If The Art of Love (& Loathing) by Stephen Daniel Ruiz were an academic treatise, it might be called: A Study in Cynicism. But it is not. Nor, as might be suggested by this inauspicious opening, is it gratuitously heavy-handed in its mordacity. Quite the...

The Art of Creating Story by William H. Coles is a writing help masterpiece. The massive work is loaded with priceless nuggets of literary knowledge. Get on your brain’s wetsuit and be ready to plunge into the invaluable treasures offered within. Coles leaves readers wanting...

The Doctor’s Luck by Nancy Glenn Powell takes you back to 1934 when America was still recovering from the Great Depression and life was hard for the average American. Doctor Tom just bought a practice in a small town and hopes he will have good...

Nikki Lee Taylor says, “The Secrets We Keep is a confronting look at the complexities of a family and the lengths a mother will go to for her child.” While I agree with that statement, I hope very few families are as complex as those...

The Dashingly Deceitful Dragon is a children’s picture book that highlights fake news and the issues surrounding misinformation. Author Brandon Tullos takes us on a journey to a quiet town with very nice people who are tricked by a dragon. They believe the dragon’s lies....

“The funny thing about firemen is, night and day, they are always firemen.” - Gregory Widen. The Cookbook & Guide For Your Probationary Firefighters & First Responders: Become a Great Cook and an Even Greater Firefighter or First Responder is written by Michael Fields. Rookie...

The Evil Covid Ninja: A Grandmother's Letter to Her Grandchildren by Pamela Tomlin is an informative book that speaks about Covid-19 in an interesting and engaging way. A grandmother is writing to her grandchildren, telling them about the Covid Ninja which people on the planet...

The Midnight Monster Train, written and illustrated by E.V. Eklund, is an enjoyable children’s adventure book. This captivating story invites the young reader to join a variety of ghouls and goblins on a bewitching train ride. The skeletons are singing while ghosts roam the cars...

After nearly eight decades, a woman who left her home and family behind returns to defend herself against the prejudice and bigotry that sent her away in the first place, in the touching historical novel The Bootlegger's Mistress by Marc Curtis Little. When she was...

Bobby Cotton spends his days filling customers’ orders at his local coffee shop and pining after one of his regulars. Everything changes, however, when he stumbles across a dead woman in the woods. He’s never met her before, but something about her draws him. Before...

What a fun read for a medical action “thriller”! The Injection by DL Jones and Devante Cresh was anything but what I expected. In fact, it was refreshingly different. Rather than bogging readers down in medical details and jargon, as so many medically-based novels do,...

Approached by a stranger claiming that she is in danger, a young journalist's life takes an appalling turn in the fascinating thriller, The Sunless Sea by Luther Banks. Jane Harlow is annoyed when Charlotte, a complete stranger, engages her in conversation at a bar and...

A vampire is hiding from the Order of the Sons of Light. Her name is Andreea, but in the present time, her undercover name is Melissa Gray. Working for the Elite Missions Operations (EMO) as an assassin, she vowed not to kill the innocent. That...

The Black Market by Charles Moore is a non-fiction self-help novice's guide to the world of art collection. Moore homes in on the African-American art market and begins with a brief history of art's accessibility followed by the next steps for those who are interested...

The Sapphire Soul by Matthew S. Cox is the third book in the Eldritch Heart series. Oona and Kitlyn risked everything for their relationship when they went against the prejudices of the kingdom and even risked losing Kitlyn's place on the throne. They now sit...

The Human Snare is a non-fiction wildlife conservation book written and with art by Rick Wood. Wood is a wildlife photographer and journalist. He’s also filmed documentaries in his efforts to bring the plight of marine mammals and turtles to the public’s attention. When Cecil...

People don’t realize the far-reaching power of music: it’s a universal language that enriches so many parts of the human brain and life in general. So, when a child is given the opportunity to learn how to play a musical instrument, or even sing in...

The Other Side of Midnight is a paranormal shifter romance novel for young and new adults written by Suzana Thompson. Clarissa Harris was your normal high school senior whose life changed dramatically when she donned a gypsy disguise to tell fortunes at a school carnival....

The Undersea Art of Indonesia by Charles Rawlings, Leah Perez, and Nuswanto Lobbu takes readers into the fascinating and intoxicating world of Indonesian diving and captures environmental diversity not found anywhere else in the world. The reefs and the abundance of life will leave readers...

The "Terrible" Bullies is a social issues novella for young adults and middle-schoolers written by Riyani Patel. Tanya and her friends were excited about starting their school year; they were in the ninth grade now and were freshmen at Bridge Bank High. Everything seemed exciting...