The Lost Portal, the second book in The Mirror Realm Series by Lenore Borja, is a young adult fantasy novel that follows Hadley Caldwell, a former demon hunter, as she embarks on a quest to find the legendary Portal of Osiris. Tasked by ancient gods...

From Worry to Wonder is a memoir by Amy Hagerup, who experienced the goodness of God throughout her life’s journey. It is a heartfelt and inspiring narrative highlighting Amy’s struggles and feelings of isolation. Amy recounts real-life experiences and illustrates how she discovered peace and...

Exile: Book One of The Dark Mirror Trilogy by Sherri Fulmer Moorer is a wonderful science fiction read. The description begins thus: “Dr. Addison Lybrand’s career ends the moment the object she’s tracking vanishes beyond the heliopause.” What follows after the disappearance of the object...

After meeting for the first time in months, Taylor and his youngest brother, Marc Dunkin, have reconciled, and Taylor has even agreed to go home to Montgomery, Massachusetts, for Easter. And because Jordan Dunkin was also flying in from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana,...

“Boo’s Bad Day” by Penny Lockwood is a short tale about a kitten who, after watching outside through the house window for hours, decided he wanted to go outside to play, like the other animals. He was just plain bored of playing with his toy...

Invisible Sun by Andrew H. Housley is a starkly dark look at suicide and its effects on those left behind. Brothers Ian and Chadwick are reunited after many years apart, in the city of New Orleans, for the awful task of tidying up the affairs...

What Lies Buried is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, psychological thriller, and emotive writing subgenres, and is a follow-up to the harrowing events of Secrets In The Mirror. Penned by author Leslie Kain, the work is best suited to adult readers owing...

Fatal Invitation is the first novel in the Detective Kylie Cassidy Series by S.F. Baumgartner. The story follows Detective Kylie “KC” Cassidy as she tries to find out why young women are being murdered. This new case was supposed to be a significant career breakthrough...

Usually books concerning mental institutions and asylums are written from the perspective of the doctor or an outsider such as a family member. Memoirs From The Asylum is written from the perspective of the patient. The author discusses the internal torment; the mistreatment from...

Widow's Walk is a well-written, heart wrenching story that deals philosophically, but not tediously, with thoughts about God and human goodness. Mary Flanagan, born Mary Riley in Ireland, is a devout Roman Catholic. Her husband Sean is dead; her son Sean is a home-bound quadriplegic...

I may not have been born and raised in North Carolina; but I have lived in this state for almost four years, and I love everything about it. In Hatteras Island, Keeper of the Outer Banks, Ray McAllister gives the reader an interesting and thorough...

Billy and Ray work as cowhands on the Silver C Ranch in Texas. They both live in small trailers on the land and enjoy the quiet times after a hard day's work with a beer and some good conversation. Billy is badly injured when a...

The Great Horse Breeds of the World is an exciting look at some of the familiar and not so familiar horse breeds. The author, Bonnie Marlewski-Probert, is a prolific writer with more than a dozen books and at least 1000 magazine articles to her name....

Festival Madness by Judith Copek introduces us to Emma Lee Devens, a Boston based computer security consultant, and asks what would you do for a friend? Would you put your job at risk? Your marriage? What about your life? Emma does all of that when...

First Kiss by Barbara Alfaro is a warm and majestic breeze. There is a message of love lost and love gained that was present from the light-hearted "Carnival Music" to the fervor of "First Kiss." There are such beautiful metaphors in the poem "Heart," making...

Like A Lily Among Thorns by Inno Chukuma Onwueme is a true life narration of a man's incredible journey from childhood to adulthood and from Africa to America and then back. Born into a poor Nigerian village family, nothing had come easy for Onwueme. His...

I thought Confessions of a Do-Gooder Gone Bad by Ann K. Howley was hilarious. Howley tells tales of her upbringing with her deeply religious parents. Then she later explains how all her good deeds seem to go bad. After reading Confessions of a Do-Gooder Gone...

The Methuselarity Transformation is a science fiction novel written by Rick Moskovitz. Marcus Takana has given up on his future, ever since the environmental calamity that impoverished his family when he was 22 years old and he joined the ranks of the data deprived. He’s...

Weight Training Without Injury by Fred Stellabotte and Rachel Straub takes the reader through the fundamental movements of weight training with over 350 step-by-step photographs, which show the correct methods to adopt and the common injury-promoting pitfalls to avoid. The book shows you what works...

At the Corner of Magnetic and Main is a paranormal fantasy written by Meg Welch Dendler. Jake Thatcher was relishing the forbidden pleasures of a day off from work spent riding his motorcycle on the hills and curves of Highway 62. It was spring, and...