Past Suspicion by Therese Heckenkamp is an intriguing mystery story that tells of the revelations a young woman, Robin Finley, uncovers regarding her late mother’s past. At the age of 17, Robin is orphaned and sent to live with an uncle she never knew existed...

The yacht Sirene is found sailing aimlessly and without anyone on board near the coast of Baja. Its owner, Morgan Hunter of Hunter Steamships, hired a group of experts to search for his son, Bryant Hunter, who was one of the missing passengers of Sirene...

The Lost Souls is a paranormal thriller written by Matthew Wilkinson. It's the story of Todd, a techie who has gotten into a strange partnership with Kurt and Brad. The three hunt ghosts and market a polished version of their experiences as a ghost-hunting reality...

In Your Ultimate Life Plan: How to Deeply Transform Your Everyday Experience and Create Changes That Last, Dr. Jennifer Howard sets out a program for those who are seeking something better in their lives. Her approach is the result of her own twenty-year search for...

Salted With Fire by Nancy LaRonda Johnson is about the transformation of a woman from worldly to spiritual values. It is a sort of confessional theme with the author letting you peek into some of her most personal stories and episodes in her life. Flash...

The Wishing Well - Another Weaver Tale by Kai Strand is the story of Molly Minstrel who is treated badly by her mother and sisters. The story then takes you to Molly's meeting with this mysterious creature, UNWANTED, whose magical powers help to wish her...

Benjamin Jay was a Bully is a children's book aimed at pre-school through first-grade kids, and is written by Emma Glover, a former elementary school teacher. It's illustrated by K.C. Snider, a wildlife artist and illustrator for children's books. Benjamin Jay is thwarted in his...

Blog of a Bully by Stephen Zanzucchi is about Bradley Duncan, a 13-year-old nerd who transforms himself from a nerd to a bully when he is forced to move to another state and join a new school. This story reminded me a lot of Diary of...

In High: The Way of an Eagle by Charlene Quiram, Verona Lamberti is in a battle that ranges from the supernatural world where demons manipulate humans to commit horrible acts of violence to a new high school that is extremely different from the one she...

Devil Let Me Go by Nathan Robinson is an exceptionally good collection of previously published short stories. Many of these fall into the “horror” genre, but not all. The final story, for example, would more closely associate with paranormal romance, although it is not at...

In ShockWaves by Suzanna Williams, a high-octane YA novel that clips along as fast as our thrill seeking free-runner hero, English teen and foster kid Lee finds himself tangled in a nasty web of kidnapping, terrorism, and explosions. Told in head-long cinematic fashion, ShockWaves is...

In Ocean City Lowdown, author Kim Kash introduces readers to Jamie August, a young woman with an inquisitive mind who lives in the old part of the resort town Ocean City, Maryland. As a writer who always gets her story, Jamie has always wanted to...

Susan Grossey's Fatal Forgery is a detective tale set in the 1820s. The story is written in the first person. The events are described as seen through the eyes of the conscientious Constable Plank, from the moment he arrests Henry Fauntleroy for forgery in 1824...

Meet Ella Boudreaux, a self-confessed nag. By no means –- as Ella herself insisted –- is she a negative person. Persistent might be a better word; she is the kind of person you'd ask for directions if you were lost, or provides you with a...

When a story begins with large circus animals spread across a Midwestern highway as Tiger Hunting does, you know that author Tracy Million Simmons has one heck of a tale in store for the reader. Jeni is on her way back home to Kansas from...

The Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn, written by Lorraine Carey, began in 1884 on Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction in Arizona. The Apache savagely murdered the Peralta family and burned their cabin. Juha, aka ‘Eagle Eye, saw a vision of a red coyote leading...

In Love Crazy, author Selby Fleming McPhee recalls the first time she read her father’s letter. She was 41 years old then. The letter evokes many emotions towards her father and her mother, who was angered by her father's decision to join the army during...

Laurelynn “Laurel” Bailey is a woman who defines herself by her profession —- detective, thank you very much -— but when she’s rear ended by a handsome lawyer named Alex, she begins to wonder if that’s all she is. From the beginning of Ripped Away,...

In The Burning Time, an unbearable heat wave is affecting Hastings Mills, a small town of 15,000 in upstate New York. Meanwhile, strange suicides baffle the small community. All the young women jumped from a bridge into the Allegheny River. As if that isn't enough,...

Molly Goes to Rome is part of the Molly and the Magic Suitcase series by Chris Oler. Molly and her brother Michael are curious about the world and where other people live, so they travel to faraway places in their magic suitcase. One night when...