The only thing worse than watching your beloved father take his last breath is to be exiled from your home with the threat of death if you are ever seen there again. That is the fate to Byrn, daughter of Korta, king of Fayen in...

Deception Peak: The Ian's Realm Saga, Volume 1 by Dianne Lynn Gardner is a book for teenagers, young adults and "older" adults who still enjoy fantasy stories. It is the story of Ian, whose father somehow found a portal into another world - via a...

Time travel has a new twist in The Sprocketeers: Great Giza Gonzo. John Stapleton and Sundae create a new kind of historical fiction for kids that explores time travel to ancient Egypt and the pyramids. When the twins, Cooper and Alyx Sprocket, discover an old...

The Big Picture: An Honest Examination of God, Science, and Purpose by P.D. Hemsley will take readers on a journey of exploration of science, religion and God. Instead of being argumentative and authoritative about the topic, the author has presented facts with reason. The book...

Wraithsong by E.J. Squires follows the journey of Sonia in her graduation year at high school. She had known she was different to other children from a young age as she had the ability to control others by her thoughts alone. After her father's death,...

Wish You Weren't by Sherrie Petersen is an extraordinary novel for children. It follows the live of Marten and it begins one starry night. Marten has an annoying little brother who is always getting him into trouble. As a shooting star passes by on a...

Riven Dawn: A Flagship! Novel (Volume 1) by Mike J. Krentz takes you into the military life of Captain Kate Mahoney, a senior naval aviator who is deployed in a Navy flagship as director of operations for the U.S. 7th Fleet in the Pacific. Amid...

A lot of military men will love South China Sundown! A Flagship Novel! It is a tale of the modern American Navy. The protagonist is a female navy captain and I can’t remember any other books I’ve read where that is the case. South China...

Beyond Omega's Sunrise by Eleni Papanou is an intriguing novel about what will happen when things go wrong with the sun. In this book we see an increase in the output of the sun, which leaves half the universe destroyed. The other half of the...

The book, Playmates: Book 1, Wilde Twins by Jess C. Scott, is the story of Tania and Trevor who grow up in a dysfunctional family. The twins develop a closeness that becomes deeper and deeper as their family life sinks into disarray and madness. In...

The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte by Ruth Hull Chatlien tells the true story of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, better known as Betsy. She was the daughter of a Baltimore merchant, William Patterson, and was the first wife of Jérôme Bonaparte and sister-in-law of Emperor Napoleon I of...

Fortunately, Melissa Eskue Ousley's Sign of the Throne is only Book One in the Solas Beir Trilogy because it's one of the books you don't want to put down, but you also don't want it to end. The story is all about Abby, a girl...

Two Magisters pass through the town of Fallow and, soon after, everything Emelyn has known is changed. In The Thirteenth Tower by Sara C. Snider, unusual events force Emelyn to leave town after she is attacked by creatures that were only known to people as...

Vampyric paranormal romance is delivered in verse in Elfineness by T.K. Varenko. This epic poem of over 300 pages recounts the life of Luella, an elfin maiden transformed into a vampyress during her struggle to find her one true love. Gods and monsters from various...

J.R. Lindermuth weaves a sophisticated tale in A Burning Desire about the various characters in Swatara, Pennsylvania, most of whom have their own set of secrets. There have been several instances of arson and, although the fires appear minor, they are now escalating. To make...

Surrounded By Madness: A Memoir of Mental Illness and Family Secrets by Rachel Pruchno Ph.D. is a heart-breaking memoir of a woman who loses both her mother and daughter to mental illness. It is an honest account of a woman's desperation and powerlessness in handling...

You never know what kind of trouble three kids might get into when left alone, but no one could expect the ghostly adventures shared by Alyssa, Bradley, and Sean when their parents take a long weekend from home. This is the setting for The Essence...

Shallow Basin by Suzanne Cowles introduces us to Beau Boudreaux in his senior year as he tries to change his destiny. His parents, who have schemed since he was a child, have kept him on the fast track to being a lawyer, marrying a girl...

Nancy Sharp and Brett Brett Zickerman seemed to be the perfect couple until, unbelievably, he got brain cancer while only in his 30s. After surgery and chemotherapy it seemed his cancer was gone, but since they knew he would be sterile after the chemo, they...

Floyd and Mikki: Zombie Hunters by Joseph Tatner is a zombie book with a difference. For two years, Floyd has been travelling alone, trying to survive in a world inhabited by zombies as he makes his way towards New California Haven - the last safe...