Author Patrick Shannon is a descendant of the main character in Tame the Wild Land. His research is in-depth and revealing of the author's investment in telling a small part of history in a big way. Louis Juchereau de St. Denis was a French Canadian...

In her debut novel A Fickle Wind, author Elizabeth Bourne takes us on a journey of a young girl caught in the throes of World War II, who begins to fantasize and dream about a better life for herself. It reads like an autobiography and,...

The Osborne Legacy by Mark Cundy is a fun read that takes you on a treasure hunt spanning several continents. Michael Osborne, a British multimillionaire, is dying without heirs and wants to leave a million pounds to someone, a randomly selected stranger. Having worked hard...

Three Rules is the story of Hope Wellman who suffered abuse at the hands of her stepfather’s brother Lucas. At the story opens, Hope is attending the funeral of her abuser and she slowly unravels the story of how she came to be a Wellman...

Wounded Beacon by Leslie Lee Sanders is a short novella that takes place on post-apocalyptic Earth. The people are forced to band together in small camps in order to survive. In one of these camps, a man named Luke escapes from the grasp of a...

Pretty in Black is the first book in a YA Gothic Romance series by Rae Hachton. Ellie considers herself an outsider and becomes even more so after the horrific murder of her sister. Depressed and suicidal, she attempts to take her own life in a...

Born to Run, Live to Be Free by Daris Howard is a delightful, awe-inspiring novel of the pursuit of freedom. Tom Johnson is a married, young, struggling college student. He never suspected the turn his life would take by becoming a caretaker for a “spirited...

In Nothing More Beautiful, we meet 25-year-old bakery owner Maci who has never experienced the pleasure of an orgasm. She’s tried and failed with her previous boyfriends, the most recent of whom was a big fat cheater with a big ol’ member. Unfortunately, these failed...

“We do best by embracing those parts about ourselves that we don’t like and ceasing to judge them.” Finding My Invincible Summer by Muriel Vasconcellos is a guideline for understanding how to get the most out of our lives in spite of our failures and...

Groping for God is a personal, heart-wrenching story about Pastor Matupit Darius from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Pastor Darius lost his daughter Martina in a tragic bus accident. Pastor Darius was forced to escort Martina’s body to the hospital. All the while, he...

The Catherine Wheel by Niya White is a compilation of three short stories. The first story is called, like the book, The Catherine Wheel. Mary Catherine Wheeler and her parents come to a small town with a strange ritual. Every November, they reenact the martyrdom...

Connecting Happiness and Success: A Guide to Creating Success Through Happiness by Ray White tells us not to wait until we reach success to become happier. Most of us are relatively happy people, but we are also well aware that we could be happier. There...

Five is Book One of the Maor Series, a young adult contemporary fantasy written by Caroline Greyling. Shaylee is your typical 16-year-old who has plenty of hopes and dreams. She’s into dancing, has written a story that’s been published in a magazine, and she loves...

Terrell Noalki grows up in an orphanage, but seems to know there is more to life than what is being presented to him. Dreams of Atlantis by Larry Krantz follows the life of Terrell, who seems to have some connection to the ruling class of...

The Bird Room is a collection of short horror and dark fantasy stories written by Chad Hofmann. The title story is a macabre piece in which a pet parrot carries, along with his ability to speak, an unearthly and evil manifestation of the past. Some...

Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Four: Bringing Alaska's History Alive by Laurel Downing Bill brings us into Alaska from 1935 until 1960, covering an expanse of history in the great state's time of life. So many forget that in 1941 Pearl Harbor was not the only...

This is a review of the audio version of The Farm by Tom Rob Smith. Dan must determine whether his mother has lost her mind or has stumbled onto a conspiracy to hide the murder of a young woman. When his mother shows up at...

Matt was a little boy who loved elephants. In fact, he was just plain out fascinated by them. Matt had a different feeling about elephants from anyone else around, because it always made him sad to see elephants performing when he went to a zoo...

Vanished From Dust by Shea Norwood is a paranormal adventure that follows the exploits of Eric and Kyle, two eighth-graders in the little town of Dust, Texas. Eric is an average boy, but has recently been bullied in school after a few episodes of strange...

Turtle needs a vacation. He has been holding the world’s clock so long on his back that it has stuck to his shell. But Professor Hare was concerned because he didn’t think anyone could hold the clock as well as Turtle, and Hare maintained the...