Poka City Blues by A.L. Gibson is the story of Sedelia — a strong and determined African-American woman - who is able to overcome numerous hardships in her life. Set in 1930s Loachapoka, Alabama, (Poka City as it is known by locals), the story brings...

Divorce - Remarriage and the Innocent Spouse by Christian Keel is a great, well balanced perspective for anybody experiencing divorce, or who knows somebody experiencing divorce. The book gives an in-depth, detailed analysis of the reasons for divorce, and what scripture says about it. Each...

Horizon Japan: Travels Through the Culture, Cuisine and Nature of a Seemingly Incomprehensible Country by Patrick Colgan is an engaging book that will tell readers what it is like to travel through and discover Japan. The book captures the culture, cuisine, and essence of Japan,...

Suzie the Suitcase is a fun children’s picture book written by Nita Losoponkul. It tells the story of Suzie the Suitcase’s experiences as she travels by airplane to yet another exotic location, far from home. Inside this exciting adventure story, we meet Suzie the Suitcase...

Unforgettable You is a contemporary romance novel by author Heatherly Bell. The central plot focuses on Diana, who arrives at a familiar crossroads in a lot of women’s lives where she decides that she’s gone off men for good. Abandoned by her fiancé, Diana moves...

If you are an aspiring artist, an art student, or someone who creates art as a hobby, The Art of Patience: Black and White by Antonia Robinson is perfect, as it allows you to get inspiration from similar artists at a similar stage in their...

While not everything’s perfect in Alex Roslin’s approach to presenting this eye-opening, factual look into police domestic violence, Police Wife, to give it anything less than 5 stars would be unfair. What Roslin reveals in Police Wife could save a person’s life, especially if that...

Dud Washburn has reached that point in life where each day is the same as the one that came before it. Between cattle drives and womanizing, Washburn just doesn't see much of a future. However, when a chance find of an old map suggests treasure,...

Evil lurks everywhere. For Suraj, evil is George, the lab assistant who didn't want Suraj to have access to the labs to catch up on his school experiments. Suraj had been sick for some time and he had missed a lot of school. Working in...

Space Ranger Fred and the Shoelace Adventure by Matt Newnham is an exciting science fiction novel, great for elementary and middle school aged children. In this thrilling adventure story we meet Fred Sanders, a six-year-old boy. Fred's biggest dream in life is to become an...

As a vegetarian, it’s difficult to plan unique meals and provide something different for my family every day of the week. But 30 Days of Daal: Simple, Healthy Daal Recipes from India has a remedy for that. Opening with an index of recipes and an...

If you enjoy self-help books with a personal note, then The Resilience Reflex: 8 Keys to Transforming Barriers into Success in Life and Business by Zaheen Nanji might be just the next one you should put on your to-read list. In this book you will...

Curse me Not by Elizabeth Fisher follows the crime procedure format, but with a paranormal twinge. Elzetta Swan is a bodywasher, a woman who cleanses curses from people’s auras. When her latest case leads her to the captain of the police, she finds more than...

In an interesting second installment in the Super series by author Palladian, Super: Underground continues the story of protagonist Lex and her friends. Lex isn't quite the same as she was before her adventures in the first book, Super: Origins. The drugs that she'd been...

Absolution by Ashley Lucero is a suspenseful, hair raising piece of fiction. Alex Constance’s parents are divorcing and her brother, Derek, is going off to Marine Corps boot camp. Everything seems to be changing. Loneliness and sadness begin to overshadow her. The new challenges occurring...

Plaint for Provence: 1152 Les Baux by Jean Gill is the third book in The Troubadours Quartet series. Although I have not read the previous novels in the series, I had no problem understanding what was happening. This is definitely not a standalone, but if...

What I believe to be the second novel in the Mary Fisher Pentalogy, One Little Word by T.A. Peters is a fascinating tale set in nineteenth century Florida. Mary, an exceedingly tall woman with large hands and feet, assumes the role as husband to the...

Grumble Bluff by Karen Bessey Pease is a young adult coming of age story. Katherine Anne Kirby can't connect with her family and she's bullied at school. If there is one place that she does enjoy, it is Grumble Bluff, a forested area with a...

Ashes at Grumble Bluff by Karen Bessey Pease is exciting reading for all ages, but particularly for the adolescent through young adult crowd. The novel keeps readers continually turning the pages to see what happens next to the main characters, Katherine Anne Kirby and Greta...

Dead Diary by L.P. Donnelli revolves around young Mathilde who has the usual growing up problems of every girl. She tries to fit in at school and she is also a soul helper. She finds it difficult to help all the ghosts find their peace....