This is interesting fantastical paranormal but with a good story at its heart. Vern is a dragon private investigator partnered with Catholic Faerie nun Sister Grace. Vern was cursed by St George to live a constructive, good life. The two of them fight evil on...

H.L. Watson has created a totally believable world and its inhabitants in "World of Ryyah: Unlikely Alliance" and fantasy fans will be left eagerly awaiting the sequel. The story begins as Akenji watches his friend Donovan being buried and swears that Donovan's unborn child (children)...

Daniel Saynuk does a wonderful job in his book, "Guide Doggie: Learn How Guide Dogs Help the Blind In This Coloring Book.” He helps the reader understand the importance of a guide dog and the benefit he provides to someone who is blind. The dogs...

Author James Robinson, Jr. has written a humorous but extremely thoughtful book about life and living that no one should skip. "Fighting the Effects of Gravity" is indeed a bittersweet journey into middle life and from there on to the realities of old age and...

Set in a world where the practice of magic has been rendered a violation, Kalin, a young man trying to suppress his magical talents, runs away to find a life for himself. His journey inadvertently ends up setting him on a collision course with a...

Always by D.A. Lawson is a realistic romance with a lot of depth. It opens in an almost sinister way with Julie McCourt feeling threatened by her ex-fiancé who won’t leave her alone. She also feels guilty at letting this situation come about. But Julie...

Jo Carrol's "Hidden Tiger Raging Mountain" is a straightforward account of her journey in the country. The story unfolds in Wiltshire, England, where she resides and then at the brightly-lit Nepal International Airport, upon her arrival. A confessed wanderlust, she leaves behind daughters and grandchildren...

An English teacher does not only teach English as a subject, especially in the case of those who teach General English in higher levels or conversation classes. They have to keep updated with the latest issues in the world, from the US election to celebrity...

"You're not mine." That had been Bushy's excuse to inflict torture on his son, Kramer, the adult narrator recollecting his past in David Nelson's remarkable novel "The Shade Tree Choir." Returning to his childhood hometown on the event of his father's funeral, Kramer finds that...

It was a bitter cold snowy night. The power lines were down throughout the area. Jake grabbed his tool belt and flashlight as he exited the cab of his snow cat. He was checking the meter when he first heard the sound. Gong. Gong. He...

"Her Game, His Rules" holds the account of seventeen-year-old Jona. After being caught for stealing, she was summoned by a judge for a hearing. Unexpectedly, her mother whom she has not seen for years showed up and had arranged a certain punishment for her with...

The children's story "Eartha Gets Well" by Kristi Falk and Dr. Daniel Falk is woven around a little girl named Eartha whose name signifies a generalization to represent kids all over the Earth. In an age where the health and well-being of kids has become...

"A Just Man Is Hard To Find" by author Jeanne Hammond asks a question that is almost impossible to answer...what is just? The answer to the question seems to be relative. I suppose the answer depends on your culture, your situation at the time you...

"Untraceable" is the story of a teenager named Grace whose father disappeared some months ago. He worked in wildlife patrol and rescue, and everyone assumes he is dead. Grace believes otherwise, however, and she takes it upon herself to prove it. Her days are spent...

Hal Thompson is a widower who owns a travel agency business, and spends his time trying to raise his two nearly adult children alone after the untimely death of his wife only two years previously. Hal’s daughter becomes involved with the reincarnation and regression to...

"The Way of Nacor: Tales of Eden" by Jeff Horton follows the Seekers children Rachel, Michael, Jessie, and Eli on an adventure to an alien land called Zantura. The children make friends with the natives (called Rephaim), and find out that the Relic of Nacor...

"How to Have a Green Christmas" by Henry Owen is a very thoughtful book full of commonsense and the true spirit of Christmas. The media incites us to “buy stuff” and be materialistic but Christmas is really about love, not only for our family and...

Elvish Prophecy, the first novel in The Paladin Chronicles by Neil Port, is an intriguing story that weaves fantasy with history. Two groups of elves, The Western and the Eastern Elves, once ruled over the humans in the area around Greece and Turkey, but have...

Dallas, Texas cab driver Yaser Abdel Said has murdered his daughters Sarah and Amina, in what some people say was an "honor killing". Then Said disappears. The boys at Joe's Bar and Grill and Gun Club in Dallas pass the plate around and collect money...

The collection of poems entitled "Not afraid to Be Real" by Maranda Russell is obviously a daring statement on the diversified circumstances of a common man's life. The poems are fresh, both thematically and technically, and they leave the reader to muse on the truths...