Issues of the Heart by Snook is an idealist’s and realist’s work. It’s the inner thoughts of a person aware of life’s lessons, emotions and imperfections. It deals with sacrifices, forgiveness, anger, love, and confusion, in clearly written poems that deal with different experiences in...

A PinkBoat Adventure by Kathleen Ivan revolves around the adventures of two young girls, Kathlean and Crustina. Both girls go sailing one day in Crustina's pink boat. They sail a bit farther away from the shore and, strangely enough, the story takes a different turn...

How can a spoiled French princess and a young peasant save a world inhabited by beings of myth and legend? That is the basis of Shield of the Palidine by Barbara T. Cerny. Beginning in France in the early 1600s, the tale brings seven-year-old Pierre...

The Silent Deal: The Card Game, Book 1 by Levi Stack tells the story of Victor, an average serf boy, and Romulus, a boy who lives in the forest. Victor has recurring dreams about the 'Brass Art' in his city, graffiti of playing cards. Cards...

“Only when you’re a little lost can you start to find direction.” In Rafael Blotta's We Were Kings, Robert Bartholomew doesn’t know he’s lost; he is living his own life as a writer in Guatemala, far from his South Philly upbringing and the family and...

Salt and the Sea Venture (American Felines Book 1) by Melissa L. Gill is the story of a white alley cat set in the 1600s. Salt gets on board the Sea Venture, takes one last look at London and sails to his new world. His...

Forgotten Objects by Carlos Rubio introduces us to the life of Anna d'Amio who is the daughter of Louis and Francesca d'Amio, opera singers. The trail follows them from Mussolini’s Italy to the city of Pittsburgh during the roaring time of the mid-sixties. You will...

Voices Beckon by Linda Lee Graham is a very good fictional book mixed with real life history, starting in 1783 and spanning the next seven years. The story begins as the Industry is leaving Bristol to set sail to America. While there are many...

Molly and the Magic Suitcase: Molly Goes to Copenhagen (Volume 5) by Chris Oler is the fifth volume in the travel series where kids are taken on a sightseeing trip to different countries along with Molly and her brother Michael. In this book, young readers...

The Ghost of Stonebridge Lane by Roberta Hoffer is the debut children's story by this published author of adult novels, and it is a grand debut indeed. Young Christian Jones Arnook and his mother, Allison, are the only two remaining members of their family, summoned...

Nakita's Big Question by Roberta Hoffer is a delightful story book for kids. Nakita is taken to a new home by Amy. She is not lonely anymore. She has a new bed and sleeps in Amy's room. She realizes that she is not in the...

There is a watermark on the cover of The Moth and the Sun. If you look closely, you can see the outstretched wings of a moth. We tend to take moths for granted. In fact, many of us don't really like them. But they are...

Get ready for a roller coaster ride in Confessions From a Coffee Shop by T.B. Markinson. Cori Tisdale had a promising career. Being a star basketball player for Harvard and with an amazing book deal, she was on cloud nine. Suddenly, a few years later,...

In Who We Were by Christy Sloat, Sadie Peters is going to summer school at a different school than her own in order to gain some extra credit so she can have shorter days next year. She never intended to gain more friends or start...

Nastragull: Pirates, an epic science fiction adventure by Erik Martin Willén, is about what it takes to be a pirate in a dog-eat-dog universe. The story begins when a pleasure cruise vessel is hijacked by a band of interstellar pirates. With the precision of well...

Cash Kills: An Angelina Bonaparte Mystery is a private detective story written by Nanci Rathbun. Angie was a librarian, homemaker and mom until she got tired of dealing with her husband’s infidelities. She sold the house and became a private detective, and she’s good at...

The House by Lacey Deaver is a good Christian story from beginning to end. Cheri is a troubled young woman running for her life. She hides in a truck in Seattle and, after three days without food and water, she escapes from the truck...

Death Takes a Mistress by Rosemary and Larry Mild is the second book featuring Dan and Rivka Sherman, but although there are references to the first book, it’s not necessary to have read the first one to enjoy this one. The plot revolves around...

In a little town in northern France live one dog, two parrots and one master. Their days are filled with walking in the gardens and looking for fruit in the orchard. The two parrots, Gregorie and Birdie, loved riding on the back of their doggie...

Engaging Enchantment by Efran Myles is the first tale in The Legend of Lord Randall series. It begins with a bedtime story being told about how the Keeper got his magic. The story is told by their mother to nine-year-old Alyssa, and her little brother...