Grumble and Tumble: A Nico and Tugger Tale by Kimberly Sentek is a delightful story of two dogs and how they look at the world. Tugger wants Nico to wake up and play with him but Nico wants to stay in bed. He has already...

Rebecca Monhollon’s Mischief on the Mountain is a story set late in the nineteenth century on a homestead in Tennessee in the shadow of what the locals called the Smoky Mountains, though the name was still unofficial until 1934. A mixture of history, pathos and...

Cupid's Angels by Erin Bevan is exactly what readers want. Here, readers get a taste of a sweet romance that naturally starts to bloom by itself, but needs a little shove in the right direction before it can fully blossom into its true beauty. A...

Rachel McGrath's Dark & Twisty: A Twisted Anthology is a collection of sixteen short stories. Each story relates to the theme chosen for its title - for example, Torment, Obsession, Hunted, Fear, Retribution. The stories deal with relationships, human emotions, and situations people may encounter...

In The SHIVA Syndrome by Alan Joshua, we are thrown right into the action with the prologue. A test subject is in a liquid filled cylinder in a basement laboratory in Podol'sk in Russia. During the procedure, he experiences a seizure and chaos ensues in...

Mana Mutation Menace by Brian Wilkerson is the third book in the Journey to Chaos series. Eric Wately, the protagonist of the novel, is a humble mercenary. I know it is ironic, but it is oh so good. The novel begins and we find that...

In Harry Watt, Bounty Hunter: 2150 AD - And Harry's Life Just Got More Complicated, Rob Guy combines old-fashioned detective thrillers a la Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett with futuristic science fiction—and it works! As the title indicates, Watt is a “fugitive recovery agent,” or...

Dimorphic by Cy Wyss is an action-packed, thrilling ride with a heroine who does not take any sass, but has plenty to offer to the world. And believe me, she has a lot of sass to dish out. Before I jump into the actual review,...

Set in Stone (The Petralist Book 1) by Frank Morin is a young adult fantasy. When armies attack Connor's sleepy little village, he gets caught in the rising conflict. He has a power so strong that both sides want to control it for themselves. They...

The Color of Character by accomplished author Glen Shuld is a gem in the history of a certain part of the 20th century, one that everyone around the world has come to recognize as very important in the integration process of schools in the 1960s...

The Block: Just Live 'cuz You Can is a speculative fiction novel written by Richard Seaman. It's set in the near future, after yet another war to end all wars bankrupts the American government. The responsibility for the now-defunct Social Security Administration's payments to senior...

Interrupted Summer is a young adult adventure novel written by Eric Gillies Bernardez. Marco Vega had just finished his freshman year at the City of Pines University in Baguio City on the island of Luzon, and he was looking forward to a summer spent hiking...

Running from the Mirror by Howard Shulman is a memoir about Shulman’s life. When Shulman was just a newborn baby, he contracted a staph infection that ate his face off. His parents did not want to deal with a child that had so many health...

Essence by A.L Waddington is a YA paranormal romance unlike any other that I’ve read, and is a great start to a unique series with an interesting premise. When seventeen-year-old Jocelyn meets her new neighbor, Jackson, he’s an instant hit with her friends and family,...

The cycle of life is really quite simple. A living creature is born, matures, and grows old. In the process, there is a definite learning curve as the young aspire to achieve what the elderly have already conquered. The bond between a grandparent and a...

The Chase farm is not doing so well. The bills are mounting and the recurring accidents on the riding trails are not good for business. After all, who would want their child learning to ride at a stable where the riding trails are riddled with...

Trina Bell's Humming Summer by Silke Stein is the story of 13-year-old Trina. Trina's mother died giving birth to her and her father is a world renowned nature photographer, who spends most of his time photographing endangered species, so Trina lives with her great-aunt. After...

What drew me to this book was not only the concept of taking a leap of faith, but also the bright warm smile of the author in her photo on the back cover. She looks genuine, happy, caring and warm. That smiling face belongs to...

Along Came a Wolf: The Yellow Hoods #1 is a young adult fantasy novel written by Adam Dreece. Tee and her two fellow Yellow Hoods, her best friends, Elly and Richy, have been having a marvelous time in their mountainside tree house, which mysteriously seems...

Spotless by Camilla Monk is an awesome love story that will actually make a great rom-com one day. The story follows a woman named Island Chaptal. She is a romance novel enthusiast and a boring IT professional. She may seem like a stiff upper crust...