Maternal Threads by Frances Susanne Brown is a very interesting read. The author discovers a hidden family secret after her mother’s death. Brown goes on to talk about her own relationship with her daughter. However, I thought the secret that Brown found out came out...

I Want to Write a Story: A Kid's Guide to Writing by Lisa Waters is a guide for children to help them grasp the basics of writing and how to structure a story. It contains links to certain websites where they can find story prompts...

“Death is an illusion. We can’t die. Our essence is eternal. Your body is no longer alive. It’s impermanent. But as you can see, you’re more than a body.” Moments after her departure from Earth, Ursula is counselled by what will be her spiritual guide...

In Wilder, the first book in The Guardian Series, a paranormal romance by G.K. DeRosa, Celeste Wilder is an eighteen-year-old girl about to go to her dream university in the fall. A romantic who wishes to be swept off her feet like the heroines in...

Inside The Paris Effect, readers will find a woman who is not smooth around the edges, but is rough and a little frayed. Amy and her friend Kat take up much of the novel. In everything Amy does, she either has her husband William telling...

Have you ever read a book, that upon finishing, you just knew would be a story that would stay with you for a long, long time? Well, that certainly was the case for me when I finished the last words of The Painting and The...

Blooming Serenity is an arts and crafts book illustrated by Karen McDermott and published by Serenity Press. Inside this beautiful book, the inquisitive reader will find fourteen full sized floral designs. With a little imagination, these designs can be colored in thousands of unique...

Life. Love. Romance. Adventure. What do all of these terms have in common? They are the words of expression that the authors used in telling their stories in Rocky Romance: A Serenity Romance Anthology by Serenity Press. Exactly what inspired this type of book? Rocky...

Are You Eating My Lunch by Dr. Nicole is a cute and colorful children’s book about a little boy named Xavier who loses his lunch at the zoo. Due to this mishap, he walks around the zoo and approaches different animals to ask them if...

Strike at Charles’ Farm: Grève à la Ferme de Charles is a bilingual educational picture book for children written by Dr. Nicole and illustrated by Mylene Villeneuve. The animals are not cooperating with Charles, and they have refused to do their normal chores. The hen...

I'd Rather Wear Pajamas is a humorous memoir by Chelsea Walker Flagg chronicling her life as she leads the reader through her journey of self discovery where she finds out her own definition of what it means to be a strong woman. Dedicated to her...

Shattered Lies by S.J. Francis is the story of Kate Thayer, a simple girl who runs her family’s horse farm. She is content with her life. She is a veterinarian and she loves her grandmother who raised her. However, when a series of lies come...

Wolf Wood (Part One The Gathering Storm) by Mike Dixon is an excellent period piece set in 1436-1437 in late medieval England. The story is based upon the conflict over ownership and use of a baptismal font, with the two sides being All Hallows Church,...

Gilded Moon by A.L. Meinhold is the second book in The Sapphire Star Saga. I read and enjoyed the first book and this one provides more of the same action, adventure, and drama. I strongly advise reading the first book of this epic saga before...

Provence, a region in France that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Alps, features a temperate climate that attracts the rich and famous and has done for centuries. There is a lot of history in the area, many interesting vistas to view, and historic...

Black Horse (Breaking Black Book 1) by Addison Kline is a romantic suspense with plenty of fire. Averi Ford has been best friends with Colt McClain since they were young. Now they are more than best friends, but Averi’s brothers are not happy about the...

While it is certainly true that not everyone is cut out for college and that college doesn’t guarantee success, in College: Success Without It Edward Wynn makes some bold statements about the lack of need for a college degree. For those who are curious as...

Death on Lake Michigan is a murder mystery novel written by Steven Arnett. Mike O’Brien is a reporter and assistant editor for the Gull Haven Observer. While he could have tried to get a journalist’s position at one of the big city papers, he loved...

Beneath the Surface by Heather Nadine Lenz is freakishly surreal. Natalia awakes feeling trapped within herself. Everything is off, foggy, things are not right. Actually, almost nothing makes sense. Questions invade her mind. Why does she feel so terrible? Who are the children...

Sunday, November 11, 2007, Charles headed from his Nashville condo to his office and apartment in Atlanta. Monday, November 12, was his 58th birthday. Since he would be out of town, their granddaughters and Becky had made him a cake and celebrated before he left...