The R.O.B.I.N. by PJ Dunn is an outstanding story packed with suspense and action. A scientist designs a special miniature device that can be remotely controlled to kill and to spy, among other interesting features. The device looks like the common household fly. It’s the...

Mastering Conversational Hypnosis: Psychology Tricks to Influence People Easily and Get Exactly What You Want by Noah-Jay Michael is a handy guide for better communication with others. If you want to win allies and influence people without manipulation, this manual lays out easy-to-follow systematic tools....

The Secret of Alpine Valley by Paul Crehan is one of the few books that you will actually remember a few weeks or months after you finished reading them. And you have to admit: many books you read, like, and forget. This won't happen with...

I love classic vampires (stay away sparklies!). And I love Japan even more. Yet when I read the description of Sword of the Undead by Steven Fujita, I was quite skeptical. A combination of the classic Bram Stoker Dracula story and Japanese history? Boy, I...

An unspeakable evil has taken over the land of Tomiro and the once idyllic life of the elves has been destroyed by Rau, the puppet of the vengeful god Haulua in The Sword of Lumina: Mira's View by Erin Elliott. The goddess Mira has spoken...

Don Juan was a gentleman. (After all, he was referred to as "Don.") According to the legends of his exploits, the fictional libertine fulfilled a particularly gallant role in courting the many bored wives who found themselves languishing in arranged marriages of the times....

If you (or your kid!) are in the mood for a light-hearted story of magic and battles, humor and adventure, you might be interested in giving Charlie Brooks’ Greystone Valley a whirl. Greystone Valley tells the tale of Sarah, a dreamy young girl dealing...

In Russ Linton’s Crimson Son, Spencer Harrington is the 19-year-old son of Crimson Mask, the world’s most powerful Augment or superhuman soldier. For his family’s safety, they often moved from one city to another, to avoid being a target for his father’s enemies. Unfortunately, Crimson...

Armor of Glass is an emotional and harrowing journey through the domestic turmoil that has become the life of an ex-Marine. Brick reminisces on his daily train ride, thinking about the decisions he has made in his life. From his childhood days to his current...

Incidents at Moore Field School by Liam Moiser is the second part of the Moore Field School series, and picks up a few weeks after Moore Field School and the Mystery left off. Samantha opens the conversation by asking her friends, “So what do you...

Whoa! That was my first thought when I finished reading Chasing Harpo by author Alan Black. Follow our protagonist, Harpo the orangutan, as he escapes into the unknown. Harpo, who has always believed that humans were put on earth for his entertainment and to feed...

A beautifully written fantasy with an international setting, King of the Nine Hells by Dean Klein is a riveting story that will find a comfortable home with readers who enjoy well-crafted stories of dark magic and fascinating characters. It begins in the Dark Ages, with...

Crossing the Border is a collection of short stories by Ksenia Rychtycka. The title of this collection itself presents myriad moments in life with nine stories set in Ukraine and reaching to the United States and Greece. Love, disillusionment, tragedy, strength and perseverance are highlighted...

In Emma and the Cutting Horse, Martha Deeringer has woven a delightful tale around the adventures of Emma, a fourteen-year-old girl who, with her parents, lives on a cattle ranch in Texas. Raising cattle has its moments, but for most small ranchers it does little...

The Virtual Tablet of Irma Tre is a beautiful book of poetry, but with deeper meaning than one might expect. Marie Lecrivain has emulated steps along a spiritual journey, describing them in compelling terms to rip open her psyche and display the transformations and obstacles...

Your Body Book by Doranne Long is a handy guide to help you control pain in certain areas of your body and, in some cases, help you regain the full range of motion throughout your body. Doranne begins the book with a head to toe...

Disturbed by Suzanne Wilson is an accurate title for this story, given its content. Josh was a happy man with a good job and a beautiful fiancee. His happiness was short-lived after moving into a cottage on his mother’s property. Objects appear in places where...

Emilia is getting to be an elderly woman now, but she wasn’t always. Now in her mid-seventies, she’s managed to create her own empire as a frozen food supplier after coming from a poor family that frequently found themselves dependent on the kindness of strangers....

Higgledy Piggledy: A Tale of Four Little Pigs is a retelling of the classic tale of the three little pigs written by B. Seymour Rabinovitch and his granddaughter, Rebecca S. Treger, and illustrated by Mari Gayatri Stein. Curly, Twirly and Whirly liked to tease their...

In Temper the Winds, Wilma Hamill engages readers in the lives of people grappling with love on multiple levels. Readers encounter people whose existence is filled with the kind of stimulating realism that keeps a person invested in the story. In some cases, Hamill’s tale...