Miami’s Yester’Years: Its Forgotten Founder Locke Tiffin Highleyman by Patricia Daly-Lipe is an astonishing account of the history of Miami and Southern Florida, beginning in 1513. “This is the story of the conversion of that “swamp” of “grass and mire” to a fancy metropolis.” The...

With Christmas just around the corner, A Christmas Miracle at Ground Zero by Judith M. Ackerman should be on many people’s lists as a gift for children, not only in New York City but across the nation. This fantastically illustrated book is about a family...

The Book of Wars: Legend of the Prophetess is a work of fiction in the Christian and fantasy genres. It is suitable for the general teen and adult reading audiences and was penned by author John W. Milor. Set in 1250 BC, the book follows...

The Cookie Caper by Caron Pescatore takes sibling rivalry to its legal limits. Carmen Diaz accuses her brother Robbie Diaz of eating the cookies she baked to raise money for the pet center. Robbie is well-known for his sweet tooth, but he claims he is...

Friendship and sleuthing don’t always mix. But, when the special task force called Finders calls on Logan to once again use his unique finding abilities to locate the Mayor’s missing doodle (a Labrador retriever, poodle mix, or a Labradoodle), Logan teams up with his friend,...

Rehumanizing the Workplace: Future-Proofing Your Organization While Restoring Hope, Well-Being, and Performance, by Rosie Ward and Jon Robison, takes a powerful, practical, and compassionate look at how to fortify your business or organization while putting people first. This inspiring guide could save your organization and...

Ulan by Rick Stepp-Bolling is a wonderful and tense adventure. We first meet Ulan and her few friends out after curfew, and when they are captured, disaster is the outcome. The Imperial Guards known as The Panthers kill the boys and leave Ulan mutilated and...

Karen Gedney's 30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor is the true story of a female doctor’s thirty years of service to the United States Corrections System, serving as the prison doctor in a male prison. That she accepted the challenge in the...

Understanding Oscar by Jade Chapman is an informative and beautiful story for children. The book shows brothers Banjo and George getting to understand their other sibling, Oscar, and friend, Nala, who each have autism, but not in the same way. Oscar can't talk and sometimes...

The S.O.U.R.C.E. by Suzanna L. Royse is an inspiring story aimed at children and their parents. The target group falls between the ages of 5 and 11 and the vocabulary is aimed at that audience, but the sentiments expressed should move all readers, regardless of...

Katarina Rempel’s dream was to be a schoolteacher when she was old enough and travel the world. Just like other groups in Europe and possibly the rest of the world, the Mennonite women were supposed to only worry about household chores and their husbands. Katarina...

Joyce Rojas's 31 Badass Money Mindset Affirmations is a must-read for anyone that still believes money is the root of all evil, is hopeless at managing money, or just feels they don’t deserve to have wealth and abundance. I love Joyce's no-nonsense way of discussing...

Jackson by Lynn McLaughlin was my first experience listening to an audiobook. How impressed was I? The professional quality of the audiobook was superb, but it was the story itself that convinced me I also needed a printed copy. I ended up purchasing the Kindle...

Ashley McCoury pens a riveting futuristic saga in 2020 Injection. Today, serial number 2020 turns seventeen. She realizes no matter what her future holds, the life she knows now is over. As a child, her surrogate named her Alexandra, but under the rule of The...

Without Rhyme: A Poet's Story by Bles Chavez-Bernstein is a collection of free-flowing verses, poems that capture some of the important moments in the author’s life. Inspirational in nature and intimate, it is brimming with strong imagery, capturing the author’s life as a young girl,...

Poetry and Hot Chocolate is a mixture of fifty-eight rhyming and freestyle poems, all of them beautifully illustrated. The most impressive aspect of this work is that Vansh Sharma influences his readers so strongly they are guaranteed to use all five senses in turn, and...

Milo The Albino Dino is a children’s picture book written by Dolev Zaharony and illustrated by Marian Naseif. The story starts with Milo, an albino massospondylus dinosaur. His congenital disorder is rare amongst other dinosaurs, making him one in a million. While it is cool...

Texas Dead: A Mackenzie Michaels Mystery is a story that will keep you reading long into the night. The stars of the book are Detective Maxie and her partner Kobe. They are both very real, everyday people trying to do their job the best way...

Soulful Holidays by Ciara L. Hill is a beautifully crafted rhyming story that reminisces on the traditions many African American families know and love. The poem instantly sparks nostalgia with references to holiday foods, musical selections, and activities. Then, readers are gently pulled into the...

The S.O.U.R.C.E. is a children’s novel written for readers between the ages of 8 and 12. Created by Suzanna Lou Royse, The S.O.U.R.C.E. follows the story of a ragtag band of aquatic animals in their quest to escape Ocean World and make their way home...