Gabe Murfitt and his mother Gigi Devine Murfitt have provided us with a wonderfully inspirational book in “My Message is C.L.E.A.R.: Hope and Strength in the Face of Life’s Greatest Adversities.” C.L.E.A.R. is an acronym created by Gabe that explains his focus on how to...

"Chicken Boy: The Amazing Adventures of a Super Hero With Autism" is a book written by Gregory G. Allen and illustrated by Dennis Culver. When we open the book, we meet a young man who tells us that he has a superhero inside his head...

The realm of Faery is in trouble and Fiona Silverthorne, Fairy Godmother Superior, thinks she might have a plan to save it. The thing is that she is the only Fairy Godmother still working, all the others have disappeared into their own stories. So she...

My husband teases that he lives vicariously through me because like author M.G. Edwards, I was on the verge of a midlife crisis in my 40’s and yearned for adventure, trekking off to Kenya, Russia, and dozens of other places. “Kilimanjaro: One Man’s Quest to...

Grigory Rasputin was a spiritual advisor to Russia’s last Tsar and Tsarina, and has been vilified because history is written by those in power instead of the common man. And even though I know nothing about this subject, I do see the truths of what...

Claire Croxton's novel, "Santorini Sunset," is a story similar to the movie "The Wedding Date" and yet so much more! Caroline is a beautiful, intelligent woman; however, she does not believe others see her like that as she is constantly criticized by her mother. And...

"Four Girls: A Lot of Choices" by Toneal M. Jackson is an adorable look about the author’s children. Jackson is the mother to four charming girls. She calls them the 3 As and a J. The text is written in a simple and enjoyable prose....

Taylor Wilson owns her own landscaping business and is filling a wheel barrow with pumpkins in her own backyard in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she lives quite happily with artist/sculptor husband Phil. Phil has driven away from the house after answering the telephone. His instructions...

Remy Summer Woods is a practicing attorney with her father, Clarence Darrow Woods, in his prestigious Florida law firm. She'd much rather be an artist, studying in Rome, Italy, and so she paints in her law office when she can get a few moments together....

Everyone has a story – even a violent killer Weresnake.Trystan is a young boy living with his mother and brother in the swamps of early 20th century America. Trying to make a better life for themselves the Weresnake family move to work in a hotel...

"Buford the Bully," written by June Kelley Pierce, is an excellent book to use with children to teach them about bullying and the consequences of being a bully. Buford is an unhappy bullfrog who is bigger than the rest of the frogs and he is...

"A Secure Heart" by Charity Parkerson is a clever and entertaining series of four interwoven romantic stories. Not only do the Smith Security Services team of Shannon Smith, and twins Bob and Weave Sparks, feature in each of the four vignettes, but the other characters...

"Crushing the Devil" will open your eyes and astound you with things about the devil you never thought were possible! This novel hit home for me because it came at the right time in my life to open my eyes to the real power we...

Remember how Dan Brown’s “The DaVinci Code,” while being fiction, got people talking about their beliefs or lack of belief in organized religion? “The Jesus Factory” by Scott Lindquist is such a book. Through a fictional story, Lindquist presents a story about the lost message...

"Strand of Pearls" is a poignant memoir that delivers a very powerful message to all of us. Here the author metaphorically compares her tragic early life to a strand of pearls. Deborah’s early years of verbal and physical abuse brought tears to my eyes as...

Libby is having a bad day. That tends to happen when you are run over and killed. She finds herself in the perplexing Sunray Bay with her dog Rufus, who now has her soul. No one seems to know what to do in this seaside...

As soon as I saw the title of Martine Ehrenclou’s book I knew I had to read it. In "The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get the Best Medical Care" by Martine Ehrenclou we learn much about patients’ rights and how we can be our...

"How Angels Die" tells of Claire McCleash of Irish descent who lives with her mother, Estelle, father Sean and sister Monique in France during World War II. Claire hates bicycling along the French beachline where she and her friends once played for now it is...

"Caterpillar's Dream", written and illustrated by Roitman Trillo, is a children's story teaching patience. Abby is a caterpillar and she is happy, but she longs to be able to fly as the highest she can get is to the top of a leaf that she...

"Saltwater Taffy" by Eric Delabarre is one of the best children's books I've read in years! The story about the antics and the growth of five friends in the Pacific Northwest involves a search for the long-lost treasure of pirate Jean Lafitte. Pieces of a...