Have You Seen This Girl: Flocksdale Files, Book 1 is a mystery/thriller written by Carissa Ann Lynch. When Wendi Wise was about to turn 13 years old, she told her parents that she didn’t want the birthday party they had always thrown for her each...

Set the Sky on Fire is an exceptionally well written young adult paranormal adventure tale. This exciting novel by Louise Walker starts in Seattle, Washington, in the year 1892, but the action swiftly moves to Christchurch, New Zealand, of our time. There are two sets...

In Grays Hill, Barbara Cerny has created an absolutely amazing character - Lady Oksana “OJ” Wallingford. She’s unusually tall, she’s fat, and she’s not beautiful. She’s also been left in dire circumstances by a wastrel father who left her penniless and forced to seek employment...

Daniel the Camp-er (Daniel the Draw-er Book 2) by S.J. Henderson is a fun read for children that captures the voice of a nine year old beautifully. The author looks at the world through the eyes of Daniel whose life is filled with adventures, excitement,...

Life is a journey. It has its ups and downs. For Tressa O’Daire, master baker in Dublin, soon to be wed to the handsome bricklayer, Séamus Bannon, little did she know that life would have so many downs and such a long journey, far from...

Animal Land: An Allegorical Fable by Leland James is the story of all the animals who live peacefully, but the peace is threatened when crocodile like creatures attack along with other strange creatures. The citizens of Animal Land think that if they stay out of...

Ghetto by M.L. Sparrow is an exciting look at our world in the near future. Unlike many novels about the future, Ghetto feels close, warm, and totally possible. Part of the surprising warmth and intimacy of Ghetto is the amazing voice of our narrator, Sunny,...

The Girl with The Blue Umbrella is Heather Awad’s debut collection of observational and thoughtful poems. A very readable collection that covers a whole variety of themes around everyday life, and what it is to live and be human. Relationships, the passing of time, memories,...

Jodie Broom: The Book of the Rose is book two in Julie Hodgson’s children’s and preteen fantasy/science fiction series, with illustrations by Alexandre Vieira. Jodie keeps on revisiting the past, trying to see if she can somehow manipulate time to avert the crash that put...

The Krakow Klub by Philip C. Elrod is a cross between a spy-action thriller and a science fiction novel. The book’s main character is John Scott, who is half-human and half-Mylean, the only survivor of a doomed planet. A supercomputer aboard a space station harvests...

Potus Goes to Washington by T. Pascal begins with an elated president elect, Potus, who was named thus (President Of The United States) for better chances of reelection, selecting the wrong speech at his swearing in. He stumbles, but starts with his busy schedule. A...

Tsunami Reflections: Otsuchi Remembered by Charles A. Pomeroy begins with the author’s background in Japan and reasons for his retirement in Otsuchi. Charles then describes the catastrophe and provides a timeline of unfolding events, putting them into perspective both geographically and historically, with a detailed...

In Destination Adventure by Karen Jonice Bricker, Kit, her parents, brothers Kevin and Dick, and dog Jesse know that the next adventure is about to begin when Dad starts to fill his pants pockets to the brim with all types of balls and yo-yos. The...

Sugar Time by Joy V Smith is an interesting story of time travel that feels episodic in nature. It is broken into chapters that are short and detail separate purposeful trips in a time machine by Sugar, Japheth, and two Chessies named Mingus and Rell....

In a highly creative and inventive offering by author Gail Morgan McRae, Creedor: The Reglon Empire Series Part 1, readers are introduced to a highly unique and futuristic world, one filled with magic, murder and mayhem. Creedor, circa the 24th century, is in crisis. Jarlod,...

Wow! I just finished reading Full of Fire by debut author Jennifer Millikin, and all I can say is, "Wow!" In a wonderful story of romance and intrigue, readers will follow Lila Mitchell as she meets and becomes interested in Xavier Townesend, a nightclub owner...

Fight for Dawn: The Dawn Trilogy Book 2 by Komali da Silva is the follow up to Angels Dawn, and Dawn knows she should have known better. Dawn wanted her life to go back to normal after the loss of her best friend Nate, but...

UnLove Me: The Angels Warriors Complete Trilogy by Dawn Martens is a great romance read. Dawn Martens did a wonderful job by providing readers with the complete series in a single box set. I seriously love her for that. The first novel in the series,...

I just finished reading Hellritch: The Reglon Empire Series Part 2, the second of three books released in the Reglon Empire series by author Gail Morgan McRae, and the main thing that definitely comes to mind is "Whoa!" Following the stories of the characters that...

The Smuggler's Gambit (Adam Fletcher Adventure Series Volume 1) by Sara Whitford revolves around seventeen-year-old Adam Fletcher, and is set in 1765 against the backdrop of Port Beaufort, North Carolina. Adam gets into a fist fight with Francis Smythe in his desire to defend his...