Raffaella and Antonio were childhood friends. As children they were always together, did everything with each other, and shared their secrets with one another. As they grew up, their friendship eventually turned into the passionate, all-consuming love they now feel. They were planning their wedding...

A title like Monkeys in My Coconut Tree: Stories of Faith, Fun & Family by Ed Thompson certainly grabbed my attention and had me hoping for some lighthearted humor, and I found that and so much more! Ed Thompson provides a fantastic compilation of short...

I thought The Runaway by Jo Barney was a good book. The story follows the lives of several different characters, all connected in some way. The two main characters are Ellie and Sarah. Ellie is a tough, older woman who is obsessed with cleaning graffiti....

I AM: The Blueprint of Humanity by Dave Hernandez takes you on a journey of self-discovery. The age-old question of “who am I?” is found in the I AM of Jesus Christ. In Christ, you have a name and identity, and a song that is...

Thirty years is a long time for passion to smolder and for love to grow. Thirty years is the true test of time in this strangely intriguing story about two young lovers who allow themselves to part ways in the name of responsibility. Their friendship...

In Perpetuity by Mark Andrew Heathcote is a unique, inspirational poetry book about life in its fullness. The book takes you on a poetic journey, ranging in various topics and stemming from the essence of inspiration. The first thing that stood out to me in...

Mrs. Clohiggledy was a stylish older woman who always wore vibrant colored clothing with earrings to match. She could be seen driving a Kia hybrid, but no one except her neighbors knew that she was a hoarder. In Mrs. Clohiggledy’s Clutter: The Story of a...

No one needs to love poetry to appreciate this wonderful collection of poems. Between The Lines There Lies a Story of Me by Sabaine features well-written, rhythmic, and beautiful poems that will resonate with a wide range of readers, poems that cover a variety of...

My Divinely Decadent Duke is a historical romance from The Duke Series by Sandra Masters. Lady Cassandra Montgomery’s plan to secure a better future for herself and her ward, Alicia, goes awry when she is jilted. She also knows her sister-in-law, Felicity, is vindictive and...

Stuart Craigie’s Russian Monopoly is a stunning entry into the detective genre. Mike Sanders is a skilled agent; intelligent and imbued with a powerful sense of duty. When an assassination attempt on his life fails, he becomes obsessed with knowing why someone would want to...

The Audacious Ladies of La Gran Sorellanza by K-lee Starland is a fiction novel centered around the important issue of human sex trafficking and sex slavery. Although the story is set a few decades ago, the issue is relevant in today’s society. The story begins...

Losing the Plot in LA by Sonia Farnsworth is a chick lit novel. Sylvie is one of those girls that we all hear about – she’s trendy, she’s fun, she’s an LA party girl. The trouble is, Sylvie has so much going on in her...

True love. Unbridled passion. Rose wrote award winning songs about these things, wrote with confidence and humor. But to experience anything close to it was an alien concept to her. And she liked it that way. In her world, self-control was essential. To allow emotion...

I can see Colors of Immortality by J.M. Muller becoming the next favorite young adult series. Daniel comes from a very broken family. Most of his life he was unwanted and abused. When he moves in with his grandma, things get slightly better for him....

Sweet or savory, you can’t beat a good homemade pie. We all have our favorites: apple, blueberry, chocolate cream. But there are many more possibilities than the standard fruit and chicken pot pies. For example, how about Raspberry Macadamia Nut pie? Or Strawberry Lemon Pie?...

Wanted: An Honest Man by Cricket Rohman is Book 1 of the Lindsey Lark Series. Lindsey is a teacher, incredibly beautiful and very talented; a woman who always tries to see the positive side of things and fights for what she thinks is right. Betrayal...

Letters, Lovers, and Lies by Cricket Rohman is Book 2 of the Lindsey Lark Series. Lindsey has finally found a new love in Jake, but there is still so much that is getting in the way. Lindsey is getting letters from a dead man and...

Hit the Road, Jake by Cricket Rohman is Book 3 of the Lindsey Lark Series. Jake and Lindsey have become good at finding petty offenders, but their latest mystery has turned personal, resulting in tires that are slashed, a missing pet, blood, and some very...

Liberty (Two Democracies: Revolution, Book 1) is a sci-fi novel by Alasdair Shaw. When the ship, The Indescribable Joy of Destruction, is damaged during a battle with the enemy, its survival mode takes it to an isolated planet system to self-repair and lay low from...

“As goes Anglophone culture, so goes the world,” is a saying that is powerfully justified in Agwu Ukiwe Okali’s Of Black Servitude without Slavery: The Unspoken Politics of the English Language (Africa Seminal Ideas Series), a work that brilliantly illustrates how language can become the...