Little Amelie likes to keep busy, especially at the village farm where she can help care for the animals and tend the gardens. She greets all the animals with enthusiasm, starting with the chicks, roosters, and pigs. But, when the babies come charging at her...

In Betrayal in Blue: Mamba Mysteries by C. R. Downing, former police Lieutenant Phil Mamba, now a private detective, teams up with select sources to create a list of drug traffickers. The police must use the list to launch a coordinated attack on the drug...

The richness of any language can be found in its words and in our sense of their meaning. In some cases, the messages are either encoded or simply too nuanced to be easily discerned if read casually. On occasion, meaning has been lost in the...

Fugue Devil: Resurgence is a collection of works of fiction in the horror subgenre. It is aimed at mature readers and was penned by author Stephen Mark Rainey. The collection contains twelve horror stories, including the classic Fugue Devil and its sequel, The Devil’s Eye....

What a fun ride I have had reading this time travel romance! It is a great mix between ancient Egyptian life and culture and the romance a woman from our twenty-first century. It is beautifully crafted to please historians and romance lovers of every age....

Where Did Grandpa Go? (Grandpa's Stories) by Mrs. D. is an amusing and adventurous book for young children. A young boy tells the story of how his Grandpa is always disappearing. It all starts when the boy's Grandma asks Grandpa to go to the ice...

Elissa Baker’s hair was a mess and her clothes were streaked with dirt from working in the garden. She had made a quick trip to the store, not taking time to clean up. Her car insurance was due and she needed to buy gas. Three...

In Luminous Nights, Michelle Hart takes readers on a journey in the future. Our mode of transportation is a mail freighter (space ship). Captain Rachel Waters’ task could be compared to the pony express or today’s mail carrier. Jack Luminous joins her on this flight....

Dead Guys Don’t Sin is a collection of poetry, prose and music by author Dawn R. Wolf along the theme of Christian devotional writing. Each work begins with a quote from the Bible, which is then followed by a short commentary by the author that...

My Dad's Beard by Zanib Mian is a delightfully charming story about a little boy's observation of beards. The little boy's dad has a prickly black beard. His uncle's and grandfather's beards are different. The beard tickles him when his dad kisses him. The beard...

Zanib Mian and Bill Bolton have written an absolutely adorable story in Oddsockosaurus. Most preschool and young elementary age children love dinosaurs. Mian and Bolton will draw in parents and young readers quickly and easily with the colorful, playful, and funny images within Oddsockosaurus. The...

For a collection of stories that stray delightfully off the beaten track of cookie cutter characters and plot lines without any roadside surprises, you can do a lot worse than venturing around inside Unpredictable Worlds: Stories by Jessica Knauss. While the stories are widely divergent,...

It Must Have Been You is a children's picture book written by Zanib Mian and illustrated by Fatima Mian. It's the story of a young girl who just keeps on getting into trouble. She's bored and hungry, so first she tries to reach the pie...

Stevie Turner's No Sex Please, I'm Menopausal! opens up in Lyn and Neil's marriage. Lyn is suffering through menopause and no longer has any interest in sex. Neil is less than understanding because he wants to be satisfied, even if Lyn doesn't. He begins an...

Lost Moon is a compelling work of fantasy fiction written for adults by author Dana Davis. Set across two worlds with magic, sorcery and plenty of drama, the story follows three female lead characters as their struggles merge and the hand of destiny plays its...

Heart of Time by Skye MacKinnon is the first book in the Ruined Heart series. Eona has always stood out with her naturally white hair and her ability to manipulate time, but she's found comfort in her life with the traveling family that found her...

Honey Butter is a lovely coming of age story by Millie Florence. Seven-year-old Jamie Johnson feels lonely and misunderstood at home. Her unhappiness is mainly caused by her big sister, Erica, who never misses a chance to pester her. When she meets thirteen-year-old Laren Lark,...

Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block by Kristy Burmeister was an eye-opening read. When Kristy begins getting stalked by a member of her church, she turns to the other members in hopes of getting help. You would think that being the pastor’s daughter would...

Martyrs al-Sabra by Dan M. Kalin is one of the best books I have ever read. What a remarkable thriller and what a talented writer! Let me begin by saying I usually avoid really long books, especially those involving politics and terrorism. So many of...

Sheriff Clay Finnes wasn’t sure what was happening in the normally sleepy community of Bulwark, Georgia. Outside of town, a foul-smelling green lake had appeared seemingly overnight and covered the road near J.B. Stratton’s cabin. Travelers in a Ford Fusion had attempted to drive through...