General Houston's Little Spy: A Texas Revolution Story is a young adult historical fiction novel written by Cara Skinner. Samantha Russell was born in 1819. Her parents had a large family and Samantha was the middle child. They had a good life working the family...

I just finished The Light Who Shines: Bluebell Kildare Series Book One by author Lilo Abernathy. I am always thrilled to find a new series that promises to be fantastic, and this book has all the elements needed to make that the case! The story...

Dreamadillo: A Bedtime Rhyme is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Tina Marie Bevan. Armadillo may be asleep in the sands of his desert home, but when he dreams, he is far away up in the clouds. In his dreams he’s known as...

How To Pray And Get Results: Removing the Barriers Blocking Your Prayer Life is a non-fiction book on Christian living by author Sheldon D. Newton. In this short but comprehensive guide, Newton looks at the obstacles in daily life which can hinder effective worship and...

Drachen by Brendan le Grange is an exciting and fast paced thriller of a story. Brett is on the trail to find the treasure from the ancient wreck of the Drachen, but is pursued by Sam, Roman, and Patrick. Piecing together mysterious clues from different...

Welcome to the Commons or, as some might, call it, Purgatory. In The Journeyman by Michael Alan Peck, it’s a land where, in the Beatles’ words, “nothing is real,” and where a talking mummy, a man with a slot-machine handle for an arm and a...

What a fun read! I just finished Epic Zero: Tales of a Not-So-Super 6th Grader by author R.L. Ullman, and I have to say, I loved it! The story follows young Elliot Harkness, whose entire family belongs to the Freedom Force, the world’s greatest superhero...

The Escape: Naughty Blue Jay & Woodpecker is a children's story book written by Carolee Wells Henney and illustrated by Valerie Vincent. The birds in the aviary are all very excited about the arrival of springtime and many of them, including the cardinal and the...

Betrayal Only Comes In Green is a short, sharp thriller by author Sandy Appleyard. The second story in the Betrayal Series, the plot focuses on widower Saul Jessup, who lives a solitary life in San Bernardino and appears to be just like any other single...

Tac and Tuk is a children's animal story book written by Carolee Wells Henney and illustrated by Heather Ewing Klose. Tac and Tuk are ground squirrel cousins who live on the prairie in Texas. Their colony is a large one with about fifty families who...

Musings of a Madman is a collection of poetry written by Adam Levon Brown, an English literature student attending the University of Oregon. His poems cover a wide range of topics ranging from classical themes, modern events and discourses on the different aspects of love,...

A Poisonous Journey: The First Lady Evelyn Mystery is a historical sleuth mystery written by Malia Zaidi. Evelyn's bored with her life in London, especially now that the city is in its cold, gray and drizzly late-winter weather pattern. Life with Aunt Agnes is predictably...

The mail-order bride. Just the idea has intrigued me since I learned of the concept as a little girl. When I saw that this was the premise of Amazing Grace: Book Three of the Hymns of the West Series by author Faith Blum, I knew...

Pip! Zip! Hatch! Love!: A Complete Kid's Guide To Keeping Chickens (Raising Backyard Chickens, Great for Children and Adults) is a nonfiction guide to raising chickens written by Susanne Blumer. The author thinks chickens can be fun pets and entertaining companions, and her book gives...

In The Chronocar, science fiction meets history in a dynamic tale of time travel. When Tony finds a science journal about time travel, he combines this new found knowledge with his own near genius talents to design a Chronocar. His first trip is to meet...

Author Trish Egan has dedicated her book I Am Sunshine to survivors of childhood abuse. Her fictionalized heroine, Idalia, was sexually abused as a child and as a consequence developed coping and survival strategies that made her life appear perfect on the outside, but which...

The Tears of Olive Trees: An Autobiographic Story Featuring Poems From Mahmoud Darwish is a non-fiction memoir written by AbdulKarim Al Makadma, with illustrations by Rawya M. Wadi. The author was born and grew up in a refugee camp in Gaza. His family was uprooted...

As a private investigator, Devon Sanders is good, not just good but extremely good; he seems to have a real touch for the job. Never mention it might be magic in his presence, though, because he has stayed as far away from magic as possible...

Search & Seizure is a coming of age memoir written by Marc Hoberman. When Marc was eleven, he got to meet his maternal grandfather, a composer whose work was used in film and television throughout the '40s, '50s and '60s. That meeting and the one...

The Tomb by Lyn Sholes and Joe Moore is a Maxine Decker Thriller. Maxine Decker retired from the OSI but has returned as an adviser. After helping to take down a cartel leader, drug lord and international thief, Maxine heads off for some R and...