We are introduced to the heroine, Anna-Kate, on possibly the worst day of her young life. After receiving a brief but to the point text ending a four-year relationship, Anna-Kate feels dejected, even though she knew Jared wasn’t the man for her. Sarahbeth Caplin describes...

Fool’s Gold is a book with a feel-good tone. It has a simple plot and a happy ending. Ellie, together with her brother Billy, sets out for the Gold Country, hoping to strike it rich in order to save their farm. Ellie’s quest to save...

Women are disappearing and strange, lifelike statues are appearing in prominent places. It doesn’t take long for people to realise that these statues are so lifelike because they are the bodies of the missing women, immortalised forever. Sleep When You’re Dead by Chris Hollenback tells...

In Loving Logan by Katie Bryan, Logan returns to his hometown after eight years. He soon makes it his goal to get Bailey to fall in love with him. Having grown up together and having had that one night together eight years ago on Christmas...

Until The End of Time by J.M. Dunnigan is a romance novel which introduces readers to love, betrayal, murder, kings, royal families, and peasants in medieval Scotland. Can you fall in love at the age of 5 after only a brief period of time spent...

If you have a passion for culinary undertakings, a desire for an interesting career, or a simple curiosity to see what following your dreams could bring you, Irena Chalmers’ Great Food Jobs 2: Ideas and Inspirations for Your Job Hunt is the perfect book for...

The Sleeping Warrior is a fantasy-mystery novel by Sara Bain and introduces you quickly to the mystery and the crime. Consulting lawyer Libby Butler is asked to come in at the dead of night to help London police charge a suspect in the murders of...

At first glance, William Bradshaw is ordinary to the point of nondescript. At second glance, the view hasn't much improved - he’s just another badly-dressed bloke burdened by student loans and desperate to find a job. His very insignificance, however, makes him the perfect candidate...

In Joshua’s Tree, N.W. Harris displays the full depth of his imagination and creativity in his main characters Joshua and Nadia. Joshua Tyler sets out on his skateboard, takes a fall, and ends up in what he thinks is a whole different world. Giant monsters...

The Immortal Empire series by Kate Locke is such an imaginative series! Xandra Varden, half goblin queen, thought that her troubles would be over once she accepted the Goblin Throne, and suddenly had the most vicious army in the known world at her beck and...

Ketchup Clouds was written by Annabel Pitcher and read by Julie Maisey. Zoe’s family members are each trying to deal with their own problems. Both of her parents are lawyers, although her mother has not practiced law in several years. Her dad recently lost his...

I have to admit that I am a LONG time Gail Carriger fan. I have three copies of her Parasol Protectorate series, and was thrilled to get a chance to review the latest in her young adult series, Curtsies and Conspiracies. We re-join Sophronia on...

Night of Cakes & Puppets by Laini Taylor is a lovely story and one that stays in your mind long after it's finished. It's magical, romantic, funny, and endearing. The characters are so well developed that they seem real and as if they are in...

There is something deeply satisfying about settling into a story created by a man of military training and insight as is the case with Tempest of Fire by Steve Wilson. Bringing back Lieutenant Michael Neill from an earlier story (Red Sky at Morning), Wilson weaves...

I really enjoyed Solbidyum Wars Saga Book 1: Battle of the New Orleans. It is good old-fashioned space opera in the tradition of Star Trek and Star Wars. It is the kind of science fiction that I began reading as a boy when I first...

The author uses a great beginning to start this outstanding story for older children. It will keep you glued to the pages and you’ll forget to breathe a few times. If you like faery people and where they come from…you are going to love this...

An Untitled Lady takes a real life political event, the Peterloo Massacre, and gives it life and voice in the form of fictional characters. Madeline has grown up alone, but her godfather has been grooming her to be his son's bride. Too bad he forgot...

No Returns by Gail Giles and Deb Vanasse is a tale of the unintended consequences of getting what you wish for. Pod, Manny, and Flaco, the 13-year-old members of Fly, aim to win Battleband — a competition to find the best under-sixteen band in the...

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in David Baldacci’s King and Maxwell. Tyler Wingo hires King and Maxwell to solve the mystery surrounding his father, a soldier in Afghanistan, who was reported as a fatality. The teen and his father had a secret code that...

It's the most intense Alex Cross thriller yet. In this latest novel by James Patterson, Cross is up to his eyeballs in murder and kidnapping and kitchen remodeling. Somebody is on a murder spree and the victims are massage parlor employees and patrons. Cross and...