective story featuring Charmaine Digby, a thirty-something divorcee who's moved back home, up to the Pacific Northwest. She's staying with her grandmother and working at her great-uncle's coffee shop. Char is ready for...

The Last Observer by G. Michael Vasey is compelling to say the least. He successfully manages to take every belief that you find solid and indisputable, and turns it on its head. Stanley is just an "Average Joe." He may be creative, but he's also...

It was when Demetria Alexander Grissett was diagnosed with multiple myeloma that she was lead to write and publish this book, In Sickness and In Health. This is a journal that will take you through her everyday life as she deals with this cancer of...

Who wouldn't like to go on a treasure hunt? Fifth-grade friends Silky and Sly discover a haunted ghost ship and buried treasure. Dr. Karen Hutchins Pirnot in The Ghost of Gasparilla: A Silky and Sly Adventure makes a children's dream come true. Silky, a curious...

Eleven-year-old Brody Boondoggle is walking in the woods with his hard-of-hearing Grammy when they discover an animal track of an Akaway – one of the rarest creatures in the universe that nobody has ever seen before. Before they can catch the animal, it bites Brody...

In Love Crazy, author Selby Fleming McPhee recalls the first time she read her father’s letter. She was 41 years old then. The letter evokes many emotions towards her father and her mother, who was angered by her father's decision to join the army during...

In Loving Andrew, Romy Wyllie tells the story of her Down syndrome son, Andrew James Wyllie, and also stories about Lindsay Yeager and Blair Rodriguez; both with the same condition. It is not only about how Romy and her family face the challenges of raising...

If It's Broken Don't Fix it - A Candid Look at our Complacent Education System by Sinhue Noriega is an interesting book dealing with the author's view point on the prevailing education system. He describes the system as broken and complacent. He calls the current...

Fox and Rabbit's Garden: A Tale of Rabbit-Less Stew written by Laurel Heger and illustrated by Monette Pangan is for young children, but could be enjoyed by readers of all ages. Although the characters are fictitious, the references to gardening and cooking are realistic. The...

When we first meet Sheila, the main character in Sheryn MacMunn's contemporary fiction novel, Finding Out, she's enduring the public humiliation of being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, in front of her neighbors, on the street outside their co-op building. Sheila is shocked to find...

Whispers of Hope: A Journey to Success by Laura P. Jones is about Elijah who loses his mother. In the midst of the tragedy and his feuding family, he escapes and finds an adventure which changes his life and his thinking for the better. Though...

Kerry Connelly's new novel lives up to its name and truly leaves you 'Shaken' to the core. The book itself is an interesting and captivating view of the author's own mind and self-perception. She goes on quite an emotional rampage, fluctuating from deep despair to...

Helga Returns - A James and Syvok Adventure by Wendy Nystrom is about the adventures of James for the second time. He finds a footprint and he asks his friends Syvok and Matthias to help him find out about the footprint. They discover that it...

After two years in the Afghanistan desert, lawyer Raam Commoner receives a welcome home with a series of killings that his boss, Viktor Viken, wants him to solve. The murders occurred on Viktor’s prized cruise ships, but nobody has associated the events with a serial...

Chicago Bound is a Jake McGreevy Novel by Sean Vogel. Jake and his best friend and rock-climbing companion, Ben, are on their way to Chicago to attend a performing arts camp during Christmas vacation. Going to Chicago brings some sadness and nostalgia for Jake, as...