What happens if your life turns into a fairy tale? Jessica Kendall takes a sabbatical leave from her teaching career at a California University to visit a small farming community in Germany. She rents a small cottage on the outskirts of the black Forest. She hoped...

In 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt sent a large group of officials on a diplomatic mission to Hawaii, Japan, Philippines, China and Korea. With Roosevelt’s approval Secretary of War, William Howard Taft made a series of secret agreements with the Asians. The agreements were unconstitutional. Alice...

The Purples is the fictional story of an actual group. The Purple Gang was a pack of bootleggers and hijackers. They operated out of Detroit during the Roaring 20s. The group was led by Abe Bernstein. The majority of the members were young Jewish immigrants....

Marilyn R. Hill-Sutton is the wife of a Knight family descendant. She took on the task of tracing the family roots back to the early 1830's before the civil war. The book takes readers from the civil war through the death of Major John Knight...

In 1819,just outside of Charleston SC, the Six Mile Inn was run by Lavinia Fisher and her husband, John. As the inn keeper, she always welcomed her guests into her inn, providing them with a meal, and then a special cup of tea at bedtime....

"The Ebony Mare" is a story that will help each child realize the concept of prayer and salvation. Meredith has been taking riding lessons for the past year and dreams of the day when she will be able to have her own horse. Her faith is...

This book is the 8th in the Bourne Series. I have not read the others, but I did see the first 3 movies. The book was about Jason Bourne, a spy formerly with an organization but now on his own, coming to terms...

Since I love fantasy, I thought this book was going to be boring, but I wanted to give it a try anyways. It turns out that I was wrong. I found it down to earth and readable by any person regardless of the education they...

Our story begins with a fatally-wounded man, Michael, lying on his deathbed begging Wolf to take, protect, and care for his children. He agrees to tell Wolf the whole story. Michael shares with Wolf his memories of his unusual birth and of how his body...

The Wise Man's Fear began in an inn where Kvothe, the owner, was dictating his story to Chronicler. Kvothe’s story moves back in time to his days at the university and then progresses to his adventures tracking bandits. The summary may seem vague but I’m trying...

The Santa Club by Kelly Moss is a real find for Christian families wanting to know how to answer the question of whether or not Santa is real. It is a question which is presented to thousands of parents each year, and now, the author...

The House Baba Built, an Artist’s Childhood in India is gracefully written by Ed Young. War was spreading into Shanghai, and Baba wanted to move the family to somewhere safe to be out of harm’s way. Baba, an engineer, made an agreement to build a...

The Shattering by Karen Healey is a revealing novel for young adult readers. Three younger sibling teens wrestle with the fact that their older brothers have committed suicide. The turmoil that haunts the living is vividly portrayed and totally believable. It gives food for thought...

In The Ridge, we meet a variety of characters: Deputy Sheriff Kevin Kimble, a man in love with the woman who shot him; Audrey Clark, the keeper of sixty-seven large cats, including a rare black panther; Wyatt French, a peculiar man who keeps a light...

Robert Ludlum passed away ten years ago, and here, in Bourne Dominion, Eric Van Lustbader carries on the tradition of the thriller/spy novel that Ludlum created and wrote so very well. Jason Bourne is back and, this time, is on the track of a group...

In The Technologists, author Matthew Pearl has brilliantly portrayed the first precarious years in the development and survival of the Massachesetts Institute of Technology. It is 1868, and MIT is to graduate its first class. And then, frightening things begin to happen in the city...

Parents, relatives and neighbors looking for a nice, affordable gift for a child will love The Snowman's Revenge. With colorful, full-page illustrations and a rhyming scheme that will bring Dr. Seuss to mind, Mark Smythe brings to life this early grade school story of a...

It is 53 A.D. in ancient Italy where a landowner, Gaius Petronicus, harvests his olive oil and vineyard crops and goes off to sell them in the nearby town of Nolia. He entices young Justa, a girl dressed as a boy and forced into slavery,...

Ercell Hoffman's poetry tells of everyday life, sometimes joyful, sometimes sad, in a way that the reader will appreciate. Many of the poems have the theme of lamenting the loss of someone loved. "Moody" wishes for the comfort that only a loved one's return can...

M for ReadersFavorite I chose to read this book because the subtitle of "The Walk" said "Clear Direction and Spiritual Power For our Life." Who wouldn't want that? I had no knowledge of the author and when the book arrived, it surprised me to see his...