Leon David Dunn has written an intriguing novel in Dreaming Annapurna. The main character, Joseph, is a somewhat directionless young man who applies for volunteer work in Nepal, having no clue as to what the experience will provide. The era is the millennium in which...

This Time for Keeps is an intense character study about healing and forgiveness, and how they sometimes go hand in hand. Dr. Isabelle DiStefano was the victim of a violent attack at the clinic where she volunteers, but the attack has left Isabelle struggling. She...

Taking A Chance is a story about second chances. Samantha is a city doctor who escapes to the small town of Oakridge, Pennsylvania, to recharge her batteries after she is sued for medical malpractice. With two months away from her ‘normal’ life, Sam intended to...

In The Guardian's Angel by Lorrie Farrelly, Dr. Elizabeth Driscoll's life was shattered when she was attacked by the University Park Stalker, who almost ended her life. While at the police station three years ago, to help identify the stalker, she had made a startling...

Sandy Peckinpah has been through any parent's worst nightmare. Losing her son at the tender age of sixteen to an unexpected illness, within a day's time was not what she had ever thought about. The sadness and overwhelming grief that she had to deal with...

Deception Peak: The Ian's Realm Saga, Volume 1 by Dianne Lynn Gardner is a book for teenagers, young adults and "older" adults who still enjoy fantasy stories. It is the story of Ian, whose father somehow found a portal into another world - via a...

Karen M. Garcia’s memoir, If I Fall Apart, chronicles her experiences as a breast cancer survivor. Growing up in Hawaii in the '60s, Karen has a happy and stable childhood. She meets Nestor while she is in high school and he is in his freshman...

When a crime boss takes on a psychic who may have a connection to the famous astrological prophet Nostradamus, you can expect the results to be out of this world! Horrorscope, a wonderful book by a group of authors, Brian Evans, Helen Marie Bousquet, and...

Wendi Sotis' newest book, The Gypsy Blessing, is the author's perspective of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth Bennett comes upon an injured woman who turns out to be a gypsy. Elizabeth comes to her aid and then assists her back to her traveling home....

Jan’s Families by Barb McIntyre is a story about 47-year-old Janice Lynne, or Jan, who is trying to adapt to her new life after the death of her husband, Ian. Jan travels to her sister’s house in Longueuil, Quebec as Nancy insists that Jan takes...

Time travel has a new twist in The Sprocketeers: Great Giza Gonzo. John Stapleton and Sundae create a new kind of historical fiction for kids that explores time travel to ancient Egypt and the pyramids. When the twins, Cooper and Alyx Sprocket, discover an old...

Set in the near future, Apex Predator by Kelvin Kwa follows the story about the race between the Chinese military and the U.S. Navy Seals to retrieve a fallen satellite in the Arctic Circle. Unknown to them, deep beneath the polar ice cap, a snakelike...

Author Aaron C. Engler’s The Wizard and the Rat brings two contradictory people together; Wizard Master Thed Hyral Clearwater, a powerful wizard who needs to correct his past mistake, and Rota Ken otherwise known as Rat, a lowly street urchin. Their path crossed when Hyral...

The Big Picture: An Honest Examination of God, Science, and Purpose by P.D. Hemsley will take readers on a journey of exploration of science, religion and God. Instead of being argumentative and authoritative about the topic, the author has presented facts with reason. The book...

I downloaded Sway by Jennifer Gibson because I needed a book that suited my mood, which was a bad mood mixed with the need to find something to cheer me up, but something that wasn't cheesy or overly romantic. Sway tells the story of Jessie,...

After finishing Jennifer Gibson's book Sway, which is the first book about the life of Jessie, a hearing impaired and bullied teenager, I immediately started reading Compass, the second book in the series. In Compass, the story is mainly focused on Jessie and Karate, from...

Countdown by Ashley Michael will have you squirming the entire time that you are reading it. When Scott and Kate Hagan decided to replace some furniture in their upscale home, they were surprised to receive two boxes instead of just one. After making calls to...

The Furious Case of the Fraudulent Fossil is the story of two children who find themselves on the adventure of a lifetime. Benson and Anita think they are simply going on a field trip to a museum when they first start out their day, but...

It is almost impossible not to be on the edge of anger when reading statements like this one: “A surprising number of effective therapies are already available to better treat the diseases of aging. In the treatment of many cancers, for instance, the proper use...

The Dare by Terri L. Kovalcik takes children on an adventurous trip along with the main characters of the story, Jorral and Clemens. Jorral and Clemens are told to find the magician's house and bring back something from there for their leader, Clive, in order...