It is the Civil War year of 1863 in Ellenton, Georgia, and Mary Lou Bryant is engaged to childhood sweetheart Tristan Lawrence, now a West Point graduate and off fighting the war with the 50th Georgia. Mary Lou has had her own share of tragedy,...

Author Julia Anderson tells her family's story in "Through Christina's Eyes". Her grandfather Walter's mother, Christina Nilsson, was born in Hagnarp, Sweden, in 1866 and left her economically struggling for a life in America in 1887. It is through Christina's telling that most of this...

In Scott Clements’s "Gasparilla’s Treasure" Trip Montgomery’s great grandfather, Pappy, encourages Trip to “Get the trunk! Promise me! You need to find that trunk...” But before Pappy can explain the importance of the trunk, he suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. The...

"Stirbugs & Screws" is a cleverly woven novel that gives us a peek into life as a guard in a high risk Psychiatric Centre and on an Indian Reservation. The story unfolds from two angles. On the one hand we see a young boy leaving...

As an owner of two young dogs, along with being a parent to two young boys, I am always looking for new and exciting children's books, mostly those with animals in them. When I read the description of K Anne Russell's "Buddy's Tail", I was...

This book is about the infamous KKK, or Ku Klux Klan and it is very informative. I learned more about the organization than I ever knew. The "Curse" which the title of the book refers to is the curse of racism that is handed down...

“A Cruel Calm: Paris Between the Wars” takes readers back on a visit to an era when Paris was the cultural capital of the world, a time when Paris was recovering from the First World War and awaiting the next great war. Libby Whitaker and...

"Friends for Life" is so much more than just your ordinary dog story. It is a heart warming tale of friendship, heroism, bravery and good values. Two orphaned puppies bond together to endure a traumatic kidnapping, encounters with a street dog gang, the dog catcher,...

The Calaithian people are kind, proud, hardworking people. Many walk blindly through the Kingdom of Moeth without remembering or knowing of the Kingdom they walk on, a kingdom not of this world: Hammeril. It is said that a thousand years has passed since the magickal...

"Ghostly Tidewater Trilogy" is a compilation of ghostly encounters that will leave you with thrills and chills! The spirits here are all willing to reappear, each to fulfill a different course of fate. These tales are centered around a small waterside area community. Could it...

"Seeking Adam" is a book about a family that has moved from the fast paced city with their son to get away from their equally fast paced jobs. He is a police officer sending criminals to jail and she is a nurse practitioner patching up...

Ana is a beautiful and elegant woman who suffers from bipolar/schizo-affective disorder. She writes letters and keeps them in her backpack never mailing them. She feels her family is better off without her; however, the Rhode Island State Hospital didn’t suit her and she left...

FBI agent Tyler Bannister has a problem: actually he has a couple of problems. When his good friend Caleb Williamson, a career officer with the CIA, disappears officials are trying to decide if he is some type of spy who may have defected or whether...

"The Lucky Cake," written by Anna Prokos and illustrated by Christina Tsevis, is the wonderful telling of a Greek tradition. Billy is very excited as it is New Year's Day and he cannot wait until the cake is cut into as he is hoping that...

"The Other Alexander: Book One of The Bow of Heaven" was written by Andrew Levkoff. This is a historical novel with a touch of romance, mystery, suspense and intrigue. The setting is 20BCE, Siphnos, Greece. Alexander was taken captive and given to Crassus. Alexander faces...

Levi Sprocket is a slob and loves it! This story will leave you reeling with laughter as a young boy comes of age while he is fighting back his newly found physical changes that happen to all boys his age. He maybe the new age...

Laura S. Wharton has created in "Leaving Lukens" a delightful romantic thriller of the World War II era. Set on the island of Lukens, which is near New Bern on the Carolina mainlands, "Leaving Lukens" is more than a story of the islanders leaving their...

In her book “Messages from Nature,” Patricia Daly-Lipe gives her readers a collection of interesting short stories about many areas of the journey of life. She also includes a really nice tale written by her late father, which to me was a great honor to...

"Montezuma’s Treasure" is a well-known legend, and many people think it is just that: an interesting legend of how Montezuma’s followers hid the king’s treasure away, to prevent it falling into the hands of the Spanish conquistadors. The legend also says that ancient guardians protect...

Sonny Bright Feelright, the son of hippies (hence the given name) embarks upon a new chapter in his life as a Forensic Accountant. Who would have known that such a dull sounding title could be such a dangerous and harrowing job? Sonny has opened shop...