Tom Wilscam is a successful restaurateur. He learned the business from the bottom up. Ray Dambaugh mentored him in the art of running a restaurant. In his book So You Want To Open A Restaurant!, Wilscam shares his expertise with readers. The book is divided...

Death by Drowning by Abigail Keam is the second book of Ms. Keam's murder mystery series. Middle-aged Josiah Reynolds, a Kentucky beekeeper, falls forty feet off a cliff and is severely injured. After multiple surgeries and extensive rehabilitation, she is ready to begin the pursuit...

Hortense Duarma Grimes is a unique woman. She was brought up on Proverbs 13:24: "Spare the rod, spoil the child." She came from a close-knit family. At an early age they were taught the gift of giving. Her father was a geodetic engineer and land...

Dead Man Falls by Paula Boyd is book two in her Jolene Jackson Mystery series and I have to say it’s as hilarious as the first book. Once again Jolene is back in Kickapoo, Texas this time for her mother’s big birthday bash. This is...

Franky is going on a field trip with his class today, and as mom is leaving for work, she reminds him of everything he needs to do and take, including his hated glasses. He starts thinking about all of the many names he’s been called...

It was the early 1960's; Glen Keener had just graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Asian Studies. The former soldier was quickly hired by the US Army as a civilian in the Intelligence Branch. Glen, Peggy and their two children...

"Who Got Liz Gardner" by Elizabeth Allen is about a young woman growing up in the 70's and as she matures into a woman through the 80's and 90's. She desperately tries not to follow in her mother's footsteps (married 5 times and still looking...

It is 1935, and Josie, narrator of Acres of Bitterness, has suffered the death of her beloved husband, Allen. She decides to travel from where she now lives in North Dakota back to Riggins, Idaho, and her old home on Allison Creek. Josie's mother is...

For seventeen years, author Frank Fuerst cared for his wife after a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's Disease. In this book Alzheimer's Care with Dignity, Mr. Fuerst gives practical and realistic advice, as well as information regarding the care of the Alzheimer's patient in various...

Haunting Miss Trentwood by Belinda Kroll is a historical paranormal novel which reminded me of the Victoria Holt type books. Mary Trentwood not only had lost her mother, now she has lost her father. At the graveyard, she faints upon seeing her father clawing his...

"Gods Eye" by A.J. Scudiere is a paranormal romantic novel that will take the reader to the dark side of evil with fallen angels and demons. The plot revolves around Katharine Geryon, born with a silver spoon in her mouth so to speak. Since she...

What a fabulous book! In "They Stood Alone: 25 Men and Women Who Made A Difference," author Sandra McLeod Humphrey presents people who started out ordinary but accomplished extraordinary things. She explains in the beginning that she chose these particular men and women based on...

"Big Backpack - Little World" by Donna Morang is a travel memoir that grabs you by the scruff of your neck and gives you a good shake! From start to finish, it’s energetic, fascinating and enjoyable. You’re swept along with the author, who became an...

Although I Know absolutely nothing about screenwriting, this book grabbed my attention with its title, "Beyond Screenwriting: Insider Tips and Career Advice From a Successful Hollywood TV and Film Writer" by Sterling Anderson. When the book arrived, I ran the author's name through a search...

Isn't it just like a teenager to think that where she lives is boring and wants to move away to some excitement? Well, the main character of this book, Lily, should have been careful about what she wished for because nothing could have prepared...

I’ve had the privilege of reading one of David McDonald’s earlier books, “There are No Unwounded Soldiers,” and because it was so emotionally charged, I wanted to read another one of his collections of poetry. McDonald is a hero in my view. In “I Never...

I love cats. I have had several cats over the years and I just adore them. That was why I picked up this book - to enjoy learning about a cat that was loved by other cats and their owners. Jekyll was a real cat...

Susan Russo Anderson's novel, "Death of a Serpent" (A Serafina Florio Mystery),is an engrossing mystery that jumps right into the action and holds the reader's attention to the very end. Three of Rosa's girls have been on her doorstep, dead, with a knife to their...

Aurelia first saw the man at her grandfather’s funeral. The little man had the audacity to dance a jig on her grandfather’s fresh grave. Seavus was a fairy that sometimes granted wishes. Fourteen year old Aurelia wished to be twenty-one. Seavus counseled her that the...

This book was an edge of your seat thriller; the kind that you read until your eyes burn, the type that makes you ignore everyone else around you until you finish the last page. The plot of this novel is just as twisted and convoluted...