"Strike of the Mountain Man" by William W. Johnstone is a good western cowboy story. There are good guys and bad guys and lots of fastest draw gun battles. Smoke Jensen is the all around good guy, hero of the story. He has a great...

The first thing you are going to notice about Puttin' Cologne on the Rickshaw by William Bouffard is the quirky title. It was the title that drew me in but it is the content of the book that made me really enjoy the book. William...

In the fantasy world of the Naturean Reach, young red-haired green-eyed Zee saves herself, her baby sister Rose and Thoran, another baby, from the ogres with the help of elderly dragon-elf Dagon. Another youngster, Angus Grimsdyke, is not so nice and dreams of killing as...

If you are one of the millions of caregivers taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s, you must have “Stop and Smell the Garbage: A Caregiver’s Story of Survival” by Christine McMahon Sutton as part of your toolkit. Sutton was a caregiver for her...

"Into the Dark" by Alison Gaylin is one of those books that will haunt you after you close the back cover. Investigator Brenna Spector accepts a new case in which a webcam performer has disappeared. When Brenna watches the video for clues, she discovers that...

“Harley and the Egg” by Malinda Mitchell is an educational tale about a red dachshund puppy named Harley, and his response to discovering an egg in the yard. Harley asked his mother if he could keep the egg, incubate it, and raise whatever hatched from...

Life was good for Jamie Matthews at age five. His family closely held his mom, his dad, his twin sisters Rose and Jasmine, and of course him. That wass until September 9th, when a series of terrorist bombs were set off and Rose happened to...

Carefree Clement Scheutz and his girlfriend Samantha love to roam the Caribbean wherever their schooner will take them. But they are out of money and head to Culebra, an island with few tourists and easy living. Clement is offered a shipping job of taking a...

Amateur sleuth and third year law student Anne Marshall returns in "Ring Around the Rosie", the third in author Jackie Fullerton's mystery series. Anne and her fiance Jason Perry head to Florida to vacation for a week at Jason's parents' home. Just before they arrive,...

"All the Awake Animals are Almost Asleep" is an exquisitely illustrated bedtime book. The story starts out with a mother trying to get her little one to lay down his head and sleep. When he says he is not sleepy, his mother tells him that...

"Letters from the Dead" opens in a nursing home where Mary Jane MacIntyre is reminiscing about her sister and gazing at the picture of herself, her sister and a young man at the beach many years before. George R. Hopkins's book is not just Mary...

"Talee and the Fallen Object" is an adventure about an 8 year old named Talee. The book starts out with a little about Talee, how to pronounce her name and that she loves to read. Talee lives on the planet Gala where it doesn't rain...

The words that William Fraker puts together within "Nostalgia Resides in the Marrow" creates the kind of poetry that affects your soul and inflicts an unknown sense of longing within your core. Although these poems are organized singularly, the themes presented linger on from one...

Julie Dargis, the author of "Pit Stop in the Paris of Africa", is a poet and an author of considerable note. Being the unique person that she is, she went off to work in Morocco for the Peace Corps at a time when most women...

Karen Scioscia has written "Kidnapped by the Cartel" from her own recollections and interviews following the kidnapping of a member of her own family. To write about the Mexican drug cartels and the dangers they create by feeding people's love of oxycodin, crack, heroin and...

“Scarlett and the Tat Revenants” by John Kilmerstone features an archaeology professor and one of his students, studying an extinct tribe of Native Americans. However, this story is nothing like whatever image came to your mind when you read that first sentence. Indeed, it is...

"50 Ways to Change the Way You Think about Healthy Eating" by Michele Cherry is a spectacular, no-frills cookbook that details healthy and innovative meals from breakfast all the way through midnight snack. Any level of home cook can find doable and appetizing recipes. For...

When a vendor discovers a stowaway in his cart while unloading a vat of wine, he ousts the young boy but the kind inn keeper offers to let him work for his stay. Rendi has run away from his magistrate father's home. His life that...

"Flute of the Wind Queen" is an excellent adventure for young adults. This is the story of young Leander who wants to be a treasure hunter – and what youngster doesn’t dream of adventure! Leander is being raised by his single father who is in...

In the gripping thriller "Nightmares in the Neighborhood", William Jaman Taylor introduces us to Lisa and Michael Taylor, a happily married couple who are in the midst of moving into a beautiful new suburb, along with their 17 year old son Jason. Although they initially...