"Bay House" by J.B. DiNizo is one of those novels that are a once in a life time read. Covering a span of over one hundred and fifty years, we follow the family line from 1832 to the present. The story begins with two families,...

Viola Whedon is getting too old to be a favored courtesan in the London of 1783, but at twenty seven, she still can hear when men enter her home, Number 12 Chapel Street, at nighttime, intent upon finding and then stealing whatever valuable lies...

The Jane Austin Academy is a private girls school attended mostly by the "privileged" set, but junior Lizzie is one of the fortunate middle class members of the student body. She realizes that her presence at this prestigious school is mainly to keep her out...

Julia Evans, an investigative reporter, and her husband John, are in the Yucatan Peninsula researching a story and taking a vacation at the same time. Their busy lives were drawing them apart and they needed to reconnect. Julia gets involved with Mayan tomb robbers, and...

Are you a person who has enjoyed fishing most of your life? Well, David Van Lear is, and he wrote this book to tell of his adventures while fishing. David’s father loved fishing, and taught it to David when he was a young fellow. In...

Leonard Gigliobianco has put together this book of his poems, "Your Words", which are short and varied poems which tell of his experiences in life. Some share his travels to Mount Rainer, on as page 21, 'Labrador' or page 43, or just his reflections upon...

Odete Martins Bigote is very learned and knows what she is writing about when she quotes from Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, and most especially, the Holy Bible. In "Before the World Began: The Point of the Encounter of Love and Science", she states that we,...

Life is never exciting enough for fourteen-year-old Bobby Irukurehc. Part of Bobby’s problem is that his life is already mapped out for him: prep school, Harvard, and then joining the family law firm. Bobby wants something more, something of his own choice. The family is...

In 1955 Andrew Petro faced death; he would never be the same. He ate a light lunch, jumped in to the cold water with a belly flop. As he was swimming he began to cramp in his stomach and groin. He was drowning and gave...

Men and women can really mess up relationships, can’t they? Sometimes it is an inability to understand the opposite gender and sometimes it is unrealistic expectations. Whatever the cause, authors Roy and Nazira Barry answer the question about whether finding Mr. or Mrs. Right is...

The mark of a good work of fiction is how it can mirror reality so closely as to confuse the reader about whether it is real or not real. Author Bolko Zimmer has created a delicious piece of fiction with "Angelic Warfare: The Stones of...

Grigory Rasputin was a spiritual advisor to Russia’s last Tsar and Tsarina, and has been vilified because history is written by those in power instead of the common man. And even though I know nothing about this subject, I do see the truths of what...

In Scott Clements’s "Gasparilla’s Treasure" Trip Montgomery’s great grandfather, Pappy, encourages Trip to “Get the trunk! Promise me! You need to find that trunk...” But before Pappy can explain the importance of the trunk, he suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. The...

During World War ll Charles Day was a Canadian volunteer who was sent to Ireland and then to other countries in the United Kingdom, also countries in Europe and North Africa. His ship was hit not too far from Ireland and 75 per cent of...

Besides being a genius with words, author James Patterson has chosen a great co-author in Chris Tebetts and a superb illustrator in Laura Park for the sequel to his book about Rafe trying to survive middle school. Rafe is now about to begin the seventh...

Bernie Krause, author of "The Great Animal Orchestra" brings his great expertise as a naturalist, musician and natural sound expert to his book. This is a review of the audio book. To get the true essence of this book I highly recommend listening to the...

I have always been fascinated with the Nephilim. They are mentioned briefly in scripture. When I saw the title of this book I knew I had to read it. Journalist, Rory Callahan, witnessed evil; it came in a fog of darkness. Within seconds he was...

"Montezuma’s Treasure" is a well-known legend, and many people think it is just that: an interesting legend of how Montezuma’s followers hid the king’s treasure away, to prevent it falling into the hands of the Spanish conquistadors. The legend also says that ancient guardians protect...

"Desert Intrigue: The Adventures of John and Julia Evans" by Linda Weaver Clarke portrays a great summer on the beach relaxing in a chaise lounge book. The characters are very easy to be liked and the plot keeps you reading to the end. Julia’s brother...

"Arctic Prison" by J E Hopkins is actually quite a hot book! It is a sensual paranormal romance novel with some interesting twists to this genre. You don’t usually come across sirens in such books, nor such non-dysfunctional families. Vampire Julian’s family isn’t perfect by...