English grammar, spelling and sentence structure are certainly not easy. One is definitely not born with the knowledge to overcome the many pitfalls the written form of English presents. With the public education system continually cutting back on what it does teach, sadly, grammar has...

The Intimacy of Strangers by Lynne King tells the story of Rebecca Jones who found herself at the age of eight living in a strange country, and all her security and everything that had been familiar to her was left behind in England. Her memories...

The Mysterious Package (A Hanna and Tamar Mystery) by Christa Nardi and Cassidy Salem is a YA whodunit about two sisters who stumble on an adventure while on a train ride to their grandparents' house. Hanna and Tamar are on Thanksgiving break and looking forward...

The Dating Rx by Crystal Parham is a helpful book that will help to identify and stop bad male behavior, and will instill confidence in everyone to date like a champion. This no-nonsense guide in getting over one’s ex and discovering your sexy self has...

The Kirov Wolf is one of a series of novels by author R.H. Johnson, following the exploits of NYPD detectives Pete Nazareth and Tara Gimble. In this story, the crack husband and wife team are on the prowl for a Russian assassin, who has apparently...

The Rebirth: Future of Destruction by Adam Watt is a short dystopian tale focusing around Azral and her visions coming to pass. Azral is a psychic investigator for the LAPD. In fact, she is not just any psychic investigator, she is the psychic investigator, their...

The Genesis of Quave: A Quasi-Autonomous Viral Entity by John E. Parnell is the story of some very talented hackers who create a new program that is able to become a sentient being. Now this being has gained international fame and its powers are too...

Books having to do with the Middle East always interest me, and especially those set in Iraq. This is a region that the author says is “older than the flood.” It is a land that has been ruled at one time or another by the...

The Jimarian Bible by Jimar seeks to give meaning to human existence by debunking the world's popular and well-known religions. No matter their creed, the reader is forced to examine themselves by looking closely into their beliefs and how they affect our fellow man. Jimar...

J.P. Sexton's The Big Yank is a memoir about a family after immigrating from New York to Donegal in Ireland. The family life of John and his little brother, who doesn't get the beatings that John gets, is almost harrowing, to say the least, trying...

The Accidental Captain is a non-fiction memoir written by Glenn Patron. When Patron's father moved his young family out to Long Island, he had no idea of the impact living in Great Neck, which is surrounded on three sides by water, would have on his...

The Passing of Brahm McFee by E.V. Dawson is the story of an aspiring prospector named Brahm McFee, who is traveling north from Mississippi to seek his fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s. He is joined by our narrator, who tells us...

The 28 short stories in The Essence of Life and Love in Australia by Margaret Lynette Sharp are set against the backdrop of both city and country life in Australia. The collection is diverse and the stories explore reunion, ambition, attraction, serendipity, and the...

The Friendship Bench is a children's picture book written by Whitney Dineen and illustrated by the students of Fir Grove and Oak Grove Elementary Schools in Albany, Oregon. Ella thought second grade was just perfect. Her teacher, Mrs. Fancy, was a fun and enthusiastic teacher...

The Highland Curse is a young adult paranormal novel written by Shelby White. Alycia and her three best friends, Sarah, Sacha and Lauren, were looking forward to a long, and mostly lazy summer, but those expectations were soon shattered. They were still recovering from their...

The Loneliest Whale by Lily Markova is an intriguing science-fiction short story about other lifeforms living on earth and how they have been affecting our race for centuries. Joy met Julius at the pier when they were fourteen. He had been going through a change...

The Secret King: First Contact is the sequel to Dawn Chapman's The Secret King: Lethao. Kendro, King of the Aonise, has led his people to a new world called Earth. Communicating primarily with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Kendro tries his best to...

Mitch and Sandi had the perfect life: gorgeous city apartment, two pretty children, a lucrative income, and the world in their hands. And then Mitch’s law firm went belly up and his father died. As Mitch reflects on his life, he realizes that neither of...

Frank Cudgill is a self-made man, a factory owner and farmer. Wealthy and upstanding in the community, he has no enemies and he is admired. When he and his wife, Lizzie, are unable to conceive they decide to adopt. They get a boy whom they...

The Boyfriend Whisperer by Linda Budzinski is a delightful new take on the teen romance novel. Instead of simple boy-meets-girl, we have a situation where high school basketball star Lexi Malloy is secretly helping every girl out there, except herself, to find the boyfriend of...