Leslie-Anne Farrandon, a former journalist, is living comfortably and safely as Anne Pierson, an archeologist in Karakuyu, Turkey. In her attempt to escape a sordid past and find peace in a strange land of rigid social beliefs, Anne finds herself instead enveloped in accusations of...

Meet the twins MoMo and ZoZo in the story The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws: The Twins Take Over! by Papa Paws. They were Molly Paws' new sisters; they played with her toys, chewed Papa's socks, and slept in Molly Paws' bed. The twins...

The Judgement of Samuel Ashon by Jesse Gehring is a chilling thriller. Samuel Ashon, 17 years old, has just won a holiday by email. He isn’t sure about it but accepts and is sent five tickets. He opts to take his mother, who lives to...

Standing before the world's largest oil painting, Tintoretto's Paradise--a monumental depiction of Heaven--in Venice, Nick hears a disembodied whisper, "Amore mio." His wife Julia believes him to be delusional and insists he see a doctor, but Nick insists the voice is real and returns to...

The Clean Green Dragon by Rebecca Bielawski is a delightful picture book story about a dragon who helps some not-very-bright creatures see the error of their sea-polluting ways. A dragon, with solar-paneled wings, lives a lazy life on a volcanic island blowing cheery, animal-shaped clouds...

The Final Secret: A West Virginia Mystery is a mystery thriller by Storm Young. Honors student Jessica Bloomer's vibrant life in New York City comes to a grinding halt after an alarming call from her grandfather. Encouraged by her best friend, Hastings Jennings, Jessica decides...

The Borderlands of Forever: An Illustrated Novel is a work of fiction in the science fiction, metaphysical, and adventure subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience owing to some moderate references to sex and the use of explicit language and was...

We all find security in our homes, and this is especially true for children. Unfortunately, the reality is that not all children have a stable place that they can call home in a global crisis that has displaced many people. Wars, conflicts, human rights violations,...

Zachary Kirk, with the help of two friends, was doing historical research relating to the coal mining communities of southern Alberta, for an assignment. As Zach looked through old newspapers he found a man named Dhugal Campbell. Zach found Dhugal’s story much more interesting than...

The Story of Conch is a cute little tale written by Shannon McAfee and illustrated by Emily Kilgore. The conch is an adventurous creature, traveling the world and leaving his mark, just as every adventure he has leaves its mark on him. The Conch drifts...

In Memoriam: 27, Poet Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” This is a semi-appropriate statement describing The Best Is Yet To Come by Tara R. Alemany. I used the word semi-appropriate because...

The Lullaby Illusion: A Journey of Awakening by Susan Joyce is the story of an American woman and the situations she faced in her life while living in Europe and the Middle East. The story takes you to the time when Susan was living in...

The Plan that Launched a Thousand Books: A DIY Guide to Creating Your Book Marketing Plan by Tara R. Alemany should be one of the books on your list if you are a writer and plan to publish your book on your own (or if...

The Mystery of Her: Zane Brothers Detective Series Book 1 is the story of the three brothers - Zackery, Evan and Noah - and their detective agency. Lady Kiera Everett wants to hire the brothers to prove that her father was murdered by his...

Emma Hartley's The Nature of Entangled Hearts is a compelling contemporary romance that reveals the author as a master craftswoman of irresistible stories. Elwyn Derringer, a ceramic artist and professor at a college in Portland, Maine, is a strong woman to those who look at...

Rosa Marchisella's The Greatest of Books tells of a disgraced knight's quest to retrieve a book, The Greatest of Books, from a frightening troll. Baxton Al'Mur's trials are made even harder by the fact that he has to do his best to survive, not for...

The Very Best Christmas Tree EVER by Mark Edgar Stephens is a heartwarming story with the Christmas season as its backdrop. Zoey is one of the smallest trees on the farm and she is hoping that this year she will be adopted by a family...

From page one, the reader discovers this is not a typical romantic novel. Annealing is not a common word in the English language, and the author includes the definition: to heat and cool (as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle; to...

The Side Job by Don Lubov is a short, interesting and realistic story that follows a young mother on a daring journey to save her sickly daughter. Maggie Gomez gets pregnant at seventeen and, abandoned by her boyfriend, she is left alone with the child....

In AJ Vanderhorst’s The Mostly Invisible Boy: Casey Grimes Book 1, an eleven-year-old boy struggles with the real fact that he can’t be seen all the time. Why? How to fix this? Casey doesn’t know. He just knows every day there are times when he...