I was quite impressed with Steven Weaver’s The Vault: A Journey of Discovery as I found it an unexpectedly well-written story with distinctive characters, realistic dialogue and a fairly solid plot. While the book is targeted to a younger audience and contains a lot of...

The Quest for Freedom by J.L. Rothdiener is the poignant story of life in a POW camp in Vietnam. Six American soldiers, captured during the Vietnam war, are still being held as POW's 40 years on. The reason is that General Yo saw his...

Many adopted children dream of exotic beginnings, but for the main character of Torii (To Rule the Universe - Book 1) by Amanda Marie, this turns into an unbelievable reality. Until graduating from high school, Tara has led the life of a privileged teen with...

Mateguas Island is a horror/dark fantasy novel written by Linda Watkins. Karen and Bill Anderson are a California couple with eight-year-old twin daughters. Things were pretty bright for Bill, a rising Silicon Valley star, until a minor discretion with the boss's wife and the economic...

The Killing Game - Part One - The Blood Negotiators (The Killing Game Series) (Volume 1) by The Black Rose takes us into the New York division of the FBI. Ives, the Director, must investigate the woman that he has waited a lifetime to find...

Man Up to Eating Disorders by Andrew Walen is a good self-help memoir for men and boys struggling with weight and eating disorders. The book speaks about the author’s eating disorders which he has categorized under three sections, starting with the emotional eating experience. The...

The Yugoslavian, In Search of Mara Jovanovic by The Black Rose takes place during the siege of Sarajevo and brings the reader into a world of adventure and intrigue. Two people from different worlds come together: Ivan, a fighter known as the Black Rebel, and...

The Memory Keeper is a historical novel written by Larry K. Collins and Lorna Collins. It is the story of Tomas Romero, a Native American who was born in 1820 and spent his life in the San Juan Capistrano area. The reader first learns of...

To Hold The Sun is an inspirational self-help novel written by Chas Watkins. The narrator is an investigative journalist who has been going through hard times professionally. His carefully laid plans of becoming a prominent journalist have not come to pass, and he'd been wondering...

When mysterious and extremely disturbing videos, containing confidential details of the affected people, start popping up on the computers of CIA employees, the CIA suspects a virus. The virus, affecting the entire intelligence community, however, seems to have special interest in a particular division of...

Spirituality and Sustainable Development by Rohana Ulluwishewa examines an old social dilemma from a new perspective. Instead of focusing on poverty and inequality as the issue, he proposes that the elitists and over-consumers are the real problem. They approach sustainability from an economic viewpoint not...

Indian Feather by author Owen Roberts is a lovely little book. Alex is fascinated by the beautiful Indian headdress displayed on his grandfather’s dresser. It had belonged to his great-great grandfather, who was an Indian chief of a tribe. Alex wanted one of the feathers,...

Eighth Circle by Theodore Jerome Cohen is the fifth novel by this author featuring the inimitable Detective-Inspector Lou Martelli, and it is every bit as captivating as its predecessors in the series. Sprinkled with numerous documented factoids, Eighth Circle will take you on a fascinating...

Bubbles is a sad little fish because he has a disfigured tail. The other sea creatures tease Bubbles about this as it prevents him from swimming fast and playing games. Pickles, an electric eel and Bubbles’ best friend, and Kama the mermaid go to see...

A Girl Lost to the World and Found in the Art of War by Hailey Dollar is the author’s soul-searching story of her struggles, conflicts and her ups and downs in life. The book speaks about the author's constant need to connect with her inner...

Carved In Cherry, the first in the Curse Collectors Series by Elizabeth Kirke, had me spellbound from the first page to the last. For three sisters, the loss of an aunt they hardly knew is sad, but worse it's an interruption of their busy lives....

Do you suffer from anxiety, depression, or worry a lot? Are you struggling to make ends meet and feel overwhelmed, stuck in life, and totally unfocused? Join author Timothy K. Lynn in a step-by-step process to help you succeed in life by addressing four things:...

A Dark Collection: 12 Scary Stories by Mark Lukens provides a year's supply of unique and eclectic stories for the discriminating reader of short fiction. Perhaps best known for his entertaining novels Ancient Enemy and The Summoning, with this collection Lukens proves he also is...

Dani and the Haunted House (A Dani P. Mystery) (Volume 1) by K. Lamb is a mystery story that kids will enjoy reading. Dani knows that there is something mysterious lurking around the haunted house in Shady Hollow and she is going to solve it....

Dani and the Mall Caper (A Dani P. Mystery) (Volume 2) by K. Lamb is the second in the series of Dani's mystery stories. Dani has become well known after solving the first mystery. She is also given the title as the best eight-year-old detective in...