Summer Fling by Jerica MacMillan is a powerful opening to the Players of Marycliff University series, a powerful contemporary romance with multiple plot elements that will positively surprise readers. Abby isn’t an outgoing kind of girl and she uses her brains more than her heart...

Plaint for Provence: 1152 Les Baux by Jean Gill is the third book in The Troubadours Quartet series. Although I have not read the previous novels in the series, I had no problem understanding what was happening. This is definitely not a standalone, but if...

Good Morning Diego Garcia: A Journey Of Discovery is a true to life travel account by author Susan Joyce, in which she recollects her experiences. The second book in the Journeys series, this adventure follows The Lullaby Illusion, picking up as Susan and her husband...

The Last Legend: Unto The End is the second volume of a young adult fantasy written by J.B. Wichterich. King Julpen and his men search for the missing princess. But there are worse things in the kingdom than the disappearance of his daughter, Princess Marrisa....

Anyone who has ever had to take on the onerous task of being chief caregiver to parents, once they have become incapable of fully looking after themselves, will fully relate to Virginia A. Simpson's memoir, The Space Between. In my own late adult years, I...

Bort’s People by Alistair Potter is the third book in The Sunset of Magic series. Bort is the last of his kind, the last Trollid. Or is he? Three hundred years ago, his race was kidnapped, stolen away by the Harrowen and now Bort is...

The Reel by Amanda Miles revolves around Grace who needs to divert her attention from the sadness in her life. Grace has lost her mother and she has not gotten over it. Grace is in Ireland with her Aunt Mary for her holidays and she...

I read the first book in this series. I loved it and waited eagerly to see how the story would unfold. I was a little worried that maybe the tale would lose the exciting pace or that things might get bogged down and become boring....

A Wizard's Forge by A.M. Justice is the first book in The Woern Saga, a fantasy that has elements of a thriller and sci-fi beautifully knit into its fabric, a compelling tale of war, kidnapping, revenge and redemption. Many years ago, a crew of explorers...

True Life is the first entry in the Legends of Tye Series by R.J. Tolson, an adventure that will delight young adult readers and fans of comics. The reader is introduced to a magical setting and a clan known as the Astra Clan, comprising people...

Sunset Blues is a thrilling first entry in The Shadow series by Renee Topper, an attention-grabbing blend of mystery and thriller that follows the treacherous path of an undercover cop in his attempt to clear his name. Get ready to be steeped in a world...

Two young women, from opposite ends of the spectrum, are set to collide in L.C. Perry's dystopian fiction Gold Shadow (Bronze Rebellion Book 1). Eighteen-year-old Ebony, born a slave, has only ever known the horrors and struggle for survival underground as a slave in the...

Pistachio is a beautiful two-year-old Golden Retriever that belongs to Luke and Lucy. The Clark parents always shout at the twins because of her and they are forever asking the kids to take care of Pistachio. In Parents for Sale: Story and Coloring Book by...

Alabama Oh: Artist, Dandelion Dreamer, and Independent Girl by Andi Cann,‎ with illustrations by Micaela Stefano, follows the story of a young girl, vivid with life and enchanted by flowers and color, and her struggle in a bland, colorless town. Alabama Oh - her name,...

His For The Claiming: A Medieval Time Travel Romance and the third book in the Campbell Brothers series by Ju Ephraime is a historical romance with powerful hints of the paranormal and time travel. Set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, the story follows...

From Hill Town to Strieby by Margot Lee Williams is an educational book. In 1879, Islay Walden, once a slave, returned to North Carolina as an ordained minister in Southwestern Randolph County. He was also a missionary for the American Missionary Association, living with his...

"When God created me I was the only thing on his mind." My Brown Skin (Hey Carter!) by Thomishia Booker is a cute story about a little boy whose skin is the perfect shade of brown and he is happy about it. His skin glows...

Hello? G-d?: An Exploration of Life's Most Fundamental Question by Shlomo Ben Zeev is the first book in the author's Core Emmuna series. In this installment, Ben Zeev addresses the singular question of whether or not there is a higher power, lending his extensive knowledge...

A Night Game is a fantasy novel for children and preteens written by Allie Compeau. Hugh and Owen figured that it had to be their little sister, Immy, who had left a messy pile of toys and blocks in their middle of their bedroom. The...

It All Comes Back to You by Beth Duke is a deceptively simple story about Ronni Johnson, a licensed practical nurse and aspiring writer, who meets Violet, a glamorous and vivacious elderly resident at Fairfield Springs, an Assisted Living residence. Violet, who captivates audiences just...