Life is tough for Rosetta Melki as she does the best she can to raise her 15-year-old daughter, Izzie, in Epiphany: The Golding by new author Sonya Deanna Terry. As a free spirit trying to make ends meet in a tough world, Rosetta faces challenges...

The Big Parade: San Francisco is a children's picture book written by Stan Resnicoff and illustrated by Leonid Rabinovich. Once every thousand years, people from all over the world take part in a gigantic celebration and parade. If you're not an active participant in the...

Torture Man by Warren Adler begins with a chance encounter that Sarah Raab has with Carl Helman, associated with the CIA, which leaves her with a yet to be repaid debt. When Sarah is confronted with the kidnapping of her daughter, Rachel, she seeks help...

Sometimes in the midst of a mundane and comfortable life, tragedy strikes. You don't understand why, and you find yourself immediately plunged into a quicksand of depression, insecurity, and the guilt that comes from never getting to say goodbye. As you search for a remedy,...

Transformative Nutrition is categorized as a nutrition book but is so much more than that; it is about experiencing the pain of hitting rock bottom and working your way back to a fully balanced life through transformation. The author, Michael Tamez, takes you with him...

Welcome to the Commons or, as some might, call it, Purgatory. In The Journeyman by Michael Alan Peck, it’s a land where, in the Beatles’ words, “nothing is real,” and where a talking mummy, a man with a slot-machine handle for an arm and a...

Immortown by Lily Markova is an irresistibly dark read with strange and charming characters. Freya is still processing the death of her brother by putting her focus on her job as an actress. Then an accident on set changes everything. Suddenly she finds herself in...

Metal: A Treasure Hunt is a contemporary fiction novel written by Java Davis. The underlying story, however, has historical roots that date back to the 1700s. Shaker Falls Park was located on land that had been in dispute since colonial times, and the land figured...

What a fun read! I just finished Epic Zero: Tales of a Not-So-Super 6th Grader by author R.L. Ullman, and I have to say, I loved it! The story follows young Elliot Harkness, whose entire family belongs to the Freedom Force, the world’s greatest superhero...

ROME - A photographic tour: 122 amazing photos by Alexandru Ciobanu takes the reader on a tour through Rome as the title suggests. It is filled with stunning photos of the city that has fascinated people for many centuries. Some photos are spread over double...

The Seventh Miss Hatfield is a young adult time travel romance written by Anna Caltabiano. Eleven-year-old Cynthia is very attached to her grandmother's doll, Charlotte, something that confuses her mother, as she recalls being more grownup at that age. Cynthia’s looking forward to dinner and...

The Academy is a Christian fiction coming of age novel written by J.T. Payne and Ryan Mix. Sylas Ernst is not quite sure about the reception he'll receive at the 20th anniversary reception for the graduating class of Cherrywood Christian Academy. His senior year certainly...

Ties That Bind by best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall follows Ariana Brenneman, an obedient Amish girl who dreams of opening her own business and settling down with a man she loves. Though her heart still stings from the betrayal of her two best friends five years...

The Escape: Naughty Blue Jay & Woodpecker is a children's story book written by Carolee Wells Henney and illustrated by Valerie Vincent. The birds in the aviary are all very excited about the arrival of springtime and many of them, including the cardinal and the...

Betrayal Only Comes In Green is a short, sharp thriller by author Sandy Appleyard. The second story in the Betrayal Series, the plot focuses on widower Saul Jessup, who lives a solitary life in San Bernardino and appears to be just like any other single...

Tac and Tuk is a children's animal story book written by Carolee Wells Henney and illustrated by Heather Ewing Klose. Tac and Tuk are ground squirrel cousins who live on the prairie in Texas. Their colony is a large one with about fifty families who...

Abba, Father by Gladys Goldsby Ford is about restoring your faith in God, with help in finding Him and holding Him close to your heart. Many people do not appreciate Bible studies; if they read this book, they will understand the core of Bible studies...

Nicaea Trilogy: Three Novellas by Warren Lamb is a collection offering three novellas that take on a theme of history. This book spins the story of an ancient codex so rare it becomes the object of a quest, and this quest spans time and place....

We Journey No More is a sci-fi time travel adventure by author Sahara Foley. A teenage couple tear away from society at the opening of this young adult novella near Albuquerque, New Mexico, only to find that fate has handed them a powerful and problematic...

A wonderful guide for the new teacher, Felicia Saffold’s Becoming the Difference in a Hopeful Classroom is an insider’s look into the true reality of entering the classroom as its leader. Peppered with her personal experiences, starting as a child with a true love of...