The Shattered Weave: The Song and Forge Chronicles Book 1, by A.M. Lavender, is epic high fantasy with dark fantasy and mythic elements. Readers are brought into a world sustained by the mysterious Weave. But their reality is beginning to fracture. This leads scholar Elara...

When the Sky Turned to Dust by Catherine Matthias is an engrossing MG novel that takes the reader into the life of a family fighting to survive the dust storms affecting their home in Kansas. It follows 12-year-old Caroline, who, along with her 9-year-old brother, tries...

Rick and Bobo was written by brothers, Nick and James Ventrillo. This unique book is well written with an imaginative plot, while still firmly based in reality. It will appeal to young adults and adults who are young at heart, especially if you have a...

In Days of the Dead by Anastasia Amor it is Oktoberfest - the evening celebration before the Days of the Dead Tour. Drinking, dancing, party fun and murder. Just what Adie Sturm needed, a murder just before the tour to Cozumel, and the murderer may be going...

Dao is one of ten children. She wants to go to boarding school in hopes of someday living in a country where she will have freedom from responsibility to her family. She goes to school and finally makes it to America only to discover that...

Adie Sturm is back in Cozumel. The last time she was here was when she had to take a group on the Days Of The Dead tour.  Now she is back to be a bridesmaid for her friend Janine. Due to problems with the plane,...

Ordained minister, Chariss K. Walker begins her book, Make a Joyful Noise, by sharing her story. She hit bottom in her early forties. An incurable illness, a divorce, a death in the family was all devastating events. Walker began to search for more. She sought...

The setting is Rome, during Nero’s reign. The narrator is Rusticus. He was once a great gladiator that saved Nero’s life during a chariot race. He worked his way up to one of the top ministers in the imperial court. He was in love with...

David Burrows brings readers an adventure of epic proportions in The Prophecy of the kings Trilogy. The plot quickly draws the reader into the action of this novel. Burrows created a mystical world with equally mystical creatures, dragons, wizards, prophecies, demons, sorcery, and princes. The...

This read centers around the facets of a girl growing up and a mother who longs for more than just the mundane. Growing up can be tough and at times it seems to be too hard for those kids who feel that they don't have...

Rachel the Raccoon and Sammy the Skunk take a leisurely tour of the prairie near their home. Rachel has been studying the wildflowers and grasses that grow in the prairie and knows quite a bit about them; but Sammy has never learned about the plants,...

This book is about a Rabbit named Peter. He whines and cries especially when he doesn't get his way. Peter is always complaining and whining when he thinks someone got more of something than he got. When he gets too whiney, his mother always tells him...

This is part two of the Captain’s Dog. Book One left us in the Louisiana Territory. In Book Two, we follow the adventures of Seaman and the Lewis and Clark expedition as they explore the Missouri River and head north into the Montana and Idaho...

Dave Hoing and Roger Hileman, authors of Hammon Falls, found an interesting photo. The woman in the photo captured their interest and stimulated their imagination. Hammon Falls is the history the authors created for the woman in the photo. 2008: Will Hammon was in his 90s...

Santa's Birthday Gift takes two Christmas stories and combines them in one story book. This story begins with the traditional story of the birthday of Jesus Christ. The story continues by telling of the star that shined bright in the sky. Santa Claus was an...

Elisabeth did not use good manners. She never said "please" or "thank you" and she did not like to share. She and her mother planned a birthday party. They made invitations and sent them to all her friends. Each day Elisabeth checked the mail to...

Rachel and Sammy Visit The Forest is the second book in the adventures of Rachel the Raccoon and Sammy the Skunk. In the first adventure we found Rachel and Sammy visiting the prairie near their home and a look at some amazing flowers that grow...

Angie is a massage therapist. She is originally from Germany but now lives in the U.S.A. She has one staunch rule; she will not have a relationship with any of her clients, although many try to change her mind. Mostly she goes to client’s...

Patrick Daniel’s “Finding Your Road to Success” is a very interesting read. The book is inspirational in many ways. There are over eight chapters in the book. Each chapter contains message for finding the road to success. Chapter 1 introduces reaching “above average” goals,...

This is the story of two brothers born in Liverpool, England, in the early 1800s. Lem was a kind boy and had no desire to hurt a creature. Abel was cruel and took delight in hurting any living thing. Their childhood was harsh. Their mother...