A mysterious mansion on a hill overlooking a small forested town holds secrets concerning the disappearance of a dozen people in the thrilling middle-grade novel, Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters (The Varcolac's Diary) by D.C. McGannon and C. Michael McGannon. The residents of Hunter's...

Juliette and the Monday ManDates by Becky Doughty is the first in a series of books about the four Gustafson Girls: Juliette, the oldest and this book's main character, Renata, Phoebe, and Gia, known to one another as the G-FOURce. The background set up is...

I really enjoyed Champion in the Darkness by Tyrean Martinson. I liked the straightforward battle between good and evil and the Judeo-Christian symbolism. I liked the young female hero who is well trained but as yet untested. Most of all, I liked the efficient way...

What happens when a long-lost friend suddenly calls and sounds desperate? A frantic call from an old school friend makes Harry Starke drop everything to find out what it is, but to his utter dismay he finds out that the call might have been an...

In Rise of the Flame, K.N. Lee has written a masterful tale about Lilae and Liam, two people of the chosen class whose destiny is to fight in the Great War between races. Lilae has spent her life on the road, avoiding those who wish...

Everyone belongs somewhere; everyone has the right to belong - even a lonely goose named Walker. A young goose lands in the grassy fields of a farm and starts to explore. She's all alone and, although she likes the place, she wants to find some...

Fate of the Fallen: The Baiulus Series Omnibus by Darren Lewis is the sequel to the Seren Trilogy. Ellie is in danger and she must go back to the past, back to where it all began and where the answers lie. Only Ellie can fight...

Whispers Among the Ruins by Lori Hines is a paranormal mystery. Things are not going well in Southwest America. An unknown being is kidnapping pregnant women and holding them prisoner in his lair. Lorelei and her team of paranormal investigators try to find this ancient...

Freedom Within The Heart by Mark Mahon is the story of the Viking invasion of Ireland, and how the Irish clans dealt with that rather unpleasant visit. Mahoun and his brother Brian Boru are the centre of the story, and of course Brian is the...

While this book is intended for elementary school children, this 50-year-old got quite a kick out of it too. Maisy and The Missing Mice (The Maisy Files Book 1) by Elizabeth Woodrum is about a cherry lollipop-loving fourth grader named Maisy who considers herself quite...

Maisy and the Money Marauder by Elizabeth Woodrum is a book written for children between the ages of seven to twelve. The story, recounted by fourth-grader Maisy, consists of fifteen chapters of varying lengths, but none too long to be read by a child at...

Melanie Hemingway has introduced a new species in her book, Call of the Quintar (The Life-River Saga Book 1). Galvanites, a microscopic race, have a gift that enables them to merge into newborn humans. They have been using their gift to save human babies; however,...

Mystery at the Fair (The Jean Hays Series Volume 1) by Connie Cockrell is a murder mystery. Jean Hays, a relative stranger to the area, has been made VP of The Fair Board and it’s her job to make sure the annual Fair goes off...

Have you ever wondered about Cinderella's fairy godmother? Who was she? Where did she come from? Was she really that old? No one it seems, until now, has felt compelled to write about the fairy godmother. She must have a story to tell, a fascinating...

Heroism, courage and romance; just a few of the words that come to mind when I think of Autumn in the City of Angels by Kirby Howell. Autumn has to face that everyone around her is falling victim to an apocalyptic plague, leaving less than...

Enchanting, magical, visionary. As I opened Explorations of the Mirror: The Art and Poetry of Bonny Hut and read the first few pages, I was transported into a world of artistry and symbolism that reminded me of the parallel worlds created by writer Charles de...

Eye of the Storm: The Silent Grief of Miscarriage by Rachel McGrath is a moving account of how one woman dealt with a miscarriage. Too many women suffer in complete silence after a miscarriage, but why? Is a miscarriage not a “proper” death? Sadly, there...

The balance between good and evil is shifting and 18-year-old Cassidy Kavanaugh is drawn into the battle without having any idea why or how in Between the Bleeding Willows: The Demon Hunters Series, Volume 1 by D.A. Roach. Emotionally drained and confused after the tragic...

Gina is from an Italian family and taking a meat sandwich to school for lunch every day was the norm. Her family eating meat at dinner was the pattern that she followed with her own family, so nothing seemed out of the ordinary. What caused...

I loved Worlds of the Timestream: The Throne, Book 1: Culmanic Parts by Richard Sutcliffe. I just want to put that out there. This is a great story and I will tell you why in this review, but I refuse to give any spoilers. This...