Despite being disabled, Johnny behaves like a typical teenage boy in Little Lost Things by Eleanor Chance. Johnny and his mother, Grace, butt heads about everything as Johnny yearns for independence. Johnny has had enough and walks out when he discovers that Grace has been...

Smarty Pants and Big Britches: The Numbers 0-10, written and illustrated by Timothy Christian Merritt, is an interesting and educational children’s book. Contrary to what the title suggests, the numbers are introduced counting down from 10. Each number has two pages dedicated to it. The...

The Winds of Autumn by Susan Rounds is a heartwarming and captivating story beginning in St. Louis after the War of the Rebellion. Mariah Renwick was still consumed by the pain of her sister’s death but knew she must move forward somehow. Her wealthy business...

Hear the Dirt Sing by E.B. Shelton is a historical novel rooted in the Robinson family, long-time cotton farmers residing in Madison Parish, Louisiana. With ancestry spanning nearly a hundred years, the story is inspired by news clippings and the oral history of four sisters...

Big Love and War Horse by Shallen Anne Chitwood is a deeply moving story set against the backdrop of the 1942 bombings off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Following the Deacon family during and after the Great Depression, the novel delves into their struggles...

“A Murder on Mardi Gras” by Jake Jasper is a fast-paced ride through the underworld of New Orleans. Jake Jasper, a fallen alcoholic writer, attempts to restore his former glory by writing an article about Mardi Gras. On assignment, he enlists the services of his...

Typhoon Haiyan, the Untold Story: A Story of Hope and Survival by Albert Mulles is a book that describes one of the most devastating typhoons in history; Typhoon Haiyan. It is about the incredible journey of survival, chaos, loss and the struggle and will to...

Rarely does a book come along that so positively mesmerizes me that I read it from start to finish in a single sitting. Yet that is exactly what I did with Embracing the Wild in Your Dog by Bryan Bailey. Bailey opens the story with...

High Season: The Learnings of Mohammad Wang by Chazzy Patel is a story that begins with how Charles King's memories come back to him in brief flashes. For now he is going by the name that feels right for him; Mohammad Wang. Mo for short....

After a car wreck, a young college student wakes up inside a shabby clinic within a strange city in the fascinating urban fantasy, Caligation by Brhi Stokes. After wasting several years in college, Ripley decides to stop drifting and start living. Discarding everything in his...

Quinn's Socks is a children’s picture book written by Melita Cyril and illustrated by Carole Chevalier. Quinn loved his socks. He had so many different pairs of them - and in so many different styles. Quinn had socks for each of the different sports he...

Hypierion is a faith-based romance novella, written by Michaela Lowe. Prince Hondo and Princess Theoris were rivals from two different kingdoms. Their fathers had made a peace treaty when they were younger. Things that had been were about to be no more for the prince...

Rebels and Thieves by Russell Williams is a crime thriller with a lot of merit, from the deft plotting to the ingenious handling of characters and thematic development. The conflict starts with the struggles of an investment company and quickly escalates into a terrorist threat...

In Over the Borderline by Leanna Floyd, Brooke is studying criminal profiling and is soon to testify in her first case. Jacob, her childhood friend, has recently gotten a legal job and is put on the same case Brooke is working on, except they are...

Haunting in Hartley by Janice Tremayne is set in an Australian ghost town. Hartley has undergone a revival but its evil past is hanging around, deeply ingrained and upsetting the town’s new residents. An intelligent evil spirit carries a curse and is intent on passing...

Crooked Deals: A Rick Malone Short Story Book 1 by Russell Williams is a mystery novella that involves a high-stakes investigation that follows a string of gruesome murders. After Miami-based detectives Malone and Peterson commence the investigation of a business executive found murdered in cold...

If you are a fan of Mario Puzo’s masterpiece The Godfather, you will definitely enjoy Russell Williams’s Under Fire. A great and compelling short story about the Mendez crime family and their drug and arms trafficking underground business and their law enforcement enemies, Special Agent...

The Hidden Way by Harrison M. Love is a young adult fantasy novel inspired by Amazonian folklore and mythology. Told through a non-linear timeline narrative to respect the original method of storytelling amongst ancient Amazonian tribes, the book follows one of the last remnants of...

Close Range by Russell Williams is an action-packed, thrilling crime novel following Detective Rick Malone as he investigates a group of thieves. Malone frequents a restaurant run by Beth, a woman who has found herself in a bit of a predicament. Beth’s fiancé has let...

Harrowing events take place in Payback by Russell Williams when two tenants from the same apartment complex are found murdered, both having been brutally beaten. The sister of one of the victims comes forward with information that points to a much darker and more sinister...