Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters by Christa Avampato is a gripping story about a young girl’s search for answers and clarity regarding her mother’s mysterious death. While the NYPD has given up on the case and thinks that Nora, the renowned anthropologist, simply...

Lady Justice and the Sixth Sense by Robert Thornhill is as fresh as the daily news, and far more entertaining. The author has once again crafted a tale that is plausible, amusing and enjoyable, yet capable of spiking your blood pressure a few times. If...

Orville Mouse and the Puzzle of the Last Metaphonium by Tom Hoffman is an expertly written fantasy novel. It’s the fourth in a series about the Metaphysical Adventurer (a.k.a. world-hopping) Orville Wellington Mouse. Orville is a shaper, meaning he’s magically gifted, and when a highly...

Bill and the Little Red Plane by Jonathan Walker is an adventurous story that revolves around a little boy named Bill, a magnificent little red plane, and a flock of swifts. Bill was intrigued when he looked up at the sky one day and saw...

Wipeout the Wave is a children’s picture book written by Billy Baldwin and illustrated by Liesl Bell. When a wave named Wipeout knocks Cindy off her surfboard due to his unpredictable zigs and zags, the young wave is admonished by the other waves and exiled...

With I, the Sun, Janet Morris comes close to a biography of the Hittite king, Suppiluliumas, whilst creating a captivating story, and that is a brilliant achievement in fiction where only one character, Titai, a slave girl, is fictitious. At the opening, Tasmisarri, heir to...

Water Monsters South of the Border by Denver Michaels dives into the fascinating field of Cryptozoology by examining the folklore and myths surrounding lake monsters in the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico. Various reported sightings, theories, and all the possibilities behind these supposed...

Blood and death await those who venture into the forests of Tahoe in the terrifying paranormal novel They Wait in The Woods (Bonnie Parker Series Book 1) by S.M. Sevón. College students Bonnie and Eric are in shock. Mac, their close friend, is missing and...

Once in a great while, a book of profound insight comes along disguised as a collection of stories about magic. Joseph Campbell penetrated the familiar great world myths to reveal an incredibly rich and complex psychological reality in the lives we live, and thus made...

Meet Miki the baby dragon in Miki and the Human Baby by Karen Avril. He is one of the few dragons left on the planet. At some point, dragons outnumbered humans, but not so anymore. Humans are continually increasing while dragons seem to decrease in...

Amy: The History Of A Coram Foundling is written by Angie Northey. Amy began life as an orphan in the Coram Foundling Hospital, where she received very little love, but was given a lot of rules and regulations to follow. Amy always tried her...

All the Lies We Live is the third book in the Normal Family Trilogy by Don Trowden, a captivating story with a cunning plot and engaging characters, set on an island in New England. Henry’s family has suffered many tragedies and this time, as he...

In the storybook Sewing the Magic in at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus by Lisa Gammon Olson, readers are introduced to Nora, a little girl who is watching the daily activities of a circus preparing for the new season. Though she is...

Can You See The Magic? by Chris Stead is the result of a beautiful collaboration between Chris Stead, the writer, and Els Dirickx, the artist. The story is about a brother and sister who want to show their father that there is magic everywhere and,...

What's Going On Inside the Fridge? by Mrs. D. is the second story in the series about Stacey and her yummy journey in learning about veggies and fruits. Frank the fridge is sad that Stacey has not eaten and he thinks it is his fault....

Who are young readers introduced to in Who Is Most Important in the Fridge? by Mrs. D.? Frank the fridge is cleaning the mess inside his belly. He takes out the pots and pans and hopes Stacey is hungry. The veggies are excited to...

All the Different Ways is a contemporary romance novel written by R.J. Lee. Violet’s first and only love had also been her best friend and confidante -- until they were married and went on their honeymoon. She had wondered about the unfamiliar bag Anden had...

In The Event the Flower Girl Explodes is a contemporary new adult fiction novel written by Abby Rosmarin. Nicole had kept on putting off asking for time off for her brother’s wedding, knowing that she had to do it, but hating the fact that taking...

Without intending to disparage our contemporary writing world, I must observe that Silently in the Night by Clayton Graham harkens back well and fondly to the golden years of speculative short-story fiction collected from great masters like Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. In addition to clever...

Into the Fire by Dana Fraedrich is the second book in the Broken Gears series. Lenore anxiously anticipates the upcoming expedition with her Springhaven Museum colleagues, but it's not long before the journey takes a turn that no one could have predicted. Lenore's feelings for...