Minds of Metal finds Gwen hiking through the forest where she discovers an abandoned laboratory used to experiment with Artificial Intelligence. There, she finds a disassembled female android. At school, she is introduced to Rick, a computer whiz kid, and sparks fly. Determined to reassemble...

If you enjoy action, adventure, and three-dimensional characters, you will love Silk Road by Lynda Filler. Lynda Filler brings to life the international issue of human trafficking and leads us from Paris to the South Pacific, to Washington DC and Switzerland, Asia, Russia, China, and...

After being bitten by a vampire, a girl is confined and shaped to hunt down the blood-sucking demons who are murdering the inhabitants of the countryside in the supernatural fantasy Birth Into Darkness: Hidden World series (Raven Book 1) by WJR Parks. While celebrating her...

Set in 1529 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Heart of the Highlands: The Raven by April Holthaus follows the experiences of Adelyn Scott, a descendant of Roland de Velville, as she seeks refuge from her cousin, King James V of Scotland. Pursued by powerful men for the...

Raven was an anomaly. She was half-elf and half-human. However, this wasn’t the only thing that made her different. Nikki McCormack's A Path of Blood And Amber (Silverblood Raven Book 1) focuses on Raven being a Silverblood. When Raven’s parents were dying, her mother somehow...

The Writer and the Librarian is a work of fiction in the fantasy, adventure, and mystery subgenres, and it forms the first novel of the Raven Society series. The work is suitable for both mature young adult and adult readers and was penned by R.L....

Kon-Tiki by Debbie Hightower is book three in the Raven's Record series, which begins in book one amid widespread smoke and ashes when emergency responders rescue survivors and officials hide details of a deadly event. One survivor isn't having it, fighting to reveal the truth....

The Golden Rule by Debbie Hightower, the fourth installment in her Raven’s Record science fiction series, expands the universe both literally and figuratively. The story takes place on Proxima Centauri B, where a new group of settlers from Earth arrives, creating tension and anticipation among...

When we think of World War II what most often comes to mind are vicious battles, concentration camps, bombs raining down from the sky, Pearl Harbor and the like. Rarely do we give more than a passing thought to the more mundane aspects of wartime...

Wolf of the Nordic Seas by Jennifer Ivy Walker is the second book of the Valiant Vikings series, preceded by book one, Dragon of Denmark. In the first installment, Skårde, the illegitimate son of King Harald Bluetooth, is a Viking warlord known as the Dragon...

Krystoff, the main character, is locked in battle with other organized vampires against well-established vampires. It illustrates a classic power struggle where the bourgeoisie rebel against aristocratic power through rebellion. The story’s protagonist trysts with a half breed vampire who at first resists the hero...

In Keepers of Water, Arieana’s brother, Rydan, has been tricked and murdered by Ricor and his renegade in the human world. Despite her brother’s warning and the Council’s order, she breaks the law and crosses the Veil into the human realm to bring back her...

"Being a birth parent in the adoption world can be difficult. It is hard to talk or write about." So confides Darrick C. Rizzo, author of The Open Adoption. That difficulty takes on a special meaning for birth fathers, silent voices rarely heard regarding the...

King Guillemin of Finistere has fallen ill and fears that, despite the best efforts of his healers, he may not last long. He sets about putting his affairs in order, which includes his succession. As his daughter cannot inherit the throne, he must choose a...

"The Gubbins Club: The Legend of Charlie's Gold" written by Melinda Taliancich Falgoust is an exciting adventure Smout McManus sets his sights on. Along the way he acquires unexpected sleuths who come together and join him in the search for a lost treasure once owned...

Fireflies, by P.S. Bartlett, is the story of an Irish doctor Owen Whelan and his wife Sarah. They are Irish immigrants. The Whelans had seven children. As we know all children are special. However, the youngest, Ennis, was unique from the beginning. He was born...

Rowan is an elemental of royal descent. He is young, handsome, and at the peak of his adolescence. Wandering in the mortal world, Rowan is exercising his elemental fire gift, growing up and enjoying life, when he is apprehended by his best friend, Marcus, who...

Montpelier Tomorrow by Marylee MacDonald is a well-written and comprehensive account of the family struggles that ensue when one member is diagnosed with ALS. You will meet Sandy and Tony, a young couple and parents to little Josh and baby Ben. Their world is shattered...

Davis Ashura’s A Warrior's Path series is quite the hidden gem in the fantasy genre, introducing its vast world and multi-dimensional characters through Book One: The Castes and the OutCastes. The demon Suwraith, the Bringer of Sorrows, has been constantly seeking out the absolute extinction...

The Escape: Naughty Blue Jay & Woodpecker is a children's story book written by Carolee Wells Henney and illustrated by Valerie Vincent. The birds in the aviary are all very excited about the arrival of springtime and many of them, including the cardinal and the...