Ioana Visan's Broken Hearts is the sequel to the novel Broken People. In Broken Hearts, we follow the continuing adventures of Dale, Aurore, and the members of the Nightingale Circus. Dale has been 'contracted' to protect Aurore, and now travels with her on business abroad....

Britain at War 1939 to 1945: What Was Life Like During the War? by James Lingard is a chronicle of the second World War through the eyes of a British (universal) citizen of the period 1939 to 45. It begins with the discernible preparations for...

Aventuras in Spain: A Memoir by Sandra Staas is a lighthearted account of how Sandra managed to learn to speak Spanish fluently while living in Spain. She writes about society in the early seventies when Franco, the dictator, was still in power. How she lands...

The Pinkest Seashell by Michael Verrett is focused around a pink seashell. When a seagull and a crab find the seashell and start fighting over it, the seashell lands in the foamy sea and starts to make its way around the sea. It lands in...

Up the Down Waterfall by Michael Verrett is a delightful fantasy story which will enthrall young readers. Lydia and her sister Abi find themselves being taken up by a gust of wind and dropped outside one rainy day. They find themselves in a blue puddle...

Footsteps In The Sand by Ju Ephraime is a contemporary romance with hints of a paranormal and ghost story centered around the holiday period of Christmas. Five years ago, James' wife and love of his life drowned. He's never gotten over her, and since her...

I thought Michael Verrett’s book Joy! Joy! Baseball was pretty cute and a very easy read. This book is made up of 36 cartoons that are all about baseball. All the drawings were done by Verrett and are his own creation. The majority of the cartoons...

The White Alligator is a southern children’s tale by Michael Verrett. Life is never dull for the animals living in the bayou. Phillipe, a ditzy bird, believes he can hypnotise others, but his plan backfires when he runs into angry mosquitoes. Pompous owls who think...

Kingdom of the Pumpkins (A Rainey-Estelle Kind of Day) by Michael Verrett is a children's adventure story that follows the hilarious and precocious Rainey-Estelle and her dog, Scamp. Today, Rainey-Estelle and Scamp are on an adventure in a farmer's garden. Rainey-Estelle wants to crown the...

Christmas Socks by Michael Verrett is an adorable story with the Christmas season as the backdrop. Suzy Q is a fussy and rude girl. For her, everything has to be her way and this Christmas she expects a lot of gifts. But then what happens...

The Rhymes of the Gray Beard Tree by Michael Verrett is a collection of rhyming poems that revolve around topics like animals, jobs, fairs, cherished things, adventure, fantasy, sports and other topics which handle the concept of tradition, values and the joys of youth in...

From My Cold Undead Hand (Where the Vampires Are, Volume 1) by Marie Marshall is the first book in what promises to be a thrilling, interesting take on vampire legend and lore. Chevonne Kusnetsov is a teenager living in the near-distant future, a world that...

New Orleans Rain by Michael Verrett is a book of pictures and poems centered around New Orleans. In this book, Verrett shows pictures he has taken in the rain. All the pictures are from places in New Orleans, Louisiana. I wanted to read this book...

Galid's Christmas Wish by Michael Verrett is set against the backdrop of the Christmas season. Galid is the last proud member of the Greystreak clan. The old Poplar House where generations of the Greystreak mouse clan lived is now in bad shape. For the past...

My daughter and I thought Michael Verrett’s book It Followed Me Home Can I Keep It? was hilarious. A little boy wants a pet really badly. He keeps bringing home all sorts of animals but his parents keep telling him no. I loved the book....

The Forgotten Age: Rise of the Druids by Wayne M Sefton is an epic tale that follows the quests and many battles of main characters Jason and Kelly through various locations, including English countrysides, hills, and forests. While the book focuses on the Druids, there...

“The prose piece I am proudest of, and which you can read in this collection, was conceived when I took a notepad to bed with me and determined to write down what came to mind as I passed out of wakefulness. Naturally enough, one of...

A Little Magick (Magick Series Book 2) by Marie Lavender revolves around a cute little girl, Rosie, who goes to stay with her uncle. Uncle Adam's home is big and he has built a tree house in the yard for Rosie, and has also made...

Triangulating Bliss by Janelle Jalbert is a fascinating story filled with unusual encounters and heartwarming surprises. Mikel Thomas, a professional basketball player, has been found dead in his home in West Los Angeles and is alleged to have committed suicide. The story is all over...

Hope is a normal 12-year-old girl from Chicago. That is until her Aunt Etta flies in from London one night to take Hope back to England to attend the Hypatia Academy, a 2000-year-old school for sorcerers and other magical types. In this exciting story for...