Tequila Highway: Across the Pond by R J Matthews is an interesting story with a lot of humor. Jim and Selma have had a very bad experience with Hector, a Mexican mobster. Hector has many resources and knows how to play it dirty. Now, Selma...

It’s OK to Be Different, written by Sharon Purtill and illustrated by Sujata Saha, is a children’s picture book celebrating children who have the courage to be themselves, and to accept others as they are. When children learn that diversity is positive, it becomes natural...

Sean Hightower didn’t have the best of musical careers, but he just kept going. After earning his one-hit wonder title, the rock musician tried his luck again and again. After one particularly gruesome stage performance, Sean thinks it is best to go to his girlfriend...

Element Girls: The Lost Goddess by Giulietta M. Spudich is a story about the bond between four friends. Tess has three best friends she can't do without. Tess is rarely apart from Elizabeth, Susie, and Amelia but recently things seem to have changed with Amelia...

Relationship: Notes on Love, Mutual Respect, Boundaries, Marriage, and Divorce by Ardilio William Benitez tackles the relevant topic of relationships. The information in this book applies to all relationships, be it spouse, family, or friends. Relationships involve two individuals and the ten chapters in this...

The Light of Deaf Women: Inspirational Stories from Visionaries, Artists, Founders and Entrepreneurs by Deaf businesswoman and life coach Sofia Seitchik is a wonderful collection of mini-biographies accompanied by black-and-white photographs highlighting the achievements of almost 90 Deaf women. These women represent a variety of...

Not Yet A Woman by W. C. Child is the story of a woman who has been fighting to find happiness all her life while finding herself and realizing that all she needed to be happy was to believe in herself. Eva’s life has been...

The Clark family had lived on the farm for over a hundred years. The treasures that had accumulated over the years added to its ambiance. Especially the treasured hope chest full of quilts lovingly created over the years by the Clark women. Franny loved visiting...

Another creative take on children’s picture books is Secret Garden: The Amazing Life of Caterpillars by Fei Fei Chiam. Simple yet engaging, it poetically narrates the life cycle of butterflies in short bursts of verses per page. While the grownups among us are well aware...

Reviving the Commander is the first book in the Crowns Legacy series by Nadine C. Keels. This is a beautiful romance between two people who thought they would never find love again, but life had other plans for them. Opal wasn’t looking for love; she...

Morgan Field’s Powerful As F*ck is a dynamic insight into tearing down insuperable obstacles preventing you from living your dreams. The trigger for this process came in the form of a question; are you loveable? In exploring her answer, Ms. Field was forced to take...

The Children of Slowville Book 2 by Madly Chatterjee is a bilingual book with two delightful stories, A Little Surprise and The Boat Ride with the beautiful city of Slowville as the backdrop. In the first story, Kimaya, Ben, Sanjee, Savya, Oliver, Mei, and Toby...

I’m not really sure what prompted me to pick up The Arnolfini Art Mysteries by Rich DiSilvio, especially since I’m not that into art and know just about nothing about the world’s masterpiece artists. Perhaps it was the glowing reviews DiSilvio has received for his...

My Every Breath by Anna Maynard with Karen Emilson is an autobiography detailing her experiences growing up living with Cystic Fibrosis during the late 60 and early 70s. Using photos from that time, Maynard shares a more personalized look at the disease and what life...

Chasing Hope by Dana Wayne is the story of two lost souls who are trying to find a hold in this world, but they end up finding each other and themselves in the process. Max Logan joined the Marines and for 18 years he gave...

Although complex books need extra effort, they are usually the ones that really reward the reader who will take the time to read them. Lion by Douglas Misquita is one of those books where disappointment is not an option. This intricate novel, set in the...

Retribution: The Riveting Sequel to Redemption! is written by Stephanie Baldi, and it is full of breathtaking suspense. Carmela Santiago, daughter of Ricardo, founder of a drug and smuggling empire, waited for almost six years before she placed her plans in motion - to exact...

Flood Tide: An Epic Novel of the Greek Invasion of Persia by Alexander Geiger is the second book in the Ptolemaios Saga. A traveler trapped out of time. It's been nine years since he'd gotten stuck and managed to secure a position as Alexandros' bodyguard....

Every child has fears. For each child, these fears may be different and come in different shapes and sizes. Jasper the Bold (ish) is a picture book geared toward young children that addresses common fears. In Krystal Fernandes’ book, Jasper encounters multiple everyday items that...

One Consciousness: The True Message of the Mandela Effect Reality by Anthony W. White is an informative and insightful book that gives readers an understanding of consciousness, the afterlife, creational design, and the true message behind the Mandela Effect. The information in the book helps...