The Lost Soul (Enchena) (Volume 1) by KS Marsden is a young adult fantasy that brings two innocent people from our world into the richly magical world of Enchena. In Enchena, King Hrafn's reign has spread like a cancer through betrayal and war. In this...

It's every spouse's worst nightmare to be awakened in the middle of the night and told that your loved one is dead. And to find that they've been murdered, well, that just adds another level of grief to the equation. That's exactly the scenario the...

The Wielder Diaries: My Crystal by Ashley Scheller is a young adult fantasy about a girl with unstoppable power who cannot remember how to use it. Kayla wakes up when she is twelve years old, but doesn't remember anything about her past. She is...

The Not So Wise Owl by Robert James Parfett is the story of a tatty old owl who never uttered any words of wisdom and the oak dwellers couldn't understand what was wrong with the old owl. It's a funny story written in rhyme, making...

The Great and the Grand by Benjamin Fox is a beautiful book that shows the contrasting images of the old and the new, age and youth, and experience and innocence. The book captures the essence of a family through its generations. As the grandfather gets...

The Abduction of Nelly Don by Patrice Williams Marks is a historical fiction novel based on the real kidnapping of Nell Donnelly during the 1930s Great Depression. Nell grew up poor, but had a knack for making her own clothing. When she was old enough,...

The Return of Tachlanad by Kathy Fischer-Brown is the first book in a series called Sword of Names. This is a story of a well thought out world of magic and treachery. Lysienthe is the queen of Lothria and she is Gifted. Chief among her...

The Man Who Only Has One Truth in Him is a collection of poems from Angelos Michalopoulos. These poems seemed almost more like prose, what with the deep descriptions and actual plot happening within most. They are very wordy compared to most collections, but the...

The Dream That Dared to Become a Man by Angelos Michalopoulos is an unusual narrative between a man and his self-confidence. The book starts off with an introduction by the narrator after which Paul and his “self-confidence” start having a direct talk or “conversation.” The...

What a great story in only 50 pages. The Poet Heroic by Sunshine Somerville is a short but captivating read that will keep you spellbound with turns and twists on every page. Vale’s life turns upside down with the sudden death of his father, the...

The Pit: Watchmaker's Hell, Book One by L.A. Barnes is an amazing, terror driven story that you will want to read again. All of us are curious about the afterlife and what happens when we die. In this novel, a group of people is shown...

The Chapel of Eternal Love: Wedding Stories From Las Vegas by Stephen Murray is a unique story that actually contains multiple stories. Pastor Glen and his wife, Laura, move to Las Vegas, Nevada where tragedy occurs. During a complication in her pregnancy, Laura and the...

My daughter and I absolutely loved The Devious Mr. Mischievious by Scott Schafer. Mr. Mischievious is known as the town oddball who never leaves his house. One day he decides to venture outside. That is when he decides to paint the town all different colors...

I thought The Runaway by Jo Barney was a good book. The story follows the lives of several different characters, all connected in some way. The two main characters are Ellie and Sarah. Ellie is a tough, older woman who is obsessed with cleaning graffiti....

The Fourth Piece (Order's Last Play, Book 1) by E. Ardell is a science fiction tale. Lyle, Lawrie, and Devon are three brothers who find another brother, Evan, dying. All four are the chosen ones, chosen by Order, an alien goddess. Devon, Lyle, and Lawrie...

We most certainly realize how much we love someone when we think that person may not come back, but the experience can be heartbreaking when we know we have wasted every chance of loving and sharing the best moments with that person. Conversations We Never...

The Moon in Daytime by Leigh Kamraoui is a cute tale. Alex wonders why the moon is still in the sky in the daytime. He sets out to question some night-time animals as to why. The animals all have different answers, but none of them...

The Homecoming by Tammy Tate is a great opening for the Bayou Shifters series, a perfect blend of sci-fi and fantasy and a book for readers who are into unusual characters. Sydney, a rare breed, a half-human and half-wolf, has been having unusual dreams for...

The Proposal: A Leap of Faith is a romantic short story based on actual events, and written by Cheryl Holloway. After ten years of dating her much-loved beau, Marvin, Carol wonders if he will ever pop the question. Not wanting to die a single woman,...

In November 2004, Heinrich Finster strolled through Germany’s Hurtgen Forest, the site of vicious battles and thousands of deaths occurring sixty years earlier. Surprisingly, he found a skeleton wedged between two boulders, and realized the dog tags belong to an American soldier. The intriguing adventure...