A True Original. That is the best way I can describe Chronicles of Ara: Creation by Joel Eisenberg and Stephen Hillard. This book grabbed me from the beginning and wouldn’t let go. In this literary gem, the mysterious character “X” leads us through the dark...

When the first few pages of a book give you chills, you know you are in for an interesting read. Millee and Me is a photo-enhanced story of the author’s journey with a haunted Raggedy Ann doll. The true story begins with the purchase of...

Hush by Kori D Miller is volume 1 of the Dezeray Jackson Mystery Novels. Dezeray Jackson is a private investigator and her speciality is finding out your secrets and she won’t stop until she knows them. Asked for help by Tamara Steele with a cold...

Islands by Sara Stamey is a romantic suspense story. Susan Dunne is an archaeologist who travels to a beautiful Caribbean island on a grant to study petroglyphs. She has a second agenda in mind, though; investigating the death of her brother the year before. After...

Maintaining one’s faith in the face of today’s distractions is not always easy, but Tom McQueen provides an excellent guide for making the effort in Jesus Therapy: The Best Advice Money Can’t Buy. This well respected Christian therapist has put all his knowledge of scripture...

WhipEye is the first book of the WhipEye Chronicles by Geoffrey Saign. On the one-year anniversary of her mother’s death, twelve-year-old Samantha makes her way to the Endless Pet Store in Minnesota to talk to her favorite parrot, Charlie. After receiving menacing looks from the...

Where Did My Doggie Go? Coping With Grief Through Imagination: Children in Grief, Volume 3 is a children's storybook written and illustrated by Tracy Wayland, and dealing with social issues. The narrator in this tale is a little boy whose dog has died. He doesn't...

Lucidity in Sin City: A Mystical Journey to Clarity and Serenity by Jay Troska is an autobiography about his life from the time he decided to move from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, Nevada. The story starts off with his background and growing up in the...

"We judge ourselves by our intent. Others judge us by our actions," says Sonya, an executive coach, in (R)evolution: One Man's Leadership Journey by Anna Conrad. Sonya is hired by Tom's employer when his boss, Robert, is concerned about Tom's inability to grasp the company's...

The hidden journal of Michael Brandon Kohler is the story of Apalachicola Pearl. I was pulled back into the late 1860s and into the Civil War in Apalachicola, Florida. Pearl, a young child, is the heroine, though we don’t learn her real, surprising mission until...

Koolura and the Mayans by Michael Thal is the third book in the Koolura series, an exciting story that will take readers on a historic ride back into the old Maya civilization. Koolura and her friend, Leila, are just two young teens visiting Mexico. They...

A temporary life change leads to a lifelong struggle with depression and mental illness for Cordelia Quinn. Declan MacLeod, her best friend since they were both just three years old, tries his best to protect Cordelia, or Cord, as he affectionately calls her, from everything,...

We get to meet Little Miss History in the storybook The Adventures Of Little Miss History: Volume 1 by Barbara Ann Mojica, who is so named because of her keenness to learn about things in the past. She has traveled everywhere by land, sea, and...

I Still Want to Be a Mom: Escaping Hopelessness & Embracing Motherhood is a nonfiction health/medical parenting guide written by Julie Pierce. Pierce is a fertility and healthy lifestyle coach, whose familiarity with the challenges faced by the many women for whom pregnancy is elusive,...

Land of Seekers written by Triveen Nair is a historical fiction novel based in India in the year 1766 which, as the author states, was one of the most important but widely unnoticed years in the history of India. There are many different takes on...

Children are curious about everything, but do they know the signs and what causes chickenpox? Amy Has a Rash: Chickenpox by Dr. Nicole Audet is an easy to read and colorful children's book about Amy and her small red bumps. Your child will enjoy reading...

Children become naturally curious about their bodies and the world around them. In Dr. Nicole Audet’s Felix Is Curious About His Body: Human Body (Felix And Booboo), your child will learn what makes their bodies function. In this book, your child will explore with...

"What is going on in my head?" Maya wondered. When she asked her mother about it, they discovered that she had head lice. In Maya's Head Is Itching: Lice by Dr. Nicole Audet, a part of the Felix and Booboo Series, Felix heard about his...

Charles Hurt Himself Playing: Broken Arm (Felix and Booboo) by Dr Nicole Audet tell readers about how broken bones can heal. Charles and his friend Felix are swinging in the park. Charles is swinging very high. He loses control and lands in the sandbox. Crying,...

Lea Does Not Feel Well: Gastroenteritis by Dr Nicole Audet is another educational and informative book in the Felix & BooBoo series. The story opens with Lea calling Felix to say that she has diarrhea. She asks Felix to come to her place with BooBoo...