In Bernard Jan's Cruel Summer, Michael is a seventeen-year-old boy living in New York. Michael loves skateboarding and wants to ride professionally. He and his abusive father, Hank, don't get along, and his mother died a few months ago. Michael's sister, Rebecca, is in Denver...

With an old-fashioned writing style and a connection to the beloved Dickens’ story, A Christmas Carol, The Ghost of Christmas Past by author Michael Hebler is a must-read for the Christmas season or any other time of the year. The story opens with the Ghost...

Red Rover, Perdition Games by L.E. Fraser is a fast paced novel that lives up to its subtitle: “Death is the prize in a twisted game.” Red Rover, Perdition Games truly begins with the death of an ex-football player and the suicide of a National...

A Greek Odyssey by Tia Mitsis takes readers on an exotic journey through Greece and its stunning beauty, history, and landscape. Greece is famous for its beaches, islands, rugged mountains, greenery, tiny villages, the food, and its zest for life. Most visitors tend to frequent...

Stephanie Perry and her family have been invited to revisit Evergreen, the property once owned by Stephanie’s father before he had sold it to Leslie Miller, deceased aunt of the current owner, Kristy. An art studio had been found hidden away in the house, along...

The Truth About Family by Victoria Ichizli-Bartels is a no frills, very directly written story about a young man from the Ukraine during World War II. He is looking back on his life and trying to find the family he was separated from, but doesn’t...

Crossing Boarders is a contemporary Christian fiction novel written by Debra Sue Brice. Dana Berrelli has been riding horses since she was five years old and working with them on the family's horse-boarding farm is exactly what she wants to do with her life. That...

The Three Worlds is the second book of the Monster Realm Series. Although I haven’t read book one, nevertheless, this book was completely entertaining. The three girls go on a delightful, yet highly dangerous adventure in this story for Young Adults. Nara Duffie certainly...

“Different is cool,” says Tabitha Fink and it is cool to learn new things, even if, at first, they seem a little bit scary. But Tabitha Fink isn’t scared. In fact, she’s a cat on a mission to learn all she can, this time about...

When one hears the word “brand”, one immediately thinks of a trademark. However, in Diehl’s world, brand becomes a three-dimensional rendering that encompasses more than just the name of a business. To Diehl, a strong business identity is achieved by combining personality and values with...

Fishing With God by Shane Hutchison and Chris Gordon is a spiritual novel that will make you reflect upon your life and how you have been living it. This novel isn’t really about one character. It is about a multitude of characters that find peace....

Exiles of Forlorn is a young adult epic fantasy written by Sean T. Poindexter. They were an oddly matched group of companions, bound by their exile from Morment to the faraway land of Forlorn. Lew was of the nobility, the third son of Lord Olune...

Kaly thought she was just a normal human being like everyone else. But when she becomes the target in Lucifer’s newest attempt to escape his prison, the veil is lifted once more as she learns through frightful experience that her parents have secrets – and...

A Change of Heart by Mark Benjamin follows the story of Gabriel as he finds his way into the midst of a vampire war. The humans hate the vampires. The vampires have an internal fight for power. Gabriel just wants to get home without bullies...

Have you ever had that kind of week where your (largely uninsured) home/business burns to the ground, your wife leaves you, and the IRS starts hounding you for back taxes? That’s the kind of week it’s been for Herodotus Shapiro. When he decides to escape...

Blood Price by AL Wright is a paranormal fiction novel and book one in the Noble of Blood series. This will appeal most to an audience made up of young adult and adult vampire fans. Blood Price follows Josaleene, a young woman who wishes to...

José Ramón Torres’ fictional work, Waves, captures a historical period when life in Cuba was extremely difficult, resulting in mass migration from the country. The novel begins in Havana in the early 1980s. Angel Ribot is the main protagonist, as he, family members and close...

Grief Tools for Healing: 3-2-1 God’s Way by Lois Jean is a helpful book for all those readers who have experienced grief and know that they have no control over life and where they stand in all of God’s creation. The book is a source...

Coming Out Of Egypt by Angela Joseph introduces us to Marva and June, two sisters who have been abused sexually since their childhood. Due to this abuse, Marva commits a terrible crime and she ends up running from the law, and working towards making a...

Lacey’s Law by LS Fellows follows one woman on her path of vengeance against someone who was supposed to be her friend: Carla. Years in the making, Lacey’s cunning plan takes an unexpected turn and she ends up in the hospital with a head wound;...