Ricky's Reflection by Kerry Jankowski packs a powerful message into its 32 pages: we are mirrors for those who bully us. Author Kerry Jankowski states in the closing notes that she believes in empowering children to direct negative energy away from ourselves. This powerful message...

In Lucy Leroux’s Stolen Angel, falling in love is not easy. Sergei Damov has been waiting for Ada to see that he is the perfect man for her. After months of waiting, Sergei was given an opportunity and he took it. One late night in...

The Fracking War by Michael J Fitzgerald is an eco-political thriller. Jack Stafford has been in the reporting business for years. He leaves his job in California and goes back to his roots in New York, to The Horsehead Clarion where he got his first...

In the same way that our true friends counsel us in times of need to remember useful truths we already knew but may have forgotten, C.J. Maritz’s 50 Every Day Ways to Cheer You Up is a warm and familiar dose of encouragement and connectivity...

In Healing Woman of the Red Rocks by Verna Clay, Dr. Thomas Matthews has recently lost his wife to an illness that he could not cure. Amy is his young daughter and she is beginning to show the same symptoms that her mother had. When...

I must confess, I do love a great mystery. And one that starts what appears to be a very promising new series, well, that’s even better. And that seems to be just we have in Sorrow Lake by author Michael J. McCann, the first book...

Hollywood Clown by Jason Lassen begins with a birthday party, with the author in the company of Robert De Niro, whose son’s birthday is the celebration. After lengthy preparation about the games to play, costumes to wear and styles to conduct, the author find himself...

Tricklock: Operation Powerful Vendetta by William F. Sine begins with air force para rescue man Jake Tricklock racing his truck to an awaiting helicopter, already manned and ready for a search and rescue mission. Highly successful in rescue missions as well as in neutralizing their...

After an early journalistic career filled with achievement, Svetlana Meritt's life changes gear after a disastrous encounter in Mexico and she feels compelled to re-examine her values and her life path. She meets a soulmate and fellow searcher in her husband Dwight, and sets off...

Michael Scheffel’s Storm on the Horizon offers a behind the scenes view of world politics spiraling out of control, as the first rumblings of something amiss begin to percolate through the anonymous hands of the intelligence services. From Gibraltar to Afghanistan to Plymouth, the limited...

I looked at My Husband Our Father: A Family’s Walk Through the Storm of Grief in Search of a Rainbow by author Michelle Caravelli several times before I actually picked it up to read. Sometimes, on the surface, a book seems like it will hold...

In The Blood of the Greeks by Mary D. Brooks is set in the period of World War II. Eva is the daughter of a German commander who has taken the helm of a small Greek town and is “purging” it of Jews. Eva does...

It is one hundred years into the future and, after a second civil war and global warming have devastated the United States, a newer, better society has risen from the ashes: The Union. Everything runs seamlessly, pollution is at an all time low and everyone...

Collecting Feathers by Daniela Norris has this serene way of showing glimpses from the border between the living and the dead through its eleven short stories. Each plot is skillfully developed, gripping the reader and not letting go until it delivers the punch line, thus...

Animal Alphabet Search by John Priest is an educational book for small kids put together in a fun way so that kids not only learn animal names but also numbers and alphabets. The book teaches everything in a fun and interactive way that makes learning...

Detective Paige Whiskey, who comes from a long line of witches, is in the middle of investigating sacrificial murders in Louisiana. The question is, did the murderer know what he was doing? Paige is confused, especially with a mandala on the wall that is supposed...

Rainbow Gardens by James Malone follows a Japanese-American immigrant named Harry Shikita during the turmoil-filled times surrounding the WWII era. As an immigrant, Harry faces numerous challenges such as fitting in, enduring racial discrimination, as well as attempting to make his business ‘Rainbow Gardens’ (a...

You Don’t Have To Die to Meet God by Rick Anderson is a poignant story about the life of the author and his spiritual journey. In his younger years, Rick was more conscious of his environment and those that he interacted with, especially if they...

Inventors & Impostors: A Sordid History of Innovation and Imitation by Daniel Diehl and Mark Donnelly is a collection of stories depicting the circumstances in which many of the modern wonders which we all take for granted really came into existence. It begins with the...

Pet-Friendly Francie Scores a Pooch is a children's animal book written by Kat E. Erikson. Francisca Waggit wants a dog so badly it hurts, but her father doesn't see how they can afford to take care of one. The two of them are at the...