Shardfall: The Shardheld Saga (Volume 1) by Paul E. Horsman is the story of two men, Muus and Kjelle, who are trapped in an avalanche which leaves them stranded on the icy mountain slopes, fighting cold and starvation. Kjelle knows about the small blue shard...

Man’s best friend? Or perhaps a woman’s? The common dog has filled the void in so many lives. This is especially true in the case of Janice Gary, a woman with a troubled past and hesitant stride. Janice Gary was raped in her early twenties...

Olivia Newport’s Valley of Choice series is continued with book three, Taken for English. This part of the saga begins with Annie’s baptism and official commitment to becoming Amish and joining the Amish community. Annie and the entire Beiler family hope that this will lead...

Getting a crazy idea to do something completely out of the box, Keith Maginn and his friend, Emily, plan a road trip through the southern United States. Their memoirs from the planning, the trip and feedback from the results are chronicled in Goodwill Tour: Paying...

Joanna Philbin's Rules of Summer is a story that could happen anywhere and her cast of characters might be found in your own community. Maybe. Rory McShane is given the opportunity to live with the very well-to-do Rule family in East Hampton. Her aunt has...

A brilliantly written first hand account of the courage, sacrifice and emotions of the brave soldiers to whom we owe our freedom to a large extent. These are the soldiers who protect our way of life from tyranny, oppression and reckless, often violent opposition from...

Jackpot is one of Susan Fleet’s Frank Renzi crime novels and, although it is the fourth in the series, it takes the form of a prequel to the previous books, covering Frank’s earlier years in Boston, Massachusetts. The book finds Frank at a critical point...

In his book Not The Way You Thought It Would Be, Glen Gibson tells the story of Abram and Sarai from the Bible. In many ways, Abram simply relied upon his own understanding instead of God's promises. In addition, this story relates well to our...

On the world where Sorrow's Knot takes place, the tribe of Free Women think they live on the edge of the earth, and there is nothing beyond the forest. It is their job to protect the tribe, or at least the binder's job. The story...

Dance The Moon Down begins in the spring of 1914. Victoria's parents are deciding whether or not to continue her education by sending her to college. They could not know that their decision would change her life forever. At college she makes many friends and...

The Nobels, written by Lars W. Ehrlander, is a historical romance which started during World War II, and continued after the war ended. It is centered on three young Swedish women, Annika Bengtson and her two friends, Lisa and Camilla, who become attracted to sailors...

Thirty-seven-year old Lily Lambert is stuck in an unhappy marriage to Greg, an abusive and controlling man. After 18 long years, Lily is overweight, feels unloved, and has low self-esteem. Her decision to join her local gym is her first step to take control of...

Scrag - Up The Hill Backwards by Jesamine James is a haunting and compelling story of child abuse. Six-year-old Marie's life is changed suddenly because of a real life monster. From being a child and enjoying what children of her age group do, she finds...

In her brilliant novel Insight, M. Rees introduces Elle: a seventeen-year-old who has quite an unusual life. At her young age, she has already been trained in espionage and the use of weapons. But Elle and her dad have a special gift. A gift so...

We all watch movies or TV shows or read books and voice our opinions about the stupid choices characters make and how differently we would do things if we were in their shoes. Well, Cloud Buchholz gives us that chance in his latest book. Seven...

Jordan's Brains: A Zombie Evolution by J. Cornell Michel is about zombie obsessed Jordan who lives in Gardner House, a psychiatric hospital in Maryland. From a young age, Jordan has been obsessed with zombies and everything about them, even going so far as to make...

Sitnalta (Sitnalta Series) by Alisse Lee Goldenberg is an adventure story. Princess Sitnalta of Colonodona is loved by everyone in her land while her father, King Supmylo, is evil and has nearly destroyed the peace of the kingdom. He always wanted a male child and...

In Parenting Without Fear, author William Levin has put forth a program he names the Genius of Life (GoL) program. His premise is that all of us have had guilt and fear embedded in us from birth because of our inability to communicate our emotional...

The Rainbow Man by P.B. Kane is a quiet, sinister fantasy thriller with a mythological twist. The stalwart residents of a fictional British island called Shorepoint are beset by hard times until teenager Daniel Routh discovers a seemingly drowned man who unexpectedly comes back to...

What a book! I have to state that I found this book utterly wonderful and a total pleasure to read. The story begins with a young girl living in an off-world colony. The book describes her everyday life as safe, regimented and utterly mundane. She...