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...

Hancock Hill is a historical coming of age novel written by Peter Silverman. Alex Dunhaigen is a senior at Clemons High when we first meet him. He's getting ready for what he thinks will be a hot date with Kay Cosgrove, who, rumor has it,...

Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Satyr Collection by Pennie Mae Cartawick contains ten of the author’s Sherlock short stories. There are some very good stories in this collection. In each episode, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are pitted against seemingly insurmountable odds as they unravel...

Sherlock Holmes: The Flight Collection by Pennie Mae Cartawick contains three short Sherlock Holmes stories by this author. Included are: The Case of the Missing Mayan Codices; Murders on the Voyage to India; and The Heist. All three are true to character, imaginative and entertaining....

Sherlock Holmes: The Sphinx Collection by Pennie Mae Cartawick bundles together three new Sherlock Holmes adventures in one cover. Included are The Mystery of the Poisoned Tomb; The Case of the Cracked Mirror; and The Mystery of the Faceless Bride. Each of these three tales...

Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Faceless Bride by Pennie Mae Cartawick joins several other Sherlock Holmes mysteries written by this author. In The Mystery of the Faceless Bride, Holmes and Watson have just returned home from a night at the theater when a disheveled...

Sherlock Holmes: Murders on the Voyage to India by Pennie Mae Cartawick presents Holmes with one of his more frustrating and bizarre cases. En route to India for his perpetually postponed vacation, Holmes once again finds himself called upon to solve a murder. A dead...

Man from the Sky by Danny Wynn begins with seventy-three-year-old Jaime. Jaime has led a life of privilege and solitude. His home is located on a Mediterranean island frequented by the rich and famous; a carefree place where the year-round locals live a Bohemian lifestyle....

Ian and Callie are back at their brother and sister bickering but when cooperation is needed, they are certainly there for one another. The Ice Orphan of Ganymede, Book 2 of The Jupiter Chronicles by Leonardo Ramirez, picks up with Jupiter in turmoil and major...

Resurgere by David Christopher Perez introduces us to 22-year-old Daniel who thinks his life is perfect. He is smart, he believes in reasonable and science based explanations in life. However, when he loses the love of his life, Melinda, things start to happen. He sees...

Our Mother’s Table, the Culinary Journey of Beneva Bone Mayweather, by Emma Mayweather Lincoln and Denise Simms, is a family cookbook. It’s dedicated to their mother and it also details the interesting history of their mother and how she became a caterer. Beneva Bone and...

Years ago, 17-year-old Brooklyn had a huge crush on hunky Nate and promptly lost her heart and virginity to him. What could have been the start of a wonderful teen romance quickly turns to horror when Brooklyn learns Nate has disappeared…completely. Fast forward a few...