The Bridegroom by Joseph Michael Shucraft is an exquisite collection of poems dedicated to the purposeful presence of Jesus at the heart of Christian marriage. Although Shucraft describes his work alternately as verses and poems, to me, they are really more like psalms—beautiful sacred songs...

The Killer Enigma is a sleuth mystery drama by Breakfield and Burkey. After helping stop a human trafficking ring and putting its leader behind bars, JJ and his supermodel wife, Jo, are desperate for a break from the limelight they receive at their home in...

The Devil's Murder Game by Charles Horn is an action-packed, fast-paced crime narrative involving a clash between cult members and the Mafia. Hank Tower, a skilled private investigator with a baby on the way, is consulted by the NYPD to look into a murder and...

The Foster Wife by Cindy Dorminy is the story of Amelia Day, who has moved on after a broken heart and opened a dog-themed business to ensure it never happens again. Using techniques she applies to foster animals, she reforms bachelors, preparing them for lasting,...

The Gang of Three: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle by Neel Burton should be required reading for any college class in philosophy. This is the best book on philosophy I have ever read, and I have four master’s degrees. Neel gives a fantastic overview of the pre-Socratic...

Some people are born evil, and others are made to believe they are and become just that. In Kathlyn C. White’s The Therapist, she helps to identify good and bad parenting, abuse victims, and victimizers. She shares her patients’ experiences and helps identify narcissists and...

The Deadly Pieces: An Adam Frankenstein U.S. Marshal Novel by Sheila English is a horror story with plenty of action to keep you hooked until the end. Adam Frankenstein left the League of Supernatural Hunters after Mary Shelley died, and he had no intention of...

The Light Within Darkness is the third book of the Space Unbound series by David Jeffrey. Commander Aiden Macallan and his elite crew of the advanced spaceship Sun Wolf, equipped with the revolutionary zero-point drive, are tasked to search and locate the dangerous Cardew Amon,...

The Guardians by S. Lee Holland delves into the themes of faith, self-discovery, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness. In this young adult novel, Holland introduces us to the narrator and protagonist Cassie, who must confront her inner demons while embarking on an...

I initially chose to read The Unsuper Adventures of Norma by Mark Svartz because of the colorful, fun-looking, and ethnically mixed children on the cover art. The illustration looks professionally done and has quite an overall appeal. However, as I began to read, I was...

A victim of bullying, a silent outcast, the school hero, and an outgoing girl are thrust into a virtual reality game to represent their school internationally. The world watches as they play the unbeatable and unpredictable game, OverPower. The unlikely team is formed after a...

Robert W Watson's The Epic of Gilgamesh is about an unlikely friendship forged between a king (Gilgamesh) and a man-beast, who is allowed to live among the human race. Unfortunately, the friendship does not last long because of some dangerous interactions the king and his...

From childhood, we are shaped by our surrounding environments and cultures into becoming functional members of society. Society tells us exactly who we are supposed to be, what our wants and needs should be, and how to find happiness and fulfillment. But according to author...

If you like your fantasy served up in epic proportions with all the fantastical trimmings that the genre has to offer, The Story of Evil by Tony Johnson is for you. Originally released one by one over ten years as separate books titled Heroes of...

The Befallen by Cambria Williams features the journey of Tolvar and Sloane as they face the Befallen, a force that appears at night and destroys every living thing. Sloane planned to walk from Mohn to Asana to sell her father’s leatherwork. Her parents worried about...

The Virgin Chronicles is an engaging memoir by Marina DelVecchio about a young woman’s complex relationship with her adoptive mother, Ann. Kathy is used to her mother calling her “putana,” a Greek word with two meanings; a dirty word for the vagina and whore. Little...

The Glory Paradigm by Frank Frantz is a profoundly encouraging Christian guide that examines current times through a biblical lens, including prophetic teachings concerning the era we are living in and how to prepare for what is to come. Despite the current spiritual, social, political,...

Dickie Erman’s historical fiction novel, The Adventures of Sunny Washington, wastes no words and spares no feelings regarding the attitudes and treatment of black people by whites. So many times, I shook my head in disbelief, beginning with the heartbreak of Sunny’s mother when she...

The Fin-Tastic Rescue by Laura Mancuso is the story of three young mermaids named Sara, Alix, and Lucy who find a sea turtle needing help. They quickly realize he is cold-stunned and rush to offer their assistance. Lucy goes to the surface and gets her...

Carl J Blackburn's The Children of Saint Thomas Aquinas is a well-researched and thought-provoking story inspired by the life and teachings of the medieval theologian and philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas. The story begins in 1272. Dominican Friar Thomas Aquinas is a Master of Theology in...