In Same Red Dirt by Pat Conrad, follow the adventures of one man as he gives up his career and life in the United States, and travels to Australia. He has no definite plan when he arrives. He takes everything in his stride and recounts...

An Adventurous Childhood: An African-American Coming of Age Story in New Bern, North Carolina is a nonfiction memoir written by Malcolm Elliott. The author and his family moved three times as he was growing up: from Queen Street to Jones Street to First Street, where...

Twice Upon a Time by D. Davidson and R. Marcano tells a tale that transcends space and time. We are introduced to a young Marie Laveau who receives her gift of magic from a mysterious man with blond hair in 1809. The story fast forwards...

Ribbons and Bows: A Holiday Collection is a collection of 5 short stories, 3 novellas, 6 flash fiction, and 3 devotionals by Heather Hart et al. and all revolve around the theme of Christmas. Angel’s Inn by Carolyn Martin tells about a youth group trip...

Mrs. Mullendeck's Big Sneeze is a children’s picture book written by Suzanne Evans and illustrated by David V. Hansford. The day that Mrs. Mullendeck had her big sneeze was one that no one in her neighborhood was likely to forget anytime soon. It was a...

Shades of Darkness is a work of fiction in the murder mystery genre. It is suitable for all ages and was penned by Margaret M Ford. The book follows Ben Appleton, a young member of the Mayfield family. The Mayfields are surviving the 1930s Depression...

"How two sisters created their own health spas on a budget! K.I.S.S.E.S. Keep It Simple Sisters Economy Spa" by Diane Dolphin Torres and Susan Dolphin Johnson is a very nice and enjoyable book. It is utterly different from anything I have read on the topic....

Cat Wright is shocked when she is called to the scene of a murder investigation, only to find out that the prime suspect is none other than her little sister. She jumps into action to find out why someone would want to frame a member...

Om Vel Way: Be Happy and Make Happy is a self-help guide by Seval Seer. Realizing that you can do anything you set your mind to is an unmatched kind of confidence. Confidence goes hand in hand with faith, which helps you to set and...

Detective Shevaughn Robinson had a lot of obstacles to overcome. She was not only a woman, a black woman, but she was also working in a “man’s world”. She has a new partner, a new case, and a new man in her life. There was...

Emma Travers is living on borrowed time and intends on making the most of every minute. That’s why she throws caution to the wind and goes back stage to meet heart-throb rock star Joe Campbell. Falling in love and wanting to help him slay his...

VUCA: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity, these four factors dictate the current business world’s form according to Carolyn Swora in Rules of Engagement: Building a Workplace Culture to Thrive in an Uncertain World. In this book, Swora discusses how people react to the changing scene...

Set in the 1970s in New York State's Catskill Mountains, Liberty Loomis by Susan Denman is about Mayzie Jenkins who wants to become a doctor. She starts working at Liberty Loomis Hospital for eight weeks one summer. Liberty Loomis does not look like a typical...

When King Kaison is poisoned, his wife Alanna is on the run in hopes of protecting their unborn child, Alric. It is prophesied by the Oracle that this boy will possess a power no other before has ever known. In one final act of her...

If you love to read comic books or graphic novels, waste no time and get yourself a copy of C2C Galaxy by George Hohbach, Ehrengard Hohbach, and Scott Marcano. Three hundred years ago, a C2C spaceship landed on the yet-to-be colonized planet of Aurora. In...

Totem of Terror is yet another supernatural horror thriller from the Eidola Project Novel series by Robert Herold. It's the year 1885. When a wicked entity terrorizes the village of a Quilieute community on the shores of the Washington Coast, the Eidola paranormal investigative group...

“Surfing on a Banana Peel” opens with an account of how the author, Brona Fanelle, spent the better part of her early life desperately searching for spiritual meaning and balance. That is until her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Through her mother’s battle and recovery...

Short and Simple: A Collection of Short Stories by R.L. Jones is a collection of stories with various themes such as love, angst and even vampire. The title says it all. Yet, there are some stories that I don’t find simple to understand. “Awakening: The...

When thirteen-year-old Ally is confronted with what may be a ghost haunting her bedroom in Ronnie Stich’s new novel Creepy Friends, she does what anyone would do: she freaks out. After all, that just isn’t something that a normal girl who constantly struggles to fit...

Life and the act of living one's life is hard work. It has its ups and downs, its joys and its sorrows. And then there are the tragedies, the evil that attacks us all in one way or another. But, no matter how hard life...