The Power of the Baton: An Inspirational Tale of a Family United by Daniel Labossiere chronicles a family’s struggle to stay alive in their own home country, a heart-wrenching tale of suffering, poverty, betrayal, and the powerful bond that enables this family to survive incredible...

Hollywood Heartbreak: New York Dreams by Kody Christiansen introduces us to Kaleb, a well known female illusionist whose journey took him from Texas to New York and then to Hollywood. A story that is tragic, inspiring and very true. Kaleb goes onto national TV as...

Ages of Suffocation: Remembered Dreams by Uzo Amaka breaks down the life of Oma into three different portions. The story starts off with background information about the treatment the girls received from their stepmother in the absence of their father. The sisters led very abusive...

Be Still the Water by Karen Emilson is a historical novel set against the backdrop of the tranquil shores of Lake Manitoba in the early 1900s, a story centered around the immigrant Gudmundsson family and their struggles to settle among the Siglunes in the early...

Bloodstains and Ball Gowns: My Life as a Crime Scene Cleaner is a non-fiction occupational memoir written by Donna Nayler. In the very private and secret world of crime scene clean-up, Donna’s job at any crime scene is to observe her surroundings and speak for...

Thirty years is a long time for passion to smolder and for love to grow. Thirty years is the true test of time in this strangely intriguing story about two young lovers who allow themselves to part ways in the name of responsibility. Their friendship...

Believe it or not, minorities are experiencing various forms of mental illness and have done so for decades. Mental illnesses tends to sit in the background in silence in minority households. Yassin S. Hall walks us through the shadows of her life as a child...

In the closing pages of I Promised Not to Tell by Cheryl B. Evans, the author says she wonders if she has made a mistake in publishing this book. Let me begin by assuring her the only mistake would have been to not publish it....

The Hum is a worldwide phenomenon heard by many, but understood by none. Reports of it have occurred all over the world over the past few decades. While most dismiss it as the "noise" of modern society, a few suspect that there's something more to...

Where Did My Doggie Go? Coping With Grief Through Imagination: Children in Grief, Volume 3 is a children's storybook written and illustrated by Tracy Wayland, and dealing with social issues. The narrator in this tale is a little boy whose dog has died. He doesn't...

As a victim of child abuse myself, I have a pretty thick skin when I read stories similar to my own. But Where Children Run by Karen Emilson shook me to my core with its depiction of violence against children, especially since it is a...

Author Marko Kitti of Jesper Jinx and the Turkish Pepper is back with Jesper Jinx and the Scrumptious Snacks (Volume Five). This book is part of the Jesper Jinx book collection. Jesper is eleven and is always wrecking havoc and doing mischievous deeds. WARNING: Before...

Losing the Plot in LA by Sonia Farnsworth is a chick lit novel. Sylvie is one of those girls that we all hear about – she’s trendy, she’s fun, she’s an LA party girl. The trouble is, Sylvie has so much going on in her...

Livia York’s Rise: The Abused Child of the Phoenix is a compelling memoir that centers on a family’s history. In a poignant and jovial tone, the author tells her family story, with the joys, the heartbreaks, and the secrets they have kept over the years....

If Oprah Winfrey reads Struggles of the Womenfolk by T.M. Brown, it will probably be made into a movie one day. I say this because I know Oprah feels strongly about a lot of things, and two of the things she feels most strongly about...

The Girl Who Could Read Hearts by Sherry Maysonave is an inspirational story that vividly treats the themes of intuition, religion, God, love, and many others. The book tells the story of a girl with the extraordinary gift of seeing what most ordinary people do...

“As goes Anglophone culture, so goes the world,” is a saying that is powerfully justified in Agwu Ukiwe Okali’s Of Black Servitude without Slavery: The Unspoken Politics of the English Language (Africa Seminal Ideas Series), a work that brilliantly illustrates how language can become the...

I have a strong love for historical fiction, especially when the story is based on true events, and so I was incredibly excited to read Clevenger Gold by S.E. Swapp, which is based on the 1886 murder of Samuel and Charlotte Clevenger. After selling their...

Venetian Moon by Maria Grazia Swan is a mystery novel set in Italy. It is the second book in the Lella York Mystery series. Lella is upset with her boyfriend, Larry. Without discussing her feelings with Larry, she flies to Italy. Her son, Kyle, is...

The Demon Pool by Richard B. Dwyer is a supernatural/paranormal novel. The novel follows Jim Demore. He was a U.S. Marine once, but now he works as a Florida Highway Patrol Investigator. He has no idea that he will encounter an ancient demonic power. Turns...