Tapestry by Ariana Overton is a unique mystery story that is very good. Katherine (Kat) is 48 years old and has just broken up with the only man she has ever truly loved. Steve was in love with Kat, but married and not willing...

Suzi by C.J.L. Marr starts with a small family in a remote area, barely eking out a subsistence, when the father returns with a big gold nugget. The nugget is their passport to prosperity! They set out for the town to sell it, riding in...

Melancholy Manor: A Hera Hunter Mystery by Ellie DeFarr piqued my curiosity immediately. It is not often that I find a murder mystery intertwined with a ghost story, but Ms. DeFarr provided both, and with an antagonist I will not soon forget. Hera Hunter is a...

In Zoe North, author Joanne Rawson takes readers into the exciting world of Zoe North herself. The story is about Zoe's chance meeting with Dale, to whom she is attracted, and they begin a fling. Her best friend and business partner, Luke, is more sensitive...

A Far Strange Country: Banquet of Choices by Arielle Hunter is a novel of unrest, drugs and murder. In this story set in 1968, a time of great unrest in the civilized world, Pauline and Buck Harper are trying to ride it out on their...

Caste - The Unexplored Territories by author JT is a good book on the exploration of caste. As caste is defined as 'a rigid social class into which members are born and from which they can escape or withdraw with extreme difficulty' by Lundenberg, JT...

Shenandoah: Daughter of the Stars by Nancy Johnson took me back to the days of the Civil War when fourteen-year-old Hannah Yeager, her thirteen-year-old brother Willy and their friend Charlie Richison find themselves growing up all too quickly because of the war raging around them....

Perceptions of a Camino is an inspirational memoir written by Göte Nyman. Nyman's story revolves around his personal camino, or pilgrimage, in Fisterra. He first visited this small coastal town in Gallicia 17 years earlier, when he was on a boating trip with his wife...

Sand Dollar is a real romance novel from the pen of Sebastian Cole. Raised and groomed from his infancy to take over the family business, Noah is straight forward, organized, and has a no-nonsense attitude...that leaves him feeling empty inside. Robin is a burst of...

Bringing Up Mike is a coming of age story written by Mark Duncan. Joe is the youngest person ever to be awarded a doctorate from Caltech. He's also the creator of an artificial intelligence program named Mike that acts as a personal assistant. Joe was...

Intangible by C.A. Gray is the first book in the Piercing the Veil series. Peter Stewart is the ultimate science geek who fits into his high school about as well as a cowboy boot fits into a fairy princess tea party. If it weren’t for...

Author James Offutt discusses favoritism in his latest book, Finding Healing From the Anguish of Favoritism: In the Home, Church and Workplace. As the author researched this topic, he discovered there were very few books written on the subject and even fewer written from the...

Aria by Monica Joshi is a short story about a woman caught between fantasy and reality. Aria Johannes is a struggling artist trapped by her financial situation. She knows that she can rely on Will, the misogynistic, cheating boyfriend, for stability, but she secretly longs...

When the Great Spirit Walked Among Us by Terry M. Wildman is an uplifting book that translates the Bible and has the gospels written as a story. The book retells the sacred writings for Native Americans and the author refreshes and renews the minds of...

How to Write a Killer SAT Essay: An Award-Winning Author's Practical Writing Tips on SAT Essay Prep by Tom Clements is a very useful book that gives tips on how to write simple, short and effective essays. The author encapsulates the essence of how to...

The Human Process of Self-Evolution by J.M. Tessey explores the ongoing transformational change of human evolution and how Homo sapiens diverged from mammals long ago. In ten detailed chapters, Tessey differentiates between two behavioral systems: instinct and reason. Research is garnered from genetics, psychology, neuroscience,...

Packed full of suspense and intrigue, Back in Town is a fitting second book to Marc A. Di Giacomo’s Small Town Series. After Leo Kepler was safely behind bars, he suddenly disappeared; that incident came on the heels of the car accident which left Detective...

For a thought-provoking read, try Jesus Jackson by James Daley. Readers will be immediately struck by the intensity of the issue: 14-year-old Jonathan is at the scene of his brother's death and he is angry, confused and totally unable to cope with the tragedy. Although...

We Are The Destroyers by D.K. Lindler is a page-turning novel about the consequences of over-consumption and ignorance of environmental concerns. The story opens with Captain Bel'lar preparing to leave a planet which is in chaos due to total mismanagement of the earth's resources. He...

Time Waver by Daniel Doan is the story of a boy who received a gift that seems to be the best thing that could happen to someone: a watch that gives you the ability to travel back in time, with the limit of travelling back...