A platitude that I often hear is that you should always be forgiving and loving toward your parents because ‘you’ve only got one family.’ This saying ignores the enormous damage that family members can do to us during our lives and assumes we have a...

A Bloodied Tapestry: The American War in Vietnam from a Civilian War Veteran's Perspective by JanStephen James Cavanaugh, Ph.D. is a moving autobiographical account of a civilian volunteer during the Vietnam War. His story was reconstructed from personal journals written during his time in South...

The Raindrop is a children's picture book written by J. B. Auchter and illustrated by Ayan Mansoori. Droplets of water blow in the breeze, joining with others until they eventually form a cloud. Although all the joined droplets drift together through the breeze so happily...

In An Eye for an Eye: The Mallet Murders by Denny Darke, anything could happen in the small Nova Scotia town of Yeovilton County. A doctor was killed in her house with such force to her head that one eye popped out of its socket....

Children are known for their vulnerability, sensitivity, and receptiveness to learning good or bad behavior. They should be protected and shown love and care by their families. What happens when a child's immediate family becomes a source of pain, torture, and abuse? What happens when...

Surviving The Unsurvivable by Pamela Suter Steele is a harrowing, haunting, and remarkable memoir of a strong woman who endured much tragedy, unbearable pain, and internal struggles. Up until turning 78 years old, Pamela not only went through a horrific, brutal assault that changed her life forever, but she...

The Path of Saints and Sinners, the fourth book in J.F. Collen’s Journey of Cornelia Rose series, finds Cornelia “Nellie” Wright and her family at a crucial crossroads in 1857, having just survived the rigors of the Overland Trail to reach Great Salt Lake City....

Who knew a closet full of shoes could hold so many journeys? If the Shoe Fits by Angie El-Zarad is an endearing picture book that invites young readers to explore different adventures, one pair of shoes at a time. At first, each pair seems quite...

Victorya Wright's God Storys is an inspirational work that highlights the author's personal experience and relationship with God. Victorya has sensed God's presence since childhood. Through her prayers and tough times, God has guided her along a path by introducing her to many new acquaintances,...

Gambit of Our Forefathers by Ryan Pearcy traces the life of Devira Levin. As a teenager in Missouri, Devira meets Trition, an emissary of the remnants of the Bankan Tey, after witnessing the deployment of ancient devices seeded across Earth. Those devices are part of...

Growing up without his father being involved in his life, Patrick A. Davy is motivated to write his book, "The Right to Belong." Pete is a successful salesman living in New York City with his wife and two sons. He tells his sons that they...

We all know what the ‘Terrible Twos’ refers to, and Kanika Wilkins has so vividly captured this phrase in her new book, “Terrible, Too.” On the day Nikki turned two, she not only turned two years-old, but she went into that terrible stage too. She...

The Woman Who Sparked the Greatest Sex Scandal of All Times by Eli Yaakunah is a dystopian novel that transposes the reader into a fictitious world about love, truths, and world-saving. This book can be read as an allegory of journalism and the political system....

Laura Cottam Sajbel’s novel, Buoyant, subtitled How Water and Willpower Helped Wella to Channel Aaron and Hayley Peirsol, is an inspiring story about a mother who discovered the healing powers of exercise and in the process, raised two champion swimmers. This is Wella Hartig’s life...

Birds of a feather… or perhaps cougars of a feather come together in Terms of Temptation, a continuation of the lives of the Cantrell family by Lorrie Farrelly. Kinley Cantrell has a heart for taking on wild animals which are injured or sick, but she...

Secrets of the Home Wood - The Sacrifice by Julie Whitley is about a family that lives next a mysterious forest named the Home Wood. There are tales of family members disappearing after crossing the brook where sometimes they don’t return. The story begins with...

When U.S. Senator Tom Mariner is shot down and no suspects emerge right away, life goes back to normal for the Washington elite, including Judge Alexander who unsuccessfully tried to save him. But when Judge Alexander’s wife is arrested for the senator's death, he isn’t...

Jet Girrl and Mr. Bizarro: Surviving Natural Disaster by Nowell Berg chronicles the flooding that occurred in the hometown of Jet Girrl and Mr. Bizarro. Jet Girrl is an air hostess by profession. Her beau depends on Jet Girrl for support. Unfortunately, when Jet Girrl...

Joachim's Magic by M.L. Stainer is a young adult novel set during that early period of American history when the colonists were arriving from England to settle the New World. Joachim's Magic is primarily about the life and story of Reis Courtney, a young boy...

Myst: An Isle of Myst Novel by Stacie Wilson is a fantasy tale featuring magic and the eternal battle between darkness and light. Unknown to her, Brianna St. James is destined for great things. In fact, she holds the power to the fulfillment of the...