Lords of the Dais by Glenn Starkey is a police investigation/crime novel with plenty of action and twists to keep the reader guessing. Detective Sergeant Lewis Malcolm is a retired Marine Corps veteran and one of the officers in Morgan City's small police department. When...

"The Farewell Season" is a very remarkable story that deals with grief and loss. It relates a heart-warming tale of coping with death and being alive that will touch not only young adults, but also many adults. Death is never easy for those who stay...

Eric Caine is a paramedic in Special Operations and is an expert in martial arts. He is also fluent in several languages. He has had some flashbacks and the doctor thinks he has PTSD. Eric has just taken a job in Venezuela when he attends...

When an undergraduate student steals an ancient ceremonial dagger to pay a gambling debt, all hell is unleashed on an unsuspecting and unprepared populace. Found under the ice in Antarctica, the dagger has been found to be many millions of years old. This is no...

Who hasn't wished for the impossible? To be in someone else’s shoes? To have what someone else possess? Life is always greener on the other side, right? But how many people get their wish? When Darcy and Cybil wonder what it would be like to...

Sharon Stevenson has taken the paranormal/supernatural genre and tweaked it jauntily askew with “Blood Bound.” Twin demon tracker/vampire hunters, Sarah and Shaun Gallows are your typical close siblings who just happen to be descended from Fallen Angels. While out on a typical ‘job’ the twins...

“Fine lines define/this road map etched upon my face/a highway of information/ stored in each and every turn.” Thus begins the title poem of Alicia Winski’s "Running on Fumes." The lines to which the poet refers are hard-won truths, shared with a gritty passion and...

"The Gubbins Club: The Legend of Charlie's Gold" written by Melinda Taliancich Falgoust is an exciting adventure Smout McManus sets his sights on. Along the way he acquires unexpected sleuths who come together and join him in the search for a lost treasure once owned...

The True Meaning of Christmas by Dr. Willie B. White is a short but insightful Christian book that introduces readers to the true meaning of Christmas. Christians and non-Christians in today's world have misinterpreted the holiday spirit in December by allowing the special day of...

Chasing Azrael: Deathly Insanity by Hazel Butler is the story of a woman whose husband committed suicide. Andee Tilbrook, a young widow, has the ability to see and communicate with the dead and this has kept her in contact with James, her dead husband. When...

Status: The Game by Vincent Robert Annunziato is an exciting story, original in its concept with a great story line. Bob Brooks is an inexperienced high school teacher who becomes popular with his students with the help of an online game. Bob Brooks has an...

Come visit an era of violent gangsters, corrupt politicians, and honorable policemen as they live their lives in one of the most violent times of the 1920s-1930s Michigan and Illinois states ever experienced, with murders, brutal acts, automobile accidents, speak-easies, bootleggers, and much more. Learn...

In Divine Roosters and Angry Clowns, down-on-his-luck Riley Knight, a former baseball player, believes he's nabbed a ticket back to normalcy when he's hired to scout a prospect in the wilds of Idaho. Instead, Riley finds himself stranded in a frightening, bizarre world, with a...

The Gobblings by Matthue Roth is a fascinating book for young children. I was immediately drawn by the beautiful pictures in vibrant shades of blue and green. The story line is imaginative as well. Herbie is a space traveler with his parents. Since he is...

Historical fiction. If done well, this genre is absolutely my favorite to read. If done poorly, it can be some of the worst drivel a reviewer has to slog through. Thankfully, I didn't have to slog through The Partisan's Wife, which is the third book...

Sydney the Monster Stops Bullies by Dr. Tom DePaoli is the story of Sydney the Monster who loved kids and liked to play with them. He always tried to make them comfortable and calm. Sydney chased away the bad monsters or locked them in the...

33 Degrees is a chilling young adult thriller by Vincent Robert Annunziato set in the midst of a new ice age. The United States of America is a frozen wasteland where survival rests on a knife edge, and to make matters worse, a North vs...

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...

The Tomb by Lyn Sholes and Joe Moore is a Maxine Decker Thriller. Maxine Decker retired from the OSI but has returned as an adviser. After helping to take down a cartel leader, drug lord and international thief, Maxine heads off for some R and...

The Return of Tachlanad by Kathy Fischer-Brown is the first book in a series called Sword of Names. This is a story of a well thought out world of magic and treachery. Lysienthe is the queen of Lothria and she is Gifted. Chief among her...