Canadian author, Charmaine Hammond, and her husband, Christopher Alcock, loved their white German Shepherd, Dooks, and grieved losing him to death at an old age. Then, they found the picture of a happy, loving Chesapeake Bay Retriever on a website dedicated to rescuing animals....

The story "Escape from the Forbidden Planet" unfolds when Caramel Cinnamon figures in an accident. Her mother Arianna, who is a healer, comes to her rescue and saves her life. This is just the start of this exciting adventure story that takes place in a...

“Return to Cardamom” by Julie Anne Grasso is an appealing story for pre-teens through young (or not so young) adults. This is book 2 in “The Adventures of Caramel Cardamom” series; it is the sequel to “Escape from the Forbidden Planet”. Cardamom is a planet...

Many of us have strange sensations from time to time but for Ana Martin, there is an amazing explanation – she is connected to a race of special beings through her love for Gabriel, a member of the Siis. Night of the Fae is volume...

Defining Pearl is indeed a pearl of great price. The memoir of Pearl Matibe is written by an extraordinary woman who was a part of the political opposition to a dictator in Zimbabwe and lived to tell about it. In an attempt to define who...

Childhood is a precious time and Midnight is the keeper of the innocence and peace of children in Midnight and the Man Who Had No Tears by Tiffany Golden. A beautiful, gentle story about a young boy, Askari Red, who is being ‘forced’ into manhood...

Atticus Finch said it is the nature of the law that every man will get at least one case that will affect him personally. For lawyer Max Gildea, that case is Sophie Suriano. Sophie’s husband died when the Chinese freighter, Nereus, hit the Suriano yacht...

Doubtful by Ann Warner is a dramatic tale of survival for the two strong main characters, David Christiansen and Dr. Van Peters, who meet in the small town of Doubtful. Doubtful is a retreat for Van, whereas it is anything but for David: he is...

Frankie Dupont And The Mystery Of Enderby Manor by Julie Anne Grasso is a perfect mystery tale for kids aged 8-12. Frankie Dupont's cousin Kat disappears one fine day from Enderby and Frankie decides to investigate her mysterious disappearance. Inspector Cluesome is also working on...

Jump, Jive, and Wail by Kathryn R. Biel is the story of two lovers, Kaitlin Reynolds and Declan McLoughlin. Kaitlin is slowly putting together the pieces of her life after a injury ended her skiing career and ruined her dream of competing in the Olympics....

Discovering inner strength she never knew she had, Ana Martin tries to go about her normal life, even though things around her are far from normal. Ana is constantly on guard while her natural empathic abilities let her ‘read’ the intentions of others - and...

In Alaina Claiborne, the first book in the British Agent Novels series, by M.K. McClintock, the setting is nineteenth-century England. Alaina’s life is forever changed at the age of ten. Years later, she is still dealing with the tragedy and often suffers from nightmares about...

The Sleepy Dragon is a children’s adventure by Amanda Bannikov. Knight Kimothin was feeling unhappy because the other knights in the Kingdom of Smesselleo teased her for she has never slain a dragon. Kimothin decided to go on a quest in search of one. She...

Faith Steps for Military Families: Spiritual Readiness Through the Psalms of Ascent by author Lisa Nixon Phillips is a fantastic guide for families, military or otherwise. A well organized read in which each chapter focuses on one particular biblical reference in Psalms and applies it...

The Blood on My Hands: An Autobiography by Shannon O'Leary is a powerful, dark memoir. In her memoir, O’Leary tells how she and her family suffered at the hands of an abusive father with a multiple personality disorder. O’Leary actually witnessed her father murder people...

Midnight and Little Girl Blue by Tiffany Golden is a wondrous fantasy adventure story that will certainly engage and entertain younger readers. Little Nalla Blue is a child of the blue light, but as the story starts the reader quickly sympathises with this lone young...

Life: it’s very complex. It’s full of pain and sorrow, but it is also full of love and happiness. How does one express these deep emotions? How does one put down in words the passage of time, the meaning of life itself? It is a...

A young girl's understanding of how normal families function is challenged in the moving memoir, Purple Sky Survivalist: Growing Up a Victim of Illusions, Survivalist to Thrivalist Volume 1 by Deborah Kinisky. As a small child, Deborah felt that she and her older brother, Ryan,...

Brutal Silence by Margaret Dardess is a gritty and realistic fiction novel on the topic of human sex trafficking. Alex Harrington from North Carolina is on a trip to Mexico with her friend. Although warned of the dangers of traveling alone outside Mexico City, Alex...

The Book of Calm: Clarity, Compassion, and Choice in a Turbulent World by Nancy G. Shapiro is a book that offers readers the tools they need to achieve the one thing that has evaded many people — inner freedom. In this book, transition expert Shapiro...