Bare: The Misplaced Art of Grieving and Dancing by Sandy Oshiro Rosen is a story of grieving and it's also the author's personal view on grief and grieving. Vanessa is a week away from the birth of her first child and she senses all is...

County Fair Blue Ribbon Winning Cookbook: Distinctive Cake Recipes by Amber Richards is an excellent collection of delicious cake recipes. Featuring several popular classics, the book begins with a short introduction which describes some equipment and measurements mentioned frequently. I found that the coverage of...

In The Ghost of Shelly Dee by Joel Borelli, a young boy, Drew, sees ghosts and they are not fun. He has had this ability since his parents died. It doesn’t help the fact that his life has been upturned after that. Moved to a...

When Amy Musil, beautiful, strong-willed and kind, finds herself in trouble, fearing for her very life, she fights back with an instinct and skill she had no idea she had. Amy discovers that she’s innately endowed with a set of abilities that are highly sought...

Zephyr the West Wind by R.J. Tolson is the first book in the young adult fantasy series, Chaos Chronicles. Zephyr has the gift of understanding other people’s emotions, but he never managed to understand its use while growing up alone, isolated and hated by the...

High Stakes is a western by Chad Strong. Victoria is a bustling town filled with gambling saloons, prostitution, and corruption. Curt Prescott enjoys this easy lifestyle, using the winnings acquired from his skilful poker playing to support his girlfriend Del and himself. However, the new...

In Beyond The Pale by C Michelle McCarty, Abbie's mother, Phoebe, has just died. Her father, her soul mate, died when she was a young girl and her mother never forgave Abbie for her father's death. A sad thing for a girl to live with,...

In K-9 Cop: Case #1 – The Dreck Report by Erna Mueller, a selfish cop named Spencer comes up short when it is time to get into heaven. In order to make the cut, he must return to earth as a dog and help troubled...

If you like unusual plots that combine a bit of science fiction, fantasy, action, with some paranormal bits, then The God Thought by Dave Cravens would be a very good choice for you. In this novel, you get to meet Oliver, who lost his child...

Denise N. Fyffe picks a difficult subject to shine in: love. There are dozens upon dozens, if not hundreds upon hundreds, of book shelves worth of poetry collections dealing with romance and varying emotions that tend to accompany it. Yet, somehow, against all odds, Sensuous...

There and Back Again: A Decade of Travel Tales is a non-fiction collection written by Timothy Imhoff. Imhoff and his wife, Rachel Dietz, both love travelling, and they decided to get married while on a trip to Costa Rica. They arranged to be married on...

The Lemon Tart is Book 3 in D.A. Batrowny’s children’s series, The Artt of Early Learning. This series is designed for parents who may want to work with their children as their first teachers. Artt is going with his mother for his first day at...

The Lost Door by Marc Buhmann is a thrilling and suspenseful horror fiction read. The story takes place largely in the peaceful and scenic (or so you think) town of River Bend, Wisconsin. Four strangers, each with deep, dark, shocking pasts and hidden secrets, are...

Ashwood is a town filled with secrets, founded on a history that sounds romantic and almost real, but actually has a darker past that most do not know. This is the backdrop of Donnie J. Burgess' In The Shadow of Angels. Devin Bryant, a successful...

Stephen J. Smith’s The Sabrael Confession is an enthralling piece of fiction. Sabrael is commissioned by Michael to write about his life as an angel of the Lord. It is a fearful, yet inescapable request to conjure up the past, to share memories. Sabrael resplendently...

Puzzle Trees is a young adult mystery written by Thom Mark Shepard. Joe Sheffield is a freshman in high school. He's pretty much on his own in school now that his best friends, the Brill twins, moved away and his other best friend, Dave, became...

In Search of Piétons: A Photo Documentary is a non-fiction photographic work written by Bill Bolton. The author was intrigued when he discovered that the illuminated pedestrian crossing signs found throughout France were not all the same. When he had discovered over 20 different designs...

One of the most difficult addictions to break, smoking has caused fits for nearly everyone who ever tried to quit. Brad Lamm has put together a solid method for quitting in Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now. This practical...

Bartender Tales by Amber Moore is wonderfully written story that begins with Wesley Lake looking for a full time bartending position. After checking out one bar called The Last Stop, which seems to be offering what he is looking for, Wes calls the owner. The...

In Sins of Fathers by Catherine Sue Morgan, Rebecca Bennet is a trauma therapist, but that does not mean she does not have demons in her closet. Twenty years ago, her father raped and killed an unsuspecting girl. The aftermath of that horrible time had...