Stanley’s Standing Ovation! by Barbara Swisher Amundson is a heartwarming children’s book that beautifully captures the power of perseverance and curiosity. The story follows Stanley, a young boy who faces various challenges as he tries to find inspiration for his school science fair project. Despite...

Romance, royals, and second chances – what more could readers want from a modern love story wrapped up in a fairytale? In Nancy Herkness’s second installment of the Royal Caleva series, we travel again to the island nation of Caleva where romance ignites not for...

Donna the Snorkeling Giraffe by Joe Rampulla is a delightful story narrated by Lily, a giraffe living in a zoo filled with colorful animals. She shares the tale of her best friend Donna, who is cute and loved by everyone. Although every animal in the...

Will There Be Love? by Whitney Cubbison is a vibrant, emotionally layered novel that navigates the complexities of romantic and platonic relationships over one tension-filled weekend in Ibiza. As Ophelia celebrates her fortieth birthday with a motley crew of past and present companions, buried secrets,...

Mercy Jean Diamond was born to African-American heart surgeon Fred Diamond and his wife, Maggie, a reformed prostitute, on July 12, 1928. Ten years later to the day, Mercy's sister Roxy Ann is born, and Mercy loves her baby sister. She reads to her and...

Meet Alex, a twenty-five year old middle school teacher. She is fiercely independent and stubborn to boot. She has always felt as though she could tell when someone was upset, lying, or telling the truth, you know, just that gut feeling. What if the gut...

Abby Fraser eagerly awaits this special meeting with her husband. She and her husband Nick only spent a few days together before Nike was called away on military duty four years ago. And Nick will finally have a chance to meet his three-year-old son, Cam....

"The Rescue Team" by Dr. Billi Tiner is a wonderful adventure featuring Ellie the dog, Toby the cat, and Anne, their human companion. Playing an important secondary role are Brent the fireman, and his dog Tank, reportedly one of the ugliest and scariest looking sweethearts...

There is a new Darlene Quinn book out in her Webs series and it is one you will not want to miss out on! “Unpredictable Webs” draws the reader back into the retail and fashion world as well as the lives of Ashleigh and Conrad...

This book, according to its subtitle, is a tasty romantic comedy, and it's exactly that. And also brilliant. Lively and likable Alexandria D'Agostino, the youngest child in a close, hectic Italian-American family, is a fabulous cook as well as a hard working marketer. However, her...

The Battle of Trust and Treachery: Maycly the Trilogy - Part 2, by Janet Beasley, takes off from where the first part ends. The reader is again taken on an adventure trip where the characters go through heartaches, fantasy, whimsy, and everything that appeals to...

The Queen: Maycly the Trilogy - Part 3 by Janet Beasley is the last part of this adventure series. The book begins with Iona's childhood, then proceeds to the actual story. We see the introduction of a new creature in this book, and now the...

Concealed in my Heart by Regina Puckett is a contemporary romance novel which introduces readers to the concepts of love, friendship, betrayal, secrets, kindness, forgiveness, and an actress in the entertainment business. Charity Fields is a hometown Tennessee country girl. She has married her high...

Chasing Azrael: Deathly Insanity by Hazel Butler is the story of a woman whose husband committed suicide. Andee Tilbrook, a young widow, has the ability to see and communicate with the dead and this has kept her in contact with James, her dead husband. When...

A fantasy adventure with a Western twist, when I saw the premise of Planet Land: The Adventures of Cub and Nash, I just knew I had to read this book. In this, the second volume in the Hidden Earth Series by author Janet Beasley, we...

I love historical novels. Anything with history makes a story that much more real. I feel like it could actually have happened, even though the story is fiction, because it is set in an era or around an event that did happen. That is exactly...

Three Little Gnomes and a Boy Named Orion by Rhonda Paglia is the charming story of three gnomes. They live in Papa and Grammy's garden with its twisty paths, mile high ferns, and brightly colored flowers. The gnomes are always busy in the garden and...

Ettie Explores Earth: An Ettie the Explorer Adventure Story (Volume 1) is a preschool children's book written and illustrated by Lynn Holland. Ettie comes from another planet, Green Cheeze. Ettie is an explorer and has chosen to visit Earth. The reader sees Earth from outer...

Susan Elmore’s novel, Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois's Most Infamous Crimes, is a non-fiction, true crime story that happened in the late 1800s. Emma Bond, a young schoolteacher is viciously gang-raped and left for dead in her school. She miraculously survives...

In More Than I Could Ever Know: How I Survived Caregiving, Dale L. Baker shares her journey of walking with her husband and his terminal struggle with cancer the last five years of his life. Written for caregivers in similar situations, Baker gives tips on...