Mae Keaney returns to her childhood home in the out-of-the-way Chappaquiddick region of Martha’s Vineyard with only one thought: rebuild her life and leave the darkness of the past behind, and she is determined to count on no one. A cottage overlooking the water offers...

What is it that you long for in a marriage? The One Year Marriage: A Formula for Enduring Love by G.S. Renfrey, Ph.D. is an engaging book which handles the relevant topic of making a marriage last. The book is thought provoking and will help...

Life in the beautiful, peaceful country of Hasan Daeg is about to change after 600 years, but why does it have to be on Princess Maura’s 18th birthday? In the five-book series, The Princess Maura Tales, by Abigail Keam, Maura is forced to grow up...

The Belief Challenge: How to Update Your Beliefs and Connection with Your Angels in Order to Manifest Everything You Desire by Roxanne Tuomela is a powerful tool for creating the life that you want. Starting with a simple, yet powerful premise, the author informs readers...

The Book That Shouldn't Exist by A.J. Cosmo, with illustrations by Felix Hinojosa, is truly as the title states. Intended for family members with small children who have been impacted by school shootings, the simple but important message is that, despite the world sometimes being...

Lucy might appear to some people as a bit of a wild girl, but she’s full of love and life and, yes, just a little bit of magic. Her magic comes from deep inside her and it shines through to all who study her closely,...

Compulsively readable, The Key is the opening entry in the Secret Defenders series by Felicia Rogers, deftly written and well balanced. It’s a beautiful story for fans of paranormal romance and those who enjoyed I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. Maddie Clevenger is in...

The Wonderful Whippet of Winifred Weatherwax is a mystery novel for young adults written by Philippa Stasiuk. Eleanor Weatherwax was beside herself in blissful anticipation that she’d finally be getting a Lucky Dog Whippet. She had been waiting so long for that phone call from...

The Keeper: A Poignant Story of Love and Redemption by Kay Chandler is described as a contemporary romance and rightly so; a tale of love and redemption with a powerful emotional conflict and characters that are real and appealing. Mandy Gafford doesn’t enjoy her life....

The first book in Parish Orphans of Devon series by Mimi Matthews, The Matrimonial Advertisement is a Victorian romance in all its glory. Justin Thornhill has known only the language of vengeance throughout his life. Since he served as a captain during the uprising in...

The Moon Warriors by Kayla Krantz is a short paranormal tale of the war between witches and demons. The war has lasted for many centuries but, right now, a tentative peace exists, a barrier between the two sides. The peace treaty states that neither side...

In The New Holy Warriors by Alice Sandoval, Dr. Sam Greenberg calls Marc Bravo, a 26-year-old Mexican-American attorney in California, asking him to come to Mexico City. Marc is surprised to get that call from Sam, who tells him that his parents have disappeared under...

The Seventh Shadow is a work of fantasy fiction written by author Keelan John Powell, and forms the opening book of the Pathwalkers series. Set in a world of the author’s creation based on the Olympian system of gods from Greek mythology, our central story...

The Curse by Jina S. Bazzar follows Yoncey Fosch, the clan leader of the Unseelie Dhiultadh in his quest to save his people from a plague sweeping through the land. The only problem is the only person he can turn to is none other than...

Tender and deeply moving, The LoveLock: A Suspenseful and Sensual Love Story by Eichin Chang-Lim is a love story about Violet and Dylan, two college sweethearts whose relationship is destroyed by a tragedy that tears them apart. As grown-ups, they have to face the challenges...

In the 42 poems collected in The Night I Burned My Origami Skin, Romanian-born writer Catalina Florina Florescu ranges through a wide swath of human experience, delving into both the deeply personal and the broadly political. Likewise, there is a variety of poetic styles, some...

Mystery, the occult, adventure, and the supernatural are all melded into one fantastic story in The Last Odinian by Alec Arbogast. It’s a novel with a strong appeal to fans of urban fantasy. Guided by a telepathic message from his daughter, Edward Koenig comes to...

The Potato Thief: A Mercy Row Prequel by Harry Hallman is set in a time when Ireland is under grueling British colonial rule. After his father dies of consumption, the strenuous burden of providing for the family rests on the shoulders of eighteen-year-old George Graham....

When Ashlyn’s father dies he leaves her everything. Provided she gets married within a couple months and stays that way. For a year. Working towards her doctorate, Ashlyn has no plans or desire to get married and if not for the fact that her mother...

The Beast Within by Liz Cowan is a wonderful rendition of Beauty and the Beast. This is a second such novel that I have read and this one is by far the more modern and approachable story line. It is more believable and enjoyable because...