''Melody'' (not her real name) survived a relationship with a man she believed to be a psychopath. In Breaking Free of Manipulation, she offers us a brief but useful combination of a personal story of her experience and advice for those who may face a...

Stronger Together by Michael Stone is the story of two women who might be family, but their bond might be more than familial. Nicci Bleu is in Tahiti and trying to find herself, especially after discovering that she might actually have a family. While her...

I hesitated before picking up this book, not having read anything from this author, but then I was surprised, seduced by the writing, and found myself immersed in a post-war narrative that melds art, daily life just after the Second World War, the history of...

One With Nature: A Day in the Life of a Lobster Fisher is a nonfiction photographic journal written by Christopher M. Meuse with photographs by CMDM. In 2014, the author spent a day with his son, Captain Anthony Meuse, and his crew on a lobster...

Switzerland To Alaska: Just to Die by Kris Williams is an inspiring story about self-discovery; as the sub-title says, "One man's journey of self-discovery in the Alaskan wilderness." It is based on the true life events of artist and wanderer Ruedi Glauser, a natural born...

Nobody Told Me: Love in the Time of Dementia: A Memoir by S.R. Karfelt revolves around the topic of dementia and is a good read for all those who are dealing with dementia patients at home and in the workplace. The book tackles the author’s...

When Jade agreed to host her long time friend and teaching colleague, Gwendolyn, for a couple of days in her home, she was looking forward to a reunion of sorts. The two had taught together; Gwendolyn’s specialty being religious studies. The Gwendolyn who appeared on...

Benny Dupree’s life has been relatively calm for 30 years in spite of the secret and heartache preoccupying him the whole time in Turtle Point, featuring Harper Sturgis in the Iron Lady Mystery/Suspense Series, Volume 1 by DL Havlin. Quite unexpectedly, strangers seem to be...

Healthcare 911 by Bhupendra O. Khatri MD, FAAN provides a unique glimpse into the US healthcare system and the damage caused to patients and doctors alike. Physicians tell their personal stories about a working environment which has the highest rates of suicide of any profession....

In Old Bones Never Die by Lesley A. Diehl, Connecticut fashionista Eve Appel has gone into business with her friend in a consignment store in Florida, but things never run smoothly and Eve just can’t keep her nose out. Becoming an apprentice to a retiring...

All You Need is Love: Love in the City Series, Book 2 is a romantic comedy novel written by Melissa Baldwin. CJ Evans was beginning to feel as though she had finally gotten her act together -- maybe not totally -- but she was definitely...

Crocodiles and Kaleko: Dangers and Designer Clothes in the Solomon Islands is an entertaining and informative memoir. Paula Henriksen arrived in the Solomon Islands in 2010 to manage a multi-million-dollar health program for the Australian Agency for International Development as part of a multi-national peacekeeping...

Metaphase: Beauty in the Chaos by M Street took me by surprise. Metaphase is the second novel in M Street’s Mitosis series. In this installment, readers are given a flashback to Piper’s literal infancy and, soon afterward, it picks up where the first novel left...

Colonel Trent Winters was the wealthy owner of a twelve-hundred-acre sugar cane plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in the 1850s. He and his wife Collette lived in a beautiful, large plantation home. This successful operation was fueled by dozens and dozens of...

In From Runway to Love (Love in the City Series Book 3) by Melissa Baldwin, beautiful Olivia Fulton’s life as a successful model in New York is not fulfilling her as it once did. She has become disillusioned with the superficial lifestyle, and wonders in...

Girls Can Be Cowboys Too by Rose Miller is a collection of real and honest stories from women who open up about their experiences dealing with country life. A few share their experiences as cowboys, but all are connected through their work with animals, ranch...

I Am Juden: Undercover in the SS is a work of exciting historical fiction set during the events of the Second World War, penned by author Stephen Uzzell. In a story inspired by the real-life events of undercover war hero Haim Michael Klar, we meet...

Demystifying God: Redefining Black Spirituality in the Age of iGod by Tony Saunders is the third installment of the author's Godbody Trilogy, preceded by his books Manifesting the Divine and Black Divinity. In Demystifying God, Saunders dives deeper and reaches beyond the framework of the...

Horse Boys: When Growing Up Is A Kick In The Head is a work of social issues and coming of age fiction penned by author J. T. Blossom. Intended for mature readers due to some of the graphic violence content, the novel focuses on a...

One Creation Under God: Wisdom Teachings on Human-Animal Relationships and Connections in the Sacred Circle of Life by Val Silver is an insightful book for readers who want to believe in the Universal Laws instead of the dogma crafted by religious institutions. The book also...