Imagine living a boring life, having a boring job, and being, well, boring in general. Then, suddenly, you fall into a vortex and meet Herc, a young God who doesn’t understand why a puny mortal would be in the Fifth Dimension realm of the...

When We Were Human by Kate L. Mary is set in a post-apocalyptic world recovering from a devastating alien invasion. Eighteen-year-old Eva has spent the last year punishing herself for her sister’s death. With the population destroyed, Earth in ruins, and gangs terrorizing the survivors,...

"Zone 2" by S. Alan Schweitzer explores the concept of parallel worlds. This tale began with a severely beaten Brad Cole regaining consciousness in a hospital. The setting was 2059. Brad worked for Rydal Industries as an IT specialist. The company was conducting research...

"Stay loose." This directive early in the book grabbed my thought process and pervaded every word written thereafter. It is definitely an important directive in this guide to how a beer lover can learn to appreciate the mysterious vino and its people, and perhaps help...

The book follows the story of a man named Howard Questor. He is a skilled thief and criminal; however, he seems to feel unsettled about his life of crime. During a fateful run his team of thieves had with the authorities, Howard seeks out a...

My GRL by John W. Howell is a book filled with suspense, intrigue, conspiracy, and drama. John J. Cannon needed a break from work so he requested a one-year leave of absence for personal exploration, which he was entitled to as a partner who had...

Hinesh Vithal's novel National Park will entertain young and older children alike. Follow the story of Raja, a family dog from India, who goes with his owners to a National Park. Raja is plagued by nightmares of a lion every night, the family is worried...

A Super Hero Surprise by Danika Gordon is an educational children's book. The book is about a young boy. For his birthday, the boy receives a super hero t-shirt from his grandma, but he claims he doesn't believe in super heroes. His grandma tells him...

Soothing Rain: Living Water to Refresh Your Soul by Tonya Jewel Blessing and Sue Summers is a fantastic devotional for women. It’s divided into 52 short themed chapters and is intended to be read in women’s study groups, but I found it was also a...

Surprise, I Have 3 Eyes! by Jenine Lori is an enchanting story about Joey who would go out to play and come back home to speak about his journeys away. His friends had beautiful wings like the colors of May and some of them were...

Christ Came From Croydon is a snapshot of what our world could look like in just a few short years. Author John Redstone bases his story in Canada, in the mid-twenty-first century when the world has devolved even more sharply into the “haves” and the...

Lottie Beauchamp’s War by Paula Napier is a thrilling account based on the contribution made by progressive and courageous women during World War II. Lottie was studying at Cambridge University when war broke out in 1939. Coming from a privileged family, Lottie lived life on...

Moirai: Destiny is Murder by Kieran Rennie is sci-fi at its best. Josh O’Gara is on the run, his life at stake, but although the streets are recognizable, they are not the same as they used to be. He has no recollection of life before...

Immortalibus Bella by S. Figuhr takes us to a broken world where an unknown cataclysm destroyed everything modern. With technology all but lost, the world has been plunged into a second Dark Age, bandits, thieves and thugs have the run of the world and the...

When Violet Was Blue is a children's concept book written and illustrated by Deb Troehler. It's raining out, and a big cloud has covered the sun. Little Violet is not at all happy. Without the sun's light, her lovely violet color is now blue. She...

Life has its ups and downs, and growing up is difficult enough without the added stress of living amongst the poorest of the poor. Margaret H. Essebaggers Dopirak was a missionary child, an MK or Missionary Kid. Her parents were missionaries in India in the...

Telonaut by Matt Tyson is a gripping introduction to the Teloverse sci-fi series, a novel that is highly entertaining and thought-provoking. Set against a post-apocalyptic age, when the world is just recovering from economic crisis, it narrates the mission of Sero Novak, an astute man...

Another Time in a Vacuum by Roland Burisch is a witty fantasy adventure of anachronistic proportions. Meet Monty, a time-traveling historian who travels back to 1673. Imagine the thrill of excitement that greets him as he meets one of history’s most important diarists, Samuel Pepys....

“Food is more than sustenance, it’s a shared language of love, history, and community.” I love these opening lines in the Introduction to Lana Taylor Stuart’s My Southern Table. Food is much more than what we eat to survive: it defines who we are and...

Lunch Tales: Suellen by Lucille Guarino tells the captivating story of a successful 28-year-old female attorney working in a reputable law firm. Suellen gains tremendous support from her work friends through their lunch conversations. She is a firm believer in living large. Having inherited generational...