The Small Sports Take The Field, written by Matthew Damman and illustrated by Patty Eisenbraun, is a wonderful children’s book that teaches the importance of hard work, teamwork and positive thinking. One day, Jake is sitting by an overgrown field and daydreams about scoring a...

When things get tough, we all look for something or someone to lean on; some turn to booze, drugs or money while others discover that family and friends are best to hold them up. Jevon E. Thompson tells the story of a family struggling to...

Lorie Emerson, like many others of this era, is traveling with her uncle on a wagon train headed west on the Oregon Trail. But after the unexpected death of her uncle, Lorie is asked by the wagon master to leave the group at the next...

Seeing the Life by Sophie Dawson is a wonderful fictional account of the most glorious true story ever told. Beginning with Mary going into labor in the stable of a Bethlehem inn, Sophie Dawson takes us through the life of Jesus, right up to the...

Twisted, by Lola Smirnova, is a nightmare journey into the life of Julia, a young woman from Ukraine who, struggling for a future, follows her sister's path into the sex trade. In the post-Soviet break-up world, there is little to offer in the way of...

Rescue Me, Maybe by Jackie Bouchard addresses love and loss as well as how to move on. Cancer claims Jane’s husband Ryan and her dog Barnum within the first chapter. Jane is sorry her husband died, but she is devastated over the loss of her...

Telling your story and receiving the attention that your non-profit organization deserves is a combination of art and proven scientific methods. Ben DeLaney, in Ben DeLaney’s Non-Profit Marketing Handbook demonstrates how utilizing some of the best practices of for-profit marketing campaigns also works very well...

Frankie Dupont And The Mystery Of Enderby Manor by Julie Anne Grasso is a perfect mystery tale for kids aged 8-12. Frankie Dupont's cousin Kat disappears one fine day from Enderby and Frankie decides to investigate her mysterious disappearance. Inspector Cluesome is also working on...

My Husband Looks Better in Lingerie Than I Do....Damn It is the insightful and real-life story of Bobbie, who fell in love with a transgender person named Alan (male counterpart) and Alana (female counterpart). Bobbie grew up obese and had very low self-esteem. This story...

Stolen is a mystery by Dawn Kopman Whidden. When hunters find male victims with gunshot wounds and two traumatised children at a remote cabin, homicide detectives Jean Whitley and her partner Marty Keal are shocked by the things their investigation uncovers. One of the victims...

Apex by Robert Parker is a thrilling tale of survival, conspiracy and suspense. It is the second book in the Ben Bracken series. Protagonist Ben Bracken is a rough, tough figure with a tainted past, an ex-army captain who seeks to continue serving his country,...

In her novel, Strike Three, Joy V. Smith introduces us to the aftermath of World War III, a short battle that claimed the lives of the majority of the Earth’s population. The survivors of the war that turned the planet brown, those who went underground...

A Dark Collection: 12 Scary Stories by Mark Lukens provides a year's supply of unique and eclectic stories for the discriminating reader of short fiction. Perhaps best known for his entertaining novels Ancient Enemy and The Summoning, with this collection Lukens proves he also is...

Redneck Debutante by Jenny Hammerle is about a girl (Rachel) and her changing lifestyle. Her father gets into trouble at home so Rachel and her mother and brother get sent to her aunt's house in the middle of nowhere. They were at least 30 minutes...

The Ollie Dog Quartet, by Victor Alfaro, is a good children’s book. The author is able to capture the sense and feel of the main character, a dog named Ollie. Ollie tastes freedom when a human cutting the grass leaves the yard gate open. Ollie...

The synopsis for A Hero’s Curse, by P.S. Broaddus, intrigued me. To find a fantasy story for young readers with a blind protagonist conjured up all sorts of thoughts and ideas and Broaddus did not fail to deliver. The story is written from the perspective...

High powered attorney Will Remmond is used to fleeting relationships that always take a backseat to the abused women and children he fights for in the courtroom. When he met Max, however, that all changed and he is willing to fight to keep her in...

Taya Bayliss -- Dog Sitter is a juvenile/preteen mystery written by E.J. Gore. Taya is eleven years old, and she’s on holiday. She’s just not sure what there is to do around town. Taya lives in an apartment above the town’s bookstore with her father,...

Tara Simmons has been running from the Shadow Man, a serial killer, since the night he murdered her parents when she was 16 years old. It has been nine years since that horrendous night, and now the Shadow Man is hunting and playing with her...

An unexpected trip to Narralong and the Splinter Island bird sanctuary is not what 11-year-old Taya Bayliss wants, but what can a kid do? Before she even leaves home, though, a mystery presents itself and leads to big action! Taya’s dad, ‘Birdman Bayliss’, is a...