In "Skating on the Edge", author Joelle Charbonneau has her main character of Rebecca Robbins about to hop into the dunk tank at the Senior Center carnival. At the last minute, Rebecca has to attend to the skating rink she inherited following the death of...

It is cast in a futuristic steam punk setting with a web of excitement in each paragraph. Lady Arabella Trunkett is thrown into a world of suspicion and questions when her father is kidnapped. Is it politically driven? Is the yonder countryman to blame? She...

"Blues in the Wind-ReVisited" is a redo of the original book by Whitney LeBlanc. As a reader, I am grateful she took the time to reformulate the book as it was thoroughly enjoyable. The novel is set in small town Louisiana in the 1930's and...

"Ups and Downs at the Boardwalk" by Karl Beckstrand is a concept-teaching book for very young children, and is appropriate even for infants, from birth through to about age 3 or 4. It uses very vivid colors throughout, which is sure to gain and maintain...

In 1996, Los Angeles Police Detective Danny McGuire investigates the horrific murder of wealthy Andrew Jakes and the brutal beating and rape of his beautiful young wife, Angela. Danny resettles in France and marries, but the murder pattern continues. In England police are faced with...

Azzy went to a lodge where she thought she would find Sam. The manager claimed not to know him but then secretly called to tell him someone was looking for him. After Sam arrived at the lodge and was talking to Azzy there was an...

Cassie McPherson works long hours as vice president in charge of accounts for her father's construction company, M&M. They keep losing work to their chief competitor, Sutton Construction, and now the rumor is that their account with Slumber Suites is being taken over by Sutton...

Edna Spencer tells of her family's relocation from Oakridge, Tennessee, to Worcester, Massachusetts, when, in 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority took over the land where her family and other black families had made their homes for years. She tells honestly of the effects of segregation....

Author-poet Stephan Cox writes a wide variety of poems that comment on modern life in "Dead Birds Fall from the Sky". The title of this collection of poems is also the first offering in this book. "Dead Birds" has nearly two hundred fifty pages of...

"Starry River of the Sky" by Grace Lin is truly one of those books you want your young readers to read. It is a book whose messages will stay with the child long after the story has ended. The moon has been missing in the...

"At the Bamboo Bar" is a short and interesting read about “turning fifty” in Bangkok by Morgan McFinn. The book is a compilation of all that happened in the Bamboo bar on the author’s fiftieth birthday. The story is a vivid reminiscence of the various...

"A Killer in the Rye" is the next in the Delia Rosen Murray's Deli series and it is every bit as entertaining as its predecessor. Gwen Katz is recently divorced and in charge of her Uncle Murray's Kosher Deli in Nashville, Tennessee. Gwen is lost...

"Journey to the King of Kings" is a parable sure to touch the hearts of many. The setting is the island kingdom of Caladen. For Arden and Sarah it was love at first sight. The seventeen year old had his life planned: he would study...

The latest 'Southern Mysteries' book from Peggy Webb is called "Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse". Not having read the previous stories, I was somewhat at a disadvantage as far as the characters go but once I caught on, I found this to be an...

In "Finding the Prosperity Within" author Brian Webster offers advice for those readers who need a career revitalization or need to pursue prosperity and success. The author tells of Jamie who works for a Silicon Valley company called ESE and watches as rival company VDEP...

"Deconstructing the Food Pyramid: Balance and Moderation in Food Consumption" by Frank J. Ferrin is a very educational experience. Dr. Ferrin explains the true meaning of the food pyramid and how it relates to me in great detail and with non-medical words. "Deconstructing the Food...

Mary McDonough began playing the part of Erin Walton on the TV program "The Waltons" when she was just ten years old. She shares her memories and experiences from that period of her life in her novel "Lessons From The Mountains". It also explores the...

"Poppy and the Stranger," written and illustrated by Eli Jay, is a children's book that takes the reader on an adventure that results in discovering the mystery of shadows. Poppy is a balloon and one night when he is floating along in the night he...

Bjoran Horsa just might be the hero king of prophecy. If so, then the current Monarch, King Olaf, needs to step aside to allow Bjoran to fulfill the prophecy and save the kingdom of Astarkand from the evil elf lord Woden. The only problem is...

"Fairminded Fran and the Three Small Black Community Cats" by Linda Elder is an educational book for children which deals with the problem of feral cats. Fairminded Fran is initially taken with the cats but she is confused as to why they do not come...