Our special pets leave a mark on our hearts. We love them dearly when they’re with us, but when they pass to the other side, we’re very sad. Where do they go? Have you wondered? Are you worried? What if you found a special place...

“The nervous and scared, yet determined, foursome headed out onto the highway, for the long, almost four-hour drive east from Cuenca, nearly all the way to the border with Peru. Into the rainforest and into the unknown. Hoping against hope that all was not already...

The Wine Queen by Robert Allen Morris is a delightful story about a bright, educated young lady with good business acumen. Ann Robinson got married to her soul mate Ray Collins after waiting seven long years to be with him. This dedicated genius spent her...

Kindness One sounds like a course heading for a local college. It's not, but perhaps it should be. Kindness One, a take-off name from Airforce One, the U.S. President's private jet, is a private mode of transportation with the power to spread an important message...

When Chris Fagan’s husband Marty suggested that they go to the South Pole, Chris’s first reaction was that of a mother, envisioning leaving her son behind for an extended time period. But eventually, the lure of the big adventure caught her imagination. Chris and Marty...

The Pursuit by Jim Ruth is a detailed historical biography chronicling the author’s journey to trace his ancestral roots through centuries of American history. What begins as a casual curiosity sparked by a seaside walk becomes a fully-fledged exploration into the life of Johann Peter...

Elizabeth St.John brings us brilliant historical fiction in The King’s Intelligencer. Set in London in the year 1674, Franny Apsley is the favorite of Lady Mary Stuart, the future Queen of England. When bones are found by the stairs in the Tower of London, Franny’s...

Krishnanujam (Krish) is a highly regarded mathematician from the Indian subcontinent, working at a Californian university. The US government is very interested in his work as it has applications in the field of secure communications. Unfortunately, so are a number of competing governments that, if...

“Quests of Shadowind: Skyshifter” by L.A. Miller is a sci-fi fantasy book about two siblings, Logan and Mindy, who are dropped into a strange, yet oddly normal world along with the other kids in their neighborhood. They must all work together to find their parents...

Dyla Telkur, the twin sister of Darius Telkur, keeps having visions. They are always the same, but each time a little more is revealed. Now she, Eclear (her lover), and Catiana Spencer (an earthling) will have to travel to earth. The distant planet has been...

If you want a good brain-teaser, you might just want to pick up a copy of The Games by Izai Amorim. The novel is complex in its conceptualization and many readers may want more action in the first hundred pages when the author develops...

In The Bear Barr Wants To Play The Guitar by Sigalit Haber, children are introduced to Bear Barr who learns to play guitar. His mother buys him a guitar. Bear Barr goes for music lessons and realizes that first he has to train his fingers...

The Kingdom: Here Be Dragons, Here Be Dreams by Joanne Rolston is a Christian fantasy story that would appeal most to a mixed audience of Christian young adults and adults who enjoy fantasy and memoirs. Joanna is the great-great-granddaughter of a German immigrant called Anna...

“I sense a powerful presence from you. I see your future is in the stars. You have a great destiny. But beware . . . many dark spirits follow you. Curses and hexes many cast upon you, for such beauty makes many jealous of you,...

The Silhouette by Andrew Van Dyk presents an early twentieth-century rural commune that is flourishing but hiding a dark secret. The first several chapters present the beautiful, serene, wooded setting beside a glittering lake. There are three three-story cabins, and we meet the residents; at...

The Pilgrim: Part 1 is the exciting fourth installment in a planned nine-book series, The Immortality Wars, by A. Keith Carreiro. Pall Warren, a battle-hardened warrior from medieval times, woke up in an unfamiliar place. He soon discovered that he had not only traveled into...

The Year of Soup by Howard Reiss was a wonderfully insightful read. Tess is relatively put out. After three jobs and as many failed loves, she's ready to break out of the habit that she's in. Starting a restaurant seems only natural, as she's always...

The Duchess Quest by C.K. Brooke combines action, adventure, fantasy, intrigue and romance into a delightful fairytale. The story starts with the monarchy of Jordinia being overthrown by rebels who want to start a new republic of their own. The royal family is assassinated with...

Quest for The Holey Snail by Rob Johnson is a brilliant fantasy glittering with hilarious humor. Horace Tweed lives with his Staffordshire Bull Terrier Zoot in a flat on Mortuary Street. In response to his advert in Practical Adventuring seeking “gainful employment of an adventurous...

Quest of the Sleeping Princess is Mary Sheeran’s second novel that looks at the life of Susan McFadden, who has a deep-rooted passion for ballet. The year is 1988, and a gala performance in New York is at the core of the book’s plot. McFadden...