Emma McCoy dealt bravely with the untimely death of her husband, but coming so soon after his rejection of her and their young family was almost too much to bear. She withdrew socially and focused on raising her three girls, Lily, Dahlia and Rose, and...

In Voices in the Wind by Judy Bruce, Megan is a freshly licensed attorney home to mourn the death of her father’s law partner. It doesn’t take her long to realize her place is by her father’s side. She quickly falls into place with long-time...

Grief is a terrible burden. Everyone handles grief differently and, for some, the grief is so unbearable that it’s very difficult, if not impossible, to let go. Jasmine doesn’t remember her older sister, Freya. Jasmine was still a toddler when Freya was hit by a...

The basic elements are life are really quite simple. Or at least they should be. Perhaps this is the beauty of Haiku poetry - the ability of a creative thought transpiring through marginality of vocabulary. Yet, it's not really marginal. Each word, each syllable, has...

I’m going to start this review by giving Future Prometheus by J.M. Erickson the highest praise I think anyone can give a book. I could not put it down. There are a lot of characters in the Future Prometheus series and I found myself caring...

Andrew John Schmitz’s Hands Across the Sky is a tale of triumphant tragedy. Ezra Quinn is dreaming. A dream of “a sea of blue hands,” his peaceful bliss is disturbed by a mysterious phone call. A foreign voice casts a spell of intrigue with an...

Running from the Mirror by Howard Shulman is a memoir about Shulman’s life. When Shulman was just a newborn baby, he contracted a staph infection that ate his face off. His parents did not want to deal with a child that had so many health...

It Lives in the Basement is a collection of interconnected dark horror stories written by Sahara Foley. Lieutenant Mike Flynn is investigating the mysterious disappearance of a couple that seems to have vanished into thin air. Pat Forbes hasn't been to her office for several...

In The Context of Love by Linda K. Sienkiewicz is the story of Angelica Schirrick. The novel opens with Angelica talking about her children and how she is dreading meeting their father, Garrick. After a disastrous marriage, Angelica is trying to find her footing. Her...

Divorce - Remarriage and the Innocent Spouse by Christian Keel is a great, well balanced perspective for anybody experiencing divorce, or who knows somebody experiencing divorce. The book gives an in-depth, detailed analysis of the reasons for divorce, and what scripture says about it. Each...

Knights of the Imperial Elite Complete Trilogy by Beth Mikell comprises the three books of the trilogy: The Imperial Arm, The Atonement, and Armed Judgement. The Imperial Arm is the story of Darius of Blackstone and Lady Brenna. Darius is sent by the king to...

Tales for the Train by J. John le Grange is like coming unexpectedly upon a classic, culturally correct, amazing Japanese gift. First, it is wrapped inside a simple cover with an enigmatic title. Upon opening such a gift, one finds inside a collection of thematically...

Day of the Tiger (A Carlos McCrary Novel, Volume 5) is a mystery/sleuth by Dallas Gorham. Al Rice is a drunk gambler who owes loan shark, Monster Mofett, money he can’t repay. Monster tortures him and Al asks his wealthy friend, Tank Tyler, for help....

David Kincaid is a young man for whom life no longer has meaning. As he is about to jump into the tumultuous waters of the Niagara River, he hears a voice that tells him ‘beneath the turbulence there is peace.’ This is the beginning of...

Mark the Dwarf by Jack D. Harvey is an epic fantasy adventure and space opera. When 73-year-old Mark receives two mysterious letters on his birthday, he knows some grand adventure is about to begin. He decides to follow the clues on the letters and “assume...

Return to the Chapel of Eternal Love: Marriage Stories from Las Vegas by Stephen Murray is the sequel to The Chapel of Eternal Love. This book picks up five years later when Rosemary is about to retire as the wedding planner for the Chapel of...

The mark of a good book is that it gives you something to think about. That is certainly the case with In the Heart of Cairo by Mahi Wasfy. Over the span of roughly six months, the values of the American School in Cairo, a...

In The Blood Of The Greeks - The Illustrated Companion: Intertwined Souls: Eva and Zoe Companion Series, Volume 1 is an educational historical companion volume to the Intertwined Souls Series written by Mary D. Brooks and illustrated by Lucia Nobrega. Part of the book is...

Into The Cave is a novelette by M.M. Meyer. Fifteen-year-old Adam Mealin loves school and is a straight-A student, but is constantly bullied by football player Scott Farmer. Adam’s best friend and next door neighbor, Jenny Elliott, describes Scott as a Neanderthal and tells Adam...

Body of the Crime: A Chip Palmer Forensic Mystery is a police procedural murder mystery written by Jennifer Chase. Detective Sergeant Hugh Murphy was the officer in charge of the investigation of the body of the young woman discovered by two hikers in a desolate...