I enjoyed reading Losing the Dollhouse by S. Jane Gari. This is Jane’s story of how, after dealing with years of sexual abuse by her stepfather, she finally works up the courage and tells her mother. Instead of protecting her daughter, Jane’s mother turns against...

In After the Thaw by Therese Heckenkamp, Charlene Perigard is still in the process of trying to put her life together after being kidnapped and traumatized three years earlier. She is in love with a fire fighter named Ben and she is making plans for...

Max, the son of a Swabian noble in the service of Otto, King of all of Germany and later Holy Roman Emperor, loves horses. Carried on the Wind by Tom Nelson begins when Max is a child, and spends his days at the horse farm...

Lexicon Chase and the Riddle Song by Jonathan Fore is a fast-paced fantasy novel with a lot of strong and evocative characters. We are introduced to Lexicon Chase, the princess, at the beginning of the story as she recounts her companions from previous adventures and,...

Liberty Frye and the Sails of Fate by J.L. McCreedy is the sequel to Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen where readers learn how Liberty realizes that she is not an ordinary ten-year-old girl. Libby is eleven today and she feels everyone is behaving...

Domestic violence is a deadly demon at whose hands many women suffer in silence. The abuse can be physical, emotional, or a combination of both, and it generally takes away the victim's power and control over their lives or any hope of ever finding happiness....

A Rose Blooms Among the Thorns is a Christian fiction novel written by Cissy Hunt. After a strange, yet familiar telephone call, LaRae quickly packs up her life and moves yet again. A victim of domestic violence, LaRae has been on the run from her...

Tomb of the Triceratops: Fossil Explorers Book 1 is an action and adventure novel for young adults and preteens written by Michael Ajax. Gabriel and his friend, Leo, were amazed to find that his older brother, Daniel, had left his bedroom door unlocked. He never...

Taking The Lead: Adventures of a Hollywood Dog Walker by Di Jones is the novel of every dog lovers dream, especially people like me who love dogs and just can’t have them. This novel is an absolute gem. What should I talk about first? The...

George Bailey Gets Saved in the End by Ken O’Neill is about a middle-aged man who happens to share a name with the beloved hero of the movie It’s a Wonderful Life. In George’s New York City, timing is everything and this particular holiday season...

Millie Thom wrote a historical fiction story around the Vikings in Shadow of the Raven (Sons of Kings Book 1). Thom starts the story in the mid ninth century and explains how two kingdoms share a border near the mouth of the Thames. The two...

Keys to the Mermaid's Heart by Kate Porter is the third book in an ongoing series filled with vampires, hunters, mind readers, and more. The story centers around Carly Harden, a young woman working as a waitress at a restaurant owned by Tony Sargento, an...

The unity of family gatherings at the table and in the kitchen is a lost art. We can bring that back again and enhance marital and parent-child relationships. How? Stanley G Buford seems to have the answers in Kids in the Kitchen: Family Friendly Multicultural...

Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling, Traveling the World, and Other Adventures by Bonny Robinson Cook is about the adventures of Bonny Cook in her own words, where she encourages readers to enjoy their work and personal lives and become interesting people. The author's story depicts...

Where the Lion Dwells by Robbi Perna is a beautiful story of love, loss, and redemption. Joanna Sansone is still mourning her fiancé, Renzo Moretti. She’s finally coming home, hoping to live a quiet, peaceful life after her stint in Iraq as a political adviser....

Oh, to be free! To be able to run across the wild prairie without a care in the world, free of danger, free of injury, free of hardship and starvation. The wild Mustangs have run free for generations, but not without the fear of predators:...

Faces in the Mist: A Jacob Turner Chronicle is a paranormal fantasy for young adults and preteens written by Timothy C Doyle. Twelve-year-old Jacob knew he had to be back home and ready to eat by 6:00 pm that day. His father would be home...

I expected something else when I picked up Nothing Happens All the Time: Homicides Truly Know How to Interrupt a Good Meal! by Edmund Mahon. The title of this interesting and fast-paced thriller can easily mislead readers to anticipate a character waiting for something very...

A Miracle in the Making: A Journey of Faith, Hope & Love is a non-fiction inspirational memoir written by Patricia Batoba Jones. The author had been diagnosed with Lupus when she was a child. It was a painful and debilitating disease, and one doctor didn't...

Lady Justice and the Ghostly Treasure by Robert Thornhill is a fun story sure to entertain the most jaded reader. The latest entry in Thornhill’s popular Lady Justice series, The Ghostly Treasure is one of those rare volumes one can simply enjoy without feeling offended,...