The Bride’s Trunk by Ingrid Dixon is a remarkable story centering on a seemingly inconsequential piece of luggage, which actually contains a fascinating history. Beginning with the arrival of the author’s British father, Jim, coming to collect his German fiancée, Minny, in post-war Germany, the...

Zaneta Lucia Zorzi loves books. And not just any books. She loves reading books that will teach her about the laws of the natural world around her. As the only daughter of a prominent Venetian family in the seventeenth century, Zaneta Lucia is expected to...

The Nosferatu Chronicles: Origins by Susan Hamilton is a science fiction novel unlike any other. Having left their home planet of Vambiri in search of another planet capable of sustaining life, the Vambir find themselves on Earth in the 15th century. They accidentally stumble upon...

The Dybbuk Box is a supernatural horror novel written by Ane Ryan Walker. It was just a harmless pastime; an evening's forbidden entertainment that the young women indulged in for laughs and thrills. The Ouija Board had actually won them enough money to pay one...

Dr. Darnell Huntley has wonderfully personified that incurable thing that continuously takes so many of peoples' loved ones away from them in The Day Cancer Died: Myles' Dream, a Christian short story that takes the reader more or less twenty minutes out of their reading...

The Chocolate Labradoodle Caper (A Damien Dickens Mystery Book 3) by Phyllis Entis is a fabulous sleuth mystery set in the 1980s. On their slightly misrepresented honeymoon cruise, Damien and Millie befriend Barbara, a psychiatric nurse. Never expecting to see her after they disembark from...

The Santa Corner is a children’s book written by Jakie Rodriguez and illustrated by Bee L. Hannah. Meghyn and Gracie are the best of friends. Gracie has so many amazing toys to play with when Meghyn visits, but when Meghyn notices many of them...

A thousand years ago, the Menekarian Empire is responsible for ridding the world of sorcery using the Pure, their great paladins blessed by their god Ama. Since then, any sorcery will be forcefully purified or eliminated. Yet magic is rising again, as a young but...

The Back Doors of Fancy Places by Anderson Ryle is a fast paced, short thriller that tells the tale of a private investigator who shares his recent adventures with a mysterious lady outside a club. He relates a tale of a runaway caught in the...

If you’re looking for a lightweight, cosy read, don’t pick up The Warrior by Phillip Davidson. On the other hand, if you like books that challenge your beliefs and invite you to question life, morality, religion, duty, honour and man’s purpose here on earth, snap...

Have you ever wanted to grow your own organic vegetables? Do you lack the yard space, but want to enjoy fresh, homegrown veggies? The Simple Guide To Aquaponic Gardening: From Tiny Indoor Space To Lush Organic Garden by Augusta Sinclair is a step-by-step guide to...

The Adept by M.M. Bygrove is a mystical short story about a young Adept and his aspirations. Alios is an Adept at the Alchemist Academy. One day, as Alios is transcribing a copy of the Emerald Tablet for his students, he makes a startling discovery....

Millennials are quickly becoming the largest growing generation in the world, they are now what Baby Boomers once were; trend setters with their unique approach to life and its challenges. While Baby Boomers were more independent and focused on living the American dream, it has...

The Eeriness of Being Alone by Rosie Moore is the story of a little boy who has a scary experience one Halloween night. It was a cold fall night and a windstorm was developing near the old mansion at Scar Lake. It was a full...

The Hedgecock Friasko by Rick Hussey is a mystery novel set in Florida. When a runner is shot in a relatively safe neighborhood, Detectives Lucinda Cruz and Gus Michaelangelo McMurphy are baffled when they show up at the man's hospital room to find it empty....

A quest is only as good as the journey involved and the characters that make the journey. I was satisfied on both counts as I read The City of Arches: Sitnata Series Book 3 by Alisse Lee Goldenberg. The writing style and the characters kept...

“Welcome to The University of Corporeal and Ethereal Studies, where the mysteries of the universe are solved one class at a time. This dynamic citadel stands vigil over the town of Byndal from atop Mount Dareo, a beacon of discovery thrust up to the cosmos...

The Adventurer by Stephen Peeples is a great action story that plunges kids headlong into the world of reading. Written to encourage kids to pick up books, the story maintains a brisk pace as it follows young hero Owen Spar. A pugnacious little treasure-hunter, Owen...

In The Lies That Bind, Laureen Pittman explores the circumstances of her adoption. She feels compelled to find out and begins a search that spans decades. She writes a touching narrative, taking us on her quest for answers as she begins looking for her birth...

“'You’re adopted,' she said, quick as you like, and slapped her hands over her mouth. The words had barely reached my ears when everything went north of normal. Mam erupted into a shaking mess of tears. Dad recoiled with a feverish look to him; his...