Mrs. Paddington and the Silver Mousetraps by Gail Skroback Hennessey is set in 18th-century London. Mrs. Paddington is a wealthy woman and has been invited to the Moonlight Ball. All the fashionable ladies will be there and each of them will have a very elaborate...

Ella: A Tale of Love, War and Redemption by David Hess is a compelling historical novel that brings to life the trauma, devastation, and hope that followed the American Civil War. In 1863, Nicholas Haff begins his journey back to Herronville, Pennsylvania after surviving the...

In a world where magic is the norm, The Academy has chosen a hundred of the strongest mages to enter its halls. The aim is to identify their specialties and strengthen those skills. Among them are Beatrice, Nate, and Sab. With Bea being the favorite,...

“The Mistress had always envisaged the kennels as a club for like-minded dogs who would frolic during the day and sleep soundly at night with minimum supervision.” Hmm! Really? And what about the incessant barking? You can’t expect to fill a kennel with dogs and...

Depending on your age, you probably will remember Bob Denver as either Maynard G. Krebs—from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis—or Gilligan from Gilligan’s Island. If you think you know Bob Denver, think again. Bob’s wife of over 25 years (Dreama Denver) has scored a...

Threat is the first installment in the epic fantasy series The City of the Magicians by Peter Gribble, a story filled with magic, exceptionally developed characters, and an immersive setting that sucks the reader in with its irresistible spell. The story features two compelling characters...

Yara and Purr: The Rescue of a Purring Monkey, written by Yossi Lapid and illustrated by Joanna Pasek, is a children's eco-picture book that revolves around its titular characters, a young girl named Yara and a baby Caqueta Titi monkey named Purr. Purr is feeding...

A Sultan's Folly: Two Mystical Artefacts From the Sub-Continent, A Web of Intrigue, And an Intense Friendship by Phillip Dowsett is an adventure full of mystery, intrigue, and danger. If you like enigmas wrapped in riddles, then keep reading this review, because the author delivers....

Balanced: Unleash the Power of Your Personality by Doruk Cansev is a nonfiction self-help book that is designed to help readers embrace who they are, understand their personality, and become individuals capable of making a difference wherever they are. The book shows readers how to...

Reflections In My Magical Mirror: Lessons of Love from the School of Life by Ivan Figueroa-Otero is the latest installment in the author's non-fiction Spirituality series, expanding on some content from previous works and building on them as he presents new bounty in an established...

Project Kratos: A Novel — Guarding the Homeland in the Service of our Nation by Vincent Saladin is a great read for fans of military and twistedly plotted action thrillers. Brian Hartley is an ex-Army Ranger and Private Investigator with enhanced abilities, a man with...

In Buying Walt Disney’s World, Aaron H. Goldberg takes the reader into a world most people have just heard rumors about. You will have your eyes opened to the massive amount of work that went into the project that culminated in the opening of Walt...

The National Parks: A Century of Grace by Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbach is a fabulous collection of pictures, poems, and facts about the National Parks of America, which are extraordinary places where the beauty of the untouched wilderness can be experienced. Humans are...

As far as alien invasion themes are concerned, The Barkuu: Dawn of a Species by Lauren Wright has a nightmarish premise. This is a story that plays with your paranoid fantasies about ranking low in the order of species. Maybe we should give aliens a...

Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories: An Anthology of Seven Illustrated Children's Poems is a collection of different, witty poems focused on different modern concerns. The book starts off with a poem about honey bees, followed by a poem about the animals from the forests and...

Integrity Based Policing: Policing the Streets of Las Vegas by Dan Barry is a crime novel that reads like a compelling work of non-fiction. This comprehensive book is full of powerful stories about policing with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department and is based on...

The 3-0 by Liborio Lungaro is a story that is based, as the subtitle aptly puts it, on a True Story of the Largest Police Corruption Scandal in New York City's History: The Dirty Thirty. Set in the 1990s, the book follows this historic event...

Autistic or Toxic? How I Unlocked the Mystery of My Son's "Autism" by Scarlett South is the non-fiction memoir of the author's journey as she navigates a world largely unheard of in the 1990s. South begins by sharing the first few years of Luke's life...

We have all told or been told scary stories, whether it was around a campfire or just for fun at home when the power went out. Author David Serra takes this genre to another level in Night Quirks. This anthology captures the reader's attention from...

Southwestern Adventure: In the Footsteps of First Peoples: Mogollon, Hohokam, Salado and Sinagua is illustrated by the author Michael Royea and is part history, part travel guide. Recommended sites include Salinas Pueblo and Quarai Mission Ruins. The next attractions are the Three Rivers Petroglyph site...