Scary Ghosts and Playful Ghosts: Children's Tales of Fright and Delight by Melissa Harker Ridenour consists of six fun and scary ghost tales for children. In The Haunted Toy Chest, Ethan and his Gramp uncover more than they bargained for when they decide to clear...

The Effort by Santonu Kumar Dhar is a captivating story of a little boy from Calcutta, India, who faced the difficult task of caring for his sick father just years after his mother's death. Written in the first person, The Effort is very descriptive, allowing...

When the first few pages of a book give you chills, you know you are in for an interesting read. Millee and Me is a photo-enhanced story of the author’s journey with a haunted Raggedy Ann doll. The true story begins with the purchase of...

Adam Gussow’s realistic fiction, Busker's Holiday, is a novel (that reads like a memoir) about two young men busking their way through Europe for a summer. McKay Chernoff is a Columbia University grad student coming out of a bad breakup. He desperately needs a fresh...

The Last Four Digits: A Lola Vega Mystery is a private investigator mystery novel written by Julie Leo. Lola's decision to give up practicing law in favor of being a private investigator was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, but it hasn't been the easiest...

“Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton’s teeth fell out.” Phil Pendleton comes across a screaming child with his strangely worn-down mother in the candy aisle. The bizarre pair causes a ruckus that forces the...

As might be guessed from the title, The Immortals by Cheryl S. Mackey is a tale of long lived powerful beings. The story takes place in another realm or dimension so any similarities with the gods of ancient Greece or the pantheon from Norse mythology...

Hundreds of years ago, magic was common in the land until a plague targeted the gifted ones. It caused them to fall into a deep sleep they never woke from. Then, as quickly as it arrived, the darkness lifted. Those that survived mourned the loss...

Mobster's Girl (Mobster's Series Book 1) by Amy Rachiele is a young adult romance that puts readers smack dab in the middle of an Italian Mafia family. Antonio is 18 and looking at becoming the newest mob boss in Palmetto, New Jersey. He's a family...

I just put down Rebel's Trap by author Randall Jarmon, and all I can say is "Wow." This book was a rip-roaring read from the very first page. Protagonist John Travis is living an extremely difficult and dangerous life. There aren't too many people that...

The Day the Pictures Disappeared: Cinderella by Jennifer Swenson is an entertaining storybook for all kids; especially for those who have a creative and artistic streak running through them and are waiting to be discovered. Miss Mayda, the librarian of Providence Town, finds out that...

In Shattered Trust by J. Chris Richards, Officer Logan Taul is a power hungry, arrogant cop, determined to be shown the respect he thinks he deserves. One night as he is assaulting a "suspect", he catches a glimpse of himself in a window and what...

I'm naturally drawn to stories about animals, which made Duke: The Dog Who Saved My Life by Toby Yarbrough a natural read for me. The synopsis about this book drew me in right away. It’s a book about a disabled Army veteran named Sgt. Toby...

Cakes Without Borders: Volume 1, The Maiden Voyage is a nonfiction cooking/food guide written by Jennifer Rao. Rao trained at university as a chemical engineer, and her position with a petroleum company involved world-wide travelling. As part of her desire to learn more about the...

The Wrong Shade of Yellow is a wonderful non-fiction travel story of Margaret Eleanor Leigh, who gives up the life she knows in New Zealand to travel by bike through Europe to get to Greece. Margaret describes in great detail all of her many adventures...

What does it take to have dreams and to achieve them? In Move Forward or Move Aside: How to Play the Game of Life to Win, Ron Malhotra offers timeless insights on the secret of beating the odds and achieving anything one wants to achieve...

In a simply lovely new book by author Audrey Taylor Gonzalez, South of Everything, readers will find a simple delight of a read that will stay with them long after they have finished the last page. Follow the story of protagonist Missy Sarah, a young...

In April 2012, British couple John and Sue Irving began planning for a physical, spiritual and mental passage with a plan to keep simultaneous journals of their inward and outward journeys. By February 2013 they were on the plains of Tanzania outside Arusha, pushing toward...

Flight of Remembrance, A World War II Memoir of Love and Survival by Marina Dutzmann Kirsch is the story of two individuals, Rolf Dutzmann and Lilo Wassull, and their extended families. Kirsch's book tells about their childhood, how the two met, fell in love, and...

If your goal is to become the best leader possible with an innovative corporation, you must read Dana A. Oliver’s book, Mantra Design – Innovate, Buy or Die!: Discover the Secrets for Profitable and Lasting Innovation. Mr. Oliver has thirty years of experience leading research...