Where Elves Come From by Santa, Edit Engel, and Alan McBrearty is a beautiful fairytale with some lovely messages for young readers that will make them aware of life, the experiences it teaches, and the fundamentals such as setting goals, always looking for the positive...

Garden Walks: Hand in Hand - Poems to Relax By, penned by Gary W. Burns, is a book of poetry about the iridescence of new beginnings, despite knowing that it has to end. The book is separated into five parts. Colorful Blooms describes the start...

Finding Myself...Facing Cancer by Sarah Fenlon Falk is a memoir that movingly documents a woman’s journey with cancer; poignant and gritty, a tale of courage in the face of pain and despair. In her diary in 1992, the author wrote: “There’s no easy way around...

In Same Red Dirt by Pat Conrad, follow the adventures of one man as he gives up his career and life in the United States, and travels to Australia. He has no definite plan when he arrives. He takes everything in his stride and recounts...

The Con Case is the third book in The Alice White Investigator Series by Marc Hirsch, an intelligently plotted crime novel with characters that are compelling and interesting to follow. In a story set in New York in the ’50s, Alice White is investigating a...

The world is facing a horrible threat — a deadly virus. On the shores of Lake Michigan, Steele and his crew are looking for his missing mother in what has quickly turned into a desolate land. A group of fanatics known as the Chosen persecute...

Dead Serious and Lighthearted: The Memorable Words of Modern America by Mack W. Borgen is the first in a series that presents, without bias, the words that portrayed the feeling of the American people at a specific point in time with some words even playing...

Once upon a time in a faraway place lived a little boy and his sister in the storybook The Secret Club by Joseph P Cook. They loved playing games with their friends and each other. They wanted to create a Secret Club that would have...

Siblings Joe and Marie are off on an adventure to see the animals in the second installment of the Secret Club series, The Secret Club Visits the Zoo written by Joseph Cook and with illustrations by Maria Fonseca. They pitch the idea to their parents...

Marie and Joe are part of a Secret Club. Only special people can belong to this club and they must all want to have adventures that teach them something new and exciting. They had already enjoyed a trip to the zoo where they learned about...

Haris Orkin has produced a rip-roaring tale of derring-do by a highly unlikely and slightly eccentric character. You Only Live Once jumps from the pages with sharp, witty writing in an intelligent parody. It is almost like Ian Fleming might have re-crafted Cervantes' Don Quixote...

My Firefly by Maggie Kirton is a gritty narrative that explores one young woman’s journey through a series of abuse by her family, especially her father — physical, emotional, and sexual - told from the perspective of the house the protagonist lived in. The first...

Murphy’s Luck 2 is a funny, silly, unrealistic look into the life of Murphy Drummer. Murphy has been considered a jinx since childhood, not liked by anyone, causing disaster wherever he went until finally he is forced to never leave his house. But circumstances happen...

Damaged by C.K. Green is the first entry in the Damaged series, and a great achievement for a debut novelist. Eight years ago, Kiera was attacked and badly hurt, left for dead on the roadside. A police officer, Ethan, rescued her then. But she...

Magic After Midnight by C. Gockel is the second book of the After the Fire series and can be read as a standalone. Marcia's only wish is to be there for her children, for the cancer not to take her just when they need her...

You Dear, Sweet Man by Thomas Neviaser is a psychological thriller with a touch of humor. A new advert for a fast food company offers a healthier option, featuring a beautiful model from the adult film world, two computer geeks and lots of special animation...

James's Journey: Here We Go Again by Asha Khalil is a mix of rollicking adventure, fantasy, and science fiction, written for young readers, an adventure that begins with a flat tire. James's father and mother decide to leave the car in the road, with a...

Broken, Tales of a Titanium Cowgirl by Michelle R. Scully is an inspirational story of a woman who rose up from the ashes of her dreams to finally conquer them. I found Michelle’s story emotional yet very motivational. While what happened to Michelle was tragic,...

Bill Eckel’s Science Fiction Fantasies, Tales and Origins Volume 2, is a compilation of short stories. He tells stories of how humans evolved and where they came from. One of the stories was a bit different, as it was about a witch fighting a demon,...

In a world where dragons and humans co-exist, Kya, youngest of the dragons, has recently reached adulthood. Named as the latest Bloodstone dragon, Kya possesses powerful magic, but none of her gifts will help her succeed in the challenge of assuming her human form to...