As Jericho Falls by Karen C. Webb is a haunting, captivating coming-of-age story set in the wilds of Appalachia, deep in the mountains of North Carolina. Lauren is a fifteen-year-old girl who lives near the remote community of Jericho Falls on a small family farm....

Angela Castillo’s The Amazing Adventures of Toby the Trilby is a lovely tale for children about young Toby, part cat and part human boy, who has been created by his Grambles (guardians) because they wanted a grandchild. They all live in caverns below ground because...

Toby’s obsession with trying to see into the heavens leads him to his next adventure in The Further Adventures of Toby the Trilby by Angela Castillo. A bright flash falling into the forest catches Toby’s attention and the voice of Father God tells him to...

The Children of Darkness by David Litwack is a compelling tale set in a future where religion has taken over people's lives. Three friends, Orah, Nathaniel and Thomas, find their bond tested as they uncover the complex secrets of a religion hell-bent on imparting their...

Adventures of Faerie Folk, Volume 1 is a cute children’s storybook by Paula J. Roscoe. In Annabelle and the Strawberry Faerie, rainy weather damages the crops that Annabelle and her mother planted, and they don’t have money to buy food. Annabelle finds strawberries in the...

Refuge by Jason K. Macomson is a page turning vampire tale that pits good against evil and left me with breathless anticipation wondering what the final outcome might be! After the death of her parents, eighteen-year-old Carol Westdale feels adrift, and decides to spend the...

Things are looking bleak for both Kate and "the kid" at the start of Anne Rothman-Hicks and Kenneth Hicks' novel, Kate and the Kid. Kate lost her editorial job at a NYC publishing company and had a huge, possibly relationship ending, fight with her lawyer...

How Learning To Say Goodbye Taught Me How to Live is an excellent book by Joffre McClung which addresses a range of subjects such as grief, loss, coping with financial troubles, and building inner spiritual strength. It is an account of real life events leading...

Beneath Windom Castle: A Tale of Bopping Zombies is a preteen story by JoAnn Flammer. Princess Tai, Noah, Reggie, Willie and Ariel spend the day at an amusement park in Windom, but armed soldiers arrive in trucks and abduct most of the children at the...

The Creature Behind You by Sam Kuban is quite an exciting read that will make young readers wonder about the noises they hear and the shadows they see. The creature follows behind as you creep down the stairs and its voice is the creaking of...

Gooseberry Island by Steven Manchester has its beginnings in a chance encounter between Lindsey Wood and David McClain, which sparks romance between them. The romance is kept alive through Skype when he is back on duty in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan he has to witness horrendous...

Surrounded by spirits most of her life, Abby Marcelli had her fair share of haunting. But finally she's had enough. However, will the spirits let her go and will she be able to shut out the voices? Hildebranch Academy might just be the solution to...

The Doom Murders by Brian O’Hare is a story of a few murders. To begin with, a bishop is killed in a grotesque manner and the only notable clue from the naked body is an alphanumeric word. During the police investigation itself, more deaths of...

Always October by C.E. Edmonson is one of those novels that requires a lot of word space to review, which is why I’m not using my regular review style. Lucas Taylor has lived his life. He may not live long, but he is not giving...

Morgan's Ruin is a private investigator mystery written by Charles R. Kittle. The Morgan Valve Company had been a fixture in New Brighton for many years, but its continued existence was being threatened by what appeared to be the work of an internal saboteur. Irate...

Money Secrets: Keys To Smart Investing by Kim Curtis begins with a short and pertinent discussion about money and the need to make decisions about money; how you deal with money is how you deal with life. After a brief overview of financial terms and...

The Miracle Ship: The Extraordinary Story of a Modern-day Disciple by Brian O'Hare is the story of John Gillespie, his personal story and his extraordinary healings that speak for themselves. This book has some incredible stories bordering on miracles, and it is a book that...

Fallen Men: A Story of Three Priests by Brian O’Hare was a challenging read for me. Not challenging in a bad way; it was just challenging. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I picked it up. Was it a treatise on Catholicism or...

The Secret of Excalibur is a fantasy novel by Sahara Foley. Arthur Merlin is a typical, normal human being. But after a freak accident happens to him, things change quite abnormally. He develops certain abilities: telekinesis, telepathy, pyrokinesis and even teleportation; and that’s not even...

In Artama & The Watchtower Portal: The Second Journey by Bruce Paul, Artama's first forbidden trip across The Plain was a miraculous success. His success, however, attracted some unwanted attention and soon The Town was in danger of being destroyed by greedy men seeking a...