What a great book! That's the first thought I had when I finished reading Stake Out by author Bonnie J. Doerr. Following the gang from her previous work, Island Sting, we again find the Keys Teens Care (KTC) group working to protect endangered species in...

Maurpikios Fiddler: The Magical Amethyst of Spes is the second installment of a fantasy series by M.J. Logan. In the first book, The True Meaning of Magic, readers are introduced to young Maurpikios Fiddler with a mission to save his own life and those of...

I loved the opening lines of Blood Moon Over Africa by Paul Zunckel that said, "nothing is safe when the moon is full." That sums up this story's premise very well. Piet van Zyl, safari owner, finds himself drawn into a world of witchcraft, and...

When You Were a Worm (and Other Stories and Creepy Crawlies!) by Neil McFarlane is a collection of imaginary stories that will make your child wonder what would happen if they turned into a creepy, crawly creature. Kids can go through myriad emotions at the...

My Giant Farts by Neil McFarlane is about a boy who finds a lamp with a giant in it. He starts walking around with his giant and meets a bunch of friends who have pets that can do cool tricks. When they ask what his...

A Moat is Not a Goat – Poems for Clever Little Girls by Elsa Takaoka is a collection of delightful and imaginative stories for young children, all beautifully illustrated by Fanny Liem. Each story is told as a poem and takes the reader on a...

A Cozy Country Christmas Anthology by Christine Arness is a collection of short stories that will put a smile on your face and a glow in your heart. Each individual story shines with happy Christmas joy and cheer. There are twelve different stories included...

Jan Blonk pens a purposeful and engaging devotional in An Unfathomable Gift: God’s Astonishing Grace. Each daily reading describes God’s grace towards us through the gift of salvation via Jesus Christ. The emphasis is that sin separates us from God, but God’s grace and...

Daniel’s Fork is a dystopian-style novel by Zeecé Lugo. The world as we know it has reverted back to a simpler time, one of lords and villages. In the settlement of Daniel’s Fork, Lord Strongheart has passed away, leaving an opening for a new lord....

In Lust. Mechanics. Mini Cooper, by Elle Brookes, Lesley Meryn lived a very secluded life, with just the characters in her books for company. Save for her long time best friend, major movie star Jax, she was not really into socialising with anyone, especially after...

Maggie Adams provides romance with depth, feeling and plenty of real emotion in Whistlin' Dixie. Mac Coalson is using his construction company to help rebuild his hometown, but it seems that someone is out to sabotage his work, so when the local sheriff gives him...

Born in the same hospital on the same day to parents who were best friends, Fernie and Andes were best friends and soul mates for 14 years, until they were unceremoniously separated. Imagine Fernie's surprise when she realised that the craftsman whose story she had...

High Andes by Rolf Margenau is an action and adventure thriller. Wylie Cypher is a successful partner at Biddle & Ofstrosky, a major New York law firm, with a number of international clients, but his life is getting stale. His relations with his wife are...

My foray into the world of the Mystic Carnival Collective, henceforth known as MCC, introduced me to an authoress of exceptional talent and a story with a magical pulse. With Dark Perceptions, Debra Kristi has written a paranormal/fantasy story that, if I’ve done my research...

Endless Evil (Alex Gray Book 1) by Amanda Feyerbend is a gripping murder mystery. Bodies are beginning to pile up at the side of the road in a small quiet Georgia county as women are left raped and strangled. Detective Alex Gray does not assume...

Destiny Awaits by Jaidis Shaw is a story about a young woman who has visions, some of which are of the man she is destined to fall in love with. A year after her parents' tragic deaths, Alayna has decided to start over in the...

There is nothing like learning you can perform magic to make learning math more fun! That’s exactly what Alexandria Grate discovers after falling out of a storage closet in school into a strange, new world and becoming a student of Archimedes in Libellus de Numeros:...

The Mixed Pickle by Trina Chako is a book made up of thirteen short stories. Each story is different; some are funny and some just make you think. The author is from India so I was not familiar with some of the terms she used...

In Mind Game by Trina Chako, a young girl, Sucheta Sharma, witnesses her family's murder and many years later returns to discover who murdered her family. While this may seem like a simple plot, I think it really works. Readers want to know that all...

In Fur Elise by author PeggySue Wells, we find protagonist Michael Northington at a loose end. His beliefs have been shattered by the death of his friend, a death for which he takes some responsibility. He needs to escape, to find some peace away from...