In Donor 23 by Cate Beatty we meet Joan Lion, a donor. She lives in a society where the Governor is the authority. Joan is his daughter’s donor. They have taken her leg, shoulder and arm muscles and implanted them into Teagan. In return, Joan...

Halloween Ball at Dracula's Castle by Glenn Stevens features two Dallas cheerleaders called Jill and Vickie, who win tickets to a Halloween Ball. The ball is being thrown by Count Dracula, who everyone thinks is an actor on a TV show called 'The Vampire Next...

Eleven-year-old Jenny thinks her mother pays more attention to her older brother, Brian, and little sister, Janine. She misses her father who is hospitalised, and often quarrels with her mother who never listens to her. Jenny believes she is a misfit in the family. She...

Always Mr. Wrong by Joanne Rawson tells a story of teenage crushes revisited. Clare is pushing on for 37 and is a divorcee. She’s pulled through though and now feels better than she has in a long while. It’s time to get out and start...

Unexpected Blind Date by Joanne Rawson is a hilarious look at blind dating. Grace Worthington is over men. Period. After consuming copious amounts of Sex on the Beach cocktails, she swears that she will never have sex again. Ever. That is until she, somehow, finds...

Learner Mum by Joanne Rawson is a hilarious look at motherhood from the point of view of someone who doesn’t want babies. Polly has a very successful job as a freelance writer and journalist. She has been living in sin with her boyfriend Steve for...

Angel of Kindness by Joanne Rawson is a romantic Christmas comedy, a short story for that long train journey or car ride. Megan Shepherd used to love Christmas. But then she used to love her husband as well until he ran off with a cleaner....

Inspiring Stories To Uplift You In Times Of Struggle by Inspireton is, as the title suggests, a collection of inspiring stories that will help readers effect transformation in their lives. These stories are taken from the author's personal observation of life and he hopes that...

The Yugoslavian, In Search of Mara Jovanovic by The Black Rose takes place during the siege of Sarajevo and brings the reader into a world of adventure and intrigue. Two people from different worlds come together: Ivan, a fighter known as the Black Rebel, and...

Resistance, by Jaye L. Knight, is the first book in the Ilyon Chronicles: a Christian Fantasy series set in the mythical world of Ilyon. There, a small and widespread group of people secretly worship the One True God, Elôm. The majority of the population, however,...

What You REALLY Want, Wants You: Uncovering Twelve Qualities You Already Have to Get What You Think Is Missing by Dr. Toni LaMotta is an uplifting and inspirational book that opens readers' eyes to teachings pertaining to spiritual wisdom. The author encourages readers to actually...

The Longest Trail: A True-Life Novel by Roni McFadden is a book for horse lovers. Roni McFadden is a young teen who is damaged, like many young teens. She is damaged, confused and disliked by many in school. Her only good moments in her life...

No Tears For My Father is a non-fiction book and, that being said, there are some readers unable to handle the subject matter of the book. Viga Boland recounts her life with an abusive father, not only physically but sexually as well. She does not...

A Meeting of Clans by Kathleen Flanagan Rollins intrigued me all the way through. This fictional fantasy takes place 14,000 years ago and explores the migration of a small group of people who, for one reason or another, either have been exiled from their homeland,...

Seeing the Life by Sophie Dawson is a wonderful fictional account of the most glorious true story ever told. Beginning with Mary going into labor in the stable of a Bethlehem inn, Sophie Dawson takes us through the life of Jesus, right up to the...

In Way Out: A True Account of Schizophrenia by Arthur Thomas Morton, Eugene has had a relatively simple life. Sure, he’s had some bad times but things have always seemed to work out in the end. He’s had his share of heartbreak and his parents’...

My Father’s Prostitute: Story of a Stolen Childhood is a memoir written by Steven Whitacre. Whitacre was subjected to continued and frequent sexual abuse by his beloved father beginning at the age of 5 years and lasting until his later teens. His father was the...

Hope for Garbage is a coming of age novel written by Alex Tully. Trevor McNulty is a teen with a troubled past. He’s been seeing a psychologist at the nearby Beaumont Health Center, but he’s reluctant to share anything with his doctor, not the recurring...

When thirteen-year-old Ally is confronted with what may be a ghost haunting her bedroom in Ronnie Stich’s new novel Creepy Friends, she does what anyone would do: she freaks out. After all, that just isn’t something that a normal girl who constantly struggles to fit...

Sand Dog, written and illustrated by Ruth Fox, is an excellent children’s book that addresses moving and the feelings of acceptance and loneliness that go along with this event. A boy and his mom move from the city to the beach, and into a smaller...