In Pamela Atherstone's novel ". . . Like Footprints in the Wind" the saga of a family torn apart takes us from unrest in a German-Russian village at the hands of Stalin to their separate destinies. Under Stalin's rule families are uprooted overnight and forced...

Imagine that you have a rather dysfunctional family: a brother who loves drinking and smoking too much, and a daughter who goes ballistic every now and then. Your wife and yourself seem to be the only rather 'normal' people. In "Starers" by Nathan Robinson, a...

The Jack O'Rourke Series - Second Beginnings, by Kristi M. Washbourn is a typical teen story. Jack moves to a new town and it's her first day in school. Though she is nervous on the first day, her confidence and positive personality surfaces and she...

Jonny Plumb's New Adventures by Kim Wheeler is an adventure story starring Jonny Plumb. The story takes off from Jonny's previous adventures with the Silver Flying Arrow Space Ship. Jonny's sea life friends, his space home Pashoo, his struggle to save Earth, humanity and the...

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...

Kerry Connelly's new novel lives up to its name and truly leaves you 'Shaken' to the core. The book itself is an interesting and captivating view of the author's own mind and self-perception. She goes on quite an emotional rampage, fluctuating from deep despair to...

Boy in Box is a coming-of-age novel written by Christopher R. Michael, a novelist and poet. It's the story of Luther McRae who lives in a small town with his dad, his French mom, and Lucy, his 3-year-old sister who is autistic and makes life...

James Roberts is the captain of a salvage ship called the “Lightark.” One night while roaming outer space for missing ships, they saw one the size of a Space Cruiser. The captain and his crew were surprised by their discovery because they were not notified...

Seed of Evil: An Ancient Evil Rises by Robert Friedrich takes place in the not too distant future. The moon and Mars have both been colonized, and are being mined. The mining team on Mars has uncovered a structure of non-human origin, and in the...

The Ripper is a riveting horror story by L.A. Maldonado. Ripperologist Chelsea Reid gains clairvoyant vision after a brutal attack and warns a stranger in Whitechapel of her forthcoming murder. A tabloid hires Chelsea’s detective father, Matthew, descendant of the detective on the original case,...

Rosabelle by Linda Harrington is a delightful children’s book set in rural New Zealand, in the 1970s. The main focus of the story falls upon 11-year-old Jane Williams, and their father’s racehorse, the titular Rosabelle. When Jane’s father has a suspicious accident at the racing...

Drizzling Dreams is a collection of poetry by Mansi Tejpal. Tejpal is a seventeen-year-old poet who has been writing since early childhood in both Hindi and English, and this collection promises a full range of emotional discovery with uplifting undertones. There are a total of...

The Shadow and the Light is a young adult fantasy novel by author S.K. Michels. Drawing on the traditional parallels of dark and light, evil and good, the story takes place in a world where the Shadow, a powerful dark force, has been imprisoned, but...

Smart Kids: A Parent's Guide to Raising Financial Healthy Children by Ruth Murdoch is a useful tool to all parents wanting to raise a child who is aware of the cost of living and who will also become an economically responsible adult. Financially aware children...

Wow! Just wow! How's that for a review? Well, that's what I found myself saying as I finished the last page of author Lisa Carlson's book, Bait and Switch: Life with a Two-Faced Narcissist. A true life story so interesting that it reads like fiction,...

The National Debt Crisis: America's Armageddon by Morris V. Franco is a book on the National Debt crisis and a wake up call to every person to notice what is happening around us. Given that America is considered to be a super power country, many...

Nessa's Nuggets: 30 Days of Wisdom, Inspiration & Encouragement by Manessah L. Willis is exactly what it declares itself to be; a book of wisdom, inspiration and encouragement. Manessah Willis' illustrations and stories are vivid and real and she encourages us as she teaches us...

Impala is a mystery novel written by Andrew Diamond. Back in San Francisco, Russ, Cred and Charlie were friends and nighttime co-conspirators and at the top of their game. They were hackers by night, digging into code and worming their way into all sorts of...

Dad On Wheels is a children's social issues picture book written by Leslie A. Johnson and illustrated by Dasguptarts. The author was in a car accident when he was sixteen years old and was paralyzed from the neck down. In this story of a dad...

Amity Day returns to her junior year at college while her boyfriend has graduated and gone to another university for law school in After the Fall by Carissa Lusk. Feeling intense loneliness, Amity suffers from nightmares that leave her shaken throughout the day and this...