In Creek House by Renna Olsen, Katherine Mitchell moves to Wind Valley with her young son, Danny, after her husband was tragically killed. She soon questions whether she made the right decision when strange and mysterious things begin happening at their new home that is...

Water is no longer blue, it's black and it's dangerous. Not only is it dangerous, but it covers most of the world. The world is inhabited by humans and those they call the Sundered. The Sundered come from the water, but can be controlled by...

As a HUGE steampunk fan, I was thrilled when I got a chance to read The Lotus Effect, the first book in the Rise of the Ardent series by Bridget Ladd. Lily Emmerson is the daughter of two of the most important leaders of her...

The year is 1837 and twenty-two-year-old Amanda Pearson is one day away from marrying Nathan Lane. When he breaks the engagement, telling her that he is in love with her best friend, Amanda realizes that she can no longer stay in New York. So...

Art Is Always an Impression of What an Artist Sees: Poetry by Martin Willitts Jr is a collection of story-telling poems which introduce readers to the Impressionist era of Ekphrastic poetry that started with Edouard Manet. The author shares with readers descriptive and enticing stories...

Glaciers Melt & Mountains Smoke by Joe Moore is the last book of the Santa Claus trilogy. North Pole is slowly melting and joining the Arctic Ocean due to declining nature and the warm environment. Santa realizes that the lives of the villagers there are...

In Humphrey the Hippo by Sara Japanwalla, Humphrey the hippo is shy and introverted. He finds himself self-conscious in a crowd and likes to be away from gatherings. The story is about how Humphrey overcomes his fears and faces the world with self-confidence. The book...

Things We Did in Texas After the Zombie Apocalypse by Ken Burgess is the latest take on the zombie craze that has been flooding our most recent pop culture. In this short story, we follow Ken and Travis, two friends who met after the zombie...

Jewel of the East by Nicholas L Waddy takes us to British ruled India in 1774. A beautiful young noblewoman named Lady Emily Augusta Fitzroy has been sent to India by her father to marry Warren Hastings, the not much liked governor of Bengal. However,...

Edgar Allan Poet: Journal #1 (Volume 1) edited by Apryl Skies is a collection of poetry featuring poems from Contributors of the Edgar and Lenore Publishing House. This introduces readers to story telling poetry, prose, visual poetry, and lyric poetry. Edgar Allen Poet: Journal #1...

It’s Just a Little Crush is an absolute joy to read. Caroline Fardig’s first novel is narrated by Lizzie Hart: 26 years old, reluctant cat owner, and Copy Editor extraordinaire at the local paper in the small, Midwestern town of Liberty. Lizzie works alongside the...

Living Your Best Life Now by Dr. Elijah Aduh is an interesting look into the ideas behind maximizing your potential and becoming the best possible you. Everyone always says, "She/he has so much potential." Sometimes that potential is harnessed and becomes an active energy or...

Words from the Sky: Dedicated Poems to each Heavenly Word by Rayan Abdul-Baki is a collection of spiritually uplifting poems that looks at life in a positive manner. The author speaks about life in general, dedicates poems to his mother, tsunami victims, victims of racism,...

Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand, believe it or not, takes place completely within a long wedding weekend. Jenna’s mother, Beth, when she realized she was going to die of ovarian cancer before seeing her youngest daughter married, wrote out a notebook full of explicit instructions...

Have you ever felt like you were an outcast, as if you are so different from everyone else that they just would not understand you? The sense of belonging is a deep-rooted need, especially for women, but there are so many people out there that...

Lovingly crafted memoirs, when offered with honesty and true devotion, have a particular warmth and charm seldom found in any other kind of writing. Grandfather’s Uncle by Philip McQuillan is no exception. There is such a naturally conversational singularity of purpose in McQuillan’s writing that...

Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter by Sarahbeth Caplin is about the personal journey of the author who, though a Jewish by birth, was drawn towards Jesus. She was brought up in a conservative Catholic town with strict Jewish values. The book tells you how the...

The Others by Kristin Bryant is one of those books I couldn’t put down once I started. It has an interesting blend of Christianity and Aliens. Ryen, Claire, Chase, and Mateo are inhabitants of Zhimeya, who are the last of the bunch sent to...

Thorns of an Innocent Soul by Barbara Watkins is a book about the disturbing influences a bad mother can have on her children’s life. Written from the point of view of Jennifer, this novel takes us into an amazing world of betrayal, shattered innocence and...

My GRL by John W. Howell is a book filled with suspense, intrigue, conspiracy, and drama. John J. Cannon needed a break from work so he requested a one-year leave of absence for personal exploration, which he was entitled to as a partner who had...