In Jeunanne Alkins' informative children's picture book, Island Babies Ready. Set. . . Hatch!, Mummy is a leatherback turtle who swims thousands of miles across the ocean to find the perfect place to lay her eggs. Crawling up the warm sands of a Caribbean island,...

Wanted: Hexed or Alive is a short story by Charity Parkerson. When a mysterious woman appears in his shop, Randall knows that there can be only one explanation for his guest. Confronting his friends, he discovers she is Rowena, a Fate. Desperately seeking his help...

Yummy Stories: Six Stories to Stimulate Your Mind and Appetite is a children's book written by Lil L. Alexander and illustrated by Anda Cofaru. Each story is a fairy tale or fable. The Pea and the Princess may remind some readers of Jack and the...

One More Second Chance is the story of Dr. Alex Campbell and high school principal Julia Stewart. Alex is in Lobster Cove to finish up a contract, after which he has plans to move to San Diego and he won’t be deterred. Julia is a...

Love in Real Life by Leah Cole is a book of love, of relationships. It isn’t a love story; it’s the real life stories of real people, people who have travelled the long journey of love and have their own tales to tell and their...

Yokche: The Nature of Murder (Chase Larsen Adventure Series Book 1) by PJ Erickson is a murder mystery. Chase Larsen has returned home after learning of his sister’s death, only to find out that the case was closed as an accidental death. Together with his...

Can you turn the things that are hindering you into greatness? Yes, Maria Blon has taken her passion for life and turned it into a collection of stories from twenty-one other authors who have turned their obstacles into passion. In her audio book, Living Passionately,...

City Times and Other Poems is a collection of poetry written by Vihang A. Naik. Naik is a poet, professor and translator of poetry. This collection contains six major poem-themes with the exception of his visual, standalone poem, Self Portrait. The poems are free verse...

In The Lost Castle Treasure, Book One by Don M. Winn, young Kaye finally got his wish, and he earned his place in the Knights. However, in earning his place he also earned enemies. Now in Sir Kaye the Boy Knight: Book 2, he was...

Stepping Stones by Kathleen Driver is an uplifting book that narrates the conversations between two people, Kitt and April, metaphorically linking them to the conversations one can have with one's own self. The conversations touch on emotions, faith, dreams, growth, surrender, obstacles in life, doubt,...

Wai-Nani is an exciting historical drama about a Hawaiian girl from a royal family, who runs away from her family to escape an unwanted wedding. She swims to another island, and there she meets and falls in love with Makaha, who is a son of...

In The Rearranged Life by Annika Sharma, college senior and future doctor Nithya comes from a traditional Indian family. Her parents have always planned on an arranged marriage for her. She has always obeyed her parents and tried so hard to please them, so an...

Beyond the Trial by Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha is a book of three stories which depict the discrimination and injustices which occur against women in Nigerian families. The stories are developed in everyday language, and describe the trials that the women go through, and the difficulties...

In a fantastic start to a new series authored by MK McClintock, Gallagher’s Pride: Book One of the Gallagher Series is a great Western read with plenty of romance thrown in. In it, we find Ethan Gallagher, head of his family and living in the...

Street Light by R.L. Herron is the third book in the Reichold Street Trilogy. It also happens to be the first book in the series that I have read. Street Light is sort of a follow up book of all the events that have occurred...

Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story is a contemporary fiction novel written by Jonathan LaPoma. Luke Entelechy has been a student teacher and has subbed, but his teaching career is really about to begin when he acts on his impulse to go down to Miami...

Betrayal Only Comes In Green is a short, sharp thriller by author Sandy Appleyard. The second story in the Betrayal Series, the plot focuses on widower Saul Jessup, who lives a solitary life in San Bernardino and appears to be just like any other single...

e-Murderer: A Jenna Scali Mystery is a psychological thriller written by Joan C. Curtis. Jenna is a graduate student who works part-time for Dr. Bingham, a psychiatrist, while she's pursuing a doctoral degree in psychology. She's stunned when she finds an anonymous email in her...

Sharky Marky and the Scavenger Hunt: An Alphabetic Adventure by Lance Olsen is a very educational book for kids and adults. Sharky Marky and his ocean dwelling friends are on an underwater alphabet scavenger hunt. I first want to say that if you read this...

Wow! I just finished reading The Beginning: Prelude to the Apocalypse by debut author Bruce S. Campbell, and I must say that it is one of the better books I have read in a good long while. In a unique tale that combines Biblical stories...